LAFAYETTE, Calif. (KRON) -- The Lafayette Reservoir tower in the East Bay is undergoing significant modifications as crews began work on Friday to shorten the structure. The project is part of a seismic retrofit aimed at strengthening the tower and enhancing its earthquake resilience. The tower w...
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Former Windsor Mayor Dominic Foppoli spoke with ABC7 Eyewitness News as jury selection began in his civil trial over allegations of sexual assault and misconduct from seven women over a period spanning two decades.
(KRON) — According to the California Highway Patrol, its narcotics-detection K-9 teams performed nearly 1,700 enforcement searches in 2025 that were tied to drug trafficking and illegal firearms and explosives. CHP said the K-9-led searches netted more “than 21,170 pounds of illegal narcotics — i...
(KRON) -- The Oakland Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a 14-year-old girl who disappeared more than a week ago. She is considered at risk due to her age. OPD said Evelynn Valdez was last seen around 1:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 2, in the 900 block of 75th Avenue. At th...
LAFAYETTE, Calif. (KRON) -- The Lafayette Reservoir tower in the East Bay is undergoing significant modifications as crews began work on Friday to shorten the structure. The project is part of a seismic retrofit aimed at strengthening the tower and enhancing its earthquake resilience. The tower w...
Lawyers for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk are trying to sow doubt about the case.
Actress Joanna Pettet, a familiar face in film, television and theater, has died at the age of 83.
Taylor Swift paid the City of New York $160,000 to cover the cost of resources used during her wedding at Madison Square Garden, Mayor Mamdani said Friday.
Apple on Friday accused OpenAI of stealing trade secrets as it seeks to build its own hardware for ChatGPT, a major rupture in a partnership between the iPhone maker and the artificial intelligence company. Apple said in the lawsuit filed in a California federal court that the theft of its trade ...
Humanoid robots have performed two surgeries in pigs for the first time, a new development researchers say may be a potential gamechanger for hospitals in the future.
(KRON) -- A San Jose man was sentenced Friday to serve 60 days in jail for trying to profit from his own road rage crash and submitting a bogus claim to his auto insurance company, prosecutors said. Ken Pham Tran, 53, told Progressive Insurance Co. that the damage to his white Jeep Wrangler Rubic...
San Francisco Bay Area native 11-year-old Amaya Masoli, who's starring as young Moana in Disney's live-action remake, shared her excitement for the film and how she brought her own Samoan culture into the experience.
A New York woman is facing a harassment charge after police say she became impatient in a McDonald's drive-thru and allegedly slapped the driver of the vehicle in front of her.
The shop closed last month after three years at 14th and Valencia streets. Owner Diana Musa said she's looking for a new home. Woman-owned skate shop Double Down looks for a new home
A town in the Sacramento Valley is stuck in a legal battle to secure police services.
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Over the past day or two, passersby in San Francisco's Financial District may have noticed rows of tents popping up in areas where homeless encampments aren't usually found. On Friday afternoon, rows of tents could be seen on two sides of the intersection of Battery and Ca...
Donald Luu, former president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, claims his accuser violated a settlement deal by going public.
The CDC is investigating a growing number of cyclosporiasis cases now reported across at least 31 states. Here's the latest.
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Officers with the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) arrested 76 suspects and seized 85 grams of narcotics during a one-day operation around the Tenderloin, Mission and Southern Districts on Wednesday. The Drug Market Agency Coordination Center (DMACC) operation focuse...
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Nadine Menendez surrendered to federal authorities Friday afternoon and is in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons at the Federal Correctional Institution Tallahassee.
A woman was rushed to a hospital Thursday after she was attacked by a bear on the deck of her Alaskan house just as she was getting out with her dogs, investigators said.
It's the latest instance of the Republican president trying to exert White House influence over how U.S. elections are conducted.
The suspect, a 17-year-old boy, allegedly fled from California to Texas.
Most of America's Lower 48 states are about to swelter under an unusually large, strong and long-lasting heat dome.
Alex Lobban joins KTVU to discuss what's to come in the World Cup quarter-finals and Team USA headlines.
The Giants ace deleted his account after replying to a reporter and fans who criticized the team.
A 19-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a double shooting at an Alameda beach "takeover" last month, and his girlfriend has been charged as an accessory.
Two men were arrested on suspicion of a $100K burglary. One allegedly took selfies.
The family of Nolan Wells, the Mississippi 18-year-old found dead after a July 4 boat trip, say they've uncovered disturbing details as they try to figure out what happened.
(KRON) -- A suspect has been arrested in a July 4th hit-and-run that left a woman with significant injuries, the Vallejo Police Department announced Friday. Vallejo PD responded at 10:40 p.m. last Saturday on numerous reports of a vehicle-pedestrian crash in a parking lot in the 400 block of Sant...
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A motorcyclist was killed overnight Friday after falling from an elevated freeway ramp in San Francisco, according to the California Highway Patrol. The motorcyclist was spotted at 11:56 p.m. Thursday by a CHP officer traveling on northbound Interstate 280 near the Highway...
Investors and property owners across the Bay Area allege he stole millions.
NASA chief Jared Isaacman has confirmed that the space agency has taken images of objects that remain unknown, which could be classified as UFOs.
(KRON) -- Five tigers that were abandoned at a private Northern California facility were rescued by the Oakland Zoo's big cat experts, including one that will make Oakland her forever home, zoo officials said. The tigers were rescued from a shuttered private roadside facility known for mistreatin...
The police department said investigators are uncertain whether all the cases of vandalism are connected or if they were committed by the same person.
Also, there are business closures on Valencia and Mission streets. The MCCLA will host its next community meeting next week. Mission Buzz: A handful of Mission businesses receive an economic boost from the city
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A 17-year-old who had fled to Texas was arrested Friday morning in the Dallas area more than a month after an 18-year-old was shot and killed at a Fairfield graduation.
(KRON) -- A 17-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting 18-year-old Jamario Baker during a high school graduation ceremony in Fairfield last month fled to Texas within days of the incident, authorities said. On Friday, U.S. Marshals accompanied by Fairfield Police Department officers arrested the...
A Burlingame teenager is among 11,000 California drivers who received notices from the CA Department of Motor Vehicles requiring them to retake a test because of what the agency described as an "irregularity" in test results.
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