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At least 3 killed in Los Angeles news helicopter crash

At least three people were killed in a helicopter crash in Chatsworth on Tuesday when a Los Angeles TV news chopper, covering a previous crash, came down, killing two people aboard the craft and one bystander....

KTVU FOX 2 NewsSep 16, 2026

What to know about the victims of the NBCLA news helicopter crash

Tributes began pouring in Wednesday after a news helicopter crashed in Los Angeles, killing three people. The crash occurred just before 7 p.m. local time Tuesday in the Chatsworth area of the San Fernando Valley , as the news chopper was covering a traffic accident. Angel City A...

NBC Bay Area (KNTV, NBC)Sep 16, 2026

Oakland police helicopter unit down 2 pilots amid federal fraud charges

Oakland police say its helicopter unit is down from five pilots to three after two officers were charged with fraudulently obtaining FAA pilot certifications. OPD says it is relying more heavily on neighboring agencies while training additional pilots....

KTVU FOX 2 NewsSep 16, 2026

How Oakland PD will staff air unit following helicopter pilot indictments

The Oakland Police Department says its helicopter unit is down from five pilots to just three following last week's federal charges against two helicopter pilots and a former FAA inspector. The department says it's now relying more heavily on neighboring law enforcement agencies ...

KTVU FOX 2 NewsSep 16, 2026

Residents displaced after Oakland apartment building fire

A fire at an Oakland apartment building on Martin Luther King Jr. Way on Tuesday left residents unable to return to their homes. The fire began shortly before noon, burning the 4-story building. No one was injured in the blaze, and several pets were rescued, officials said....

KTVU FOX 2 NewsSep 16, 2026

Alameda County Alternative Response Unit hopes to expand mental health service

KTVU went along with Alameda County's Alternative Response Unit in San Leandro as it answered mental health calls Monday. The ARU handles many non-violent calls for help that usually would go to police or fire units. The fire department says the unit has been a success in matchin...

KTVU FOX 2 NewsSep 15, 2026

KNBC news chopper crashes in Los Angeles following bus accident; 3 dead

A devastating night for the local news community unfolded Tuesday following a mid-air disaster in the northern Los Angeles neighborhood of Chatsworth. The sequence of events began with a deadly collision involving an SUV and a Metro bus in Chatsworth, leaving two people dead and ...

NBC Bay Area (KNTV, NBC)Sep 15, 2026

3 killed after NBC L.A. helicopter crashes while covering deadly bus collision

Three people were killed and two others were hospitalized Tuesday night when a news helicopter crashed while reporters for NBC Los Angeles and Telemundo 52 were covering a fatal bus collision. The crash was reported just before 7 p.m. in Chatsworth., a neighborhood in northern Lo...

NBC Bay Area (KNTV, NBC)Sep 15, 2026

South Bay deputies find guns, grenades inside felon's van: sheriff

(KRON) -- Deputies in the South Bay checking out what appeared to be an unattended white van in a remote part of Santa Clara County discovered “something far more concerning,” authorities said Tuesday. Inside, according to the sheriff’s office, was a convicted felon surrounded by...

KRON4 (KRON-TV)Sep 15, 2026

4-story Oakland building on fire

Oakland fire crews are working a fire that appears to be in the attic of a 4-story building in 1900 block of Martin Luther King. No report of rescues at the time, crews still investigating area of origin....

KTVU FOX 2 NewsSep 15, 2026

OPD helicopter unit reduces hours due to staffing

The Oakland Police Department is altering operations for its air support unit following the federal indictment of two of its pilots, who are charged with conspiracy and fraud in connection with the department’s helicopter unit. The unit, known as Argus, helps catch criminals and ...

NBC Bay Area (KNTV, NBC)Sep 15, 2026

Marin County Sheriff uses Flock cameras to bust alleged purse-snatcher

(KRON) -- The Marin County Sheriff's Office tracked down and arrested a man suspected of stealing an elderly woman's purse using Flock cameras and surveillance video. According to a post on X, the victim, a 79-year-old woman, left her purse in her cart while shopping. According t...

KRON4 (KRON-TV)Sep 15, 2026

Kawasaki Ninja rider killed in San Jose crash

(KRON) -- A motorcyclist has died days after her 2025 Kawasaki Ninja collided with a car in San Jose, police said Monday. The crash occurred Thursday around 7:33 p.m. on Saratoga Avenue at Latimer Avenue, according to the San Jose Police Department. Investigators said a woman dri...

KRON4 (KRON-TV)Sep 15, 2026

Massage therapist accused of sexual assaults at Napa business

(KRON) -- A massage therapist in Napa was arrested Sunday following two reports of sexual assaults that allegedly occurred at Herbal Health Massage on back-to-back days, police said. Liangfu Zheng, 50, of Napa, was booked into the Napa County Department of Corrections on suspicio...

