May 4 has evolved over the years into Star Wars Day, an informal holiday celebrating the space epic and its surrounding franchise.

San Mateo County authorities are searching for Margaret "Elaine" McKinley, who has Alzheimer's and got separated from loved ones while hiking at the Windy Hill Preserve on Thursday afternoon.

Oakland Mayor-elect Barbara Lee unveiled her transition team of business leaders, philanthropists, politicians and a Gen Z student -- an early indicator of the coalition she is building to help navigate her first 100 days in office.

The Port of Oakland is the 10th largest container port in North America. Over the coming weeks, traffic into the port is expected to slow down because of impact of the new U.S. tariffs.

A federal judge in New York has ruled that the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch is unfit to stand trial on sex trafficking charges.

The measure would offer grants to low- and moderate-income property owners living in high fire risk areas. Advocates hope the proposed bill could help thousands of homeowners keep their insurance policies.

San Francisco is one step closer to finding out how many buildings are not seismically sound. Here's how the proposed ordinance could impact some property owners.

One of Harvey Weinstein 's accusers broke down in tears and cursed on the witness stand Friday as a defense lawyer questioned her account.

Mayor Daniel Lurie says there has been some success in cleaning up drug users and unhoused people along San Francisco's 6th Street. So we wanted to know, where have they gone?

Six people in the van -- all foreign nationals -- and the truck driver died in the crash, police said.