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New audio reveals tense negotiations during NorCal hostage standoff

  • Jul 20

Father and son allegedly kidnapped 2 Forest Service workers in NorCal

  • Jul 17

10 hostages rescued after overnight CA standoff, suspect killed

  • Jun 4

10 hostages were rescued after 15-hour standoff in California

  • Breaking
  • Jun 3

Abducted American journalist Shelly Kittleson released, US says

  • Breaking
  • Apr 8

Body of final hostage retrieved from Gaza

  • Jan 26

Bay Area Jewish community hears from 2 survivors of Oct. 7 attacks

  • Jan 12

Former Israeli hostage shares story of hope

  • Exclusive
  • Nov 17, 2025

Latest Videos

2:34

Man fatally shot in hostage situation in Fremont: police

  • Jul 25
1:11

Father and son charged in connection with kidnapping of Forest Service workers: DOJ

  • Jul 21
0:58

New audio reveals tense negotiations during NorCal hostage standoff

  • Jul 20
1:12

New audio reveals tense negotiations during NorCal hostage standoff

  • Jul 20
2:07

Bay Area Jewish community hears from 2 survivors of Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel

  • Jan 12
2:19

EXCLUSIVE: Former Israeli hostage shares story of hope

  • Nov 17, 2025
2:15

Israel-Hamas Ceasefire: Bay Area leaders react to hostage release

  • Oct 13, 2025
1:12

VP JD Vance confirms that Hamas has 20 living hostages, expected release in next 24 hours

  • Oct 12, 2025

Latest Stories

AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi

Israel hands over bodies of 45 Palestinians after Hamas returns the remains of 3 soldiers

Israel on Monday handed over the bodies of 45 Palestinians, the Red Cross said, a day after militants returned the remains of three hostages.

  • Nov 3, 2025
Alex Kolomoisky/Pool Photo via AP

Gaza ceasefire tested as Israel and Hamas exchange fire and blame

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has ordered the army to immediately carry out "powerful strikes" in Gaza, in a new test for a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.

  • Oct 28, 2025

Israel receives remains of 2 more hostages; military says another body was not that of a hostage

The Israeli military said Wednesday that one of the bodies handed over by Hamas the previous day as part of the ceasefire deal is not that of a hostage who was held in Gaza.

  • Oct 16, 2025
AP Photo/Oded Balilty

Living Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are freed as part of Gaza ceasefire

All 20 living hostages held by Hamas and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel walked free Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that decimated the Gaza Strip and killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.

  • Oct 13, 2025
Suzanne Plunkett, Pool Photo via AP

Trump signs peace agreement, last living hostages released

The moment remains fragile, with Israel and Hamas still in the early stages of implementing the first phase of Trump's plan.

  • Oct 13, 2025