San Leandro man shot to death in Oakland, police say
(KRON) — A man from San Leandro was shot to death on the 5900 block of Market Street in Oakland Thursday. The Oakland Police Department responded to a shooting shortly after 10 p.m. Officers arrived and found the victim suffering from at least one gunshot wound. The man was taken to a local hospital, where […]
Woman killed in El Cerrito pedestrian-vehicle crash identified
(KRON) — A Richmond woman died Thursday weeks after being struck by a vehicle in El Cerrito, according to police. The Contra Costa County Coroner’s Office identified the woman as 66-year-old Donna Revecho. Revecho was hit by a vehicle on November 15 around 2:19 p.m. on San Pablo Avenue at Waldo Avenue, the El Cerrito...
Mayor Barbara Lee says Oakland has ‘momentum’ at real estate industry event
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee touted “momentum” today, saying Oakland is “on the move” with improving public safety and new economic investments. Her comments were delivered to the San Francisco Business Times’ Oakland Structures conference, a gathering of real estate industry professionals held at the downtown Marriott.
Activist sentenced to jail after stealing chickens from poultry plant
A California animal rights activist has been sentenced to 90 days in jail after being convicted of conspiracy and trespassing for taking four live chickens from a Perdue Farms facility in 2023, prosecutors said. Zoe Rosenberg, 23, of Berkeley, California, was sentenced on Dec. 3 and ordered to turn herself in to the...
Oakland smoke shops face seizures after flavored tobacco ban
Since Californians voted to ban flavored tobacco products in 2022, law enforcement have seized at least 17,795 tobacco products from Oakland retailers, an Oakland Voices review of publicly available state seizure notices found. California voters banned most flavored tobacco products in 2022. The California Department...
This Oakland community is being terrorized by flurry of car break-ins every night
Oakland residents in Brooklyn Basin are asking for police intervention as they take turns surveilling numerous car burglaries routinely every night by masked and sometimes armed men.
Last day for OPD chief, roughly 100 officers on extended leave
OAKLAND, Calif. - A new report is raising questions about the Oakland Police Department’s finances as city leaders push to hire more officers despite a budget shortfall. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Oakland hopes to add as many as 200 police officers. But the city lacks the funding to do so, in part...
JCPenney to close another Bay Area store
(KRON) — The San Francisco Bay Area will soon lose another JCPenney store. The company confirmed to KRON4 that its retail location at the Stoneridge Shopping Center in Pleasanton will close its doors in February 2026. The Pleasanton department store’s final day of business will be on February 22, 2026. In a...
CHP shuts down garbage hauler with 4 bad brakes, 3 flat tires, and 2...
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) put the brakes on a commercial vehicle driver for operating with a long list of serious equipment violations. On December 5, 2025, CHP troopers with the Nimitz Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility located in Fremont, California, reported taking a garbage hauler off the road...
Exclusive: A look inside the Bay Area’s newest Japanese supermarket
(KRON) — When Osaka Marketplace opened its first location in Fremont in 2021, there were questions about how well the community would receive the East Bay’s first Japanese supermarket. Four years later, Osaka Marketplace has become known in the Bay Area and satisfied the region’s appetite for a grocery store...

















