San Francisco CA

Most people walking through San Francisco see towering skyscrapers, bustling streets, and the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. What they don’t realize is that beneath their feet lies an extraordinary treasure trove of ancient life, buried for millions of years in the city’s complex geological layers. The very ground that...

Rebecca Kaplan has found a new job, and it’s in the same building as her last one. The city of Oakland has hired the former at-large councilmember as a project manager in the city administrator’s office. Kaplan started on Sept. 29 as an exempt limited duration employee and her job is to perform policy research with...

The bright petals of cempasúchil. The candles that illuminate photographs of loved ones who have passed on. And the warmth that comes with eating delicious tamales. At home and in community spaces, the Bay Area is preparing for Día de los Muertos, traditionally celebrated on Nov. 1 and 2 — which this year falls on a...

The California Highway Patrol has issued an Ebony Alert for a missing teenager from Castro Valley, Alameda County. Ganiah Grubbs, a 15-year-old girl, was last seen yesterday, at approximately 8:30 p.m. and is believed to be on foot. The alert was issued on behalf of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, as reported by...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) — Everett and Jones Barbecue, a well-known Black-owned restaurant in Oakland, was broken into early Saturday morning, marking the fifth such incident since 2023. The break-in occurred at around 4 a.m. when three masked men smashed their way into the restaurant on MacArthur Boulevard. Despite...

Authorities in Northern California are searching for 17-year-old Morgan Crenshaw, who has been missing since late September. According to a news release from the Antioch Police Department, Crenshaw was last seen on September 29 and was reported missing by her family on October 5. Police said her disappearance is “not...

VALLEJO – Over a thousand protesters marched through downtown Vallejo this morning as part of the movement labeled “No Kings Day.” Across the nation, close to 2600 similar protests were organized. “This is the largest U.S. mass rally in history,” said Bruce Marks, one of the event organizers.

On Oct. 16, just after 11 a.m., police said a woman called 911 and reported that she had been shot on the 100 block of Forest Ridge Drive, and that she was on her way to a hospital.

(KRON) — One person died after a suspected DUI crash on I-80 in Richmond overnight on Sunday, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 2:08 a.m. on the freeway near Hilltop Drive. A preliminary investigation suggests that two vehicles were involved: a BMW 440i and a Toyota Prius....

BART’s Civic Center Plaza was a gauntlet of despair before a revitalization. Now BART wants to achieve a similar transformation at a station that often resembles a “mini police station.”