Catch up on NorCal's top stories for Friday, June 12.
Social worker's tip helped Contra Costa investigators identify an 18-year-old woman months after a fatal train strike in Port Costa.
Police arrest Berkeley man after investigators link him to animal shelter fire and alleged animal cruelty offenses.
Police said a backyard brawl left one person hospitalized and led to two arrests.
One officer was pinned beneath the vehicle and later rescued by firefighters, police said.
Police said they found more than 30 grams of suspected fentanyl after stopping.
A million-square-foot medical supply warehouse sent black smoke billowing into the sky, and a nearby vegetation fire spread to 10.5 acres.
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