Aja Seldon

A man and a woman were found shot to death late Tuesday morning in a San Jose parking lot, authorities said.

At a news conference Wednesday afternoon, Placer County Sheriff Wayne Woo confirmed that one of the deceased victims was married to a member of the Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue Team.

A three-day backcountry trip led by Blackbird Mountain Guides turned deadly Tuesday when an avalanche struck near Lake Tahoe. Authorities confirmed Wednesday that eight people are dead and one remains missing following the slide.

Investigators arrested 11 suspects, including a middle school assistant principal, as part of a child exploitation sting operation in San Jose.

The 15-year-old girl killed in a triple shooting in San Francisco’s Western Addition neighborhood last week has been identified as Jayda Mabrey, a 10th-grade student at Gateway High School.

A Gilroy woman has died from her injuries following a collision that killed her husband last week, shortly after the couple dropped their children off at school.

San Jose police on Thursday said one of their sergeants is in good spirits and has since been released from a hospital after being shot in the head by a gunman during a multi-city shooting spree that ended with officers killing the suspect.

The FBI joined local police to execute search warrants in Oakland, Richmond, and San Leandro targeting an organized fuel theft ring.

A registered sex offender allegedly offered drugs to a 15-year-old San Jose girl before kidnapping and sexually assaulting her as she walked to school, according to prosecutors.

A man was killed, and a woman was critically injured after they were struck by a vehicle driven by a teenager while walking in a crosswalk in Gilroy, authorities said.