(KRON) -- Oh deer! One Santa Rosa classroom got quite the shock Monday when a deer decided it wanted to hit the books as well. The Santa Rosa Police Department responded to Piner High School to find a once-in-a-lifetime rescue: a deer inside a classroom. Officers were able to successfully rescue the deer from the [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Caltrans is warning motorists planning to cross the Bay Bridge from San Francisco to Oakland on Friday night through Saturday morning to expect major delays. Crews will be closing all but one eastbound lane of Interstate 80 to continue work on a bridge painting project. One eastbound lane of the Bay [...]

(KRON) -- Like the song says, another one bites the dust. Alameda has lost another bar beloved by craft beer fans. The Boathouse, a favorite among locals with a convenient mid-Island location, announced via an Instagram story Thursday that it was closing. "After much consideration, we are saddened that Boathouse has closed its doors," the [...]

(KRON) -- A 19-year-old man is facing charges in connection with multiple armed robberies this month targeting 7-Eleven stores in Oakland, according to the Alameda County District Attorneys Office. The suspect, Angel Guadalupe Flores, has also been charged in a separate case involving a residential armed robbery and assault. Prosecutors said Flores, along ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Dropbox plans to cut dozens of jobs at its San Francisco headquarters. The file-sharing platform will be laying off 57 people at its main office at 50 Hawthorne St. in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood. The job cuts were announced earlier this week and are set to take effect on Nov. 18, [...]

(KRON) -- A man was killed after being struck by a pickup truck in El Sobrante on Thursday, according to the California Highway Patrol. CHP responded at 8:02 p.m. to San Pablo Dam Road, east of Hillcrest Road, on the report of a pedestrian-involved vehicle crash. Investigators said a red Chevrolet pickup truck was being [...]

(BCN) -- Moderate coastal flooding is possible along Bay Area shorelines through Sunday, while light rain could reach parts of the region Saturday, according to the National Weather Service. In an advisory early Friday, the weather service warned that high tides could flood low-lying areas, cause isolated road closures and contribute to coastal erosion. ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- BART has halted service through the Transbay Tube between West Oakland and Embarcadero stations Friday morning. The service stoppage is due to a trackside equipment problem, according to a BART advisory issued just before 5 a.m. Riders are told to seek alternate means of transportation. There is no estimated time for [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- E-bikes and e-scooters have become a popular way to get around San Francisco, but an increase in injuries and reports of riders taking over sidewalks has raised safety concerns. Now, one company is turning to artificial intelligence-powered cameras in an effort to crack down on the problem. Riders are required to use streets or ...

(KRON) -- One of the West Coast's largest ice cream chains is opening its first location in Oakland next month. Salt & Straw is opening in the city's Rockridge neighborhood on Friday, Nov. 13. The Portland, Oregon-based creamery is opening its ninth Bay Area location, joining San Ramon as the second in the East Bay. [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- After calls for less talk and more action, San Franciscos NAACP now says it believes the San Francisco Unified School District is committed to taking greater steps to address hate speech in the district and make everyone feel safe. NAACP San Francisco President Emeritus Amos Brown says not only has the superintendent committed to ...

(KRON) -- A Barnes & Noble is coming back to an East Bay city after initially closing down more than 10 years ago. The bookstore giant is opening in Fremont's Pacific Commons Shopping Center in December, according to a Barnes & Noble spokesperson. The bookstore is scheduled to open on Dec. 9, the spokesperson added. [...]

(KRON) -- The U.S. Department of Educations Student Privacy Policy Office opened investigations into two Bay Area school districts for allegedly violating parents' rights. Some students were instructed to participate in "Wheel of Power/Privilege" activities as part of ethnic studies and answer very personal questions, according to USDE. Palo Alto Unified ...

(KRON) -- A man tied to 57 organized retail thefts throughout Alameda County from 2025 to 2026 targeted 11 retailers, resulting in more than $74,000 in losses for those businesses, according to prosecutors. Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson announced Thursday that she is prosecuting Haki McClain in four cases linked to the aforementioned ...

(KRON) -- The suspect in a deadly Oakland hit-and-run that left an elderly man dead earlier this month has turned himself in to police. The Oakland Police Department announced Thursday that it had arrested a suspect in the Oct. 3 incident that left 81-year-old Eugene Lynch dead. The incident occurred just before 6 a.m. in [...]

(KRON) -- A Santa Rosa woman is accused of embezzling more than $180,000 from a Rohnert Park business while she worked as its office manager, according to the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety (RPDPS). Marie Catherine Weerts was arrested Tuesday. It is not clear how long Weerts worked at the business or when the [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Four suspects, including a juvenile, face multiple charges after authorities said they led San Francisco police on a multi-city pursuit in a stolen vehicle early Thursday. The suspects were arrested after crashing the car, according to the police department. SFPD said automated license plate reader (ALPR) data identified the ...

(KRON) -- A suspected serial killer who grew up in Oakland will stand trial after a San Joaquin County jury found him mentally competent this week. Wesley Brownlee, 46, is accused of "hunting" victims on the streets of Stockton and Oakland, and murdering six people between 20212022. District Attorney Ron Freitas said Brownlee's case can [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- San Francisco Unified School District is expanding services for students with extensive support needs, with a new program designed to keep more students in San Francisco and closer to their families. District and city leaders unveiled the program Thursday at the Ed and Anita Lee School Building. The program will serve [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The early 9:30 a.m. start time for Game 6 frustrated many Valkyries fans across the Bay Area. The WNBA Finals start time was less-than-ideal for many fans, but that didn't stop them from showing up at Thrive City outside SF's Chase Center Thursday morning. It's a weekday, so, of course, most [...]

(KRON) -- Two San Jose Police Department officers have been arrested and charged with filing a false police report and tampering with evidence, authorities announced Thursday. The arrests follow an internal police investigation into the alleged activities of officers Raydarius Surry, 29, and Destiney Thompson, 30, both residents of Gilroy. Authorities said ...

(KRON) -- Sir Patrick Stewart, the venerated English actor who rose to fame playing Captain Picard on "Star Trek: The Next Generation," has died, according to a statement from his family. Stewart passed away at his home in Los Angeles following a "brief and poignant journey" with Alzheimer's Disease and Lewy Body Dementia, his family [...]

(KRON) -- More than three years after a mass shooting left seven farmworkers dead in Half Moon Bay, the accused killer is set to stand trial this upcoming January. Chunli Zhao, 69, is accused of committingthe worst mass shooting in San Mateo County history. He is charged with murdering his co-workers at two mushroom farms, [...]

(KRON) -- A former Google AI safety expert is so confident artificial intelligence will destroy humanity he says he's stopped saving for retirement. Nate Soares worked at Google and Microsoft, spending more than 12 years working on AI alignment. Currently, he is the president of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, a Berkeley nonprofit dedicated to ...

ATLANTA (AP) The Golden State Valkyries are hoping to clinch their first WNBA championship as they take a 3-2 series lead over the Atlanta Dream into Thursday's Game 6 of the Finals. Coach Natalie Nakase says her players are ready despite the 12:30 p.m. EDT tipoff, which is a 9:30 a.m. start by their [...]