(KRON) A staple Santa Cruz hamburger joint will flip its last burger on Sunday. Bettys Burgers has announced the closure of its downtown Santa Cruz location after 15 years of being in business on its Facebook. The eatery says it was a tough call, but due to slower foot traffic and fewer visitors, Bettys [...]

(BCN) -- A century-old Saratoga vineyard could transform into hundreds of homes, creating mixed feelings in the community. San Jose-based City Connect Real Estate Development is proposing a 231-home development on 11.6 acres of vineyard land at 14001 Chester Ave. The project includes 24 single-family homes, 85 townhomes, 84 homes with tandem garages and 38 ...

(KRON) The Suisun City Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Friday night. Suisun City police officers were dispatched to an undeveloped private property near Webster after reports of a shooting at around 8 p.m. Responding officers found a person suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim was taken to a local [...]

(KRON) -- Today will be much cooler than yesterday was with temperatures falling considerably inland from the 90s yesterday to just the 70s and 80s for some of those same inland areas. We will see breezy and mostly cloudy conditions for much of the day and similar conditions into tomorrow before a gradual warming trend [...]

(KRON) A Hayward man was arrested after he attempted to steal more than $2,000 worth of roofing supplies from a home improvement store, according to the Colma Police Department. At approximately 7:20 p.m. on Aug. 2, Colma police officers responded to a Home Depot on Colma Boulevard for the report of a theft. Police [...]

(KRON) The San Francisco Fire Department is battling a kitchen fire on the fourth floor of 66 Cleary Ct. on Saturday morning. Fire crews were dispatched at 6:22 a.m. The residents of the fourth floor have evacuated, and those on the floors above are sheltering in place. Per the fire department, one individual has [...]

(BCN) -- A 72-year-old Danville man was arrested by Danville police Friday in connection with a two-vehicle collision that killed one person on March 1. Andrew Chao is accused of vehicular manslaughter, the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office said in a press release. He was booked into the Martinez Detention Facility and held in lieu [...]

(KRON) -- A 19-year-old burglary suspect was swifty arrested by San Mateo County Sheriff's Office deputies after allegedly breaking into a Millbrae retirement community overnight. Sheriff's deputies assigned to the Millbrae Police Bureau were notified around 1 a.m. Friday of the incident in the 200 block of Chadbourne Avenue. The suspect reportedly ran away ...

(BCN) -- A 73-year-old Danville man was arrested by Danville police Friday in connection with a two-vehicle collision that killed one person on March 1. Andrew Chao is accused of vehicular manslaughter, the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office said in a press release. He was booked into the Martinez Detention Facility and held in lieu [...]

(KRON) -- A crow from Walnut Creek has tested positive for West Nile virus in Contra Costa County, confirmed the Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District on Friday. This is the second West Nile-virus infected bird this year after a California scrub jay from San Ramon tested positive on July 21. "Thebirdwas reported to [...]

(KRON) -- Dublin Police Services said it is following up on several leads after multiple shots were fired into an occupied vehicle Friday afternoon. DPS said its dispatch center was alerted at 1:22 p.m. of the incident in the area of Scarlett and Kilkenny drives. Police said officers were able to contact the victim when [...]

(KRON) -- A blaze at a four-story Berkeley Hills home Thursday evening was quickly contained by the Berkeley Fire Department but ended up displacing two residents and causing $150,000 in damages, said officials. BFD said it started receiving several 911 calls at 5:18 p.m. that reported flames and black smoke pouring out of a home [...]

(KRON) -- A grass fire burning near Benicia in the 1500 block of Lake Herman Road has rapidly blown up to 80 acres with zero percent containment, according to fire officials. CalFire said the blaze, which is in Cordelia, an unincorporated Solano County community, has a moderate rate of spread. Both air and ground resources [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- California's unemployment rate increased slightly in July and is now the highest of any state in the nation. California added 15,000 nonfarm jobs in July, according to the Employment Development Department, pushing the unemployment rate up 0.1% to 5.5%, which is higher than that of any other state and higher than [...]

(KRON) -- A 14-year-old girl who was a passenger in a solo-vehicle hit-and-run collision in Novato has died, police announced Friday. The 14-year-old girl, who has not been publicly identified at this time, had sustained critical injuries in the crash that occurred Wednesday around 3 a.m. on Ignacio Boulevard. Another passenger, a 15-year-old boy, was [...]

(KRON) -- Firefighters in San Jose are responding to a grass fire in East San Jose in the area of the 15800 block of Rica Vista Way. The fire, according to the San Jose Fire Department, has grown to three acres and is spreading at a rapid rate. Structures are currently threatened, SJFD said. People [...]

(KRON) A man who punched a police officer in the face two years ago was convicted on Friday, said the San Francisco District Attorneys Office. In August of 2023, John Bissell, 31, confronted a San Francisco Police Department officer who was working at the United Nations Plaza. Prosecutors said, Bissell told the officer that [...]

(KRON) A San Mateo man riding a stolen e-bike was arrested for mail theft, according to the San Mateo Police Department. San Mateo authorities were alerted to the report of mail theft in progress on the 2100 block of Vista Del Mar. Arriving officers gathered witness statements and surveillance footage that confirmed the theft. [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A prominent San Francisco Democrat announced he is authoring legislation to ban what he calls "extreme masking by law enforcement." State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) said he will introduce Senate Bill 627 (SB 627) in response to the arrival of masked Border Patrol agents outside a venue for a rally [...]

(KRON) -- A San Mateo County employee accused of embezzling just under $800,000 over a span of eight years pleaded not guilty to all charges on Thursday, according to the San Mateo County District Attorneys Office. Kian Hanohano Atkinson, 47, of Foster City, is charged with three counts of embezzlement by a public officer and [...]

(KRON) -- The outstanding suspect in a homicide that took place in April in San Jose was arrested this week in Colorado, according to the San Jose Police Department. Kevin Le, 25, was one of five suspects wanted in connection to a homicide that took place in the early hours of the morning on April [...]

(KRON) The Golden Gate Park will have another set of adoring fans on Friday. Country music star Zach Bryan and rock band Kings of Leon are scheduled to perform. This comes two weeks after Dead & Company, one week after Outside Lands. Bryan is a Grammy Award-winner known for his song I Remember Everything [...]

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (KRON) -- A domestic violence suspect armed with a gun charged at officers when he was fatally shot by police Thursday morning, according to new details released by the Santa Rosa Police Department. The 20-year-old man had barricaded himself inside the home of his ex-girlfriends parents for over six hours before the [...]

(BCN) -- The final stages of the lengthy process to potentially remove San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus from office will begin Monday with a public hearing estimated to last 10 days. The hearing was spurred by Corpus' move to appeal the Board of Supervisors' unanimous decision to oust her in June, an authority the [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A hot Friday to start the weekend before quite the cooldown Saturday and Sunday. Highs will reach upwards into the low 90s inland before we see highs drop dramatically only into the upper 70s to low 80s Saturday. The National Weather Service is advising of gusty wind potential at coastal areas, [...]