Suspect dead after fatal stabbing of man in Pacifica

A firefighter paramedic accused of fatally stabbing a man and injuring a woman in Pacifica on Thursday morning was dead hours later in Northern California from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

Pacifica police recover body near popular beach

Pacifica police and other emergency personnel responded to calls of a possible dead body at the north end of Linda Mar Beach around 5:00 p.m. Friday and recovered the body with the assistance of a helicopter, police said in a press release. 

Popular Bay Area beach rife with fecal bacteria

An overwhelming majority of water tests from Linda Mar beach in Pacifica conducted since January have tested positive for enterococcus, a bacterium commonly found in fecal matter, a new report from the Surfrider Foundation shows.