The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is honoring Barbie with a new series of 10 forever stamps in different careers — a registered nurse, surgeon, astronaut, firefighter, paleontologist, sign language teacher, robotics engineer, judge, soccer player, and musical artist....
(KRON) -- Undercover police officers investigating suspected drug dealers at Fair Oaks Park in Sunnyvale discovered a methamphetamine “treasure hunt” that was used to complete sales, authorities said Wednesday. The investigation was carried out over the past two weeks in a collab...
A Bayview staple has been closed since 2021, but soon, an oyster bar is coming. Plus: Days after the fourth, fireworks cause some damage. Bayview Buzz: SFMTA fixes T-line, oyster bar to replace long-shuttered cafe...
The city of Richmond hopes voters will pass a measure to approve a $120 million bond to renovate the fire department's aging facilities. "The bulk of our fire stations are well past their useful life. Two of the seven fire stations are over 80 years old," said Richmond Fire Chief...
California man charged with arson as wildfire damages structures near Yosemite San Francisco Chronicle
In an effort to ramp up deportations, federal immigration authorities have a new tactic: arresting people who overstay their visas in airports, according to an immigration memo obtained by ABC News....
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (KRON) -- Residents near a gas line rupture in San Rafael are being told to evacuate from multiple locations and shelter in place in the surrounding area Wednesday morning, according to authorities. Police announced the gas line rupture in a community alert at ...
Harrison Bader's health status: Out indefinitely from the San Francisco Giants following a scooter accident MARCA
City leaders and community members will gather at Oakland City Hall on Wednesday to officially swear in James Beere as Oakland's permanent police chief....
Federal bill to draw on San Francisco’s emergency response to autonomous vehicles Local News Matters
A 74-year-old woman was arrested after Lafayette police said she shot bear spray outside her car during some type of argument in the Trader Joe's parking lot, which ended up affecting eight people....
New details have emerged regarding a fatal police shooting that occurred last week at a senior living facility in Fremont.
Cyclists and residents packed a Woodside Town Council meeting Tuesday, calling for stronger enforcement and safety improvements after 34-year-old Jakub Solovsky was killed on Skyline Boulevard....
Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 18 people, including a foreigner, in southwestern Japan....
Woman arrested after using bear spray outside Trader Joe's in Lafayette.
Academy Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash.
Harrison Bader's foot injury complicated by scooter crash ABC7 Bay Area
San Francisco Giants player aggravates injury thanks to ‘bizarre’ scooter accident Yahoo Sports
New details on what led Fremont police officers to shoot and kill an armed suspect who allegedly held hostages at an assisted living facility last week. The 62-year-old suspect has now been identified. Officials say the shooting stemmed from a family dispute. The suspect was hold...
(KRON) -- A Richmond couple is recovering after they were shot nearly two weeks ago while sitting in their car. A woman was airlifted to the hospital, and both victims underwent surgery. Richmond police have not announced any arrests in the case. KRON4's Amanda Hari spoke to one ...
A North Bay youth basketball coach has been arrested after a teenager reported that he had been sexually abusing her for months, according to court documents....
Community members in the North Bay, already traumatized by four major wildfires over the last decade, are upset to learn about a new series of fires that were set intentionally....
(KRON) -- The Hercules Police Department said a grand theft investigation is underway after an Oakland man allegedly stole a jackhammer, valued at more than $2,000, from a Home Depot store. HPD said an officer responded at 3:16 p.m. Monday to 1625 Sycamore Avenue for a report of ...
(BCN) -- Police in Palo Alto are investigating an alleged assault and robbery at Baylands Nature Preserve as a possible hate crime. The alleged attack occurred Thursday afternoon, when a man in his 30s was walking on the Marsh Front trailhead, the Palo Alto Police Department said...
SF Giants player gets in scooter accident, making previous injury worse SFGATE
South Lake Tahoe police received 174 bear-related calls so far this year.
(KRON) -- Authorities said a person suspected of arson was taken into custody Tuesday for a fire at Point Pinole Regional Shoreline. No injuries were reported, and no nearby buildings were threatened. East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) Police Department said officers and fir...
Since late June, Santa Rosa authorities have tracked 30 fires, with at least 17 of them being investigated as arsons. Police arrested five people suspected of starting small fires....
Center fielder Harrison Bader was involved in a scooter accident over the weekend that further damaged his injured left foot.
(KRON) -- A man is charged with attempted murder and other felonies, accused of stabbing a person in the neck during a party in Fremont. The incident happened on July 25. Police identified the suspect as 38-year-old Taylor Maxfield Clausen. The victim received medical treatment a...
Eight people were exposed to the bear spray. One was hospitalized.
A Georgia teenager who charged at the U.S. Capitol armed with a loaded shotgun and wearing body armor and camouflage clothing pleaded guilty on Monday to illegally carrying a firearm, court records show....
