Halloween

A Universal Studios Hollywood statement revealed that the popular fall fright fest is taking the season off due to the pandemic.

From “foster failure” to adoption success story, one family in Maine can’t imagine its home without its furry friend. Last summer, Janice Ribeiro and her son, Sam, started feeling like they were ready to have a dog again. Their previous pet had passed away, and they wanted to ease back in to pet ownership. They decided to be a foster...

A San Jose woman’s extravagant Christmas display for her terminally ill son has been revived thanks to members of the community who raised $4,000 to save it.

Police arrested the driver of a motorcycle one month after he and two passengers crashed in La Mesa, which resulted in one of the passenger’s death.

If someone asked you when the holiday shopping season starts, you’d likely point to Black Friday, when flocks of people swarm stores after a hearty turkey dinner to pick through the hottest deals. But for more people in 2019, holiday shopping started in July. Why? Amazon. Amazon’s annual Prime Day extravaganza has “become a real part of the changing holiday...

A San Jose woman who made an extravagant Christmas display for her terminally ill son found Monday morning that the main parts of the display were stolen.

The Contra Costa County Sheriff is calling a shooting that left five dead during a Halloween party at an Airbnb rental a “bloodbath.”

Airbnb is pushing out several new safety features in the wake of a tragic incident at one of their bookings, CEO Brian Chesky announced Wednesday.

The man suspected of opening fire into a crowd of hundreds overnight Saturday outside Greenville is behind bars, arrested Monday morning, according to Sheriff Randy Meeks.

A San Carlos neighborhood is coming to the aid of a family whose life was turned upside down after a tragic accident on Halloween night.

A mother killed over the weekend in a motorcycle crash in La Mesa is being described by her coworkers as a bundle of energy who was able to put a smile on anyone’s face.

U.S. Marshals and members of the state’s Parole Service teamed up Thursday for Operation Boo, a special Halloween sting aimed at making sure sex offenders are leaving trick or treating to the kids.

With trick or treating over, all that candy is in your house. So now what? You can hide it from the kids, or maybe eat it yourself, but there are concerns about the amount of candy kids are consuming. “I am a really big candy fan,” says Heather Flannery. “We eat a lot of candy at our house.” The National...

Dozens gathered Thursday night to support a University of San Diego student who may have been the victim of a hate crime after revealing their gender identity on social media last week.

Communities across the East Bay have created memorials to the victims of the Orinda Airbnb shooting that took the lives of five young people on Halloween night, as the families of those killed grapple with the loss of their loved ones.

Five “good news” stories from this week include Operation Dress Code helping military members transition to new careers and window washers dressing up as superheroes at Rady Children’s Hospital.

A motorcycle with a trio of passengers crashed on a ramp to Interstate 8 in La Mesa, killing one rider on Halloween as two others fled, the California Highway Patrol said.

Window washers by day, superheroes by – also – day.