This week's 49ers mailbag is stocked with questions (and answers) regarding their offensive shortcomings, fourth-quarter failures, and Kyle Shanahan's coaching staff conundrum.

Karen Rodriguez and Elizabeth Vargas issued and cashed hundreds of fraudulent checks that were made out to former employees who had returned to Mexico and were no longer working for the company.

The spooky season comes with plenty of potential pitfalls for our four-legged friends, wild birds and more. Here’s how to protect animals this Halloween, without sacrificing the fun.

Firefighters were battling several small grass and vegetation fires Monday afternoon near the Buena Vista exit of Highway 1.

The Turpins are critical of how Riverside County Child Protective Services caseworkers investigated reports of abuse, and of ChildNet, the state-licensed business that placed them with the Olguins.

A San Diego Fire-Rescue Department battalion chief and two captains were seriously injured in the Sept. 29 crash while heading to North Carolina

A 1-acre Woodland Hills estate currently owned by Queens of the Stone Age guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen.

CareFusion, a BD subsidiary, is conducting layoffs as well as moving some of its engineering and manufacturing jobs to other locations.

Even after killing of Sinwar, the president's hopes for a historic peace deal are unlikely without greater U.S. pressure.

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Jesse Tyler Ferguson, 49; Saffron Burrows, 52; Jeff Goldblum, 72; Christopher Lloyd, 86. Happy Birthday: Ease into your plans, savor every moment and test your ideas to ensure you get things right on the first attempt. You have more options than you realize, and by setting your mind free to