(KRON) Helicopters with the the U.S. Department of Energys National Nuclear Security Administration will fly at low altitudes around the Bay Area between Feb. 2 and Feb. 4 in preparation of Super Bowl LX at Levis Stadium in Santa Clara. The flights are to protect public health and safety during the event, the San [...]

(KRON) People illegally off-roading in Death Valley National Park damaged or destroyed more than 70 rare and sensitive desert plants on Dec. 17, the National Park Service said. A white pickup truck left more than 5 miles of tracks across the fragile Eureka Dune habitat, causing untolled damages to the parks ecosystems. The damaged [...]

(KRON) -- The Federal Aviation Administration and FBI will enforce "No Drone Zones" at Levis Stadium in Santa Clara during Super Bowl LX and at key locations in downtown San Francisco leading up to the big game. The zones are being established in response to a request of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the [...]

(KRON) A 31-year-old man from San Jose died in a motorcycle crash on Highway 9 in Santa Cruz County Thursday night. According to the California Highway Patrol, the man was riding south of Highway 35 at an unknown speed when his 2017 Suzuki GSX-R600 motorcycle crashed. Paramedics and CHP officers responded to the crash [...]

(KRON) -- Detectives in San Mateo County are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman who was found inside a burning garage in North Fair Oaks Friday morning. The Redwood City Fire Department responded at 4:45 a.m. to the 600 block of Hurlingame Avenue on the report of a structure fire. Arriving firefighters [...]

SAN MATEO, Calif. (KRON) -- As part of a national movement protesting immigration enforcement tactics, some students are walking out of schools and workers are clocking out from their jobs Friday to join peaceful protests around the San Francisco Bay Area. "Stop ICE Day of Action" rallies are demanding Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi [...]

(KRON) -- A preliminary 3.4-magnitude earthquake shook San Ramon Friday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter was just east of California High School. The quake occurred at 10:33 a.m. along the Calaveras Fault, USGS said. People reported feeling the shaking from Martinez down to Fremont, according to USGSs Did You Feel It? [...]

Renowned actress Catherine O'Hara has died at the age of 71, according to multiple reports.

(KRON) -- The Bay Area Air District (BAAD) is monitoring operations at Valero Refining Company as surrounding neighborhoods in Benicia this week complained of wafting stinky odors. The refinery has begun shutdown procedures as it moves toward ceasing operations later this year. The unpleasant odors were traced back to tank degassing operations at the Valero ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Two Bay Area tech companies are cutting nearly 200 jobs, recent filings with the Employment Development Department show. Google is laying off 77 employees from its Sunnyvale campus, and Pinterest is laying off 118 employees across San Francisco and Palo Alto. The announced layoffs at Google are considered permanent and affect [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- City leaders in San Francisco announced Thursday that a park renovation in Chinatown is one step closer to beginning construction this summer. The Portsmouth Square project will create a new outdoor event space along with a community clubhouse, update the playground and improve the seating and landscaping. At the same time, [...]

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested by federal authorities in Los Angeles late Thursday night, according to his attorney.

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The weekend will bring more dry and mild weather in the Bay Area as any rain chances stay well to the north, up in Washington and Oregon. We will have more passing clouds into Saturday and Sunday, followed by nothing but sunshine into next week. Some temperatures next week, the start [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Waymo began officially offering self-driving car rides at San Francisco International Airport on Thursday. The service currently allows for passenger drop-offs and pick-ups at the airport's rental car center. The company received authorization to operate at the airport in September and has spent several months mapping routes and ...

(KRON) -- In-person classes at a Catholic high school in San Francisco have been canceled due to a tuberculosis outbreak. In a letter sent to the community, Archbishop Riordan High School President Tim Reardon said classes on campus will be canceled on Friday as the school prepares for "modified instruction." Next week, Riordan's classes will [...]

(KRON) -- "His vehicle went from being loaded with booze to being loaded onto a tow truck headed to car jail." Vacaville police said an Oakland man was found to have nearly $3,000 worth of stolen merchandise last Friday after he allegedly walked out of a store with a shopping cart full of unpaid alcohol. [...]

(KRON) -- A jury convicted a former Google software engineer of spying for China and stealing artificial intelligence technology from the Mountain View-headquartered tech giant. Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, was found guilty of economic espionage and theft of trade secrets for stealing confidential information on Google's AI tech.The jury reached a ...

(KRON) -- Officers were investigating several reports of a person armed with a firearm in public on Thursday afternoon along with calls of an armed suspect asleep inside a vehicle, according to the Oakland Police Department. The incident occurred around 2:15 p.m. on the 2700 block of Fruitvale Avenue. "When officers arrived, they located the [...]

(BCN) -- Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee signed two executive orders Thursday that outline the city's response to immigration enforcement activity in the city. The first order sets up a task force to protect the city's immigrant communities and establishes that the Oakland Police Department will function independently if federal troops are deployed to the city. ...

(KRON) -- A disturbing handwritten message was recently found inside a bathroom used by students at American Canyon High School. "The message stated, 'Im finna bomb TS school on Friday, FR,' which was interpreted as a threat indicating a possible bombing of the school," the American Canyon Police Department said. Police said it's unclear when [...]

(KRON) -- For nearly a decade, Neiman Marcus was an anchor store for luxury shopping in Walnut Creek's already ritzy downtown area. For whatever void Neiman Marcus left five years ago when it shut down, there is now more clarity on what will take over the space on 1000 S Main St. A Restoration Hardware [...]

(KRON) -- Two felons allegedly carried out a deadly triple shooting inside a neighborhood market in East Oakland, prosecutors said. Three victims were fatally shot in Sky Market, located at 8433International Blvd., on January 3, according to police. Two of the victims were pronounced dead at the scene, and the third victim died at a [...]

(KRON) Multiple open containers of beer and alcohol were found inside a DUI driver's car after a regular-speed chase through Yolo and Solano counties on Jan. 23, police said. The chase started around at 3:47 p.m., after someone reported a drunk driver swerving into oncoming traffic with their hand hanging over the steering wheel, [...]

(KRON) Tesla will cease building its Model X and S vehicles and convert the Fremont factory space into a robot-manufacturing plant capable of producing 1 million Optimus robots per year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced during Teslas fourth-quarter financial report this week. The Fremont factory will continue to build other models of Tesla vehicles [...]

(KRON) -- It is set to be one of the busiest weekends in San Francisco and the greater Bay Area. With Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium, the week leading up to the football game is filled with massive events expected to draw big crowds, including many concerts. Before Bad Bunny takes the halftime stage, [...]