Recalled Alameda County DA Pamela Price says she plans to run again
Former Alameda County DA Pamela Price, who was recalled last year, said she plans to run again.
McDonald’s closes downtown Oakland site and backlash follows
The only McDonald’s in downtown Oakland has shut its doors, and the fallout is landing hardest on the workers and customers who depended on it. What might look like a single franchise decision is instead turning into a flashpoint over worker treatment, public health failures, and the fragile state of the city’s core...
BART Managers Ride Trains to Hear Directly from Bay Area Residents
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) has started a new program called 'Managers Riding Trains.' The initiative began in January 2024. It requires BART’s top managers to regularly ride the trains they oversee. The goal is to help managers understand the daily experiences of riders. The program was discussed in a recent...
Laney College student missing in San Leandro
(KRON) — Police in San Leandro are asking for the community’s assistance in locating a missing man considered at risk. Jackie Wong, 21, was last seen in the 1400 block of Pierce Avenue, the San Leandro Police Department said in an alert at 12:48 a.m. Thursday. He is described as 5 feet 4 inches tall […]
‘People Behaving Badly’ and Stanley Roberts return to KRON4
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — After a nearly decade-long hiatus, KRON4 has announced the iconic news segment “People Behaving Badly” has returned. That also means legendary reporter Stanley Roberts has rejoined KRON4 to do what he does best — shine a light on people not following the rules. The first drop of new “People...
Teachers strike in large Bay Area school district, demands include help with H1B visas
The strike was the first for teachers in the district’s 60-year history, and could be the first multiple teachers strikes in the Bay Area.
False earthquake alert that alarmed California was ‘unprecedented’
The alert for a 5.9 magnitude Nevada earthquake was a false alarm, and the report was deleted from the U.S.G.S. quake list shortly thereafter.
Claude the alligator’s cause of death revealed: ‘There was nothing we could have done’
As Bay Area residents mourned the death of Claude the albino alligator this week, the California Academy of Sciences received the results of a necropsy.
Animal rights activist Zoe Rosenberg sentenced for taking 4 chickens from North Bay farm
Rosenberg will spend 30 days in jail and 60 days in a jail alternative - like a halfway hour or home confinement.
Dog dies in Oakland high-rise fire
A dog died in an Oakland high-rise fire on Tuesday night. Officials say the animal perished from smoke inhalation. The apartment complex was on 3rd Avenue, not far from Lake Merritt. Firefighters managed to get the fire under control.
