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(KRON) -- The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum will celebrate its 40th anniversary later this month with a community event at Lighthouse Point. The celebration is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 26, from noon to 2:30 p.m. at the Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse, 701 West Cliff Drive. The e...
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House Republicans had planned to remain in session until Thursday, but will now take their last votes Wednesday evening on a major White House priority....
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For Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re celebrating a Bay Area family business with more than 30 years of Guatemalan tradition. Universal Panaderia Bakery started with mom and dad selling food from their cars and has since grown to three locations in san francisco, daly city and san p...
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On this episode of Talk of the Town, Dave Clark is joined by Kenneth Maxey, Deka Dike and Karen Horne from the Urban League of the Greater San Francisco Bay Area....
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The Floriston Fire is burning in the Tahoe area near Truckee along California-Nevada border.
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(KRON) -- A Danville man who pleaded guilty to a multi-million-dollar Ponzi scheme earlier this year was handed nearly a decade in prison. Edwin Emmett Lickiss, 78, pleaded guilty in federal court back in May to one count of wire fraud and another of money laundering. Lickiss, ac...
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You can experience culture through food, and at Cielito Cocina Mexicana in Danville, the menu takes inspiration from two distinct Mexican regions: Puebla and Oaxaca. As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re exploring the flavors, ingredients and traditions behind the dishes...
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Why researchers are walking out of AI labs — and what an ex-Googler learned about believing your employer too long.
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The Lurie administration has stepped up arrests of drug users. The District 8 candidates share their thoughts. Meet the District 8 candidates: Should S.F. arrest more drug users?...
business
More than a dozen Santana Row restaurants in San Jose are participating in the "Taste the Row" promotion throughout September, offering $25 two-course weekday lunches. Ana Paula from Peruvian-Spanish restaurant Suspiro joined The Four to showcase the special menu options and disc...
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Actor and director Mario Van Peebles joined his son, Mandela Van Peebles, in studio to showcase Mandela’s short film "Contagious" at the 24th Annual Oakland International Film Festival. The film explores how everyday acts of kindness create lasting connections across cultural and...
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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Wednesday is the second day of the Dreamforce convention in San Francisco. Day 2 of the annual conference highlighted hands-on artificial intelligence demonstrations and interactive experiences for thousands of attendees. On the convention floor of the pac...
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(KRON) -- An Oakland man is facing 12 felony charges after allegedly firing an assault rifle during an attempted robbery of a local market and, in a separate incident, violently robbing an elderly woman, Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson announced Wednesday. O...
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California on Wednesday passed Senate Bill 1392, known as 'Leno's Law,' exempting qualifying 1976 to 1985 classic collector vehicles from state smog checks....
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City shelters and other supportive housing sites would be required to keep vaccination records and report any attacks to the Vicious and Dangerous Dog Unit....
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A vegetation fire that broke out near I-80 at the California-Nevada border Wednesday morning has prompted evacuation warnings, CAL FIRE says.
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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- In the future, who will be in charge: Humans or AI systems? Members of Congress are calling on fellow lawmakers to build guardrails around rapid artificial intelligence development, possibly including a "kill switch" that could shutdown rogue AI agents. U....
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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey is speaking up about postpartum care following the high-profile case of Lindsay Clancy, who was on trial for the murder of her three children after saying she was in the throes of postpartum psychosis....
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An Islamic State group member was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison for aiding the terrorist organization that took credit for a suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members and about 160 Afghans at the Kabul airport five years ago during the American military's ch...
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FX's "The Drop: A Snowfall Saga" bridges the divides between Los Angeles fictional and real, past and present, with the help of Skipp Townsend.
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Three minutes with a donkey or mini-horses can boost mood: UC Davis
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An affordable housing complex named after the Black Panther Party, and run by the party’s former leader, is suing San Francisco police, claiming a raid there earlier this year was illegal. The raid occurred on May 21 at The Black Panther Apartments in West Oakland. The federal ci...
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"Leave the Kennedy center alone," Kerry Kennedy said on Tuesday.
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As artificial intelligence dominates tech events like Dreamforce, political figures across the aisle—including Sen. Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon—are calling for stricter limits on the technology's rapid growth. Beyond apocalyptic scenarios like energy grid failures, experts wa...
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Benicia Oktoberfest and Marketplace returns to Solano County this weekend. It's from 11 am to 6 pm Saturday, September 19 at First Street Green on Benicia's waterfront....
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The month of September marks National Suicide Prevention Month, bringing renewed focus to an alarming public health crisis facing our youth. Data from Mental Health America finds suicide remains the second-leading cause of death for those between the ages of 10 and 24. Dr. Jackie...
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Some big names have recently closed their doors in downtown San Jose, but there’s an optimistic buzz building in San Pedro Square with new restaurants moving into some of the empty spaces. Olla Cocina closed last year, Sushi Confidential closed weeks ago, and San Pedro Social is ...
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Residents in San Jose’s Willow Glen neighborhood say coyotes are roaming their streets and moving into their backyards. Ephraim Lindenbaum said he sees coyotes in his backyard almost daily and even had four charge him at one point. He now carries a hockey stick whenever he goes o...
