Forecasters warned of dry lightning, but the storms that materialized before dawn today were stronger and wetter than anticipated. 

PG&E customers in parts of Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Joaquin Counties will have their power cut starting Saturday night.

A federal agent involved in the case says he doesn’t believe Robert Alvin Justus Jr.’s claim that he tried to stop the shooting.

Hundreds of people gathered for Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller’s public funeral on Wednesday at Cabrillo College under sunny skies.

The ex-military cop was also the shooter of two law enforcement officers in Oakland last month, according to U.S. Attorney Dave Anderson.

The murder suspect made his appearance today via video conference from the Monterey County Jail, where he is being held without bail.

“This was a ... heroic thing that that resident did,” Sheriff Jim Hart said about the civilian intervention that apprehended a dangerous gunman.

Resident tackled gunman and held him down until law enforcement officials arrived, according to Santa Cruz County Sheriff Jim Hart.

Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller, 38, was a father of a young child, and was expecting a new one soon, Sheriff Jim Hart said.

There’s some worry that a state policy will prevent independent absentee voters from participating in the presidential candidate nomination.

Doctors prescribed nearly 203 million opioids in Santa Clara County from 2006 to 2012, according to new analysis of federal data.

Ryan Coonerty’s political talk show ‘An Honorable Profession’ will introduce Democratic standouts from cities nationwide.

Under a new pact, the Amah Mutsun tribe of Native Americans have equal authority over a vast expanse of their ancestral lands.

The two-hour drive between Silicon Valley’s southern tip and Coalinga is a descent from heaven to hell, Andy Hsia-Coron says. It’s a landscape—stark and lifeless—that he’d like to prevent from taking shape in San Benito County, his home of nearly three decades. Whether that’s even a threat is a subject of contention.