SF City Hall Employee Who Embezzled $627K, Bought Himself VR Headsets Sentenced to Three...
The wild corruption case of a SF City Hall Workers' Comp department employee who embezzled $627,118 and blew city money and personal tech gear has ended, and that now-fired employee is headed to prison. We occasionally find SF City Hall corruption stories that are just plain funny. One example that...
New owner of S.F.’s biggest mall sues to evict three of its last remaining...
The mostly empty mall’s death spiral started after the pandemic and remote work devastated foot traffic in the Powell Street area.
Teen arrested for shooting Walnut Creek gas station employee over stolen cigarettes: PD
(KRON) — A 16-year-old was arrested for shooting a gas station employee during an attempted robbery in Walnut Creek Sunday, according to police. Two masked suspects entered the Kwik Serve Gas Station at 1387 California Blvd. around 3:54 a.m. and attempted to steal cigarettes, the Walnut Creek Police Department said....
Family of man killed in Oakland triple homicide starts GoFundMe
(KRON) — The family of one of the three people killed in a shooting at an Oakland market around 3 a.m. Saturday has started a GoFundMe to help pay for his funeral expenses. The victim, Miguel Ramirez Rivera, was “in the wrong place at the wrong time” when he was shot to death at Sky […]
Bay Area woman missing in Sierra Nevada found dead
(KRON) — A local woman who was reported missing Friday after she went for a hike along Codfish Falls Trail was found dead Monday, the Placer County Sheriff’s Office announced. The woman was identified as 40-year-old Eryn VanAcker of the Bay Area, the Placer County Sheriff’s Office told KRON4 News. Her body was...
Bay Area billionaires flee to Texas, Florida amid new tax proposal
About 200 billionaires residing in California could face a 5% one-time tax.
Bay Area mayor speaks out against proposed billionaire tax: ‘Don’t cut off your nose...
(KRON) — The mayor of the Bay Area’s largest cities is hitting out at a proposed billionaire tax that’s already got some of the wealthiest people in California posturing about leaving the state. Known as the California Billionaire Tax Act, the proposed legislation would levy a one-time 5% tax on Californians worth...
SF Zoo euthanizes 2 beloved animals due to declining health
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...
East Bay steel plant property is bought for more than $200 million
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....
Photos: CHP patrol car rear-ended on I-680 in East Bay
(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...
