Someone stole 200 bronze vases off graves in a San Francisco Bay Area cemetery, California sheriff’s officials reported. Workers at Oakmont Memorial Park in Lafayette noticed the vases were missing last month, the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office said in a Jan. 15 news release.

A major fire burning at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants in Northern California is sending up flames of toxic smoke.

A late-night 3.0-magnitude earthquake shook the Monterey Bay area in California, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 4-mile deep quake was centered on Aromas at 9:10 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8,, according to the USGS. More than 100 people from as far away as Sacramento and San Francisco reported feeling the tremor.

A warning covering an area with about 2,200 residents told people to take shelter because flying debris was expected.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to designate 91,630 acres of critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act for the critically imperiled San Francisco Bay population of longfin smelt.

Fire Department and 10 other fire agencies sent resources to help fight the Palisades Fire in Southern California. Here's what we know.

Comcast's Xfinity cable service will now place NBC Sports Bay Area and NBC Sports California in higher, more expensive tiers.