Claude forever: San Francisco to honor beloved albino alligator
Christina Klingenberger-Valdez, associate director of brand marketing, at the California Academy of Sciences, talks celebration of life for Claude. The Academy will honor the life of its iconic albino alligator Sunday, January 18. You can also checkout the new Tiny Chef, Big Impact exhibit and planetarium film.
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie signs measure to create reparations fund for Black residents
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie signed a measure last week that would create a fund to help Black people who have been harmed by past city laws. The measure, however, does not allocate any city dollars for those payouts.
Good Samaritan attacked at San Carlos Caltrain station
(KRON) — A man who allegedly attacked a good Samaritan at a Caltrain station in San Carlos became one of the first people arrested in the Bay Area in 2026. On New Year’s Day, deputies arrested the Caltrain station suspect, 33-year-old Brian C. Weisl of South San Francisco, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office said....
California storm: Flash flooding warning issued as heavy rain forecast in hours
A strong system is forecast to arrive off California and the Pacific Northwest, bringing more heavy rain and mountain snow in the region
Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Seeks Clues in 1979 Cold Case Murder of Dublin Mother...
On a winter morning back in 1979, a horrifying scene unfolded in a Dublin home that has puzzled the Alameda County Sheriff's Office for decades. Frances Rash, a 40-year-old mother, was violently taken from her children when an unknown assailant entered their home and murdered her. Details of this cold case recently...
2 hospital, health system layoffs in December
Here are two hospital and health system layoffs that happened in December, as reported by Becker’s:. 1. Oakland, Calif.-based Alameda Health System will lay off 296 employees as a result of H.R. 1-related funding cuts. Affected employees will be notified on Jan. 6, including those in administrative, clinical,...
Felon found with homemade gun, ‘Improvised Munitions’ book in Oakland park
(KRON) — A convicted felon was allegedly found in possession of a makeshift gun at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline in Oakland Tuesday. Officers with the East Bay Regional Park District Police Department stopped the suspect for curfew violation when they noticed a suspicious object in his waistband. “The...
Son charged with murdering parents in Concord on New Year’s Eve
(KRON) — Contra Costa County prosecutors charged a 61-year-old man with murdering his parents on New Year’s Eve in Concord, investigators said. The double homicide victims’ son, Kirk Laroy Richardson, is being behind bars in lieu of $4 million bail, police said. He is charged with two counts of first-degree murder,...
2 dead in Oakland New Year’s Day shootings
(KRON) — Police in Oakland are investigating two separate fatal shootings that occurred on New Year’s Day. One arrest was announced in one of the homicides, according to authorities. The first deadly shooting was reported by a ShotSpotter activation just after 11 a.m. on Thursday in the 2700 block of East 20th...
Atmospheric river to bring heavy rain, strong winds to Bay Area tonight
(KRON) — Friday’s mild weather will give way to 15 to 25-mph winds (with gusts up to 50 mph) and half an inch of rain, as an atmospheric river is forecast to move into the Bay Area tonight. The National Weather Service predicts that the storm will arrive by 4 p.m. Friday’s weather is expected to […]
