Safety advocates pushing for crackdown on illegal ‘e-motos’ at Bay Area schools
As a volunteer for Safe Routes to School and founder of E-bike Access, Bob Mittelstaedt visits school campuses across the Bay Area to track the rising number of e-motos.
End of an era approaching for Bay Area ferry service
Five ferries in the fleet have reached or exceeded their useful lifespan.
2.9M earthquake shakes Piedmont amid string of East Bay quakes
PIEDMONT, Calif. - A 2.9-magnitude earthquake struck near Piedmont Monday afternoon, one of many to hit the East Bay within just a matter of hours. The U.S. Geological Survey reports the small earthquake struck just before 3 p.m. about 1 mile west of Piedmont in Alameda County. The earthquake was...
Husband shoots wife to death in Redwood City, fails suicide attempt: PD
(KRON) — A woman is dead and a man is hospitalized in critical condition following a failed murder-suicide attempt in Redwood City, according to the Redwood City Police Department. Police found the couple unconscious in a car with gunshot wounds to their heads on the 1300 block of Seaport Boulevard at 12:02 a.m....
JCPenney closes another location in California. What to know
JCPenney is set to close another location, this time in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. The clothing store is set to close its location in the Stoneridge Shopping Center in Pleasanton, California, with its last day of operation on Feb. 22, 2026. The closure was first reported by local news station KRON-TV ....
Community members talk about the suicide and mental health crisis among Bay Area teenagers
Trigger warning: This story mentions suicide. Call or text 988 for support if you are experiencing thoughts of suicide or self-harm. A small slip of paper sits on the corner of Palo Alto resident and parent Mare Lucas’ desk. The handwriting is uneven and messy — it belongs to a student, thanking Lucas for speaking up...
Man killed, three others wounded in San Jose shooting
The victims took themselves to local hospitals, and the police department said there was no threat to the public.
Morning earthquakes strike San Ramon area in latest swarm
A series of small earthquakes struck the San Ramon area Monday morning, in the latest swarm to hit the East Bay community over the past few weeks.
A teen was found dead with ‘obvious trauma’ on a California hiking trail. Twenty...
James Landi (pictured), 43, was arrested December 5 in connection with the 2004 killing of Reynaldo Burts Riverside County Sheriff More than 20 years after an 18-year-old was found dead near a hiking trail in California , investigators say an arrest has finally been made. James Landi, 43, from San Mateo, was arrested...
Oakland School District faces $100 million budget cut, threat of state receivership looms
The school board must decide by Wednesday how to cut $100 million from the next school year's budget.