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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The San Francisco Fire Department paid tribute to the members of an NBC Los Angeles News helicopter crew who died in a crash Tuesday. The helicopter went down while covering a fatal L.A. Metro bus crash in Chatsworth Tuesday evening. The helicopter went do...
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(KRON) -- A convicted murderer is accused of stealing cash from a Vallejo gas station gambling machine earlier this month, according to authorities. The man was arrested along with another suspect “with an extensive criminal history,” the Vallejo Police Department said. Police re...
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The third person who was killed after news helicopter crashed in LA has been identified as the investigation continues into what caused the aircraft to go down....
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A suspect is facing involuntary manslaughter and battery charges after a video shows an altercation at Sonoma Plaza where a man identified as John Avila was punched after being heard saying "I want to die," along with a racial slur, and died six days later....
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A man-made creek at a Durham facility was the most likely source of exposure to the brain-eating amoeba that killed a 17-year-old boy, NCDHHS says
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What made the NBC news helicopter crash in LA? Flight Safety Aviation expert Hassan Shahidi explains what investigators will look for.
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Fears about out-of-control artificial intelligence and suggestions to hit the brakes on the technology’s development aren’t new, but they have recently found new life as warnings about rogue AI systems causing mayhem grow louder. Several leading AI executives recently voiced agre...
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Macklemore is donating $1 million of his earnings to Palestinian relief organizations after he was removed from Ed Sheeran’s tour , and he has invited New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft to do the same. Macklemore said Wednesday on Instagram that he wants to “bring the conver...
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(KRON) -- Richmond is the latest Bay Area city to take a stand against data centers after city council members passed a moratorium late Tuesday. After an hours-long debate and hearing from passionate members of the community within packed city council chambers, the new ordinance ...
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang shared differing views on AI safety during the keynote of Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference. Amodei questioned Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff,. OpenAi's Sam Altman also talked about his concerns....
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A woman was arrested after allegedly meeting a man at a club in South Florida, going home with him and drugging him before stealing his nearly $100,000 Rolex watch, according to court records....
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Corte Madera is now the first town in the country to ban the sale of all nicotine products. Georgetown law professor Michele Goodwin explains whether other towns will follow suit....
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49ers sportscaster Greg Papa is back in the hospital with heart failure, according to the SF Standard.
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The family of a pregnant woman who died sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and others on Tuesday, claiming she was denied an abortion that could have saved her life....
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The most powerful figures in the AI industry issued grave warnings in recent days.
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San Francisco City Hall on Tuesday glowed in green, red, and white as hundreds of Bay Area residents gathered at Civic Center Plaza to celebrate "El Grito" and kick off both Hispanic Heritage Month and the eve of Mexican Independence Day....
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Three people died after a NBC4 news helicopter crashed in Chatsworth. The victims in the helicopter as pilot George Marciniw and Eliana Moreno, who provided aerial coverage for NBC4 and Telemundo 52....
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There’s no end in sight to the work stoppage, as musicians say the math doesn’t add up and the opera says it has no choice but to freeze wages.
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After a major price cut, a WordPress founder is buying the retrofitted tugboat from the counterculture legend.
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After a week of dire warnings, the CEOs of OpenAI and Anthropic toned down doom messages at the Dreamforce conference.
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Life skills or initiation? Alpha School’s eight-week boot camp splits the internet.
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After years of environmental excommunication, Pacific bluefin tuna is back in good graces — and increasingly being caught just off our shores.
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Golden State coach Natalie Nakase has stretched her bench during the regular season. She might need Veronica Burton and Gabby Williams to take over in the playoffs....
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An all-out marketing blitz, decades of nostalgia, and the Rams’ snub created the perfect conditions for Melburnians to fall in love.
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Plus, the Autumn Moon Festival in Chinatown, a community run for fans of “The Odyssey,” the Haight Ashbury Street Fair, and more.
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A brush fire near Truckee has shut down Interstate 80 lanes close to the state line and prompted evacuation warnings in the area. Cal Fire on Wednesday evening said the Floriston Fire has burned at least 613 acres in Nevada County. AlertCalifornia cameras show a large plume of sm...
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The Federal Reserve just raised the cost of money — bad news for borrowers, good news for savers. The Fed increased its benchmark interest rate Wednesday by a quarter-point , the first rate hike since the summer of 2023. The hike will likely make it even costlier to borrow for ho...
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(KRON) -- Police in Santa Clara are asking for the community’s help in locating a missing at-risk man last seen Monday. Anthony Spanton is described by authorities as 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing 210 pounds. He has black hair and green eyes. The missing man was last seen in ...
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The Kennedy Center will close most of its facility for renovations after its Trump‑aligned board voted Tuesday to proceed with the shutdown just hours after a federal judge again blocked the institution from restoring Donald Trump’s name to the building, as lawyers warned the ven...
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An honor for an icon. The Country Music Association is producing a two-hour tribute to Dolly Parton. It'll air October 21 on ABC and Disney+
