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A two-vehicle crash left two teens dead and two other people hurt late Saturday night in rural Brentwood, authorities said. The crash occurred shortly before midnight on Deer Valley Road near Balfour Road in eastern Contra Costa County. According to the Contra Costa County Fire P...
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The tough-on-crime county is paying up to $1,000 per ride.
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The city has not said when the dirty water problem will be fixed.
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Some teens are saying goodbye to babysitting, and hello to becoming beauty technicians as the newest wave of side hustles. Beauty school costs $17K a year. S.F. teens learn on TikTok....
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The city has not said when the dirty water problem will be fixed.
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President Donald Trump sparked the ire of some Irish leaders shortly after his arrival in Dublin Saturday when he expressed an interest in seeing a unified Ireland....
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Sydney Sweeney is putting her focus on “Just Sports” in her latest ad campaign, but female athletes are less than impressed. The actress stars in Novig’s new national campaign promoting the sports trading platform ahead of football season. The campaign features Sweeney in a serie...
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Former Anthropic AI researcher Jacob Coxon on Sunday called for Congress to allow the nation’s leading frontier AI labs to regulate themselves while lawmakers come up with a long-term regulatory framework for slowing the pace of AI development. “My personal opinion would be to in...
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is calling on the AI industry to slow the development of increasingly powerful models, drawing support from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Elon Musk...
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- South Bay teachers took to the streets Saturday, knocking on doors and handing out flyers to encourage voters to support Proposition 3, a measure they said would help protect funding for public schools. Teachers from across the South Bay gathered in San...
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The musicians announced the walkout just hours before curtains were set to open for the opera’s 104th season.
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris' Malibu home had an unexpected and unwelcome visitor on Friday night.
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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Musicians with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra announced Saturday they are going on strike and will not perform during the company’s opening night on Sept. 12. The musicians said their contract expired July 31 after months of negotiations. They said mana...
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A federal judge found ICE failed to follow the national environmental policy act, saying there was no proof that the federal government conducted an environmental analysis before construction....
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An Ohio man was convicted of trying to kill his ex-wife after prosecutors said he pointed a handgun at her head and pulled the trigger while she was dining with her parents....
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PG&E told KTVU just before 8:55 p.m. that power had been restored.
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The 7th Annual Workday Charity Classic at Palo Alto Hills Golf and Country Club raised more than $5.6 million dollars to support Oakland students and families. The annual golf event is the signature fundraising event for the Curry's 'Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation.'...
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San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood has deep-rooted challenges when it comes to homelessness, and Chef Kelvin Ehbegboni is stepping up to help.
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An Iranian commercial vessel was struck early Sunday off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed and four wounded, Iranian state media said, a day before Tehran seeks to brief regional countries on its contested efforts to manage shipping traffic there. State...
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A Minnesota pastor died after suffering a severe spinal cord injury and nearly drowning in a pool aboard a cruise ship in Italy while celebrating his son’s wedding....
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(BCN)-- An 18-year-old man was arrested in connection with a threat to shoot a Santa Rosa resident and a collision with a police vehicle, officials said Friday. Fox Wheeler of Roseville was taken into custody Thursday, accused of criminal threats, assault with a deadly weapon on ...
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(KRON) -- Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) announced a major delay Saturday on its Berryessa Line in the Dublin / Pleasanton, Berryessa, Richmond and Daly City directions. At 6:53 p.m., BART said a PG&E power outage near its Coliseum station led to the service disruption. Just after...
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Public transit leaders from across the Bay Area rode buses and trains through multiple systems, in an effort aimed at highlighting regional transit connections and encouraging greater public use....
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Elena Rybakina wins the U.S. Open for her third Grand Slam title and second of 2026, beating Aryna Sabalenka in 3 sets.
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The 25-year-old foundation that funds his travel has drawn scrutiny for years under governors of both parties.
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All eight school board candidates said they'd keep the two-semester graduation requirement. Ethnic studies is here to stay, S.F. school board candidates say in first forum...
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As San Francisco leaders face mounting pressure to address a longstanding housing shortage, the debate has shifted from whether more housing is needed to where it should be built and what those projects should look like....
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The Princeton product has hit 13 home runs and stolen 34 bases across two levels this season.
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Police have arrested a man on a murder charge in connection with the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman whose body was found hanging from a tree in Jackson, Mississippi, last month....
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The Queen of Power Ballads is BACK! Celine Dion made her return to the stage on Sept. 12 at the Plenitude Arena just outside Paris, France . It was the first concert in six years for the singer , who took a break after she publicly revealed her stiff person syndrome diagnosis. An...
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The San Francisco Opera canceled its 104th season-opening performance of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra on Saturday and the free annual Opera in the Park concert the following afternoon after the San Francisco Opera Orchestra launched a strike. Ticketholders for Saturday’s Simon Boccan...
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The San Francisco Opera canceled its 104th season-opening performance of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra on Saturday and the free annual Opera in the Park concert the following afternoon after the San Francisco Opera Orchestra launched a strike Saturday evening. As of Sunday evening, or...
