2 plead guilty for string of armed robberies in East Bay
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Two men pled guilty in federal court in connection to a string of robberies in the East Bay in early 2024, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of California (USANDC) said in a statement. Jaray Washington, 42, of Oakland pled guilty Friday to committing eight armed robberies...
Grieving Roommate Arrested as Prime Suspect in San Jose Fatal Hit-and-Run
A tragic turn of events has unfolded in the case of a fatal hit-and-run in San Jose, where initially, a bereaved roommate seeking justice has become the prime suspect. According to NBC Bay Area, Marianna Belmares, the roommate of the deceased, was arrested on suspicion of felony hit and run following the accident...
Rocks thrown at elephant seal on Northern California beach, feds seek suspects
Bay Area authorities are searching for two people after video captured what officials described as a deliberate attack on a federally protected elephant seal at Point Reyes National Seashore.
‘I’m scared to death’: Storm concerns for unhoused residents
A series of storms is expected to bring heavy rain to the Bay Area, creating dangerous conditions for unhoused people living in low-lying areas, creek beds and encampments. Advocates and city officials are distributing supplies and opening warming stations as experts warn prolonged cold and wet weather poses serious...
Woman who finds stranger in Waymo trunk demands answers
KRON4's Lindsey Ford brings us this exclusive https://www.kron4.com/news/technology-ai/the-system-failed-mom-of-teen-who-found-man-hiding-in-trunk-of-waymo-wants-answers/
Computer glitch leads to Bay Area 7-Eleven customers paying 100 times more to fill...
You should check your bank statement if you bought gas at a 7-Eleven in the past week. Hard to believe, but a $40 fill up turned into a $4,000 charge, and the company says it has happened to about 200 customers in the Bay Area and beyond.
PG&E transformer bomber sentenced to 10 years in prison
The man who bombed PG&E electrical transformers on two separate occasions was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. The U.S. Department of Justice announced this week that Peter Karasev, 39, of San Jose, California, ... Read More » The post PG&E transformer bomber sentenced to 10 years in prison appeared first on...
Bay Area school district to close three schools, affecting 1,000 students
The district also approved $32 million in budget reductions during the meeting, including $22 million in staffing cuts for the next school year.
East Bay market responds to questionable video of workers unloading meat truck
(KRON) — An East Bay Middle Eastern market is disputing claims that it violated California health and safety code when workers were seen offloading meat carcasses from a truck outside the store at 37235 Fremont Blvd. in Fremont Tuesday morning. “Horrible handling of meat,” a video posted to Reddit reads. The manager...
Hat motivated San Jose Black Friday mall shooting: court docs
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — A black and teal hat with the letter “m” on the front was enough to motivate a boy to pull out a gun and fire inside a San Jose mall packed with Black Friday shoppers, investigators wrote in court documents. The 17-year-old gunman shot the man wearing the hat, two […]
