Technology has made it easier for pimps to solicit pedophiles from all over the country who are willing to pay top dollar to have sex with children.

• Oakland pimps prey on youth

A 22-year-old Antioch woman was leaving a department store Monday evening when a man with a knife stole her $25,000 engagement ring.

A group of Pleasant Hill residents has formed an education foundation to raise money for the public schools.

A mentally ill man died after a wild fight with police officers at his south Richmond care facility early Tuesday.

• Share condolences for Uriah Dach

The 23-year-old baby sitter driving the car in which the 10-year-old girl was killed was acquitted of vehicular manslaughter in March.

• Share condolences for Sarai Rivera

A man charged with spending counterfeit money in Lafayette leads authorities to $250,000 in counterfeit cash and the printers used to make it.

Red-colored lights floating over North Phoenix form a square and then a triangle. Airport officials, USAF can't explain them.

Judge is told 120 veterans of Iraq, Afghanistan wars commit suicide every week as govt. stalls in granting treatment.

Arrest In Restaurant Heists

A 16-year-old West Oakland boy is arrested in a series of East Bay restaurant stickups. Police are also focusing on a second suspect.

A resident shoots a suspected burglar in the third instance in a week in which would-be crime victims have responded with gunfire.

Lenders take back 6,579 homes in nine Bay Area counties  as the state reels under a 300% first-quarter rise in foreclosures.

Classified site unfairly tried to dilute eBay's 28-percent stake in it, online auctioneer claims.