A Mendocino County Sheriffs officer shot and killed a man who leveled a rifle at him in a large, remote marijuana garden Tuesday morning, law officials said. The shooting occurred on U.S. Forest Service land in northeastern Mendocino County.

The Giants scored a run in the bottom of the ninth inning Monday night against the Florida Marlins, but stranded the tying run at third in a 4-3 loss.

A big rig has crashed north of Petaluma at Highway 116, the CHP said Tuesday.

Former Healdsburg resident Evan Doll and his social media magazine, Flipboard, is taking the tech world by storm, recently announcing $10 million in financing.

The American picked to lead oil giant BP as it struggles to restore its finances and oil spill-stained reputation pledged Tuesday that his company will remain committed to the Gulf region even after the busted well is sealed.

Owners of the iPhone will be able to legally unlock their devices so they can run software applications that havent been approved by Apple Inc., according to new government rules announced Monday.

Ever since he finished a stellar high school career at Montgomery and went on to star at Fresno State and Cal, goalkeeper Eric Kronberg (above left) has toiled in relative anonymity in the soccer world in general and in Major League Soccer in particular. No more.

A man newly arrived at San Quentin State Prison after being convicted of murder and drunken driving in the death of a 9-year-old Novato girl was fatally stabbed by another inmate, authorities said today. Edward John Schaefer, 44, was stabbed in the chest and...

The parking revolution begins today in San Francisco. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency will roll out the first large-scale test of SFpark in the Hayes Valley neighborhood just west of City Hall with the installation of 190 high-tech meters,...

If you find your home or car broken into in San Francisco, sometimes police respond in minutes. Other times it takes hours. Fingerprints and DNA evidence are often not collected, Police Chief George Gascón said. To do so, a separate crime scene technician has...

A Pentagon spokesman says the Army is leading the Pentagons inquiry into the source of leaked classified intelligence logs from the Afghanistan war. Col. Dave Lapan (luh-PAN) says the criminal probe launched Tuesday is aimed at finding the source of secret...

Faced with expensive legal challenges, officials in the eastern Nebraska town of Fremont are considering suspending a voter-approved ban on hiring or renting property to illegal immigrants until the lawsuits are resolved. The City Council narrowly rejected...

A team of scientists will launch an expedition to the Titanic next month to assess the deteriorating condition of the worlds most famous shipwreck and create a detailed three-dimensional map that will virtually raise the Titanic for the public. The...