HAYWARD, Calif. (KRON) – Would-be car thieves picked the wrong man to mess with in the East Bay. The man scared them off while they were trying to steal his pick-up truck, but not before one of those suspected thieves fired a gun.  Francis Jones says at 2:30 a.m. last week he was barely awake when his instincts kicked in. “You can stand inside your house and be a victim and I wasn’t gonna let that happen,” he told KRON4 ..read more

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A new animal is coming to the San Francisco Zoo. Mayor London Breed announced Thursday that giant pandas will be added to the zoo as part of China’s Panda Diplomacy program.   Breed is currently overseas in Beijing, where she and Chinese officials announced the news. The memorandum signed by Breed and the China Wildlife Conservation Association is the first official leased agreement to have pandas live at the zoo, according to Breed's office. “San Francisco is absolutely thrilled that we will be welcoming Giant Pandas to our San Francisco Zoo,” Breed said ..read more

(KRON) -- It's one of the biggest fights of the year. Bay Area native Devin Haney will face fellow star Ryan Garcia for the former's WBC super lightweight championship title in a must-see blockbuster showdown. Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) and Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) are two of the youngest stars in boxing. Don't want to buy the pay-per-view to watch at home? KRON4 compiled a list of Bay Area bars showing the fight ..read more

(KRON) -- Three Alameda Police Department officers were charged with involuntary manslaughter for the death of Mario Gonzalez, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced Thursday. Gonzalez died in 2021 while being restrained by officers. The DA's office's Public Accountability Unit filed the charges against officers Eric McKinley, James Fisher and Cameron Leahy. If convicted, they face a sentence of four years in state prison, Price said. Price said she is "walled off" from the case and will not be involved in any decisions -- a decision she herself made. She said she was "proud ..read more

(KRON) -- A former Leigh High School student is suing a South Bay school district and a teacher who she claims impregnated her when she was 15. The woman, identified in court documents as "Jane Doe," filed a civil lawsuit this week against Campbell Union High School District and Leigh High School school teacher Shawn Thomas. Thomas, 56, of Los Gatos, forced Jane Doe to receive an abortion after she became pregnant with his baby in 2003, according to the lawsuit. She was 15 years old at the time. The woman is now in her mid-30s and she recently contacted law enforcement authorities for the ..read more

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Thursday marked the anniversary of the 1906 earthquake and fire that devastated San Francisco, killing 3,000 people. It’s been more than a century since then and a lot of lessons have been learned when it comes to being prepared for a quake. Before 1906, building codes were lax because of profits. For instance, wood was used more to save money. That doesn’t happen today, but there’s still concerns for safety. Building codes have been updated, but when Dave Osgood from the Coalition For San Francisco Neighborhoods researched data on 180 of the city’s tallest buildings he ..read more

(KRON) -- A 63-year-old man was arrested Thursday for exposing himself to an 18-year-old high school student, according to the Redwood City Police Department. According to Redwood City PD, the crime of indecent exposure occurred on March 26 at the public restrooms located on Oracle Parkway near the intersection with Marine World Parkway ..read more

(FOX40.COM) -- The four people who were killed in a crash in Manteca on Saturday night have been identified, according to the San Joaquin County Coroner's Office. The victims of the fatal crash included Arriaga Negrete, 44, Liliana Mendoza, 40, Jorge Guerrero, 12, and David Guerrero, who was four months old. All of the individuals were residents of Livermore located in Alameda County. On Saturday, around 10 p.m., California Highway Patrol said a 2011 Toyota Sienna was traveling west on Highway 120, which is west of Highway 99 when for unknown reasons, the driver lost control of the minivan and ..read more

(KRON) -- A vehicle went off a cliff Thursday afternoon at Gray Whale Cove State Beach in Montara. Traffic on Highway 1 is expected to be impacted, according to Cal Fire ..read more

(BCN) -- BART will run its legacy fleet of rail cars for the last time on Saturday. According to the transit agency, there will be a celebration event at MacArthur station in Oakland that will open to the public starting around noon. There will be a raffle of memorabilia, BART merchandise sales, food trucks, activity tables, and more. The event will be followed by the last runs of the legacy cars along the original stretch of BART tracks connecting MacArthur station in Oakland to the Fremont station. Attendees will need to pay the regular BART fare for their ride ..read more