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Major BART delays due to medical emergency in West Oakland (KRON) – There are major BART delays systemwide due to a medical emergency at the West Oakland station, according to BART officials. BART reports that trains are running on single tracks in order to move around the impacted train at the station. A coroner has been called to the scene, but no foul play is [...]

Major BART delays due to medical emergency in West Oakland

Suspected shooter, woman with stroller arrested after Black Friday shooting at San Jose mall SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- A gunman shot three people at Westfield Valley Fair in San Jose while the mall was packed with thousands of Black Friday shoppers. A woman who was pushing a baby in a stroller helped the shooter escape from the mall while stampedes of terrified shoppers ran out, city officials said. [...]

Suspected shooter, woman with stroller arrested after Black Friday shooting at San Jose mall

Electric vehicle drivers in California face fines for carpool lane violations (KRON) -- Starting Monday, electric vehicle drivers in California with expired "Clean Air Vehicle" decals may face fines for using carpool lanes. The Clean Air Vehicle decal program, which allowed electric vehicles to use carpool lanes, officially expired on September 30. After a 60-day grace period, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) will now enforce carpool [...]

Electric vehicle drivers in California face fines for carpool lane violations

Mountain View kitchen fire causes thousands in damages, displaces two (KRON) – Two people were displaced after an apartment fire in Mountain View, according to the Mountain View Fire Department. Fire units were dispatched to the residential apartment complex on the 300 block of Escuela Avenue on Nov. 30 at 9:38 p.m. after a report of a stove fire. The building’s occupants self-evacuated before firefighters [...]

Mountain View kitchen fire causes thousands in damages, displaces two

Rage-baiting AI company posts ad in SF poking fun of kiss cam tech CEO SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Oxford University named its word of the year on Monday. The winner is "rage bait." Oxford University defines its word of the year as “deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative or offensive," with the goal to drive social media engagement and views. One San Francisco-based artificial [...]

Rage-baiting AI company posts ad in SF poking fun of kiss cam tech CEO

Lamorinda Care Collective provides free holiday items for families in need LAFAYETTE, Calif. (KRON) -- The Lamorinda Care Collective in Lafayette is offering free items to families in need during the holiday season, aiming to alleviate stress for those less fortunate. Founded by Maya Smith, the collective initially opened as a 12-day pop-up store last December but has since expanded to operate at least two days [...]

Lamorinda Care Collective provides free holiday items for families in need

Solano County task force recovers $95,000 worth of stolen farm equipment (KRON) – A team of Solano County law enforcement officials recovered stolen farm equipment that was reported missing for months. The Solano County Auto Theft Task Force, a multi-agency collaboration comprised of sheriff’s deputies and California Highway Patrol officers, along with the Solano County Sheriff’s Office Investigations Bureau and Sheriff’s Enforcement Team served a search [...]

Solano County task force recovers $95,000 worth of stolen farm equipment

Beloved Oakland bar, The Lodge, to close in January (KRON) -- Oakland is set to lose yet another bar. The Lodge on Piedmont Avenue announced over the weekend that it would be closing next month. The wood-paneled watering hole renowned for its taxidermy deer heads will be pouring its last drink on Wednesday, Jan. 7, according to a post on its Instagram. Like many [...]

Beloved Oakland bar, The Lodge, to close in January

Instagram chief orders staff back to office 5 days a week: report (KRON) -- Instagram will reportedly require most U.S.-based staff to be back in the office five days a week next year. That's according to a report in Business Insider citing a memo from company head Adam Mosseri. The memo, which was first reported in Alex Heath's Sources newsletter, also lays out measures designed to cut [...]

Instagram chief orders staff back to office 5 days a week: report

Petaluma man arrested for threatening to kill Denny's employee with knife: PD (KRON) — A 36-year-old man from Petaluma was arrested for threatening a Denny’s employee with a knife on Nov. 28, the Petaluma Police Department said. The suspect, John Cast, allegedly confronted the employee at 11:38 p.m. after they moved Cast’s property away from the front door of the Denny’s on Petaluma Blvd. “During the confrontation, [...]

Petaluma man arrested for threatening to kill Denny's employee with knife: PD

Stockton victims slain in mass shooting at toddler's birthday party ID'd (KRON) -- Fourteen-year-old Amari Peterson "was simply being a kid, at a kids’ party" in Stockton last weekend when he became a victim of a mass shooting that left four dead and nearly a dozen injured, according investigators and a GoFundMe page. Gunfire broke out at a banquet hall on Lucile Avenue in Stockton where [...]

Stockton victims slain in mass shooting at toddler's birthday party ID'd

Toll booths to be removed from Richmond-San Rafael Bridge (KRON) -- Work to remove the disused toll booths from the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge is set to begin this month. The span is set to be the first of seven Bay Area bridges to be transformed as part of a multi-year conversion to Open Road Tolling (ORT). The ORT conversion is intended to "streamline the [...]

Toll booths to be removed from Richmond-San Rafael Bridge

Victim found dead in South San Francisco apartment fire (KRON) -- A victim found inside a burning South San Francisco apartment building early Monday morning was pronounced deceased, according to authorities. The South San Francisco Fire Department responded just after 4 a.m. to an apartment building at 564 Baden Avenue after receiving 911 calls of smoke and an activated fire alarm. Arriving firefighters found [...]

Victim found dead in South San Francisco apartment fire

'Enjoy my cat litter, weirdo:' Vallejo porch pirate strikes on Thanksgiving (KRON) — A man was caught on camera stealing a cat litter delivery from a Vallejo porch on Thanksgiving. Vallejo resident Valerie Bailey told KRON4 News that she was in Chico for the holiday when the porch pirate ran up to her East Vallejo home at 9:32 p.m. and made off with a 30-pound bag [...]

