From KTVU FOX 2

  • Multiple deaths in Pleasanton car crash

    Pleasanton police said that "multiple" people died in a car crash Wednesday night.Police said the single-car accident was reported 9 p.m. on Foothill Road near Stoneridge Drive.Police did not release any more information, including how the crash happened or how many people died. 

  • Rev. Cecil Williams, co-founder of Glide Memorial Church, dies

    The Rev. Cecil Williams, who co-founded the influential Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco, has died. He was 94 years old.Williams built Glide into a church that was renowned for its social services and activism, especially in the city's Tenderloin neighborhood.Williams and his late wife Janice Mirikitani founded Glide in 1960. Williams announced last year that he was stepping away from the organization. He was a fierce fighter for civil rights, LGBTQ+ rights and was the church's leader for...

  • 420 origins traced to San Rafael's 'Waldos'

    Marijuana culture's high holiday, 420, falls on Saturday this year, an occasion celebrated by pot enthusiasts around the globe who gather under the haze of cannabis smoke by sharing joints in camaraderie.But why is April 20 the day to light up? The origins stem from a group of five Marin County men, now in their 60s, who coined the slang term in 1971 while students at San Rafael High School. The group called themselves "the Waldos," a term first used by comedian Buddy Hackett to describe odd...

  • Fatal multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 580 in Livermore shuts down lanes

    The California Highway Patrol was on the scene of a fatal collision on Interstate 580 in Livermore on Tuesday morning that brought traffic to a halt in the area.  The crash was reported shortly after 9 a.m. in the westbound direction of the freeway near North Livermore Avenue. SEE ALSO: Driver dies after dump truck overturns off Hwy 29 in RutherfordThe CHP said a motorcyclist was killed in the collision that involved multiple vehicles.Officers shut down four lanes of westbound 580 as crews...

  • Bay Area schools receive bizarre bomb threat via email

    Several schools in the Bay Area received an unnerving email early Wednesday morning, prompting administrators to scramble and check the veracity of the bizarre threats. After checking the campuses, school officials decided the threats were not real and kept schools open.Officials were responding to a 6:05 a.m. email, sent to multiple school districts, including Antioch, Berkeley, Brentwood, Hayward, Oakland, Piedmont, Pleasanton, Pittsburg, and San Ramon Valley public schools, which received...

  • Warriors do-or-die play-in game against Kings could be Klay Thompson's final in Golden State uniform

    The Golden State Warriors play-in tournament against the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night could mark Klay Thompson’s last game in a Warriors uniform.The four-time NBA champion, who has spent his entire professional career with the Warriors, is set to become an unrestricted free agent this summer. And a loss in the do-or-die game in Sacramento would mean the team would be eliminated from a chance at the NBA playoffs.As the regular season has wound down, speculation has been swirling about the...

  • Scott Peterson continues to poke holes in murder conviction through LA Innocence Project

    New attorneys for convicted killer Scott Peterson will return to a San Mateo County courthouse Tuesday morning to resume poking holes in his guilty conviction for killing his wife, Laci, and their unborn child more than 20 years ago. The hearing is an incremental one; it's to hear arguments on what documents to seal..The LA Innocence Project suggests in court documents that Laci Peterson may have witnessed a Christmas Eve break-in across the street from the couple’s home in Modesto and been...