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A man believed to be behind over 30 commercial burglaries in the Bay Area has been arrested, San Jose police announced Thursday. Police identified the suspect as 47-year-old San Jose resident Jonathan Bynum. He allegedly committed burglaries at local restaurants and coffee sho...
Darrell Sheets, a star of the long-running reality series “Storage Wars” who died by suicide, left a note at the scene of his death referencing his cyberbully, according to an incident report released this week by the Lake Havasu City Police Department. Sheets, 67, was found d...
(KRON) -- The California Highway Patrol activated a Silver Alert Thursday in Alameda County for a missing 21-year-old autistic woman from Oregon who may be in the Oakland area. Emalee Anna Bennett-Hofmann is described by authorities as 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighing 300 pounds...
United States military forces launched a new round of strikes against Iran on Thursday, with Iran responding by targeting U.S. allies in the region.
People who set off illegal fireworks in San Francisco could soon face harsher penalties. If a new ordinance passes, first offenses will cost between $125 and $250, second and subsequent offenses would range between $250 and $750, and serious offenders could be sentenced up to ...
Three wildfire detection satellites were launched Tuesday with the goal of helping firefighters detect fires earlier and protect communities across California. This is the first time a satellite system was designed with the intention of detecting wildfires. Tuesday’s launch to...
It's unclear how long the renewed U.S. strikes on Iran will last after it took weeks of difficult diplomacy to get an initial interim ceasefire. This also brings up some important questions as to what the cost will be for the American people as well as for the president....
(KRON) -- The South San Francisco Police Department said the Fourth of July was a "very busy night." According to SSFPD, authorities handled 90 fireworks-related calls and seized more than 400 pounds of fireworks, resulting in multiple arrests and citations. In another incident, ...
(KRON) -- A mother who was slain in Santa Rosa's first homicide of 2026 is being remembered for her adventurous spirit, volunteer work helping locals impacted by wildfires, and passion for saving bumblebees, family members said. Joni Brown, 40, of Santa Rosa, was shot to death on...
The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar in crossfire that again threatened an interim deal intended to help end the war in the Persian Gulf. The strikes came hours after President Donald...
San Jose police and city leaders are continuing their search for at least two suspects involved in the theft of part of a memorial at the Vietnamese Heritage Community Garden after a bronze statue was stolen and later recovered. Police said they recently recovered infrared survei...
The U.S. carried out another round of strikes against Iran Wednesday after President Trump announced an end to the ceasefire.
(KRON) -- The Fremont Police Department said a person was recently arrested after setting up a tent near a children’s tutoring center and refusing to leave. Fremont police responded on June 26 near State Street and Capitol Avenue after getting multiple reports of a disturbance. "...
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he believes the ceasefire with Iran is now “over,” as the two sides traded strikes after the Iranian regime was accused of attacking three commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Crude oil prices jumped more than 4% on Wednesda...
Weeks after the theft of a statue from the Vietnamese Heritage Garden in San Jose, police have released previously unpublished security footage of the theft. The video shows two individuals cutting through the base of the statue and taking it away in what was later determined to ...
There was a New York crash. A 7-year-old girl was hit and killed by a school bus in Monsey, Rockland County.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- On Easter, a foster mother allegedly left a toddler home alone in San Jose with her 17-year-old son. Hours after the foster mother left home, someone called 911, and police found 2-year-old Jaxon unconscious in his crib, according to a wrongful death cl...
Jordan 'Tiny' Wilmore is believed to be the tallest police officer in Texas!
(KRON) -- A man who police say sexually assaulted a woman in downtown Berkeley on Saturday, July 4 has been arrested. According to the Berkeley Police Department, the suspect followed a woman into her apartment building around 3 p.m. He then allegedly cornered the woman in an ele...
"What goes up must come down," Capt. Justin Sylvia told SFGATE.
OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) -- A 47-year-old City of Oakland employee, Jermaine Newton, was killed in East Oakland early Tuesday morning while walking his dog. Police responded to reports of a man down near Old Quarry Loop and Leona Drive, blocks from Newton’s home. Newton worked as a...
Three FireSat satellites built by a Bay Area company launched Tuesday as part of a new "truly transformative" system that experts say can detect fires down to the size of a two-car garage. They are the first step toward a network that could grow to 50 satellites worldwide, transf...
(KRON) -- A police investigation into a man who was reportedly taking photos of underage girls at Northgate One shopping center in San Rafael last month uncovered a “large quantity” of child pornography, authorities said Wednesday. San Rafael Police Department detectives arrested...
The San Francisco Fire Commission met in closed session Wednesday to consider a $6 million legal settlement with a former firefighter who accused top department brass of retaliating against him for pursuing criminal charges against a fellow firefighter in an off-duty attack. T...
(KRON) -- Detectives in San Jose are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying two people who vandalized the “Thank You, America” Vietnam Memorial Monument and stole one of the 9-foot-tall statues last month. On Wednesday, the San Jose Police Department released a 17-minu...
(KRON) -- Police in Gilroy are investigating a fatal hit and run that took place Tuesday. According to the Gilroy Police Department, officers responded at around 10:30 p.m. to the intersection of 10th and Monterey streets on a report of someone laying in the roadway. Officers arr...
San Jose police on Wednesday released surveillance video from the day a "Thank you, America" soldier monument was stolen from the Vietnamese Heritage Garden....
Global markets dropped on declaration from President Trump that the ceasefire deal with Iran was "over".
