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Bay Area regulators may delay new gas water heater restrictions until 2028 while expanding exemptions for families facing high costs, electrical problems and limited installation space.

California officials have escalated their campaign to build affordable housing by filing lawsuits that accused five cities of flouting legal deadlines for submitting plans to meet housing shortages.

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A man accused of torturing a kitten to death inside a San Francisco bank’s entryway was taken into custody, authorities announced Thursday. William Ohlson, 33, of Reno, Nev., was booked into the San Francisco County Jail on Tuesday for charges of animal abuse and resisting arrest. In the early mo

Another day, another record in San Francisco’s luxury real estate market. The $20 million sale of a Sea Cliff home has set a new bar for what buyers are willing to pay: $4,574 per square foot. In some ways, the late-June sale of 740 El Camino del Mar was...

Police in Richmond are investigating a double shooting. One of the victims had to be airlifted to a local hospital. The victims' conditions are not known.There is no word on what led up to the shooting. We do not know of any arrests.

(KRON) — A teenager was arrested Tuesday in connection with a fatal shooting of a boy in Vallejo and an attempted homicide in Richmond, according to police. Anderson Racael Marroquin, 18, of Vallejo, was charged with suspicion of murder in the case of a boy who was shot and killed Dec. 7, 2025, in front […]

Richmond police are investigating a shooting Wednesday evening in the 400 block of Wilson Avenue that left two people injured, one of whom was airlifted to a trauma center. The shooting was reported around 9 p.m. Wednesday, with numerous police vehicles, including units from the El Cerrito Police Department,

[Editor’s note: The report mentioned here is from inspections conducted on July 15 and may not represent the future health inspection status of the food establishments.]. The San Francisco Department of Public Health conducted inspections at multiple restaurants on July 15, 2026. According to inspection reports, Ono Ha

The family tragedy on San Francisco Bay began as a memorial to spread the ashes of a loved one and ended with at least one member dead and three others still missing.

Oakland’s vacancy tax is generally effective and is bringing in millions every year, a new audit found, but it might not be living up to its goal of addressing the housing crisis head-on. In 2018, voters approved Oakland’s first vacant property tax. Owners of undeveloped lots and empty buildings...