San Mateo Police Arrest Duo Suspected of $10,000 Cigar Lighter Heist on S. El...
In a recent disclosure by the San Mateo Police Department, two individuals were detained following a calculated theft at a local business on S. El Camino Real. The incident, which unfolded back on October 20, saw Kiersten Kinser, 33, and Dustin Becker, 40, orchestrating a heist that stripped the establishment of...
Utilities pole goes through car windshield on Northern California roadway
(FOX40.COM) — A vehicle’s windshield was punctured by a utility pole while traveling on State Route 99 last month, the California Highway Patrol said. According to CHP, around 8 a.m. on Oct. 23, a 2022 Mitsubishi was stopped behind a freightliner on SR-99 north of Garner Lane. The vehicle then drove into the utility...
The True Story of the Military’s Secret 1950 San Francisco Biological Weapons Test
View the full episode transcript. On a foggy September day in 1950, most Bay Area residents were going about their daily lives, headed to work or school. The newspapers were full of headlines about the Korean War — no one suspected that the U.S military might be testing weapons just outside the Golden Gate.
Armed standoff at South Bay veterans housing ends in arrest
(KRON) — An hours-long standoff with an armed veterans housing resident in the South Bay Wednesday night was peacefully resolved, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office. The man, who was not identified, faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon, brandishing a firearm and resisting arrest. The...
San Jose affordable apartment tower nears construction
After more than a decade of planning and delays, a 15-story, 100% affordable apartment building known as The Gateway Tower is set to break ground in downtown San Jose’s SoFA District early next year. The breakthrough comes after developer The Core Companies announced it had secured all necessary funding...
San Jose approves moratorium on new tobacco retailers, bans sale of nitrous oxide at...
With an unusually high concentration of smoke shops in East San Jose, Councilmember Peter Ortiz cannot be accused of using hyperbole when he says that if you throw a rock there, you are likely to hit one of those stores. But after years of attempting to rein in the problem,...
Palo Alto faces glaring concerns over new ‘dark sky’ law
Hoping to turn down the lights at night to protect wildlife and reduce glare from neighboring properties, Palo Alto officials are set to adopt a “dark sky” ordinance with a broader reach and more stringent requirements than the law they were mulling earlier this year. In doing so,...
One of the Bay Area’s best Mexican restaurants began in a home. After 5...
After years of offering hard-to-find homestyle dishes from Mexico’s Jalisco state, one of the East Bay’s most prominent home restaurants is making the move to a full restaurant space.
Illegal narcotics package sent to Santa Clara business leads police to ‘Dark Web,’ arrests...
(KRON) — A suspicious package with illegal narcotics sent to a Santa Clara business in January 2025 led to multiple search warrants and arrests nationwide, said the Santa Clara Police Department Wednesday. SCPD said several of the suspects are thought to have ties to a huge drug trafficking operation on the “Dark...
San Jose, California, will clear homeless encampments on state land within the city
San Jose, California, entered into an agreement with the California Department of Transportation to dismantle homeless encampments on state rights-of-way within the city, joining 21 other cities that have similar agreements with Caltrans. California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the partnership “streamlines” encampment...

















