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OAKLAND, CA – A 26-year-old California resident has been charged with assaulting federal officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon after allegedly accelerating a U-Haul truck toward United States Coast Guard personnel near Coast Guard Island, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California. Federal prosecutors say Brendan Munro Thompson, also known as Bella Thompson and Bella Castillo, drove a U-Haul onto the bridge connecting Oakland to Coast Guard Island around 10 p.m. on October 23, 2025. Coast Guard personnel were stationed on the bridge while demonstrators gathered nearby to protest the potential deployment of Department of Homeland Security officers to San Francisco. According to court documents, Thompson reversed the truck toward Coast Guar...

VICTORVILLE, CA – A man was killed Tuesday afternoon after crashing his motorcycle along West Frontage Road near West E Street, according to the Victorville Police Station. At approximately 4:54 p.m. on November 4, 2025, deputies, along with California Highway Patrol officers and rescue personnel from the Victorville Fire Department and American Medical Response, responded to the crash. Emergency crews located the man on the west side of the Interstate 15 Freeway. Despite lifesaving measures, he was pronounced deceased at the scene. Investigators determined the man was riding a 2025 Yamaha YZF-R7 northbound on West Frontage Road when he lost control and crashed. The Victorville Police Station Major Accident Investigation Team is leading the investigation. The cause of the cras...

STANISLAUS COUNTY, CA – The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting at a Halloween party in Empire that left one man dead and two others injured. On Nov. 1, 2025, at about 12:27 a.m., deputies responded to the 100 block of A Street in Empire for a report of gunfire at a Halloween party. While enroute, dispatch advised there were multiple gunshot victims. Upon arrival, deputies located two adult male victims and immediately began life-saving measures. Two victims were transported by ambulance to a local hospital. One victim, identified as 32-year-old Juan Loaiza of Ceres, succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased at the hospital. The second victim remains in critical condition. A third victim self-transported to another hospital and is expected t...

REDWOOD CITY, CA – Two people were found dead after a fire broke out early Monday morning at Avenue Liquor Store on Roosevelt Avenue, according to the Redwood City Fire Department. File Photo (October 2025) At approximately 5:30 a.m. on November 3, 2025, firefighters responded to reports of an active fire and arrived to find the building fully engulfed in flames. During suppression efforts, crews opening the roof observed two individuals inside who showed no signs of life and appeared to have sustained severe burns. Once the scene was secured, police and investigators entered the structure and confirmed the presence of two deceased individuals. Their identities have not yet been confirmed, and it remains unclear whether they were living inside the store or why they were there when...