OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) -- More than five decades after a 16-year-old girl was strangled to death in a hotel room downtown near the Oakland police station, advances in DNA technology finally identified the victim. Investigators identified the girl slain in 1969 as Joanne "Joanie" Yvonne Burdick, O...
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A man and woman were found fatally shot at their Berkeley Hills home Friday morning. A relative said the woman was her sister and that her brother-in-law had been experiencing mental health challenges....
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Senator Alex Padilla on Thursday conducted an unannounced oversight visit a Customs and Border Protection detainment facility at San Francisco International Airport. His office had received calls from multiple constituents who reported that detainees were being denied access to m...
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Two crashes, one of them fatal, blocked several lanes on westbound Interstate 80 in Berkeley on Friday, bringing traffic to a crawl during the late-afternoon commute....
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The tense encounter was caught on video by an onlooker, who noted that the animal appeared to be moving in for an attack, though the otter's exact intentions remain unclear....
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The Cornell rape accuser was 'failed' by people obligated to protect her, Gov. Hochul said at a news conference on Friday.
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One person died in a crash Friday afternoon on Interstate 80 in Berkeley that caused major traffic backups in the area.
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Today was our last "mild to warm" day before a wave of excessive heat settles in. The marine layer will be thin and shallow overnight, which means only minimal cooling....
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The co-pilot of the FlyDubai plane who allegedly attacked its captain is an Omani national who was previously suspended by Oman Air as a security risk, sources say....
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New York's attorney general will investigate the rape allegation.
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(KRON) -- Parents and staff members at Marshall Elementary School in San Francisco's Mission District are voicing growing safety concerns over hazardous neighborhood conditions surrounding the campus. The concerns follow reports of public drug use, aggressive behavior and hazardo...
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Santa Clara County officials are telling people to take precautions in the heat while going about their fall activities.
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A 63-year-old woman and a 61-year-old man were found shot to death Friday morning at their Oakland home near the Berkeley border, according to the Oakland Police Department....
