(KRON) – Mayor Daniel Lurie selected Alan Wong as the next District 4 supervisor. Wong has a background in San Francisco politics and is familiar with the district he will be representing. Who is Alan Wong? Wong was born in San Francisco and grew up in the Sunset district. He graduated from Lincoln High School [...]

(KRON) – Mayor Daniel Lurie has selected Alan Wong as the next District 4 supervisor. Wong was born in San Francisco. He is a native of the Sunset and was elected to the City College board of trustees in both 2020 and 2024. Wong previously worked as a legislative aide in the Board of Supervisors [...]

(KRON) – The Gilroy Police Department is investigating a major retail theft that occurred on Black Friday. Authorities are attempting to identify two suspects who allegedly stole more than $6,000 from an Ulta Beauty location in Gilroy on Nov. 28, police said. GPD is encouraging anyone who can identify the suspects to call 408-846-0350 and [...]

(KRON) — A 41-year-old woman from Castro Valley was killed in a crash with a DUI driver in San Ramon Saturday, according to police. The San Police Department responded to a crash on Crow Canyon Road between a Ford Bronco and a Tesla Model 3 at 3:23 p.m. The driver of the Tesla, 28-year-old Badal [...]

(KRON) – BART riders got a surprise on Thursday when their train car turned into an impromptu Thanksgiving celebration complete with a table and holiday dishes. A Bay Area content creator using the profile name "Bay Area TV" shared a TikTok showing himself — dressed in black clothing, a San Francisco 49ers hat and a mask [...]

(KRON) — A 17-year-old boy from Sonoma County was arrested Saturday for a hit-and-run crash that killed an elderly man at a crosswalk in Rohnert Park around 6:35 p.m. Friday, according to Rohnert Park Public Safety. The crash happened near the intersection of Snyder Lane and Capri Way. Police and firefighters responded and pronounced the [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Emergency fire crews were at the scene of a blaze Friday night at the Chinatown Rose Park Station, the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management said. The SF Department of Emergency Management posted an incident alert at 8:53 p.m. on social media. Less than an hour later, officials said the incident [...]

(KRON) – A preliminary 3.2 magnitude earthquake shook the Peninsula Friday evening, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake’s approximate epicenter is located near Colma. The time of the quake was 5:03 p.m., according to USGS. It was felt in Half Moon Bay, San Mateo, Oakland and San Francisco. The depth of [...]

(KRON) -- The National Weather Service (NWS) announced Friday that a Beach Hazards Statement is now in effect through 10 p.m. Sunday for beaches along the Pacific Coast. "There will be an increased risk for sneaker waves and rip currents with breaking waves between 13 to 18 feet expected," said NWS in a social media [...]

(KRON) – A teenage girl was arrested after stealing more than $1,000 worth of merchandise from a Target in Colma, according to the Colma Police Department. Officers were dispatched to the Target at 5001 Junipero Serra Blvd. on Saturday, Nov. 22 at approximately 3:34 p.m. for a reported theft. Target Loss Prevention officers said that [...]

(KRON) — A 90-year-old man crashed a Volvo into a coffee shop at the intersection of University Avenue and Main Street in Los Gatos on Thanksgiving, police said, turning the business’s storefront to rubble. The 90-year-old from Los Gatos was speeding down University Avenue at 9 p.m. when he crashed directly into Los Gatos Coffee [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Francis Ford Coppola's recent financial troubles have been well-documented. The legendary director and filmmaker self-financed his most recent picture, the $120-million sci-fi flop, "Megalopolis." The box office bomb, which only made about $14 million, reportedly left the Oscar-winning director virtually broke. Last month, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that the director [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- With the internet and social media in particular increasingly inundated by AI-generated content, a new browser extension hopes to provide a solution. Slop Evader is a browser extension that invites users to "search the internet before AI." To accomplish this, Slop Evader only returns content created before Nov. 30, 2022 -- [...]

