(KRON) -- A man who traveled to Walnut Creek with the intention of meeting a minor for sex was arrested, according to the Hercules Police Department. The arrest was the result of a multi-agency operation conducted by the Walnut Creek Police Department, Contra Costa County Interne...
A woman died after a fire at a Fremont apartment complex Wednesday morning, according to fire officials.
A woman died after a fire at a Fremont apartment complex Wednesday morning, according to fire officials.
(KRON) -- A person was taken to the hospital after a shooting in San Francisco Wednesday afternoon, the San Francisco Police Department said. The shooting happened around 12:33 p.m. on the 1100 block of Scott Street in the city's Western Addition neighborhood. Officers were dispa...
(KRON) -- A Redwood City sex offender told police that he was "just trying to meet women" when he was allegedly caught masturbating in front of multiple victims at a Caltrain station, prosecutors said. The victims included women, a 10-year-old girl, and a 13-year-old girl, accord...
USA Swimming placed its chief financial officer, Cory Hilliard, on leave Monday after learning of his arrest on charges of theft and embezzlement.
On Tuesday, a San Mateo County jury awarded $33 million to twin girls who lost both of their parents in a high-speed street-racing crash in Redwood City nearly four years ago. Liza Spiridon, the girls’ maternal aunt who adopted the now 11-year-old twins with her husband, Jeff Hod...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KRON) -- A San Mateo County civil jury reached a verdict Tuesday awarding $33 million to two 11-year-old girls whose parents were killed in front of the twins in a horrific Redwood City crash. The twins were traveling home with their parents on El Camino Rea...
(KRON) -- Police in Richmond are investigating a double stabbing that left one victim dead late Tuesday night, authorities said. The Richmond Police Department responded at 11:18 p.m. to the 1700 block of Wood Place on the report of a stabbing. Arriving officers found two victims...
The Timber Fire is burning near several well-known hotels and restaurants along Highway 1, including Ventana, Post Ranch Inn and Nepenthe, but CAL FIRE says there has been no damage to buildings so far....
A father survived the gunfire that killed his son in east Bakersfield.
An American Airlines plane hit birds while taking off from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Monday, leading to flames shooting from an engine and an emergency landing....
Currently, only 5% of the fire is contained.
The hanging death of 29-year-old Tasia Fortune in Jackson, Mississippi, has raised questions as police investigate the circumstances surrounding her death....
A woman who was struck and killed Friday while riding an electric scooter on Market Street was identified by the San Francisco Medical Examiner’s Office. Yebin Kim, a 32-year-old woman from San Francisco, was identified as the victim of the collision. On Friday at 8:18 a.m., San ...
(KRON) -- A 34-year-old Antioch man faces felony charges after being accused in a multi-state identity theft operation, authorities announced Tuesday. The Antioch Police Department said it was tipped off to the operation after being contacted by Lear Capital, a precious metals co...
There are new evacuations because of the Timber Fire near Big Sur.
Suspects Arrested For Southern District Homicide thesfnews.com
(KRON) -- Authorities continue to seek witnesses to a fatal crash involving a truck and a bicycle that occurred last week in Fairfield on the eastbound Interstate 80 Air Base Parkway off-ramp, the California Highway Patrol said Tuesday. Investigators said the bicyclist was riding...
(KRON) -- Police in Napa are asking for the public’s help in locating an at-risk missing man last seen Tuesday. Benjamin Rowton, 34, is described as 6 feet 8 inches tall and weighing 189 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. Rowton was last seen in the downtown area of Napa w...
After a Typo, Officers Used Excessive Force in an Arrest, a Report Finds The New York Times
As Oakland nears the end of more than 20 years of federal oversight over its police department, the city is hiring for a brand-new position: constitutional policing administrator....
After a journalist covered Maury Blackman’s arrest, David Chiu tried to get the article removed from the web. It cost the city $45,000.
San Francisco fire commissioners are facing backlash over a recent decision to remove peer counselors from 911 calls. “We now have 164 hours of community paramedic training that our members all go through, which allow us to feel really comfortable with being able to handle these ...
Sticker Shock Hits San Francisco Condo Owners Facing Sprinkler Mandate Deadline Fire Engineering
A food pantry in Hayward that’s been serving the community for over 50 years will shut down at the end of the week. South Hayward Parish’s last day of food distribution will be Friday, First Presbyterian Church of Hayward announced. The site’s emergency shelter and resource cente...
Weather conditions are hampering the work of firefighters attacking the Timber Fire burning in the Big Sur area of Monterey County on Wednesday, as lightning strikes plague the area, endangering Cal Fire crews. “Conditions across the Timber Fire are generating active cloud-to-gro...
One person died and another was injured in a stabbing in Richmond, police said Wednesday. Richmond police said they received a report at about 11:18 p.m. Tuesday of a stabbing in the 1700 block of Wood Place. Responding officers and medical personnel found two victims suffering f...
A father of four called 911 to report that he had killed his entire family, before turning the gun on himself in an apparent murder-suicide, police in Kansas said....
Three people were were found dead at a home day care in the Twin Cities metropolitan area on Wednesday. Police said the victims are two adults and a young child in the incident at Brown Bear Daycare in Hopkins, Minnesota, roughly 15 miles southwest of Minneapolis, according to po...
Joe La Mariana will never forget the night: Sept. 7, 2016. It was 8 p.m., and La Mariana was working out on his exercycle. Then he got the phone call. “It was a four-alarm fire,” said La Mariana, the executive director of RethinkWaste, a recycling and disposal agency that serves ...
