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A federal count shows the number of homeless people increased by double-digit percentages in three San Francisco Bay Area counties over two years as the region struggled to tackle the growing problem, including 17% in San Francisco and 43% in the county that includes Oakland. More than 25,000...

The very name "Doris Day," cheerful as a sunrise on a studio lot, was an invention. The beloved singer and actress, who died Monday at 97 , was a contemporary of Marilyn Monroe but seemed to exist in a lost and parallel world of sexless sex comedies and the carefree ways of "Que Sera, Sera" ("...

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In a squat office building not far from downtown, Esperanza Guevara is getting ready to look for people who might not want to be found. And her job could get a lot harder. The immigrant-rights activist is leading a drive to reach tens of thousands of people who entered the U.S. illegally and...

Synagogue shooting in Poway, California leaves one person dead. Watch the latest video at

Business owner Karen Hix explains the pollution issues in Los Angeles and what she has done to get California lawmakers' attention. Watch the latest video at

Authorities say a Kansas woman sought in the murder of a homeless man two years ago was arrested Sunday in California. Cherokee County Sheriff David Groves said Diana Bohlander, 57, was taken into custody in Santa Barbara. Bohlander is charged with first-degree murder in the August 2017 death of...

The eldest son and daughter of a couple who starved and shackled 12 of their children spoke publicly for the first time Friday, alternately condemning and forgiving their parents before a judge sentenced the pair to up to life in prison. Since being freed from their prison-like home more than a...

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President Trump talks immigration and border security during tour of border wall construction; Kristin Fisher reports from Calexico, California. Watch the latest video at