Bay Area trash piles up as Republic Services strike enters second week
A nationwide solidarity strike that spread to Bay Area garbage collection workers has entered its second week, as odorous bags piled up in residential areas across the region amid a contract standoff.
Eerie photo of Piedmont Cybertruck victims released
PIEDMONT, Calif. (KRON) — Minutes before a Tesla Cybertruck filled with college students crashed and burst into flames in Piedmont, one of the high-tech vehicle’s 360-degree cameras recorded an eerie image. The image shows one of the four victims holding a “half-gallon” bottle containing a clear liquid, a California...
East Bay man devotes life to ministering, serving unhoused
An East Bay man who's run a homeless ministry for years gives away his own bed and the roof over his head to serve the unhoused.
The Carne Asada At This Food Truck In California Is So Good, It’s Worth...
Sometimes the most extraordinary culinary adventures hide behind the most ordinary facades, and Taqueria Mi Rancho in Oakland proves this truth with every perfectly charred piece of carne asada they serve from their bright green food truck. You know that moment when you bite into something so spectacular that you...
This Tiny Taqueria In California Serves Up The Best Shrimp Tacos You’ll Ever Taste
Sometimes the most extraordinary culinary adventures hide behind the most ordinary facades, and Taqueria San Bruno in San Bruno, California proves this theory with every single bite. You might drive past this unassuming spot a dozen times without giving it a second glance, but that would be your loss and...
Bay Area rape crisis center closing after 54 years
BRAVE-Bay Area, the nation’s first rape crisis center, is closing its doors in September. The Oaklandside reports the Oakland-based nonprofit group cited federal funding cuts and dwindling staff as the primary reasons for its decision. The center was founded in 1971, originally as Bay Area Women Against Rape by...
Victim in deadly Hwy 84 crash in East Bay identified, family seeks support
(KRON) — The victim in Tuesday evening’s deadly crash on Highway 84 has been identified by the Alameda County Coroner’s Office. Ryan Joshua Aquino Amigable, a 21-year-old Oakley resident, was driving on Highway 84 near Livermore at around 6:19 p.m. when a Lexus lost control and crashed into his Honda sedan head-on....
7.3 magnitude earthquake strikes Alaska, no tsunami risk along California coast: NWS
SAND POINT, Alaska - A 7.3 magnitude earthquake Wednesday afternoon triggered a tsunami advisory along parts of Alaska’s sparsely populated southern coast. The earthquake struck about 54 miles south of Sand Point around 1:30 p.m. What we know:. A lightly populated stretch of Alaska’s southern coast is now under...
Cal-OSHA recommends criminal charges for San Leandro company where 3 employees died
State workplace safety investigators referred the death of a worker at Alco Iron & Metal to the Alameda County District Attorney. The Jan. 8 death of Louis Guerrero of Castro Valley was the third employee death at this San Leandro company. The DA has not yet decided if prosecutors will...
Bay Area woman who lost daughter to domestic violence speaks out
A Bay Area woman is speaking out two years after she says she lost her own daughter to domestic violence. The recent case involving Marissa DiNapoli's death in Morgan Hill is one of several cases bringing Liezel Chan Lucero's emotions back to the surface. Her daughter, Frances Kendra Lucero, was...