Urban Alchemy wins $24 million as S.F. reworks street ambassador teams
San Francisco is expected to award $35 million to a handful of nonprofits as Mayor Daniel Lurie revamps his strategy for deploying unarmed ambassadors to the neediest areas.
Why This West Coast Costco Stands Out From The Rest
If you thought all Costcos were created equal -- think again. This West Coast location boasts an inventory that puts its fellow warehouses to shame.
Missing men feared dead amid chop-shop dispute in Oakland
OAKLAND, Calif. - It's been seven months since Justin Wayne Lee, 29, and Esmeraldo Vivero, 34, vanished without a trace. Now, KTVU has learned Oakland police believe the two friends may have been killed as a result of a dispute among car-theft suspects. Notorious chop shop raided again. What we...
4 arrested after student-adult brawl leads to shooting near school, Richmond police say
(KRON) — Four people have been arrested after a brawl involving several students and adults ended with a shooting near a school earlier this week, according to the Richmond Police Department. RPD said officers responded Monday shortly after noon to reports of a fight and shots fired in the 800 block of Chanslor...
ICE out of Home Depot (East Bay)
Across the country, Home Depot is allowing ICE agents to illegally abduct day laborers around its stores. In Oakland, Home Depot refuses to provide laborers with a safe place to seek work, banning them from parking lots and denying them basic dignity and respect. ICE out of Home Depot. Saturday,...
Oakland police investigating early morning homicide
(KRON) — The Oakland Police Department is investigating a homicide that occurred in the early morning hours Friday. OPD responded at around 3:15 a.m. to a report of a shooting in the 1600 block of Solano Way. Arriving at the scene, officers found two people with apparent gunshot wounds. One of them was pronounced...
2 plead guilty for string of armed robberies in East Bay
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Two men pled guilty in federal court in connection to a string of robberies in the East Bay in early 2024, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of California (USANDC) said in a statement. Jaray Washington, 42, of Oakland pled guilty Friday to committing eight armed robberies...
Rocks thrown at elephant seal on Northern California beach, feds seek suspects
Bay Area authorities are searching for two people after video captured what officials described as a deliberate attack on a federally protected elephant seal at Point Reyes National Seashore.
Computer glitch leads to Bay Area 7-Eleven customers paying 100 times more to fill...
You should check your bank statement if you bought gas at a 7-Eleven in the past week. Hard to believe, but a $40 fill up turned into a $4,000 charge, and the company says it has happened to about 200 customers in the Bay Area and beyond.
San Francisco establishes fund for African American reparations
The effort to provide reparations to African American San Franciscans took another step towards becoming a reality after the Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to establish the Reparations Fund at its Tuesday meeting. The resolution simply creates the fund, but no money has been allocated to it. The vote was...

















