Bay Area canned food giant files for bankruptcy, seeks buyer
The nearly 140-year-old canned food company was once the largest in the world.
California bars now legally required to offer lids for drinks
California bars must now provide lids for drinks upon request, a measure intended to prevent drinks from being spiked with drugs.
One person rescued from third floor in San Francisco fire
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A fire that broke out Tuesday morning on the third floor of a multi-story residential building near San Francisco’s Mid-Market neighborhood injured one person, according to fire officials. The San Francisco Fire Department responded just before 8 a.m. to the Rose Hotel at 125 Sixth Street on...
Vacaville nurse charged in massive health fraud crackdown
A Vacaville nurse is among the hundreds of people arrested in the massive nationwide health care fraud "takedown" announced this week by the Department of Justice. Clinton Johnson Christian, 38, was indicted by a grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco on seven...
Bayview residents grill Mayor Lurie: Do good by us
Mayor Daniel Lurie and several heads of city departments got an earful from Bayview residents. Several residents said the city is neglecting Bayview-Hunters Point. Bayview residents grill Mayor Lurie: Do good by us
Man charged as family mourns East Bay father killed in DUI crash
(KRON) — An East Bay man has been charged with multiple felony vehicular manslaughter charges after being suspected of driving while intoxicated and killing a husband and father in Albany. KRON4 News spoke with the victim’s grieving family. The family of the victim, Daniel Alejandro Oliva Morales, mourned his loss...
A Dim Sum Eatery in SF was Ordered to Close Due to Health Code...
Health officials conducted a routine inspection at Mongkok Dim Sum & Restaurant on July 1. A inspector with San Francisco’s Environmental Health Branch visited the restaurant on Tuesday.. The restaurant was ordered to close due to rodent activity and may reopen following pest control and department approval. Please...
San Francisco drug dealer deported from U.S. three times
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A Honduran man was deported from the United States three times before he was busted again in San Francisco, prosecutors said. Erlan Eduardo Cruz-Acosta, 41, was sentenced Thursday to serve 36 months in a federal prison for illegally re-entering the U.S., as well as dealing drugs in San...
Late-night 2.9-magnitude quake rattles San Francisco Bay Area, seismologists say
A late-night 2.9-magnitude earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay Area in California, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The six-mile deep quake hit three miles from Fairview, which is about a 30-mile drive southeast from San Francisco, at 10:55 p.m. on Monday, June 30, according to the USGS. More than 800 people...
Crime rates decreased in Oakland last year, crept up in San Jose
Crime in California and some of the Bay Area’s biggest cities fell in 2024 after increases during the pandemic helped drive statewide approval last fall of a ballot measure to strengthen penalties in drug and property crimes and seat new prosecutors in Oakland and Los Angeles who promised tougher law enforcement,...
