Fremont CA

The City of Fremont has chosen Floyd Mitchell as its new Police Chief. His first day on the job will be Monday, March 9, 2026. Chief Mitchell brings over 30 years of law enforcement experience, including leadership roles in Kansas City, Temple (TX), Lubbock (TX), and Oakland (CA). While in Oakland, the city saw a 31%...

Sisters Liz Clabaugh ’95 and Caroline Sekar ’03 were among nine victims killed in a Sierra Nevada avalanche on Feb. 17. Clabaugh and Sekar were among a group of eight friends taking a three-day trip, six of whom were victims in the avalanche — the U.S.’s deadliest since 1981. The friends were an avid group of...

Chris Bertucelli’s warm welcome and gracious smile made every customer feel like a friend. His sudden death last week at 47 shocked the tight-knit Willow Glen neighborhood. Bertucelli, co-owner of Bertucelli’s La Villa, a gourmet Italian delicatessen famed for its ravioli and lasagna, was known for lending a hand and...

A tiny, nonnative mosquito that can turn a forgotten bottle cap into a breeding pool is showing up in Bay Area neighborhoods, and public health officials are not taking it lightly. The species, Aedes aegypti, sometimes called the yellow fever mosquito, bites during the day and can carry dengue, Zika, chikungunya and...

You may have noticed recent transportation and safety improvements on local streets, including the Central Avenue Safety Improvements Project, featuring Alameda’s first roundabouts and a protected two-way cycle track, and a protected two-way cycle track on Grand Street, from Shoreline Drive to Otis Drive.

A 25-year-old woman, Crystal Espinoza, is charged in the May 5, 2023, stabbing and hammer beating death of her boyfriend, 23-year-old Jesus Gallegos, at a Dublin apartment. Espinoza initially told police that Gallegos’ injuries were the result of a fall during a fight, but investigators at the scene determined his...

Some Sundays are ordinary. This one isn’t. It feels less like an errand and more like a ritual you didn’t know you needed. Sunlight filters through the trees. Coffee steams in paper cups. Live music drifts between colorful tents. You step in for produce and somehow stay for the feeling.

(KRON) — Rising girl group GIRLSET is coming to the Bay Area. The quartet of Lexus, Camila, Kendall and Savanna will be at the Valley Fair Mall in Santa Clara on Sunday, March 8. GIRLSET is meeting fans at the mall’s Hot Topic starting at 2 p.m., the store announced in a social media post. […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — Twelve jurors reached a verdict on Wednesday for Shannon O’Connor, also known as the “Los Gatos Party Mom,” after six days of deliberations. Inside a courtroom at the Hall of Justice in San Jose, jurors found O’Connor guilty on more than 60 counts, including felony sex charges. O’Connor, 51,...

Cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, are on the rise in parts of California. It typically causes mild, cold-like symptoms, but could lead to more-severe disease in vulnerable individuals.