SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) -- An aftermarket charger may be to blame for a Saturday evening fire inside a San Francisco home after a scooter went up in flames, said the San Francisco Fire Department. An aftermarket product is an item not made by the original manufacturer. Fire officials say there have been multiple reports [...]

(KRON) -- Fresh off its Las Vegas show on Friday night, P-pop sensation BINI woke up Saturday morning with KRON4 to chat about their upcoming Bay Area tour stop. BINI was on its "BINIverse" tour bus traveling in California as the octet prepares for its San Francisco concert. Dubbed as The Nations Girl Group, the [...]

BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (AP) A man posing as a police officer shot and killed a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband in a brazen attack at their home early Saturday, and a second lawmaker and his wife were wounded in a separate shooting in what Gov. Tim Walz described as targeted political violence. Police were [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) Protests have been planned around the nation following President Donald Trumps deployment of the National Guard and the Marines in the Los Angeles U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid. A group called No Kings has planned numerous protests around the US. Per the groups website, In America, we dont do [...]

(KRON) A Lincoln resident was arrested on gun charges during a traffic stop, according to the Santa Rosa Police Department. A Santa Rosa police officer pulled over a vehicle for a window tint violation near Mendocino Avenue and Bicentennial Way at 8:23 p.m. on Friday. According to police, the officers smelled marijuana coming from [...]

(KRON) One person was killed and two were injured after a Bay Point shooting early Saturday morning, said the Contra Costa County Sheriffs Office. Around 12:58 a.m., Muir Station deputies were dispatched to the 2100 block of Mendocino Drive in Bay Point for the report of a shooting. Arriving officers found a victim suffering [...]

CHAMPLIN, Minn. (AP) A Minnesota mayor says two state lawmakers were shot in their homes early Saturday. Mayor Ryan Sabas of Champlin said state senator John Hoffman and state representative Melissa Hortman were shot, and that Hoffman's wife was also shot. A person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press that investigators believe [...]

(KRON) -- A Friday morning vehicle collision flipped a Flywheel taxi on its roof in San Francisco. The San Francisco Police Department said its officers responded to the incident at 10:28 a.m. in the area of Fell Street and Van Ness Avenue. SFPD located the driver of the vehicle along with three passengers at the [...]

(KRON) -- The California Farm Bureau is speaking out against the recent wave of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) activity and supporting the agricultural workforce who they say is "essential to the success and sustainability of farming and ranching in the state. In a statement released on Friday, CFB says that there would be unharvested [...]

(KRON) -- The Walnut Creek Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying a man accused of keying several vehicles in a parking lot on Friday evening. "Keying" refers to using a sharp object, normally a house or car key, to damage a vehicle. WCPD said officers responded at 5:30 p.m. to the [...]

(KRON) -- A 55-year-old San Mateo felon is in custody for allegedly aiming a firearm at a former girlfriend then telling her that "she was not free to leave his residence," said the San Mateo Police Department. The incident happened at 7:10 a.m. Wednesday, said SMPD. Police were able to get both a gun violence [...]

(KRON) A prepaid debit card scam has landed an Alameda man indicted on more than a dozen counts of bank fraud, according to the Department of Justice. Nathan Wu-Falkenborg, 49, worked in fraud prevention at Direct Express, which allowed recipients of federal benefits to access their benefits through a prepaid debit card account. Per [...]

(KRON) -- A woman who worked as a security manager at Nvidia and regularly spoke as an expert on fraud prevention was charged with submitting 167 fraudulent healthcare claims against the Santa Clara-based tech company, the Santa Clara County District Attorneys Office announced Friday. Faranak Firozan, 47, is accused of submitting the fraudulent claims ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Irans state news agency reported that Iran has fired hundreds of ballistic missiles toward Israel as part of its retaliation for Israel's Friday attack on Iranian nuclear and military sites. IRNA said the Iranian military had dubbed its operation Severe Punishment. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. APs earlier [...]

(KRON) A Vietnamese coffee chain has opened in downtown Hayward. Tram Cream Coffee has opened its first Hayward location. The soft opening for the Hayward location was June 3. The owner of Tram Cream Coffee in Hayward, Khoa Dinh, told KRON4.com that the store has been much busier than expected. Per Tram Cream Coffees [...]

(KRON) Suspected meth and fentanyl were found in the a stolen car, according to the Colma Polcie Department. Colma PD was alerted by a Flock Safety automatic license plate reader of a stolen car entering the city around 10:21 p.m. on June 5. According to Colma police, the car was stolen from San Francisco [...]

(BCN) -- A driver who allegedly shot at another vehicle on Interstate 580 near the Altamont Pass this week was later arrested in San Leandro, the California Highway Patrol said Thursday. The shooting was reported shortly after 9 a.m. Wednesday on I-580 between Flynn and Grant Line roads. The victim, who was driving a Tesla [...]

(KRON) The Oakland Police Department is asking for public assistance in solving the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Bert Brigham III. Brighams death occurred almost four years ago on July 18, 2021, in the 1900 block of Foothill Boulevard. OPD has released images of four male suspects in their 20s and vehicles that may be [...]

(KRON) A woman was arrested after shoplifting jewelry and designer perfumes, according to the San Mateo Police Department. Recently, Macys loss prevention officers alerted the department to a woman shoplifting. According to San Mateo police, the suspect stole two perfumes, one called Bad Boy by Carolina Herrera and the other called Gucci Guilty. San [...]

(KRON) -- A hit-and-run crash in San Jose this week left a motorcyclist with a broken neck and severe spinal damage, according to authorities and family. On Thursday, the San Jose Police Department announced that the suspected hit-and-run driver had been found and arrested. The motorcyclist, Jeff Garmany, was left broken, alone, and barely conscious [...]

(KRON) This years National Women's Soccer League championship game is officially set to be in the Bay Area. The league announced Friday that Bay FCs home stadium, PayPal Park, will host the 2025 NWSL Championship. The 18,000-seat stadium is also the home to Major League Soccers San Jose Earthquakes. PayPal Park has also hosted [...]

(KRON) -- BART service between the Downtown Berkeley and Richmond stations has stopped Friday morning, the transit agency announced at 6:50 a.m. The service disruption is due to a major medical emergency near the North Berkeley BART station. AC Transit is providing a bus bridge service between Richmond and Berkeley BART stations, according to BART. [...]

(BCN) -- The Bay Area Air District (BAAD) reached an agreement with Chevron on a new air pollution monitoring system at its Richmond refinery that will bring enhanced monitoring for hydrogen sulfide, a smelly and potentially dangerous gas previously not properly monitored according to the air district's standards. Chevron is the first of the five [...]

(BCN) -- Two people were found dead in a Santa Rosa apartment Wednesday afternoon after officers responded to a call about a possible domestic violence case there, police said. A call came in around 2:40 p.m. Wednesday about possible domestic violence taking place at an apartment in the 1500 block of Atlanta Court. The Santa [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The Bay Area is starting the weekend with more clouds Friday morning, but some afternoon sunshine to look forward to later today. High temperatures will land in the 60s to 80s, much as we have been seeing so much lately. The weekend will stay steady before the heat climbs quickly into [...]