Bay Area temperatures could hit 102 degrees as heat risk climbs this week
After chilly temperatures throughout June and July, summer is set to heat up.
I teach in deep East Oakland. My kids are experts in how power works
There is a certain clarity that young people carry, one that comes from growing up in a world where you don’t get the benefit of doubt. My students might not speak in the language of policy briefs or Atlantic articles, but they understand how power works. They understand what it means to have very little of it. And...
Masked robbers use truck to ram jewelry store in violent Oakland robbery
(KRON) — Eight masked robbers rammed their way into an Oakland jewelry store using a truck and held the owner at gunpoint Monday night, according to a fundraiser. The Oakland Police Department confirmed that officers arrived on the scene just before 1:45 p.m. in the 700 block of International Blvd. on a report of a […]
Bay Area family joins statewide rally asking CA AG for review of inmate deaths
"I figure if we make enough noise, then people start listening and bring some awareness to what's going on." The family of an Oakland man is pushing to get California Attorney General Rob Bonta to meet with them in person over his death while he was incarcerated in Los Angeles.
You’ll no longer need a Clipper card to ride BART, starting this week
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Starting this week, you’ll no longer need a Clipper card to ride BART. On Wednesday, the transit system will become the first in the Bay Area to employ a Tap and Ride system that allows riders to pay with their credit cards. Tap and Ride, according to Bay Area Rapid Transit, […]
Machete-wielding man sets fire to SF apartment: officials
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco police on Monday arrested a man who they say wielded a machete and set his apartment on fire. Police and firefighters responded to a call just before 7 a.m. about a man threatening people with a machete on the street. The man then barricaded himself...
Man hospitalized, two detained in mid-afternoon Mission District shooting
The shooting happened at about 2:57 p.m. in the 1900 block of Mission Street. The officers who responded to the scene were from Mission Station and were nearby when the gunfire erupted, police said.
Man arrested in connection to ‘multiple cold case murders’ in S.F., officials say
A man living in Pittsburg was arrested on suspicion of killing two people in San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood in 2015.
California’s safest suburbs found in Bay Area: study
(KRON) — Four Bay Area cities top the list of California’s safest suburbs, according to a recent study. Palo Alto, Livermore, Pacifica and Mountain View were also ranked by SmartAsset to be among the safest in the nation. SmartAsset’s annual list of “America’s Safest Suburbs” ranks 360 suburbs that are within 45...
Authorities bust organized retail theft ring targeting T.J. Maxx, 8 at large
(KRON) – Half of a retail theft organization that has shoplifted more than $300,000 worth of merchandise from various Bay Area T.J. Maxx stores was arrested, the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office (SCCSO) announced Tuesday. T.J. Maxx investigators informed the SCCSO in May about a group that was shoplifting items...
