Bay Area billionaires flee to Texas, Florida amid new tax proposal
About 200 billionaires residing in California could face a 5% one-time tax.
Bay Area mayor speaks out against proposed billionaire tax: ‘Don’t cut off your nose...
(KRON) — The mayor of the Bay Area’s largest cities is hitting out at a proposed billionaire tax that’s already got some of the wealthiest people in California posturing about leaving the state. Known as the California Billionaire Tax Act, the proposed legislation would levy a one-time 5% tax on Californians worth...
Monday Morning Headlines: Oakland Sees Five Homicides In Three Days
A three-alarm fire early Monday has nearly destroyed a Buddhist temple in San Jose that also suffered a fire last year. The Chua Duyen Giac Buddhist temple on Foss Avenue broke out in flames around 5:30 am and the cause of the fire remains under investigation. [KTVU]. Oakland’s homicide count...
East Bay steel plant property is bought for more than $200 million
PITTSBURG — A United States Steel Corp. unit has bought the Pittsburg property where a steel mill had operated for decades until it ceased operations about two years ago. The former USS-Posco plant site in Pittsburg has been bought for $275 million by U.S. Steel Property Holdings, according to documents filed on Dec....
New Evidence Rattles OpenAI Whistleblower Death Story In San Francisco
Fresh scrutiny of records surrounding the death of Suchir Balaji, the 26-year-old former OpenAI researcher who died on Nov. 26, 2024, is cutting through months of online speculation. Newly reviewed video, building logs and official documents are tightening the timeline and undercutting some of the most explosive...
Inside look at Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton after storm damage
MT. HAMILTON, Calif. - Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton is still not open to the public, about two weeks after gusts of wind whipping around at speeds of 114 mph tore off the shutter on one of its domes. Inside look. Local perspective:. On Sunday, an astronomer gave KTVU a...
Photos: CHP patrol car rear-ended on I-680 in East Bay
(KRON) — A California Highway Patrol (CHP) patrol vehicle was rear-ended Sunday morning in Fremont, the agency posted on social media. The vehicle was struck at around 11:45 a.m. on I-680 near S. Mission Boulevard. There were no injuries from the crash, CHP said. The crash happened while the Bay Area dealt with a...
San Francisco Mayor Signs Ordinance Creating Reparations Fund
Mayor Daniel Lurie has signed an ordinance establishing a reparations fund for San Francisco’s Black residents.
Predawn Triple Killing Shocks Oakland’s International Boulevard
Three people were killed in a shooting yesterday in East Oakland, in a burst of gunfire that turned a stretch of International Boulevard into an active homicide scene. Responding to a ShotSpotter alert, officers arrived to find multiple victims on the roadway. Two people were pronounced dead at the scene, and a third...
WATCH: Man Offers ‘Squatter Removal’ Via Samurai Sword
In recent years it seems home squatting stories seem to have been on a rise. Now for the people in the Bay Area in California, this man has a solution. For the right price, he’ll wield his Samurai Sword to get the squatters out.