(KRON) -- Joaquin Phoenix has leapt to the defense of a UC Berkeley student who was convicted of felony conspiracy last month after taking four chickens from a slaughterhouse in Petaluma. The Hollywood A-lister issued a statement through animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere (DAE) condemning the prosecution of 23-year-old Zoe Rosenberg. In the statement, [...]

(KRON) — A day after a series of earthquakes shook the greater Bay Area on Thanksgiving, three more earthquakes shook the San Juan Bautista area Friday. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a 3.4-magnitude earthquake struck between Salinas and Gilroy at 7:40 a.m. Friday. The initial earthquake was followed by 2.6 and 2.5-magnitude quakes in [...]

(BCN) -- Bay Area residents are advised to stay alert along the coast through the weekend as powerful ocean swells are expected to bring dangerous sneaker waves and rip currents. In a weather briefing released early Friday morning, the National Weather Service said a Beach Hazards Statement is in effect for all Pacific Ocean-facing beaches [...]

(BCN) -- A shelter-in-place alert triggered by an "altercation" between U.S. Coast Guard security and an unknown person in the Coast Guard housing area of Novato was lifted Thursday night. "Officers concluded activity in the area," police said, without giving details. The department didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. The alert was issued [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- San Francisco is increasing police patrols in Union Square this Black Friday as shoppers flock to the city, marking what could be the busiest holiday shopping season ever. The city has added extra patrols throughout Union Square to ensure safety as new data predicts holiday spending between November and December will [...]

(BCN) -- The National Weather Service forecast for the greater San Francisco Bay Area for Friday calls for cloudy skies, with some areas getting dense fog during the day and patchy fog at night. Daytime highs will be mostly in the low to mid 60s on the coast, high 50s to low 60s around the [...]

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- This holiday season, one family has a lot more to be thankful for — thanks to a group of teenagers at an all-girls high school in San Jose. These girls spent this past semester trying to figure out a way to help someone who lost the use of his hand [...]

(KRON) -- San Jose police said a firearm was recovered after an armed, barricaded suspect in a family disturbance was taken into custody Thursday afternoon. Police said they responded to the incident just after 9:45 a.m. at a home on the 1400 block of Mt. Whitney Drive. “The suspect who is a family member was [...]

ALAMEDA, Calif. (KRON) -- The Alameda Police Department is investigating a string of burglaries targeting 7-Eleven stores. So far this month, there have been at least two reported incidents in Oakland. The latest incident happened early Thanksgiving morning on Buena Vista Avenue, according to Alameda police. Police said attempted thieves drove an SUV into the [...]

(KRON) -- A drunk driver who ran a red light on Thanksgiving Day had several open beer containers on the floorboard of his vehicle, said the Vacaville Police Department. Watch the dashcam footage in the video player above. VPD said officers pulled the driver over and discovered that he was without a license and insurance. [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry underwent an MRI Thursday after exiting Wednesday night's 104-100 loss to the Houston Rockets in the fourth quarter. Curry exited the game with 35.2 seconds remaining in the quarter due to a right quadriceps contusion, according to the Warriors. The MRI confirmed a quadriceps contusion [...]

(KRON) — The Thanksgiving Day earthquakes continue in the greater Bay Area. A 4.0-magnitude earthquake shook northeast of Salinas 12:57 p.m., according to the USGS. The shaking could be felt throughout the Bay Area. Minutes earlier, a 3.9-magnitude earthquake hit at the same location. An initial 2.7-magnitude earthquake happened in the area at 12:10 p.m. [...]

(BCN) -- Hugh Jackman is a mere actor compared to Edward the wolverine, one of the toughest residents of San Francisco Zoo that became the first majestic beast of its kind to undergo a specialized eye procedure this month. Edward, a 2-year-old wolverine, had an intraocular lens implanted in his left eye following cataract surgery, [...]

(KRON) — A series of medium-seized earthquakes shook northeast Sonoma County Thanksgiving morning. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, 3.6-magnitude and 3.7-magnitude earthquakes struck east of Mercuryville Thursday near the Sonoma-Lake County border at 4:21 a.m. A third Thanksgiving shaker hit the area at 9:11 a.m. The latest earthquake was the strongest of the bunch [...]

