SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The California Highway Patrol activated a Silver Alert for a missing 56-year-old woman last seen Monday in Oakland. Authorities are searching for Margartia Vasquez Hernandez, who is described as 5 feet 1 inch tall and weighing 190 pounds. She has burgundy hair and brown eyes. The missing woman was last seen [...]

(BCN) -- Southbound lanes of Interstate 880 in Hayward were fully reopened early Wednesday morning again, hours after a Tesla semi caught fire on the freeway, the California Highway Patrol said. At about 5:35 p.m. Tuesday, the Tesla big rig caught fire in the southbound lanes of I-880 near Route 92. By 5:45 p.m., the [...]

(KRON) -- A juvenile struck by a vehicle Tuesday afternoon is being treated at an area hospital, according to the Oakland Police Department. The collision happened just before 3:45 p.m. in the 3700 block of Dorisa Avenue. The incident is located near Northern Light School, but it is not clear if a student was involved. [...]

(KRON) -- A fast-growing San Francisco coffee shop is expanding with another location in the city. Q Specialty in Laurel Heights is opening in the SoMa neighborhood next month, the cafe announced on social media Tuesday. Q Speciality will soft open on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 405 Howard St. (Suite 140). That cafe is located [...]

(KRON) -- A Concord woman had an active domestic violence restraining order against her husband when he attacked her with a knife, prosecutors revealed Tuesday. Thomas John Iovenitti, 40, is now charged with murdering his wife, Alisha Iovenitti. "At the time of the alleged homicide, he was out of custody on bail in a pending [...]

(KRON) -- Elementary school students were skating on an ice rink in Palo Alto for a party organized by their school's PTA, when a mystery adult skater slid out of control. An 8-year-old boy's finger was sliced off by the man's hockey skate blade at Winter Lodge, leaving his hand disfigured, according to a lawsuit [...]

(KRON) -- The San Jose Police Department is investigating a collision involving a motorcyclist that killed a pedestrian last Friday. The incident marks San Jose's 42nd fatal collision and 42nd traffic-related death of the year, as well as the city's 20th pedestrian death. SJPD responded at approximately 1:26 a.m. on Oct. 24 to the crash [...]

CONCORD, Calif. (KRON) -- Some Concord restaurants are asking customers not to abandon them after a weekend crash shut down their indoor dining rooms. Concord police say shortly after 2 p.m. on Saturday, a driver crashed his vehicle through the front window of Chicken Time and Kabob Craze restaurants on Meadow Lane in Concord. Police [...]

(KRON) -- An investigation is underway after nearly 1,000 marijuana plants were seized from an illegal grow house, according to the Hercules Police Department. Officials said in a social media post Tuesday that the discovery of the approximately 984 mature and immature marijuana plants was made during a search warrant at a local residence. It [...]

(BCN) -- Two roads are closed due to flooding in Mill Valley on Tuesday, according to an advisory issued by police. Mill Valley police issued an alert around noontime advising drivers to avoid Miller Avenue between Camino Alto and Almonte Boulevard. That is the section that runs between Tamalpais High School and the Bothin Marsh [...]

(KRON) -- A large white airship flew over San Francisco Tuesday morning. The airship, named "Pathfinder 1," is a massive helium airship built by LTA Research, a Silicon Valley aviation startup. LTA Research said the 400-foot-long airship is the company's proof-of-concept prototype for demonstrating "lighter-than-air" technology. The aviation company wrote, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have confirmed the identities of six immigrants arrested in the Bay Area within the past two weeks. The six men are undocumented immigrants from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, and five have criminal histories, according to ICE. Witnesses recorded videos of ICE agents ...

(KRON) -- An earthquake near San Jose Tuesday afternoon jolted parts of the South Bay. The quake, which was a preliminary magnitude 2.6, according to the United States Geological Survey, had its epicenter about 12 miles east of San Jose. There were no preliminary reports of damage or injuries tied to the quake.

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A 29-year-old driver with multiple previous DUI convictions was charged with murder after a fatal pedestrian crash in San Francisco's Excelsior District earlier this month, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced Tuesday. David Maldonado Sanabria was also charged with driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury with ...