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 [...]

(KRON) -- A motorcyclist killed Thursday morning failed to negotiate the curve of an Interstate 80 onramp in Fairfield, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash occurred around 4:22 a.m. on the Manuel Campos Parkway onramp to westbound I-80. CHP investigators said the 37-year-old rider was unable to make the curve due to the [...]

(KRON) -- One person was taken into custody Wednesday amid an Alameda Police Department investigation into multiple reports of a stranger in a vehicle trying to talk to children as they walked to or from school. Upon learning of these incidents, APD officers immediately began investigating each report, police wrote. Officers also increased patrols along ...

(KRON) -- A 51-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly exposed himself to two preteen children walking near a Redwood City shopping mall on Tuesday, according to police. Two 12-year-olds reported the incident happened near Sequoia Station in the 1000 block of El Camino Real, the Redwood City Police Department said. Responding officers canvassed the ...

(BCN) -- BART is running limited service on the Green, Red and Blue lines, requiring passengers to transfer between trains to reach some destinations, transit officials said early Thursday morning. Limited Green Line service is running between Berryessa and MacArthur stations. Passengers traveling toward Daly City must transfer at Bayfair to a Blue Line ...

DoorDash is gobbling up Instacart in a $17 billion acquisition that will supercharge its grocery delivery business.

(BCN) -- Thursday in the Bay Area calls for mostly cloudy skies during the day, with patchy fog in some parts of the region, according to the National Weather Service. Daytime highs will be mostly in the mid 60s to low 70s. Overnight lows will be in the low to mid 50s. Forecasters say the [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The Golden State Valkyries are preparing for Game 6 of the WNBA Finals, but an unexpected schedule change is forcing Bay Area fans and businesses to adjust their plans. The game, originally scheduled for 5 p.m. Thursday, was moved to 9:30 a.m. because of a scheduling conflict at State Farm Arena [...]

(KRON) -- San Francisco-founded Square Pie Guys is closing its Palo Alto location this week, founder Marc Schechter announced on social media Wednesday. The location at 369 California Ave. is having its last day of business on Friday, Oct. 30. Schechter said this was not an easy decision to shut down this pizzeria. "It's sad. [...]

(KRON) -- A preliminary 2.7 earthquake shook the Peninsula on Wednesday evening, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake was reported at 5:17 p.m., and the epicenter was marked in Pacifica, south of Skyline College. The depth of the earthquake was reported at 6.5 kilometers or about 4 miles, USGS said. (Location of [...]

(KRON) -- A former prison guard, who was in charge of disciplining inmates at Federal Correction Institution in Dublin, became the 10th correctional officer convicted of sexually abusing female inmates. Former Bureau of Prisons (BOP) correctional officer David Perez pleaded guilty Wednesday to sexually abusing two female inmates, and lying to FBI agents, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A 38-year-old man faces multiple charges after being charged in connection with a series of hot prowl burglaries from Sept. 26 to Oct. 23 in San Francisco's Noe Valley and Pacific Heights neighborhoods. Levi Michael Banks has been charged with ten counts of residential burglary, vandalism, possession of stolen property, and [...]

(KRON) -- A teenager was arrested on suspicion of murder Tuesday evening in connection to the death of Luis "Luigi" Ramirez, 33, of San Pablo, police said. Detectives identified Jose Jesus Cornelio-Aguirre, 18, of San Pablo, as a prime suspect after "receiving an outpouring of cooperation, support, and information from the community," police officials ...

(BCN) -- Roadways in Mill Valley that closed due to tidal flooding on Tuesday have closed again for the same reason a day later, police said Wednesday. Police said shortly after noon Wednesday that Miller Avenue was closed between Camino Alto and Almonte Boulevard, a section of road that runs between Tamalpais High School and [...]

(KRON) -- A flowery delivery van was stuck in Marin County floodwaters on Wednesday afternoon. According to video sent to KRON4, the partially submerged vehicle was eventually able to make its way out of the water -- thanks to two people. These two Good Samaritans helped push the delivery van in Mill Valley by the [...]

(KRON) -- The Oakland Alameda Water Shuttle is suspended until further notice, the San Francisco Bay Ferry service announced, Wednesday. The service runs daily between Alameda Landing and Jack London Square. Recently, the service was suspended due to damages to "Woodstock," the former Niagara Falls tour boat that shuttles passengers back and forth across ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Trains are not stopping at the Embarcadero BART Station Wednesday afternoon due to police activity. Trains in all directions -- SFO, Millbrae, Daly City and East Bay -- are bypassing the station, according to Bay Area Rapid Transit. There was no immediate word on the nature of the police activity or [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company that calls itself "the industry-leading AI-powered customer service platform built for collaboration" has laid off an unspecified number of employees. Dan O'Connell, the CEO of AI startup Front announced the layoffs in a LinkedIn post Tuesday. "Today is an incredibly painful day ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A United Airlines flight that declared an emergency before arrival at the San Francisco International Airport landed safely Wednesday morning, a company spokesperson told KRON4. United flight 1372 departed from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport at 9 a.m. and declared an emergency due to an odor in the cabin during the two-hour ...

(KRON) -- Congress members wrote to five leading frontier artificial intelligence companies Wednesday requesting that the tech giants report to Congress about AI model misalignment incidents within 48 hours of detection. The letters follow a rise in AI models going rogue, or taking unintended and potentially unsafe actions, during testing. The letters were ...

(KRON) -- A poll released Tuesday night, one week ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm election, reveals how voters are feeling about Proposition 40, the so-called "billionaire tax." A poll from the Public Policy Institute of California indicates that only 46% of California voters are inclined to vote yes on the measure after reading the [...]

(KRON) -- Influential labor activist Dolores Huerta has passed away at age 96, according to a post on her Instagram from her family. Huerta was a labor leader, civil rights activist and feminist. "We are deeply saddened to announced that our beloved mother, Dolores Huerta has passed away today at the age of 96," the [...]

(KRON) -- Police in Antioch are investigating a shooting early Tuesday that injured a teenager and an attempted car theft that authorities said may be connected. The Antioch Police Department was notified at 3:28 a.m. of a 16-year-old who arrived at a local hospital suffering from a gunshot wound. At the same time, the department [...]

(BCN) -- Wednesday in the Bay Area calls for sunny skies during the day, with cloud cover and patchy fog in multiple parts of the region, according to the National Weather Service. Daytime highs will be mostly in the mid 60s to low 70s on the coast and inland, and mid to high 60s around [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A one-alarm building fire in San Franciscos Bernal Heights neighborhood is under control Wednesday morning, according to the San Francisco Fire Department. Officials said at 5:41 a.m. that firefighters battled the blaze in the 900 block of Peralta Avenue for one hour before it was contained. The cause of the fire [...]