UC Berkeley professor killed by masked attacker while visiting family in Greece
(KRON) — A UC Berkeley marketing professor was shot and killed by a masked attacker in Greece earlier this month. According to a report in the UCB student newspaper, the Daily Californian, Przemysław Jeziorski was visiting his children in Athens when he was shot and killed in Agia Paraskevi, an Athens suburb, on July...
San Jose homeless population is still rising
San Jose’s homeless population has ticked up despite ongoing investments to build temporary housing. Silicon Valley’s largest city has 6,503 homeless residents, up 237 people from a 2023 point-in-time count, according to data shared by San Jose. About 60% is unsheltered, or 3,959 people, and 2,544 are sheltered. The...
San Francisco Walgreens store manager convicted of assaulting shoplifter
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A Walgreens store manager was convicted of assaulting a shoplifter who stole shampoo in San Francisco, the district attorney’s office said. Following a trial, jurors found the Walgreens manager, 46-year-old Guang Hong, guilty for a violent March 19 incident at the store. San Francisco shop...
Bay Area man sent to prison for assaulting U.S. Marshal
SAN FRANCISCO - A Bay Area man was given a year and a day in federal prison last week for assaulting a U.S. Marshal, the Department of Justice said. Former Burlingame and San Francisco resident Jeffrey Crum, 34, was indicted last December for assaulting, resisting or otherwise impeding a federal officer who tried to...
Historic pharmacy that outlasted CVS and Walgreens is closing after 117 years
Central Drug Store, a community staple in San Francisco's Excelsior District since 1908, will permanently shut down at the end of the day on July 15, 2025.
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Republic Services asks customers to leave bins out as trash strike continues
UNION CITY, Calif. - The garbage collection company embroiled in a nationwide worker strike, also impacting trash collection in several Bay Area cities, has asked customers to continue leaving their bins outside. Company working to resume service. What they're saying: — Republic Services told KTVU that it is working...
What Woodie’s Brutally Honest Rap Meant for Antioch
Editor’s note: This story is part of That’s My Word, an ongoing KQED series about Bay Area hip-hop history. A-Wax had just gotten out of jail when he decided to hit up a hotel party in Concord. The year was 2001, and the aspiring lyricist from Pittsburg, California...
California Lottery confirms $1 million winner was homeless man
Armando Vidal, a homeless man and longtime customer at Sandy’s Deli & Liquor in San Luis Obispo, was confirmed as the winner of a $1 million scratcher prize purchased in April.
Developer building ‘micro-studios,’ and yes, people are renting them
The size of a typical studio apartment is 500 to 600 square feet. The studios that Riaz Capital is building around the Bay Area measure on average 300 square feet — which is on the small side, even for a standard hotel room. But the Oakland-based developer sees micro-studios...
