2 killed in East Bay crash; pursuing CHP officers also crash, suffer major injuries
(KRON) — Two people are dead and three people were seriously injured, including two California Highway Patrol officers, after a fleeing driver and two pursuing officers crashed into a sound wall on Interstate 238 in San Leandro Saturday. Two CHP officers in a single patrol car attempted to pull the white Mercedes...
Front-line social workers at UCSF say they are attacked, traumatized, and underpaid
John Willard was casually chatting with a colleague last August on a Castro sidewalk when it happened: a brutal and unprovoked blow to the side of his head. Everything went black, he heard yelling, and he braced himself against his bike to stay on his feet. “I’m 190 pounds. I...
When half of San Francisco evacuated, they all ended up in this tiny town...
How 150,000 San Francisco Refugees Transformed Berkeley. At 5:12 AM on April 18, 1906, San Francisco shook to its core. The 7.8 quake ripped open 430 kilometers of the San Andreas Fault and set off fires that raged for days. Nearly 300,000 people lost their homes. Water soon proved the...
COURT WATCH: Man Faces Six Drug-Related Charges, Accused of Using Minor in Tenderloin Drug...
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — In a jury trial this week in San Francisco Superior Court, a man is facing six drug-related charges, three for possession and intent to sell different narcotics, and three for using a minor to sell those substances. The accused, represented by Deputy Public Defender Maxwell Eberitzsch, pleaded...
Armed man threatened mom with kids, CA officials say. ‘Don’t make me shoot you’
A man has been convicted in the 2023 armed robbery of a mom in front of her kids, California officials said. In March 2023, the woman pulled into her garage and as she was getting her young kids out of the car, Darryl Robinson, while wearing a mask, held a loaded gun to her chest and demanded her wallet , according...
Kitten found in Caldecott Tunnel during Oakland shooting investigation
(KRON) — Officers found and rescued a kitten abandoned in the Caldecott Tunnel while investigating a shooting on the eastbound side Highway 24 in Oakland Thursday, the California Highway Patrol told KRON4. Officers responded to the scene of the crime after 3:45 p.m. and found the kitten stranded in the busy highway...
The West Coast’s most dangerous faults could rupture together, affecting entire region
For over 3,100 years, these fault lines have moved in "partial synchronization."
University of California sets world record with five Nobel Prizes in one week
Researchers credited federal support for making their groundbreaking discoveries possible, even as funding cuts threaten future innovation.
Father, two children among several people found dead in California home
(FOX40.COM) — California police have identified the people found dead in a home on Wednesday afternoon. The circumstances behind their deaths are still under investigation. • Video Above: Most commonly reported crimes in the U.S. Around 1:23 p.m., the San Francisco Police Department responded to the 900 block of...
Police: DUI hit-and-run of cyclist sees driver arrested
An Oakland driver who ran into a cyclist in Berkeley and then left the scene was arrested this week on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, authorities report. The crash happened Monday shortly before 6 p.m., Berkeley police said in response to a Scanner inquiry. The driver, Launette Sanchez, was heading south on...
