Aldo Toledo

An Indiana man pleaded guilty to raping a 61-year-old San Jose woman in her apartment in 2008, a cold case prosecutors said was solved years later through DNA evidence.

Three candidates vying to represent San Francisco’s District 8 on the Board of Supervisors diverged on how to handle several issues facing the Castro and nearby neighborhoods during a forum.

The killing marks the city’s 42nd homicide this year, police said.

A man was fatally shot early Wednesday in Oakland's San Antonio district, police said. The shooting happened at about 1:28 a.m. in the 2000 block of International Boulevard.

Damaged fiber-optic and copper lines disrupted police dispatch for hours on Wednesday and Thursday, authorities said.

Three teen boys were arrested after allegedly fleeing a traffic stop in a stolen SUV, hitting a police vehicle in the process, then trying to carjack a rideshare driver in San Jose, police said.

The men pleaded no contest to vandalism and other charges and must restore land in Sierra County damaged by an illegal road and mining.

Wire thieves may be responsible for knocking out Oakland's 911 emergency response system on Wednesday night, damaging fiber-optic and copper lines and disrupting police dispatch for hours, officials said.

A six-story mansion perched atop Russian Hill — with panoramic views, a turbulent love story and a reported stint as an opium den — is on the market for $25 million.

About 24 vehicles were damaged during a fire at an apartment complex in San Jose. A viral social media video captured the damage, showing a row of burnt cars parked under a carport.