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New York City’s Planning Commission approved an ambitious plan on Tuesday to replace the notorious Rikers Island jail complex with four smaller lockups located in densely populated neighborhoods.

New York City boasts some of the highest costs of living in all of the United States, and prices continue to rise throughout the Big Apple.

A veteran Los Angeles City Hall official is one of the latest victims of an epidemic of the infectious disease typhus that continues to worsen across LA County. For months, LA County public health officials have said typhus is mainly hitting the homeless population. But deputy LA City Attorney Liz Greenwood, a veteran prosecutor, tells NBC4 she was diagnosed with...

Heavy rain, snow and wind pummeled much of California Thursday, causing at least five deaths, leaving thousands without power and forcing wildfire victims threatened by floods to flee their homes.

An East Bay mother is frustrated and wants answers after her 5-year-old was allowed to walk 2.6 miles from his school to his home alone.

New York City unveiled an ambitious plan on Wednesday to replace the notorious Rikers Island jail complex with four smaller lockups located in densely populated neighborhoods, including turning an Art Deco government building that went up in lower Manhattan in 1930 into a tower for up to 1,500 inmates.

Mayor de Blasio has revealed his administration’s plans for replacing the Riker’s Island jail. They’re a far cry from the current facility isolated in the East River. The mayor wants to build four new jails to blend right into city neighborhoods — looking more like condos than lockups. Government affairs reporter Melissa Russo reports.

Surveillance video supports an Oakland woman’s report last week that a would-be robber handed her a threatening note, according to BART police.

A man who punched a woman during a Patriots Day rally in Berkeley Saturday has been identified as the founder of “Identity Evropa,” a white nationalist hate group.

NBC Bay Area’s SkyRanger on Saturday captured people burning flags and others punching each other and using helmets and skateboards as weapons. Demonstrators were also seen tipping over a garbage can and igniting its contents in Berkeley.

Investigators reached out to the public Monday in an effort to track down information on three inmates who escaped over the weekend from an Orange County jail.

The three fugitives who broke out of their maximum security jail dorm early Friday in an elaborate escape that could be ripped from the pages of a Hollywood script were considered armed and dangerous as their criminal histories began to emerge.

A reward of up to $50,000 has been offered for information leading to the recapture of three inmates who escaped from an Orange County jail, authorities said Sunday.

Pride Weekend will pack San Francisco for two days with some events starting Saturday to celebrate the LGBT community in the Bay Area and around the world.