SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The wreckage of the 49-foot cabin cruiser Volare, which sank near Alcatraz earlier this week, has been located in San Francisco Bay, the San Francisco Police Department announced Friday. The department's Marine Unit found the submerged vessel in the area where it went down...
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San Francisco police on Friday said they found the wreckage of the 49-foot cabin cruiser Volare in the area where it sank earlier this week near Alcatraz Island. The 20-passenger boat that carried mostly family members sunk on Tuesday, and two people are still unaccounted for.
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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The wreckage of the 49-foot cabin cruiser Volare, which sank near Alcatraz earlier this week, has been located in San Francisco Bay, the San Francisco Police Department announced Friday. The department's Marine Unit found the submerged vessel in the area where it went down...
San Francisco police made the announcement Friday afternoon as authorities continue to search for two boat passengers that remain missing.
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Law enforcement in far Northern California announced the arrests of a father and his adult son in the alleged kidnapping of two U.S. Forest Service workers, who are safe and free after being zip-tied and held at gunpoint for nearly 15 hours in a trailer in a remote area.
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(KRON) -- The Napa County District Attorney's Office announced Friday that it has filed a misdemeanor hit-and-run charge against Paul Pelosi in connection with a July 3 crash in Yountville. Pelosi is the husband of Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi. Prosecutors allege the 86-year-old struck an unoccup...
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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A former San Francisco Sheriff's Deputy has been charged with two felonies related to a sexual assault in the San Francisco County Jail in 2025, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced Friday. Former Deputy Damon Jones, 34, allegedly demanded a transgender woman inmate ...
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The identity of the second victim from the boat that sank in San Francisco Bay on Tuesday was confirmed by officials after their body was discovered near Treasure Island on Thursday.
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A 33-year-old man who allegedly tortured a kitten to death earlier this month in San Francisco was formally charged with multiple felonies, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced Friday. William Ohlson, a resident of Reno, Nev., was charged with felony killing, maiming...
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(KRON) -- Police are asking for the community’s help in locating a missing woman last seen Tuesday in Walnut Creek, according to authorities. Stephanie Wyss, 46, may have been wearing a white button-up shirt, black-and-white striped dress pants and leather boots with black fur when she went missi...
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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A second victim in the Alcatraz Island boat sinking tragedy was confirmed as deceased by officials Friday, one day after the victim's body was found floating near Treasure Island in San Francisco. The second victim was identified as 58-year-old Tondra Madruga, aka Tondra M...
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