KRON4 (KRON-TV)Sep 15, 2026

14-year-old girl dies after Union City collision

(KRON) -- A 14-year-old girl who was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash in Union City on Friday morning has died, police announced Monday. The girl was seated in the front passenger seat of a Mazda sedan when the car was involved in a crash with a large commercial box truck...

KRON4 (KRON-TV)Sep 15, 2026

Pedestrian struck, killed by driver in San Jose

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle in San Jose this weekend, police said Monday. Early Saturday morning just after midnight, officers responded to the area of Curtner and Stone avenues. According to investigators, a Tesla Model X being driven by a man was going west ...

NBC Bay Area (KNTV, NBC)Sep 15, 2026

Alameda Co. Alternative Response Unit hopes to expand mental health service

KTVU went along with Alameda County's Alternative Response Unit in San Leandro as it answered mental health calls Monday. The ARU handles many non-violent calls for help that usually would go to police or fire units. The fire department says the unit has been a success in matchin...

KTVU FOX 2 NewsSep 15, 2026

Alameda County Alternative Response Unit hopes to expand mental health team

KTVU went along with Alameda County's Alternative Response Unit in San Leandro as it answered mental health calls Monday. The ARU handles many non-violent calls for help that usually would go to police or fire units. The fire department says the unit has been a success in matchin...

KTVU FOX 2 NewsSep 15, 2026

San Jose police officer fired for helping domestic violence suspect

(KRON) -- A San Jose Police Department officer was fired after helping a family member find a domestic violence victim, officials revealed Monday. The officer was off-duty when he searched the police department's Automated License Plate Reader cameras to find the victim. SJPD tol...

KRON4 (KRON-TV)Sep 15, 2026

Man cleared of criminal charges in Foster City Spinnaker Cove condo fire

The man initially arrested in connection with a massive fire that tore through a Foster City condo complex last month has been cleared of criminal charges, though displaced residents express frustration over the decision. Keith Tompkins, a resident of Unit 107, was arrested just ...

NBC Bay Area (KNTV, NBC)Sep 14, 2026

Santa Clara County Sheriff's deputy arrested for child sexual abuse material

(KRON) -- A deputy with the Santa Clara Sheriff's Office has been arrested and charged with possessing child sexual abuse material. The San Jose Police Department said it was alerted on Saturday, Sept. 12 at around 10:13 a.m. Officers were flagged down by someone who said she fou...

KRON4 (KRON-TV)Sep 14, 2026

Man assaulted at Sonoma Plaza dies, 4 suspects arrested

(KRON) -- Four people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 64-year-old man died from injuries sustained in an attack in Sonoma, police announced Monday. The victim was identified as Sonoma resident John Francis Avila by the Sonoma Police Department. Avila suffered si...

KRON4 (KRON-TV)Sep 14, 2026

Antioch crash: High school students killed

Two Liberty High School students were killed over the weekend in a car crash in Antioch and another student and driver were injured, according to authorities and parents...

KTVU FOX 2 NewsSep 14, 2026

Four-vehicle crash injures seven people in San Francisco

(BCN) -- Seven people were injured in a multi-vehicle collision in San Francisco early Monday morning. At about 6 a.m., San Francisco police and fire crews responded to the intersection of Bayshore Boulevard and Industrial Street. When they arrived on the scene, emergency crews f...

KRON4 (KRON-TV)Sep 14, 2026

Supreme Court says Trump cannot enforce new mail-in ballot regulation

Casting a decisive blow against President Donald Trump’s hopes of exercising federal control over the midterm elections, the Supreme Court on Monday prevented a U.S. Postal Service regulation concerning mail-in ballots from going into effect. The court in a brief order rejected a...

NBC Bay Area (KNTV, NBC)Sep 14, 2026

Northern California girl rescued after police track 32-year-old man to Oakland

(FOX40.COM) — A 14-year-old girl who went missing Friday from a small Northern California town was rescued after law enforcement tracked a man who took the girl to Oakland, officers said. The Orland Police Department responded to reports of a missing girl Friday morning around 8:...

KRON4 (KRON-TV)Sep 14, 2026

Family of 4 displaced in Rohnert Park house fire Sunday night

(KRON) -- A fire that broke out in a single-family home in Rohnert Park left a family of four displaced. The Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety said it received multiple calls around 10:30 p.m. Sunday regarding a fire at a home on the 7500 block of Bobbie Way. Officers arri...

KRON4 (KRON-TV)Sep 14, 2026

Two pedestrians seriously injured in separate Antioch hit-and-runs

(KRON) -- Two pedestrians in Antioch were critically injured in separate vehicle collisions Saturday night, according to police. The drivers in each incident fled the scene before law enforcement arrived. The first pedestrian-involved hit-and-run crash occurred around 6:50 p.m. i...

KRON4 (KRON-TV)Sep 14, 2026