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The young volunteers will serve in uniform for 10 months in France’s mainland and oversea territories.

According to the San Mateo police, the suspects – one 19-year-old and three juveniles who live in Oakland – stole about $6,000 worth of Lululemon clothing from the mall at around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

Erica Pearl Machuca of Hemet was impaired in the Nov. 24 crash, the Sheriff's Department said. Debra Amicay, a Murrieta resident, died in the collision

Police were also investigating another East Oakland shooting less than an hour earlier Wednesday that, according to initial reports, left two men wounded, one critically.

Mayra Jimenez Almaras was 8 when she came to the U.S. from Mexico with her parents and two siblings. At 11, she was working long hours under the scorching sun in the Brentwood fields, picking green beans and packing corn.

The families of Charlotte Holguin and Lori Long blame Fremont's Waterstone Apartments for their untimely deaths.

Our giving series kicks off with Santa Maria Urban Ministry, which has been taking groceries to places where immigrants feel safer.

Police across the East Bay have been investigating crimes by crew that includes members of the Baine Gang, a Norteño subset, who have been able to steal cars with relative ease thanks to a completely legal gadget.

State officials warn tens of thousands of formerly homeless Californians could end up back on the street.