Ashley McBride

About two dozen activists gathered in the lobby of the San Mateo County district attorney’s office Wednesday morning to call for the release of videos documenting events that preceded the Oct. 3 death of a black man [https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Family-of-man-tased-killed-in-San-Mateo-County-13311591.php] after he was tased by sheriff’s deputies.The investigation into the death of 36-year-old Chinedu Okobi is now in its fourth month, and family members and friends of the father of o…

A person of interest was arrested in connection with a Jan. 2 hit-and-run in Oakland that left a 14-year-old boy with severe injuries [https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/14-year-old-boy-in-critical-condition-after-13504678.php], authorities said Wednesday.The teen was riding his bicycle around 12:23 p.m. in the 1100 block of 35th Avenue, near Fruitvale Station, when a driver struck him and dragged him four blocks before stopping, police said.The vehicle, which included a passenger, made f…

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo was home recuperating Thursday and expected to stay there...

Fire crews were fighting a blaze early Thursday morning at an abandoned pizza shop in Vallejo, authorities said.Crew began attacking the three-alarm fire at around 4:30 a.m. at 3780 Sonoma Blvd., at the vacant Straw Hat Pizza restaurant between Redwood Street and Sereno Drive, and were preventing it from spreading to adjacent buildings.Officials did not report any injuries.Ashley McBride is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: ashley.mcbride@sfchronicle.com [ashley.mcbride@sfchronicle.…

Authorities are searching for a driver who led officers on a chase, crashed into another vehicle and fled on foot Tuesday morning in San Jose.Around 2:52 a.m., California Highway Patrol officers tried to pull over a red Corvette traveling southbound on Interstate 280 near McLaughlin Avenue, said Ross Lee, a CHP spokesman. Instead of stopping, the driver of the Corvette continued driving onto southbound Interstate 101 toward Tully Road.Just south of Tully Road, the driver crashed into a white Che…

There are no children on the list of dead from the Camp Fire. No teenagers or even young...

Debris cleanup for last month’s wildfires in Butte, Ventura and Los Angeles counties could cost at least $3 billion, officials said Tuesday.Mark Ghilarducci, director of the state’s Office of Emergency Services, said he expects debris removal to begin next month once crews finish cleaning up [https://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/Camp-Fire-Crews-begin-massive-cleanup-of-13451001.php]hazardous materials [https://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/Camp-Fire-Crews-b…

A surfer died from his injuries after being pulled from the waves at San Francisco’s...

When a pair of California Highway Patrol officers pulled alongside a car cruising down...

PARADISE, Butte County — A soaking rainstorm gave firefighters at the Camp Fire a...

Hasib Bin Golamrabbi poured himself a cup of coffee and listened calmly Thursday as a jury...

A newly released report from the National Transportation Safety Board revealed that the...

A San Mateo high school student died in a single-car crash Monday, according to the...