Federal officials have opened an investigation into Jack Smith, the former special counsel who investigated then-candidate Donald Trump before his reelection, for alleged illegal political activity.

Hundreds came out for San Mateo County's 21st annual Disaster Preparedness Day event, with dozens of resources in one place. The event comes days after a tsunami alert in the Bay Area.

The board of trustees of the Alum Rock Union Elementary School District in San Jose have appointed a new acting superintendent following the firing German Cerda.

A jury decided that Elon Musk's car company Tesla was partly responsible for a deadly crash in Florida involving its Autopilot driver assist technology and must pay the victims more than $240 million in damages.

Officials in Lake Tahoe are telling people to avoid a popular beach after tests found high levels of bacteria in the water.

A shooting in Pleasanton last weekend of a 71-year-old man was apparently motivated by reports of alleged dog abuse, police said.

Michael Paul Brown served in the U.S. Army and the Montana National Guard.

The six-foot-four-inch hockey player and avid cyclist was trying to protect a mother and her two children from a stranger at a San Francisco bus stop yelling at them, when he was fatally stabbed. "He really lived such an exemplary life."

Bon appetit! A seagull had the meal of its life when it swooped in and stole a steak right off the plate of a couple dining at a restaurant in the south of France.

The Federal Trade Commission is warning people about fake texts involving Amazon. Here's what to know.