A San Jose pedestrian who was struck by a car earlier this month and then stabilized at a hospital has died, police said. On Aug. 4 just after noon, officers responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian collision in the area of Tully Road and Lucretia Avenue. According to police, a w...
OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) -- A robbery, assault and vandalism at an Oakland 7-Eleven over the weekend left the store with thousands of dollars in damage, and employees say a group of more than a dozen teenagers was responsible. The Oakland Police Department is investigating the inci...
Wednesday Weather: Wednesday Forecast: Morning drizzle from heavy marine layer, then temperatures continue to fall sharply. Highs will hit the cool 60s at the coast, upper 60s to mid-70s around the Bays, and cap at a highly comfortable upper 70s to mid-80s across the inland valle...
"I just want her back in my arms." Four cats remain missing more than a week after a six-alarm fire on Sea Spray Lane in Foster City, leaving pet owners searching daily for answers while they wait for access to the damaged building....
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- One person was hospitalized after a fire broke out on the eighth floor of a residence in the 200 block of Woodside Avenue Tuesday afternoon, according to the San Francisco Fire Department. SFFD said crews responded to reports of a room fire inside the stru...
(KRON) -- A pedestrian who was struck by a car in a crosswalk on Lucretia Avenue in San Jose died five days after the accident, police said. On the afternoon of Aug. 4, a woman was driving a 2019 gray Nissan Sentra sedan westbound on Tully Road. When she made a right turn onto Lu...
A wildfire burning in the rugged mountains above California’s iconic Big Sur coastline is bringing another disruption to a community that has endured years of fires, landslides and closures along Highway 1....
When a fast-moving fire tore through a Foster City condominium complex earlier this month, it displaced more than 100 residents and reduced everything one woman owned to ashes....
When a fast-moving fire tore through a Foster City condominium complex earlier this month, it displaced more than 100 residents and reduced everything one woman owned to ashes....
(KRON) -- The Fremont Police Department said officers responded to Bay Street on Aug. 1 to a report of a man with a large knife who was walking near vehicles. According to police, the suspect broke into a vehicle using burglary tools, and when officers arrived, they "located him ...
One person injured in apartment fire in S.F. San Francisco Chronicle
A malware attack on Suisun City’s computer network has forced the closure of City Hall for at least a week and prompted a local state of emergency, with officials warning that full recovery of the city’s systems could take months. The cyberattack, which was discovered Friday, has...
(KRON) -- The Timber Fire in Big Sur spread from 2,000 acres to nearly 3,000 within the past 24 hours as firefighters attempt to protect iconic landmarks and local gems. Evacuation orders expanded again Tuesday afternoon, forcing the evacuations of popular parks and beaches along...
A judge denied diversion on Monday for the teen driver in last year's crash.
(KRON) -- A police drone recorded sneaky tactics used by a burglary crew to target victims around San Francisco, officials said. Investigators said the drone recorded the group switching out their car's license plate and donning disguises while committing crimes. (Drone video rel...
A San Francisco police watchdog group says officers used excessive force in an incident two years ago after entering a wrong license plate number.
An SFPD report found that two officers used unnecessary force and violated policy during the 2024 arrest of Matthew Ludwig after they entered his license plate information incorrectly, causing them to think his car was stolen. They smashed his car window, dragged him from the veh...
A South Florida woman on the FBI's list of “Most Wanted Fraudsters" for her alleged role in a $32 million scheme tied to COVID-19 funds was arrested in Jamaica and brought back to the United States....
Christiana Porter was slammed into a wall by San Francisco Police. Now, she seems set to receive a settlement from the city. Woman slammed into wall by SFPD to receive $825K settlement from city...
The crash occurred on Aug. 4 on Highway 18 by the Big Bear Dam.
(KRON) -- Three people suspected of burglarizing mailboxes in San Bruno Monday night were arrested after being tracked down in Oakland, police said. The thefts come less than two weeks after four tubs of mail were stolen from the San Bruno Post Office. On Monday at 11:23 p.m., th...
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- An air quality advisory has been issued for the Bay Area due to smoke from the Timber Fire near Big Sur. The advisory is in effect for Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the Bay Area Air District. "Smoke from the Timber Fire may impact portions of the Sou...
Climber Jacob Whisenant, 30, has died in a climbing accident at California’s Sierra Nevada last week.
A San Mateo County jury found Cesar Morales, Kyle Harrison and Morales’ parents liable in the wrongful death case stemming from the November 2022 crash that killed Greg Ammen and Grace Spiridon . The jury awarded $33 million in economic and non-economic damages on Tuesday to the ...
Miles Elliot is being remembered as a devoted public servant after the California pilot was killed in a helicopter crash while battling a massive wildfire in Utah. He is survived by his wife and 9-year-old son....
Chrysler is recalling nearly 50,000 vehicles over a seat belt defect that could increase the risk of injury in a crash.
A wildfire burning in the rugged mountains above California’s iconic Big Sur coastline is bringing another disruption to a community that has endured years of fires, landslides and closures along Highway 1....
A Peninsula family is expressing growing frustration with law enforcement after their stolen vehicle was spotted in Oakland just hours after it was taken, but a dayslong delay in police response may have cost them the opportunity to recover it. Ring camera video captured early la...
A man remains hospitalized more than a year after suffering catastrophic health complications that his attorneys allege were caused by contaminated raw oysters....
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