Two teenagers face possible charges after they were caught drinking and shooting a toy gun from inside a driverless Waymo vehicle Monday afternoon, prompting the company to remotely halt the car and keep them inside until police arrived. San Mateo police said Waymo employees monitoring the veh...
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Enjoy tonight's cool air, because the warmer weather back tomorrow. For Wednesday: The Desert Southwest ridge is shifting directly over Southern California, compressing our natural marine layer down to a shallow 1,000 feet. Thursday & Friday Peak: Temperatures will jump 4 to 5 degrees. The Coas...
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(KRON) -- Four orphaned baby bobcats that were rescued in the Bay Area, Central Coast, and Central California will spend the next few months at a wildlife center. The bobcat kittens are being cared for at a wooded 169-acre site operated by Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA's center in Saratoga. The...
Nearly four weeks after a massive fire burned a medical supply warehouse to the ground in Tracy, health care organizations are just starting to see the supply chain improve following weeks of essential supply shortages.
An East Bay 14-year-old athlete is breaking records and making a name for herself in the world of track and field.
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- First responders in San Francisco say there was a slight uptick in calls for service this Fourth of July, and while there were several serious injuries related to illegal fireworks, the biggest increases were in electric scooter injuries. “I do know that we saw in about a ...
The ballot measure will create the governance structure for a public bank if voters pass it in November. San Francisco supervisors put public bank measure on ballot
Four orphaned bobcat kittens have arrived in the South Bay for care and will be released back into the wild, officials say.
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Jermaine Newton, 47, was shot and killed while walking his dog. His family tells KTVU he worked for the city of Oakland, helping to tackle illegal dumping.
Health care organizations are beginning to see the medical supply chain improve nearly four weeks after a massive fire destroyed a million-square-foot Medline warehouse in Tracy.
Oakland police are investigating a reported kidnapping after a woman was struck with a gun and forced into a car near the city's Laurel District last Friday.
(KRON) -- Several elections in California have been shaken up by sexual assault allegations this year -- from the race for Governor to San Francisco Supervisor. The biggest shakeup in California politics this year happened in April, after frontrunner Eric Swalwell dropped out of the race for Gove...
Waymo called San Mateo, California police on teens for drinking and shooting toy guns from a driverless vehicle.
Dwayne Johnson says he was entertained by fan comments about Maui's long-haired appearance in Disney's new live-action film, "Moana."
Cameras inside a Waymo driverless taxi shows teenagers drinking alcohol and firing a gun, which police say later turned out to be a water gun.
Doctors are calling this gym supplement 'promising but not definitive' as a complement to depression care.
The marine layer will deepen and expand again tonight, pushing across the bay and locally inland -- where it will linger until tomorrow morning. A warmer and more summerlike pattern will begin tomorrow and continue into next week.
One Bay Area restaurant caused discourse online after a post went viral last week on the establishment's policy about fining parents when their children run around and are unruly.
SAN MATEO, Calif. (KRON) -- Waymo is always watching, two teenagers on summer break found out this week. The 15-year-old passengers were riding in a driverless autonomous car around San Mateo Monday afternoon. The teens drank alcohol inside the Waymo taxi and shot Orbeez beads with a toy gun towa...
The U.S. Air Force used its largest aircraft to help the DEA transport the drugs.
(KRON) -- Evacuations were issued in a Novato neighborhood due to a nearby brush fire Tuesday afternoon. Residents of Albion Court, Silvio Lane, Briarwood Court and Sequoia Glen were told to leave immediately by the Novato Police Department. As of 6 p.m., all evacuations -- which lasted about two...
Thousands of California-licensed drivers who already passed their tests are receiving letters from the DMV stating their licenses are about to be cancelled.
Two 15-year-olds on a Waymo joyride were intercepted by police and detained for underaged drinking and shooting Orbeez gel blasters from their driverless vehicle, after the autonomous company called the police to stop them.
An investigator says the man charged with killing Charlie Kirk strolled Utah Valley University in shorts and a T-shirt and bought a meal at Chick-fil-A on the morning of the conservative activist's assassination.
Officers with the University of California Berkeley Police Department conducted a search of campus buildings on Tuesday in what was called a "critical alert."
(KRON) -- A legendary Berkeley High School coach recently passed away. The school district announced Tuesday the passing of Gene Nakamura. Nakamura graduated from Berkeley High School in 1962 and was the longtime coach of his alma mater's girls' basketball team, winning two CIF state championship...
'Star Wars: The Experience' will make its world debut in February, 2027 at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia as part of the Star Wars 50th anniversary celebration.
Beinart is a longtime journalist and commentator on the Middle East conflict.
(KRON) -- The all clear has been given after the Haas School of Business on the UC Berkeley campus was locked down earlier on Tuesday. Campus police at UC Berkeley conducted a search at the Haas School of Business and surrounding buildings earlier. The UC Berkeley Police Department told anyone in...
The vehicle stopped and called the police on two children violating its policies.
A man was fatally shot while walking his dog Tuesday morning in the Oakland hills, authorities said.
The first earthquake, measured at 3.6-magnitude, was centered in the small community of Angwin, just north of St. Helena.
(KRON) -- Alameda County prosecutors filed murder charges this week against a man who allegedly shot a father of four in Oakland. Leonard Evans, 43, is accused of fatally shooting the victim around 11:30 a.m. on June 14. Police officers found the homicide victim inside a Tesla on the 1300 block o...
The disease was found in an asymptomatic blood donor during a routine screening.
A beloved and legendary Bay Area coach who touched the lives of generations of students, has died, triggering heartfelt tributes to a man described as an inspiring teacher, a powerful mentor and an icon.
U.S. forces are carrying out "powerful" airstrikes against Iran in response to earlier Iranian attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command said.
Nearly half the states are opposing the Trump administration's latest tariff proposal. The pushback comes after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the president's tariffs earlier this year.
In the wake of the report, a number of Democrats across the country called for Platner to get out of the race.
(KRON) -- A significant earthquake shook parts of the North Bay and was felt around Napa and St. Helena. The initial quake had a preliminary magnitude of 3.6, according to the United States Geological Survey. It was epicentered about 17 miles east-northeast of Santa Rosa and 19.6 miles north of S...
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