Renewed public plea to ID woman with ‘distinctive’ tattoo found dead in SF
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — San Francisco’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) is resurfacing a public plea as the year closes to help identify a woman — with a “distinctive” text tattoo — who was found dead in the city’s Western Addition neighborhood this past spring. The woman was found unresponsive on Sunday,...
Downtown Oakland Block Ignites Again After April Blaze
For the second time this year, flames broke out at 670 Ninth St. in downtown Oakland yesterday, charring the roof of a low-slung commercial building and rattling nearby businesses that are still watching the clock on their own safety. Fire crews moved fast and kept the situation from turning into...
Firefighters Recover Deceased Victim After Cliffside Fall in Daly City
Firefighters responded to a report of a person that fell down the cliffside. Upon arrival, they located a victim down, and began a cliff rescue operation. The victim was pronounced deceased at scene, officials are still investigating.
End of an Era as Controversial, 60-Year-Old Lafayette Fast Food Spot Shuts Down January...
LAFAYETTE, CALIFORNIA – It’s the end of an era for fast food in Lafayette. A long-running, somewhat controversial, and certainly architecturally-unique fast food spot in the East Bay city is closing forever on January 1. Some people will be happy to see a chain restaurant go. Others, though,...
IHOP employee fatally shot inside Bay Area restaurant, police say
A man was killed inside the kitchen of an IHOP where he worked in Richmond, police said, marking the city’s sixth homicide of the year.
South San Francisco Police Utilize Drone to Defuse Violent Brawl, Arrest Made for Possession...
Over the recent holiday weekend, a chaotic scene unfolded in a hotel parking lot in South San Francisco, where police employed drone technology to quell a large brawl. According to a social media post from the South San Francisco Police Department, the encounter involved more than 30 individuals and swiftly escalated...
End-of-year homicides in Oakland, Richmond
OAKLAND, Calif. - The cities of Oakland and Richmond saw two homicides on Monday at the near end of 2025. In the Oakland case, a man was shot and killed on Monday about 8:30 p.m., after someone took him to the hospital, police said. Since officers were not called out...
Video: Wallaroo Plays Chicken With the Oakland Zoo’s Train
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – One of the coolest activities at the Oakland Zoo is the ride-on train that cruises through the zoo’s Australia exhibit. You board the train just outside the zoo’s entrance, and it takes you through a special double-gated fence and into an enclosure filled with emus, wallabies and wallaroos...
Coliseum Crosswalk Horror: Oakland Cyclist Killed, Suspect Nabbed After Lengthy Probe
An Oakland cyclist’s death near the Coliseum in late 2024 has led to felony charges more than a year later, after what authorities describe in court filings as a data-heavy, months-long investigation. Court records state that 24-year-old Mateo Hernandez was arrested on Dec. 13 and charged in the hit-and-run...
Up in smoke: Fire breaks out at Oakland cannabis facility
(KRON) — The Oakland Fire Department responded to a fire at a cannabis grow facility early Tuesday morning. Crews were dispatched at around 3:35 a.m. to a fire at 44th Avenue and San Leandro Street. Arriving at the scene, firefighters observed a working fire on the front, left side and rear of a single-story...