SAN FRANISCO (KRON) -- The San Francisco Fire Department said two people were injured when a vehicle crashed into a bank in the city's Duboce Triangle neighborhood on Tuesday afternoon. No other injuries were reported in the crash at Church and Market streets. Officials did not s...
The three suspects were caught and identified hours after yesterday's shooting that occurred near Market and Jones Street. Market St. suspects ID’d, arrested within hours of broad daylight shooting...
49ers coach Kyle Shanahan corrects record, says car crash was his fault SFGATE
(BCN) -- The American Red Cross has declared an emergency blood shortage this summer, for only the second time in the 145-year history of the organization. They issued an urgent request nationwide for donations on Monday, asking people, including Bay Area residents, to book appoi...
New proposed federal standards would – on paper – keep robotaxis like Waymo from blocking emergency first responders. Federal lawmaker steps in after S.F. Waymo fiascos...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan took the blame for the car crash that left him with a concussion and other injuries, saying he took his eyes off the road to reach for his fallen cell phone before hitting another vehicle. Shanahan crashed into a ...
A wound care clinic nurse survived a freak hiking accident — and impressively hiked 10 miles to safety after suffering a serious injury.
The 15-year-old arrested after a shootout at food festival near Seattle's Space Needle over the weekend was armed with a ghost gun with an extended magazine, police said Tuesday....
The 49ers coach suffered significant injuries in a car accident July 14 that left him with lingering concussion symptoms.
Video obtained by NBC Dallas shows the arrest of former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, after he was pulled over and taken into custody on suspicion of intoxicated driving in Milwaukee on July 23. Romo was booked on one count of allegedly operating while intoxicated. The vi...
Iran publicly hanged two men on Tuesday who were convicted of killing four police officers during nationwide anti-government protests in January, state media reported....
(KRON) -- Dozens of Honda cars that had been stolen in Berkeley in recent weeks were found during a chop shop investigation that resulted in two arrests, the Berkeley Police Department announced Tuesday. The case began after several vehicles were reported stolen in Berkeley in a ...
Grenada police said Tuesday that Liz Waddell was not seen returning from a swim.
Kyle Shanahan nearly lost an eye as a result of his car crash earlier this month near his home in Palo Alto, according to Chris Simms, who is close friends with the San Francisco 49ers coach....
The sheriff's office said a deputy found the man at Rotary Park in Sonora, where he had the same straw hat seen in the social media posts about the fire....
A Florida couple accused of claiming their missing infant never existed has been arrested in North Carolina after a yearlong investigation.
(KRON) -- Two suspected narcotics traffickers were arrested, and 70 pounds of methamphetamine were seized during a recent bust in Northern California, the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office announced Monday. Following a three-month investigation into suspects Bernabe Calderon-Nunez, ...
SANTA CLARA — Kyle Shanahan on Tuesday wanted to clear up some things. Public records indicated that Shanahan , the 49ers’ head coach, was not at fault for the two-car collision on July 14 in Palo Alto. Shanahan revealed that the report was inaccurate. “I was going 20 miles an ho...
A small plane made an emergency landing on the sand at Huntington Beach shortly after takeoff on Monday.
Saratoga Springs Police were dispatched to the area on June 16 where they found a barn engulfed in flames.
Family members have identified the man killed in the mass shooting at a birthday party in Morgan Hill as Desiderio "Desi" Romero V. Authorities say more than 300 people were at the unsanctioned gathering when gunfire erupted, killing one person and injuring six others. The Santa ...
A vegetation fire burning in Santa Clara County grew overnight, according to Cal Fire. The Mines Fire had burned 283 acres as of Monday evening and was 25% contained, according to Cal Fire's Santa Clara Unit. This after the agency briefly had containment estimated at 40%....
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Friends of a Ukrainian woman arrested by ICE last week at SFO say they are hopeful they can get her released pending her removal hearing. It was last Wednesday when Iryna Gorb was forcefully detained and arrested by plainclothes ICE officers at SFO for ove...
(KRON) -- A woman who worked as a therapist at Contra Costa County juvenile hall is accused of grooming and sexually abusing a 17-year-old boy. Prosecutors filed a slew of felony charges against Sofia Ann-Buitron Drotts, 26, of San Francisco, on Monday. Earlier this year, Drotts ...
Police said they believe there were at least three shooters: a 15-year-old, an acquaintance who died at the scene and "at least one other unknown suspect."...
Cal Fire crews are battling two vegetation fires in Northern California. In the Bay Area, firefighters are working to contain the Mines Fire in Santa Clara County, and farther north in Tuolumne County, crews are battling the Dove Fire, which forced evacuations....
A 74-year-old Sacramento woman is the latest confirmed victim of a boating accident near Alcatraz.
The gunman who opened fire during a party in Morgan Hill over the weekend, striking seven people and killing one, remains at large.
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