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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The San Francisco Zoo is mourning the loss of two unique animals after both were found to be deteriorating rapidly from health conditions. Eno, a 34-year-old red-bellied lemur, was the last of his kind across all North American zoos. Freckles, a 19-year-old Magellanic penguin, stood out among...

A three-alarm fire early Monday has nearly destroyed a Buddhist temple in San Jose that also suffered a fire last year. The Chua Duyen Giac Buddhist temple on Foss Avenue broke out in flames around 5:30 am and the cause of the fire remains under investigation. [KTVU]. Oakland’s homicide count...

PITTSBURG — A United States Steel Corp. unit has bought the Pittsburg property where a steel mill had operated for decades until it ceased operations about two years ago. The former USS-Posco plant site in Pittsburg has been bought for $275 million by U.S. Steel Property Holdings, according to documents filed on Dec....

Since opening its doors in 1991, Bottom of the Hill has become a historic venue in the San Francisco area. Although the city had more than a few venues to pick from, Bottom of the Hill offered a place for bands to make a name for themselves. Over the years, groups like Beastie Boys, Blink 182, Green Day, Queens of...

The Newark Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a 70-year-old man last seen on New Year's Eve. Chih Pun Wu was described as Asian, about 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weighing 120 pounds, with gray hair and brown eyes. Article continues below this ad. He was...

(KRON) — A California Highway Patrol (CHP) patrol vehicle was rear-ended Sunday morning in Fremont, the agency posted on social media. The vehicle was struck at around 11:45 a.m. on I-680 near S. Mission Boulevard. There were no injuries from the crash, CHP said. The crash happened while the Bay Area dealt with a...

Mayor Daniel Lurie has signed an ordinance establishing a reparations fund for San Francisco’s Black residents.

Three people were killed in a shooting yesterday in East Oakland, in a burst of gunfire that turned a stretch of International Boulevard into an active homicide scene. Responding to a ShotSpotter alert, officers arrived to find multiple victims on the roadway. Two people were pronounced dead at the scene, and a third...

In recent years it seems home squatting stories seem to have been on a rise. Now for the people in the Bay Area in California, this man has a solution. For the right price, he’ll wield his Samurai Sword to get the squatters out.

SAN RAMON, CALIFORNIA – A police officer was injured in San Ramon in late December in a ramming incident tied to a car burglary bust. According to police accounts reported by multiple outlets, detectives were conducting surveillance around 11 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, after receiving information that suspects...