San Mateo County

A pair of pet ducks that survived the CZU Complex Fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains are up for adoption, according to the Peninsula Humane Society and SPCA (PHS/SPCA).

Someone stole the wallet out of a fire ground commander’s truck and drained his bank account during looting in Santa Cruz as the CZU Complex Fire continues to ravage the area.

San Mateo County officials on Tuesday approved an ordinance that allows officials to fine people for not wearing masks in public places.

A surveillance camera captured a mountain lion strolling around a yard in Pacifica’s Vallemar neighborhood last week. The big cat was seen walking on the lawn and drinking from a bird bath before disappearing into the darkness.

The state of California has thrown a lifeline to a struggling hospital on the Peninsula. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday night that the state would be sending Seton Medical Center millions of dollars a month in emergency funds to lease beds during the coronavirus outbreak.

A surveillance camera captured a mountain lion leap over a fence at a San Bruno home early Monday morning.

Several women claim they were sexually assaulted by Massage Envy employees throughout the state, including in San Diego.

Two San Diego County women are involved in a sexual assault lawsuit against Massage Envy. One of the women says she was assaulted twice at the location in Encinitas. NBC 7’s Erika Cervantes has the story.

California is seeing a historic drop in arrests that still leaves blacks far more likely to wind up in handcuffs, particularly in San Francisco Bay Area counties, according to a report released Monday by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California.

A man was pulled to safety in a dramatic rescue Friday after his vehicle plunged into the Pacific Ocean off a cliff near Devil’s Slide in San Mateo County. The gray minivan went over the cliff off the picturesque Highway 1 at Montara State Beach, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The van fell approximately 150-175 feet before it hit...

A 67-year-old man died Monday after he fell down a cliff while trying to rescue his dog in San Mateo County, officials said.

Dave Toschi, the San Francisco police detective who led the unsuccessful investigation into the Zodiac serial killing a half-century ago, has died. He was 86. Toschi died Saturday after a lengthy illness, his daughter, Linda Toschi-Chambers, told the San Francisco Chronicle. Toschi was put on the Zodiac case after a San Francisco taxi driver was shot to death in 1969....

Emergency crews are responding to a report of a small plane that crashed near the San Carlos airport.

U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris delivered a scathing letter to the Federal Communications Commission Tuesday, criticizing the agency for its failure to develop an effective cell phone emergency alert system. This comes after Sonoma County emergency officials told the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit that that the current wireless emergency alert system is unsuitable for evacuations. Senior investigative...

A police officer at San Francisco International Airport was stabbed inside one of the terminals Tuesday afternoon, according to airport officials.

A pair of robbers in Northern California has given new meaning to the term cat burglars.

A McDonald’s employee in Redwood City has been charged with attempted murder after trying to flush her newborn baby down a toilet at the fast-food restaurant on Labor Day, prosecutors said Wednesday.

A 13-year-old boy in Millbrae on Friday was injured after a knife-wielding man stabbed him outside a public library in what police are saying was an unprovoked attack.

The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office is reminding residents on the Peninsula to lock and secure their homes after a reported mountain lion attack in Pescadero.

A 1950s-era, two-bedroom and one bath bungalow red-tagged due to recent arsons has sold for just under $800,000 in San Mateo.