California’s inmate firefighters deserve decent pay and a chance at a heroic career
California has used incarcerated firefighters since 1915 to battle wildfires. But we don't pay them, protect them or treat them like heroes. Lawmakers could change that.
‘Vaccines keep our children healthy’: Bay Area issues urgent back-to-school warning
With misinformation spreading and vaccine exemptions rising, local leaders stressed the importance of routine immunizations before the school year begins.
San Francisco experiencing coldest summer since 1965 while most of country sweats
While the majority of the county bakes under a sweltering heat dome, the San Francisco Bay Area is experiencing one of its coldest summers in decades.
Endangered missing alert activated for 2 girls last seen in San Jose
(KRON) — An endangered missing advisory alert was activated Thursday morning for two at-risk girls missing from San Jose, according to the California Highway Patrol. Paulina Rodriguez-Morales, 11, and Yaneretzi Paredes-Estrada, 13, were last seen around 2 a.m. near Banff Street and Harold Avenue, CHP said. The two...
Engineer pleads guilty to stealing US trade secret technology designed for missile launch detection
A former engineer at a Southern California company has admitted to stealing U.S. trade secret technologies intended to detect nuclear missile launches, track ballistic and hypersonic missiles, and to allow U.S. fighter planes to detect and evade heat-seeking missiles.
Silicon Valley grocers expect sales hit from food assistance cuts
Grocery stores are bracing for how federal cuts to food stamps will affect their businesses. Grocers who accept food assistance payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for the majority of their sales are going to take the greatest hit with the federal passage of the “Big Beautiful Bill.”...
Crews knock down San Jose house fire that extended to another home
SJFD says the blaze from the one-story building on the 3300 block of Gavota Ave. has extended to an adjacent house. As of 4:18 p.m., both fires at the two homes have been knocked out.
With home prices falling ever so slightly, California Realtors anticipate ‘bounce-back’
Home sales fell in San Diego County in June, while rising statewide after three straight months of decline, the California Association of Realtors announced. Closed escrow sales of existing, single-family detached homes in California totaled a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 264,260 last month. June home sales...
San Jose restaurant known for 5-pound ‘Burritozilla’ to close after 32 years
(KRON) — A San Jose restaurant famous for its massive five-pound burritos is closing up shop after 32 years. Iguanas Home Of The Burritozilla is having its final day of service on Sunday, July 27, the business announced in a social media post. The downtown San Jose shop closing is the one on 300 S 3rd […]
CHP nabs truck driver for an ‘astonishing’ 95 m.p.h. speed violation on I-5
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) recently called out a truck driver for an excessive speed violation on I-5. On July 18, 2025, CHP’s Yreka Division issued a statement on catching a semi truck traveling at 40 m.p.h. over the speed limit for trucks near the Oregon border earlier this month. “The risks associated...
