New ‘red light’ law hands drivers breaking 11mph rule $50 on the spot fines
DRIVERS who break a new “red light” speed rule are being hit with $50 on-the-spot fines for going just 11mph over the limit. Officials say the tougher enforcement is aimed at cutting down on dangerous driving and improving road safety. The new measures are being introduced in Oakland,...
Bright light over Bay Area was astronauts’ return to Earth
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A fast-moving bright light streaking over the Bay Area overnight Thursday has many people talking, sharing pictures on social media and wondering what they saw. Was it a comet? Space junk? Turns out, it was astronauts returning to Earth from the International Space Station in NASA’s first...
‘Bubble territory’: Bay Area housing insiders sound the alarm
Bay Area real estate insiders are once again warning that prices have detached from reality, arguing that the region has slipped back into what they bluntly call bubble territory. Their concern is not just about eye‑popping list prices, but about a pattern of bidding and expectations that, in their view, looks...
Veterans in the Bay Area protest changes to the VA health care system
Protesters gathered outside the Veterans Administration hospital in San Francisco, including health care workers and their veteran patients, protesting a plan to eliminate thousands of unfilled positions in the VA healthcare system.
Toro Canyon residents ordered to shelter-in-place during search for suspect who was later arrested
TORO CANYON, Calif. (KEYT) – A shelter-in-place message was sent to residents of Toro Canyon in connection with a search for a possibly armed person by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office Wednesday and later the same day, the suspect was arrested near the 3900 block of Foothill Road.
SF police raid Oakland drug house, arrest 4
(KRON) — The San Francisco Police Department arrested four suspects and seized 4.5 pounds of drugs while serving a search warrant at an Oakland home Tuesday. The home was a known drug house, police said. SFPD Chief Derrick Lew praised his officers for the raid. “The SFPD will continue to be relentless in combating...
The $88 million Hillsborough estate has an amphitheater and a massive aquarium, and it’s...
In a region where scale and spectacle are practically part of the zoning code, an $88 million estate in Hillsborough is still managing to turn heads. You are looking at a property that folds an amphitheater, a massive saltwater aquarium, and resort-style grounds into a single 12 acre compound, then aims to set a new...
Police looking for suspect who attacked 65-year-old man and his dog in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Police are searching for a man who allegedly attacked a 65-year-old man near the intersection of Post and Leavenworth streets in San Francisco on Dec. 7, causing him to suffer life-threatening injuries. “Officers were advised that the assault occurred after an unknown suspect briefly interacted...
The last restaurant at S.F.’s largest mall has closed
The Panda Express in the basement food court of downtown’s San Francisco Centre has closed, leaving the city’s largest mall without any restaurants.
SF Judge Tells Public Defender: Take The Felonies Or Else
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Harry Dorfman has signaled he is done waiting on the city’s attorney shortage to sort itself out. This week, he informed key justice-system leaders that he intends to order the Public Defender’s Office to stop refusing felony appointments and to start taking new felony cases again,...
