Violent crime fell sharply across the United States in 2025, continuing a broader decline that is also playing out across the Bay Area, according to newly released FBI data and local police departments.
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A federal judge has officially terminated the federal court oversight of the Oakland Police Department, bringing an end to the longest-running police monitorship in U.S. history....
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New details are emerging about the shocking daytime shooting death of New York Times engineer Jonathan McKinsey in a Dublin sports park, allegedly killed by his elderly in-laws. Hundreds of pages of court documents related to the man's contentious divorce reveal the victim claime...
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Oakland comedian Jay Rich was crowned winner of the 50th San Francisco Comedy Competition over the weekend. This marks the biggest title of his career so far. Rich joined us live in studio to talk about it on The Five....
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Among the honorees were Andy Cohen and Bobby Flay, along with Disney's President of Global Advertising Rita Ferro and ESPN's Stephen A. Smith.
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Newsom has signed a law banning local, state and federal officers from using gloves that can deliver electric shocks to people. The ban comes weeks after ICE made plans to give its officers the gloves....
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Police are still searching for the second of two shooting suspects involved in gunfire at a BART station's transfer platform in Pittsburg Monday night....
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(KRON) -- The Oakland Police Department said an investigation is underway after a commercial burglary Monday led to two suspects arrested. The incident occurred shortly before 4:45 p.m. in the 1200 block of 7th Street. OPD said officers arrived at the scene and learned multiple s...
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Antique safe, discovered after a tip from Mission Local, is popped open in 15 minutes by ‘certified master safe-cracker’ as federal agents look on. FBI cracks giant safe discovered at San Francisco fixer Walter Wong’s former HQ...
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The cause of the Dome Fire, which has been burning in Yosemite National Park since Sept. 15, has been revealed.
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(KRON) -- Within 24 hours on Monday, three victims were found deceased from three separate traffic collisions across Sonoma County. The first victim was found just before 8 a.m., when California Highway Patrol officers found a woman's body in a ditch on Guerneville Road near Frei...
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- The San José City Council voted against a five-year phased plan to increase parking rates across downtown, ensuring drivers will not face higher parking costs for now. The parking rate proposal was introduced to raise funds for the city's general fund t...