A man has been arrested in Oklahoma City after allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at a man in a wheelchair outside Oklahoma City Police Department headquarters....
(KRON) -- A 54-year-old Georgia woman was arrested in Palo Alto Monday after allegedly burglarizing an occupied home and later trying to get into locked cars, according to police. Funda Yilmaz, the Palo Alto Police Department said, entered a residence in the 1100 block of Ramona ...
While overall crime numbers are showing a downward trend in Oakland, a recent string of violent incidents—including a fatal shooting, a triple shooting, and an armed kidnapping—has highlighted the ongoing safety anxieties weighing on local residents....
President Donald Trump said he thinks the ceasefire and interim agreement to end the war with Iran are now "over." He said he would allow negotiators to keep talking but that "it’s just a waste of time dealing with them." Trump also called Iran's leaders 'scum.'...
Oil prices surged more than 6% after U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the interim agreement with Iran is "over," though he will allow talks to continue....
Renewed fighting between the United States and Iran has raised questions about whether the two sides will resume all out war.
San Jose police are asking for the public’s help in identifying two people who stole a large statue from the Vietnamese Heritage Garden last month. The roughly 9-foot statue of a South Vietnamese soldier was stolen from the garden, located in Kelley Park, on June 21 and later ...
Police say an Arizona toddler discovered in a backyard pool in February was declared dead at a hospital but later discovered to be alive.
On Tuesday morning in Oakland, police responded to a triple shooting and a homicide. These two incidents followed a reported armed kidnapping of a woman on Friday night. Residents react....
The days after the Fourth of July can be the most dangerous for communities statewide.
The 4th of July holiday weekend is over but local fire departments are still on high alert for the possibility of illegal fireworks.
Nearly four weeks after a massive fire burned a medical supply warehouse to the ground in Tracy, health care organizations are just starting to see the supply chain improve following weeks of essential supply shortages....
The United States launched strikes on Iran early Wednesday, hours after it revoked a license authorizing the sale of Iranian oil in retaliation for what it said were Tehran’s attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran hit back with strikes on Bahrain and Kuwait. President ...
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- First responders in San Francisco say there was a slight uptick in calls for service this Fourth of July, and while there were several serious injuries related to illegal fireworks, the biggest increases were in electric scooter injuries. “I do know that w...
Health care organizations are beginning to see the medical supply chain improve nearly four weeks after a massive fire destroyed a million-square-foot Medline warehouse in Tracy....
Cameras inside a Waymo driverless taxi shows teenagers drinking alcohol and firing a gun, which police say later turned out to be a water gun.
(KRON) -- Evacuations have been issued in a Novato neighborhood due to a nearby brush fire Tuesday afternoon. Residents of Albion Court, Silvio Lane, Briarwood Court and Sequoia Glen are being told to leave immediately by the Novato Police Department. As of around 4:30 p.m., forw...
Waymo called San Mateo, California police on teens for drinking and shooting toy guns from a driverless vehicle.
(KRON) -- Campus police at UC Berkeley are conducting a search at the Haas School of Business and surrounding buildings. The UC Berkeley Police Department is telling anyone inside the school or its surrounding buildings, Cheit Hall and Chou Hall to secure in place immediately and...
The vehicle stopped and called the police on two children violating its policies.
(KRON) -- Alameda County prosecutors filed murder charges this week against a man who allegedly shot a father of four in Oakland. Leonard Evans, 43, is accused of fatally shooting the victim around 11:30 a.m. on June 14. Police officers found the homicide victim inside a Tesla on...
(KRON) -- Crews are responding to a five-acre fire in South San Jose on Tuesday afternoon, according to Cal Fire SCU. Firefighters were dispatched to the 20200 block of Almaden Road, east of Alamitos Creek. As of 2 p.m., Cal Fire said structures are being threatened due to the fi...
Two 15-year-olds on a Waymo joyride were intercepted by police and detained for underaged drinking and shooting Orbeez gel blasters from their driverless vehicle, after the autonomous company called the police to stop them....
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Three people were arrested and a massive amount of narcotics seized on Sunday when the San Francisco Police Department responded to a possible vehicle burglary. SFPD officers from Central Station were dispatched to the area of Mason and Pine streets at aro...
Brittany Armstrong was charged with involuntary manslaughter after illegal fireworks started a fire that killed Cashmere Elijah Parker in Dunn, North Carolina....
Oakland police are investigating a reported kidnapping after a woman was struck with a gun and forced into a car near the city's Laurel District last Friday....
(KRON) -- Police in Oakland are searching for a woman who was kidnapped on the night of Friday, July 3, in the Laurel neighborhood, authorities said Tuesday. The suspect, who is also wanted, struck the victim with a firearm before forcing her into a dark-colored car, according to...
Every month, Californians pay an extra $3 million for an overlap in ‘Next Generation 911’ services because the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) is pivoting to a different service provider. The overlap fees will continue until at least summer 2027, Cal OES said...
Oakland police are investigating a reported kidnapping that happened last Thursday night.
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The first satellite system specifically made to detect wildfire threats in California and across the globe will go online later this year following Tuesday's SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Governor Gavin Newsom announced. Among th...
Operation Hard Ball has led to federal charges against 37 operatives of India-based organized crime syndicates for racketeering, extortion, and international drug trafficking....
Two teenagers were detained by the San Mateo Police Department Monday afternoon after they were reported drinking and shooting toy guns from a Waymo car....