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The California labor leader behind a proposal to tax billionaires has been accused of harassing and intimidating several women.
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(KRON) -- A Tracy High School teacher was arrested for allegedly filming students in the locker room, Tracy Police officials said. Wednesday evening, a parent contacted the Tracy Police Patrol Officers after learning that some students found a cell phone recording of them changin...
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Ford is investing $1 billion to build a new paint shop at its Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville.
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New restaurants, including Sergeant Ma and San Francisco Brewing Company, are betting big on Mission Bay as an influx of residents and tech companies helps transform one of San Francisco’s fastest-growing neighborhoods....
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A federal judge has ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement to halt construction on a planned detention center near Gilroy, following a lawsuit filed by the state and Santa Clara County over environmental concerns. The judge ruled that ICE failed to study potential environmen...
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The CEO of Anthropic says the artificial-intelligence industry should slow its fast-moving development to give safety measures time to catch up.
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New details reported by The Standard show how the feds are investigating the presumed frontrunner in the 2028 presidential race.
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BART service was suspended in some parts of the East Bay on Saturday due to a PG&E power outage, according to authorities. Officials initially said the service was suspended due to a fire near the Coliseum station in Oakland. Later, authorities said BART halted service between it...
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Tourism officials are urging visitors to adjust travel plans to one of Hawaii’s hardest-hit islands as residents and businesses recover from Hurricane Lowell....
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(KRON) -- San Francisco-based AI company Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei laid out the dangers of AI development progressing too quickly in an essay published Saturday calling for slower development and closer monitoring of AI technologies. Amodei highlighted the risks of "reckless" AI...
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It took 46 years for the current sequence to run out of combinations.
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A 15-year-old boy was rescued this week after clinging for two days to a capsized boat in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska.
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For the first time in 46 years, California is changing its license plate sequence after running out of available combinations.
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Common Sense Media CEO & Founder Jim Steyer joins us to applaud the series of bills passed in our state to protect children.
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(KRON) -- The San Francisco Police Department arrested two juveniles earlier this month when an autonomous vehicle reported an AR-style assault rifle "ghost gun," officials said in a statement released Thursday. Just before 4 a.m. on Sept. 3, police responded to the 800 block of ...
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Volunteers hit the streets in Redwood City on Saturday to get out the vote in favor of a new rent control measure. If passed in November, Measure E would roll some rents back to 2025 rates and add caps on rent increases. It would also strengthen tenant protections and “just cause...
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A vegetation fire destroyed two barns and damaged a home Saturday afternoon, according to authorities. The Schell-Vista Fire District said the vegetation fire was spreading to buildings at 1365 Napa Road. Authorities said the fire left a home badly damaged and destroyed two barns...
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(KRON) -- The National Weather Service issued a Red Flag Warning due to low humidity and high winds that may exacerbate fire conditions in the North Bay. The warning will remain in effect from 11 a.m. Saturday through 11 a.m. Monday for Lake and Colusa Counties with 25 to 35 mile...
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(KRON) -- A 3.4 magnitude earthquake shook the East Bay early Saturday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Just before 12:30 a.m., an earthquake recorded at about 11 miles deep stuck about 5.5 miles northeast of Brentwood. People between Stockton, Pittsburg and Plea...
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A warning about the safety of A-I went viral this week after an A-I researcher publicly resigned and said the technology is an existential threat to humanity. Is the threat real? Or is the warning alarmist? A San Jose State technology professor says both are true....
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Experts say children need to struggle with everyday problems to develop independence, emphasizing the importance of letting kids figure things out on their own....
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Happy Saturday everyone! Following a notable cool down yesterday, the headline today for many will be wind. A strengthening pressure gradient will increase onshore flow Saturday, with widespread gusts of 25 to 35 mph and locally stronger winds possible near the coast, through gap...
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Joyce Tang, the owner and founder of the popular, nationally acclaimed "Bake Sum" bakeries in Oakland and Alameda says the book is a 'love letter to the Bay Area and the wonderful diversity of flavors that you can find here,'...
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A new study from New York University found more than 20-thousand children between the ages of 8 and 11 have received prescriptions since 2019. It's found to be generally safe for short-term use, but the study's lead investigator said the long-term consequences of the medication o...
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The Lucas Fire burning near the Lake and Mendocino County line has grown to 4,008 acres with 20% containment, according to an update Sunday morning from Cal Fire. The wildfire started on Sept. 10 near Potter Valley and is under unified command involving Cal Fire, the Lake County ...
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(KRON) -- Saturday into Sunday morning, expect breezy onshore winds, especially near the coast and through gaps and passes. Through next week, temperatures remain near seasonal averages. Short Term: Skies will be mostly clear. An area of low pressure offshore is helping to keep t...
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ALAMEDA, Calif. (KRON) -- The varsity football teams from Alameda High School and Encinal High School met Friday night for the 71st edition of the annual “Island Bowl” game before a sold-out crowd. The game was held on Encinal High School's newly refurbished $22 million football ...
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The Atlantic hurricane season is unusually quiet this year due to a strong El Niño, which disrupts storm formation over that ocean.