'Enjoy my cat litter, weirdo:' Vallejo porch pirate strikes on Thanksgiving

ChatGPT down, according to user reports SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Popular artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT was experiencing an outage Monday, according to user reports. The Downdetector website reported problems with OpenAI, the platform's parent company. User reports indicate that the majority of the problems -- 89% -- were with ChatGPT. Users reported lag issues, timeouts, and the app crashing. Despite user [...]

ChatGPT down, according to user reports

Volume spikes on Cyber Monday at Amazon's Fremont facility Cyber Monday was expected to be the biggest sales day of the year for online retailers, and no one is bigger or busier online than Amazon.

Volume spikes on Cyber Monday at Amazon's Fremont facility

Speed cameras are coming to Oakland: Here’s where (KRON) -- The City of Oakland announced Monday that it will soon begin installing 18 automated speed cameras throughout the area. The cameras will capture license plates of vehicles traveling at 11 miles per hour or more over the speed limit, leading to citations being mailed to the registered owner. The Oakland Department of Transportation [...]

Speed cameras are coming to Oakland: Here’s where

‘Like an angel': SJ family opens home to shoppers running from Valley Fair shooting A family who lives across the street from the mall made a decision to open their doors and welcome in panicked shoppers.

‘Like an angel': SJ family opens home to shoppers running from Valley Fair shooting

Investigators urge witnesses of the deadly shooting at a child's party in Stockton to come forward STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in California are urging witnesses of a deadly shooting at a child's birthday party to come forward as the search for a suspect stretches into another day. Three children ages 8, 9 and 14 and a 21-year-old were killed Saturday evening when gunfire broke out at a banquet hall in [...]

Investigators urge witnesses of the deadly shooting at a child's party in Stockton to come forward

Westfield Valley Fair mall shooter captured, police say (KRON) — The suspect wanted in the Westfield Valley Fair shooting that injured three people on Black Friday is in custody, the San Jose Police Department announced Monday morning. “Ladies and gentlemen, we got him,” San Jose PD wrote on social media. The suspect was found and arrested last night. Police have released a photo [...]

Westfield Valley Fair mall shooter captured, police say

New York home transformed into ‘Christmas Vacation' house for holidays It's a beaut, Clark! The Orsini family's house has 25,000 Christmas lights, a station wagon with a tree strapped on top, a rusty RV in the driveway and over 20 mannequins dressed as characters from "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation."

New York home transformed into ‘Christmas Vacation' house for holidays

San Francisco's new District 4 supervisor sworn in For the third time in a matter of weeks, San Francisco's Sunset District has a new supervisor.

San Francisco's new District 4 supervisor sworn in

Atherton police investigating burglary incidents over Thanksgiving week (KRON) -- Police in Atherton are investigating two residential burglaries and one attempted burglary that occurred between Wednesday and Friday. The first residential burglary occurred Wednesday at approximately 4:30 a.m. on Patricia Drive, where the suspects gained entry to an unoccupied construction site at the property, the Atherton Police Department said. It is unknown what [...]

Atherton police investigating burglary incidents over Thanksgiving week

Man shot to death in Oakland the day before Thanksgiving (KRON) — A man was fatally shot on the 1700 block of 28th Avenue in Oakland around 9:30 p.m. on Nov. 26. Oakland Police Department officers responded to reports of gunshots in the area and found a man suffering from bullet wounds. Paramedics took the man to a local hospital where he later died. OPD [...]

Man shot to death in Oakland the day before Thanksgiving

San Bruno felon arrested for reckless driving, loaded firearm (KRON) -- A 32-year-old San Bruno man who authorities said was behind many community complaints of dangerous driving was arrested Saturday, according to the San Bruno Police Department. The suspect, a convicted felon, was the subject of “numerous complaints” for doing donuts in his truck, speeding and driving recklessly in San Bruno over the past [...]

San Bruno felon arrested for reckless driving, loaded firearm

Highway 1 closure scheduled for emergency response drill (KRON) -- A major route connecting the San Francisco Peninsula to the San Mateo County coastside will be shut down overnight between Thursday and Friday, the California Department of Transportation announced. Both directions of Highway 1 at the Tom Lantos Tunnels, just south of Pacifica, will close at 8 p.m. Thursday and are expected to [...]

Highway 1 closure scheduled for emergency response drill

Oakland to install new speed safety cameras at 18 locations The City of Oakland will install speed safety cameras at 18 locations across the city as part of a new program, the city's Department of Transportation announced Monday.

Oakland to install new speed safety cameras at 18 locations

Woman hospitalized, multiple cats die in Redwood City apartment fire (KRON) -- The cause of an apartment fire in Redwood City that injured one resident and killed multiple cats on Sunday is under investigation, according to fire officials. The Redwood City Fire Department responded at 6:20 p.m. to 1567 Gordon Street after a 911 report of a fire. Firefighters rescued one woman from the blaze [...]

Woman hospitalized, multiple cats die in Redwood City apartment fire

Series of overnight quakes rumble in North Bay (KRON) -- A series of overnight earthquakes rattled the North Bay late Sunday into Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The initial 3.3-magnitude quake occurred at 10:56 p.m. with an epicenter 6 miles east northeast of Rohnert Park. At 11:38 p.m., another 2.7-magnitude tremblor occurred in the same area. Just after midnight at 12:06 [...]

Series of overnight quakes rumble in North Bay

Cool, foggy Monday in Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Another cool and foggy day ahead for most of the Bay Area as daytime highs remain in the 50s to low 60s. The coldest of temperatures will be inland as the cold air inversion, keeping fog and cold air close to the surface, will remain strongly in place. National Weather Service [...]

Cool, foggy Monday in Bay Area