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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. Rising [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- BART temporarily halted service through the Transbay Tube between West Oakland and Embarcadero stations Friday morning. Regular service resumed around 5:19 a.m., with delays expected. The service stoppage was due to a trackside equipment problem, according to a BART advisory issued just before 5 a.m. In an update, BART wrote, "Train [...]
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 designated bike lanes, not sidewalks. But when those rules are ignored, pedestrians can be put at risk. San Francisco resident Trisha says she was
(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 Francisco’s 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 enforcing board policy on hate-motivated behavior and hate speech, but she has also agreed to find the financing to establish an Afro-centric s
(KRON) -- Student loan payments can be a big stress on people’s budgets and millions of Americans learned this month that their monthly payments are going up. Federal student loan payments are rising because of the elimination of the SAVE Plan. SAVE was put in place for college graduates by former President Joe Biden, but [...]
(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 Education’s 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 School District and San [...]
(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 suspected stolen [...]
(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, 47, is accused of "hunting" for victims on the streets of Stockton and Oakland, and murdering six people between 2021–2022. District Attorney Ron Freitas said Brownlee's case [...]
