SF’s newest strategy to tackle homeless crisis: using 311 app to report encampments
In San Francisco, changes to the city's 311 app are making it easier to report unhoused people on the streets one of the top priorities for the Lurie administration.
Drugs, loaded gun seized during East Bay traffic stop
(KRON) — A convicted felon was found in possession of a handgun and various drugs during a traffic stop near the intersection of 18th Street and Chanslor Avenue in Richmond earlier this week, according to the Richmond Police Department. The driver allegedly confessed to having ammunition but told officers there was...
Family of Murdered San Francisco Woman Share ‘Relief’ After Suspect Arrested in Cold Case
Gabriela Soza was shocked when she got a text Monday morning saying that the man who shot and killed her sister 10 years ago was arrested. The news came just two months after her father, who she said had never given up on justice for his daughter, Maria Lourdes Soza, passed away from cancer. For Soza, the timing was...
Keffiyeh-clad anti-ICE protester threatens to stab agent, harm family in San Francisco mob attack
A mob of up to 20 protesters attacked immigration agents outside a San Francisco courthouse. One keffiyeh-clad agitator allegedly threatened to stab an officer and kill his family.
Bay Area police: Online threats lead to arrest for suspected illegal firearm, fentanyl
A 27-year-old Millbrae man who fired a gun in his home was arrested after sending messages suggesting violence, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office said.
Oakland Chinatown Demands Action After String of Violent Robberies, Community Rallies for Increased Security...
Chinatown residents and business owners are calling for a stronger response from city leaders following a series of smash-and-grab robberies that have left storefronts shattered and the community shaken. In the span of just a few days, culprits used a U-Haul truck to ram two banks and a truck to...
Woman killed in freeway crash near Oakland Coliseum
OAKLAND, Calif. - A woman was killed in a crash with a semi-truck on the I-880 Freeway in Oakland early Saturday morning. The California Highway Patrol was alerted just before 3:45 a.m. to the crash on the southbound side of the 880 Freeway just north of Hegenberger Road, near the Oakland Coliseum, according to a...
Murder-suicide in Oakland Hills
OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland police said the bodies of a man and a woman who were found last weekend in the Oakland Hills stemmed from a murder-suicide. Police did not offer any more details but in a brief statement said the public was not at risk. Someone called 911 on...
DUI driver crashes into police car in East Bay: sheriff’s office
(KRON) — A DUI driver is being held on $200,000 bail after crashing into the back of a Lafayette Police Department patrol car, according to the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office. The driver, 67-year-old Kevin Bell of Walnut Creek, allegedly crashed into the stopped police car on the 3600 block of Mount Diablo...
Fremont: Family Demands Accountability From Housing Nonprofit After Man Dies Following Eviction
FREMONT: FAMILY DEMANDS ACCOUNTABILITY FROM HOUSING NONPROFIT AFTER MAN DIES FOLLOWING EVICTION
