San Francisco County News

Marin County's unemployment rate declined dramatically in April to 4.6 percent from 5.2 percent in March, and Marin continued its trend of having the lowest jobless rate in California, according to data released Friday by the state Employment Development Department.

A 49-year-old man already sentenced to 13 years in prison for kidnapping his wife at gunpoint while out on bail for beating the woman with a hammer at a South San Francisco motel two years ago was sentenced Thursday to another 36 years to life in prison.

A man accused of elbowing an 11-year-old boy and calling him a "faggot" is likely headed to a state hospital after being found incompetent to stand trial.

The young women mentors would make at least a two-year commitment to take part in the program that aims to reach girls often without the resources or support to make their dreams a reality.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors endorsed two state bills which would repeal the $150 annual "State Responsibility Area Fire Prevention Benefit Fee" while opposing a state bill which would replace the tax with a 4.8 percent surcharge on all property insurance policies in California.

The prosecutor had been backing the defendant into the ropes. Now, he's ready to tee up a haymaker of a question, the kind he hopes will corner the woman on the witness stand into telling an obvious lie or an implicating truth.

Two years ago, the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board declared a fiscal emergency for the third straight year, causing some on the board to declare that Caltrain was in serious jeopardy as it faced a nearly $30 million deficit.

Three recreational abalone divers died in separate drownings over the weekend in a 24-hour period along northern California's coast, police and coroner officials said on Monday.

Members of the Solano Couty Dive Rescue team prepare to search for off-duty San Francisco County Sherriff deputy Michael Roberts.

Please see the detailed agenda for more information about the items to be considered and acted upon.

A group of Lafayette residents want the city to become the first in Contra Costa to ban single-use plastic bags -- and they're hoping the county will follow suit.

Unemployment rates across the North Bay in March dropped several percentage points, and Sonoma County had its best year-over-year job growth in 12 years, according to state figures released this morning.