(KRON) -- The California Highway Patrol said Friday that a roadway in Alameda County is closed due to multiple car crashes and heavy fog. CHP closed Vasco Road in both directions on the Livermore and Brentwood sides. The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District is warning drivers to slow down in the area. There is [...]

(KRON) -- A South Bay mortuary business and funeral services director are accused of giving a grieving father a bag with his son's brain erroneously placed in it, according to a newly filed lawsuit. The family is suing Lima Family Erickson Memorial Chapel in San Jose, Lima Family Santa Clara Mortuary, and a licensed funeral [...]

(KRON) A surfer was bitten by a shark in Sonoma County Friday, according to the Sonoma County Sheriffs Office. The victim was surfing at North Salmon Creek Beach when the shark bit them on the hand. The marine unit located the surfer on shore after they had gotten themselves out of the water, the [...]

(KRON) -- An overnight act of vandalism has left a school community in Dublin shocked. Following a night of joy and cheer at the Dublin High Schools fifth annual tree lighting celebration on Wednesday, officials said they returned Thursday morning to find eight trees across campus chopped down. In a letter to the community, Principal [...]

(KRON) A 57-year-old woman was killed in El Cerrito Thursday when she was hit by a Subaru Outback while crossing the street. The crash happened around 5:40 a.m. on the 1700 block Eastshore Boulevard, according to the El Cerrito Police Department. Preliminary information indicates that the pedestrian was crossing Eastshore Boulevard mid-block when she [...]

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) -- More suspects were arrested and charged this week in connection to the 2023 slaying of Oakland Police Department Officer Tuan Le, prosecutors revealed. A federal grand jury indicted nine people for their alleged involvement with brazen marijuana burglaries near Jack London Square that led up to one person in the group [...]

(BCN) Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Company is partially back in business following a devastating car crash on Thanksgiving that will keep half of the town's beloved shop closed for at least several months. Longtime customers and residents have rallied around founder and co-owner Teri Hope, raising more than $51,000 through GoFundMe to help support [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Firefighters in San Francisco are responding Friday morning to a residential fire near the Balboa Park neighborhood. The flames have spread between two houses as of 10:52 a.m., the San Francisco Fire Department said. Fire crews responded around 10:20 a.m. to the 200 block of Niagara Street on the 911 report [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- BART is set to raise its fares once again as the clock strikes midnight on Jan. 1, 2026. The 6.2 percent increase, according to the transit agency, is based on inflation and will help generate $15.6 million in the new year. Fares will increase by an average of $0.30, the agency [...]

(KRON) An atmospheric river is forecast to bring warmer, wetter weather to the Bay Area and the rest of Northern California during the holiday season. The weather thats causing heavy rain, strong winds and mountain snow in the Pacific Northwest is forecast to expand southward, enveloping Northern and Central California, the National Weather Service [...]

(BCN) -- A quarterly glimpse at San Francisco's Whistleblower Program shows the Department of Public Health again leading all departments in total complaints investigated. The report released Tuesday from the City Services Auditor in the Controller's Office reviewed complaints of alleged wrongdoing against city employees for the first three months of the ...

(KRON) -- A Vallejo woman who did not show up for work on Tuesday was found shot to death inside her apartment, police announced Thursday. The suspected gunman, her husband, was arrested after fleeing to Pennsylvania. The victims friend and coworker filed a missing persons report with the Vallejo Police Department on Tuesday, just before [...]

(BCN) -- Friday in the Bay Area calls for patchy and dense fog covering multiple parts of the region, particularly inland areas, with mostly clear and sunny skies elsewhere, the National Weather Service said. Daytime highs will be mostly in the high 60s to low 70s on the coast, low 40s to low 60s around [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Dozens of residents were displaced after a six-story residential fire broke out Friday morning in San Franciscos Tenderloin district, according to the San Francisco Fire Department. The blaze was contained to a single building at 550 Golden Gate Avenue. More than 100 firefighters responded to the residential fire, which broke out ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Healthcare workers in San Francisco rallied Thursday night to demand safety improvements at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital following the tragic stabbing death of social worker Alberto Rangel. The rally, held one week after Rangel's death, saw dozens of healthcare workers gather with candles around a memorial for their ...

(KRON) -- San Leandro police shut down a suspected chop shop when they recovered seven stolen cars and a stolen trailer at a residence in San Leandro Thursday. San Leandro police responded to the report of a stolen vehicle at a home in the 700 block of Alice Avenue. Police said they set up a [...]

(KRON) -- The San Jose Police Department said officers responded to a report Wednesday evening where a man was seen brandishing a two-foot-long machete inside a San Jose business. SJPD said in a social media post Thursday that its Real Time Intelligence Center (RTIC) used a nearby public safety camera to track the scene and [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- KRON4's Stanley Roberts is back out there looking for "People Behaving Badly." This week, he warned San Francisco drivers of the dangers of making an illegal left turn -- and of using the carpool lane without the required number of passengers. Watch the above video to see this week's 'People Behaving [...]

(KRON) -- American Canyon police said they eventually made two identity theft arrests after pulling over a Mercedes driver with no license plates and tinted windows at a Safeway gas station Wednesday afternoon. Police said they soon learned the driver, identified as Armonie Pugh, was out on parole from Alameda County and recently released on [...]

(KRON) The San Francisco International Airport is facing criticism online for exhibiting art created by artificial intelligence in a time when machines are readily replacing human artists and workers. The SFO Museums Women of Afrofuturism exhibit, which has been on display at the airport since mid-May, features a number of pieces by Boston-based artist ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- It was like a scene ripped out of a Hollywood movie more than a decade ago when a man dressed head-to-toe as Santa Claus robbed a downtown San Francisco bank during a citywide SantaCon pub crawl. The story began on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2014 when hundreds of revelers dressed up as [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A dog that police say was kicked and ran away during the assault of an elderly person has been found safe. The incident occurred on Sunday at around 3:32 p.m. in the area of Post and Leavenworth streets. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the suspect in the assault kicked [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- KRON4's Stanley Roberts received a special honor on Thursday. The beloved Bay Area reporter was honored live on air by San Mateo County Board of Supervisors President David Canepa, who proclaimed Thursday, "Stanley Roberts Day." "Stanley Robers is a celebrated Bay Area journalist whose unmistakable voice, sharp eye for truth and [...]

HAYWARD, Calif. (KRON) -- Doorbell video from a nearby resident captured the moment an underground gas line caused an explosion that erupted into a massive residential fire. The explosion occurred around 9:35 a.m. on 800 block of East Lewelling Boulevard. Watch the video in the player above for the moment the explosion occurred. Six people [...]

(KRON) -- A San Jose family operated a network of brothels that sex trafficked dozens of women, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office. Prosecutors said the Bresee family earned about a million dollars per year from 10 commercial brothels located in Gilroy, Morgan Hill, San Jose, Cupertino, Mountain View, and Hayward. The [...]