(KRON) — The homicide suspect who died during an early morning standoff with law enforcement in Santa Rosa on Nov. 23, took his own life, the Petaluma Police Department found during its investigation. Law enforcement tracked the suspect, 56-year-old Lawrence Cassidy of Cloverdale, to a home on the 1500 block of Brush Creek Road in [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- "Full House" star Jodie Sweetin recently recalled the first time she got "blackout" drunk at a co-star's wedding at the age of 14. The 43-year-old actress recalled the experience of getting drunk at co-star Candace Cameron Bure's wedding in 1996 on a recent episode of "The Skinny Confidential" podcast. "The first [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The Salvation Army is delivering Thanksgiving meals to 4,000 homebound individuals in San Francisco today, thanks to the efforts of hundreds of volunteers. Volunteers are gathering in San Francisco to load cars with Thanksgiving meals prepared by Every Table, ready to be delivered to those unable to leave their homes. This [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Artificial intelligence could replace 11.7% of U.S. jobs, the economic equivalent of $1.2 trillion in wages. Those are the findings of a new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Finance, health care and professional services are the industries that reportedly be most impacted. The study was conducted using the Iceberg [...]

(BCN) -- The National Weather Service forecast for the greater San Francisco Bay Area for Thursday calls for cloudy skies until dark, with some areas expected to experience dense fog. A dense fog advisory is in effect for North Bay interior valleys and East Bay interior valleys until 10 a.m. The NWS advises driving slowly [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Conditions for migrants detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in San Francisco are so bleak that a judge ordered ICE to improve its holding center at 630 Sansome Street. United States District Judge P. Casey Pitts made his ruling Tuesday in response to a lawsuit filed by attorneys representing undocumented Latino [...]

(KRON) -- In a months-long anticipation, the opening date for the highly anticipated Japanese supermarket has been revealed. Osaka Marketplace's grand opening will be on Friday, Dec. 12, a spokesperson for the company tells KRON4. Grand opening festivities begin at 9 a.m. at the Edgewater Place Shopping Center in Foster City. The store officially opens [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- WWE superstar Chelsea Green took time out of her hectic schedule as a double champ to swing by "The Finish with Kor & Tor". Green breaks down her dream "Blonde Squad" Survivor Series all-star team, talks about her "twinning" chemistry with NXT's Ethan Page, and who she's eyeing as the opponent [...]

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (KRON) -- The Walnut Creek Police Department said that it is investigating a string of burglaries that struck nine businesses across two shopping centers Tuesday. WCPD said its officers responded at 4:15 a.m. to a commercial alarm at the San Miguel Shopping Center and found several businesses had been burglarized. While investigating [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The first episode of "Marry Lisa" is streaming now exclusively on the free KRON4+ Smart TV app. KRON4 News is excited to bring one of the Bay Area’s most talked-about love stories to your screen with the premiere of its original docuseries "Marry Lisa." Lisa’s story is one of resilience. After [...]

(KRON) -- A woman who was allegedly beaten to death in Oakland last week was identified by police Wednesday as Meili Liu. Liu was violently assaulted at a home on Schyler Street around 9 a.m. on November 21, police said. Someone drove the victim to a hospital before officers arrived at the homicide scene. Liu [...]

(KRON) -- An Oakland man was arrested as part of a human trafficking enforcement operation in north San Jose in advance of the Super Bowl. The proactive operation was conducted last Thursday, Nov. 20 by the San Jose Police Department Human Trafficking Task Force. During the operation, which specifically targeted online commercial sex advertisements, detectives [...]

BERKELEY, Calif. (KRON) -- A University of California Berkeley student who died following a large and booze-fueled fraternity party was identified by a sheriff's coroner Wednesday as George Mauricio Salinas, 19, of San Diego. Police officers were called to Alpha Delta Phi, an off-campus fraternity on Greek Row, around 11:30 p.m. on Friday, November 14, [...]