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We tell local San Francisco news & weather stories, and we do what we do to make the Bay Area a better place to live. On Nov. 15, 1949, Harry Truman was in the White House, World War II had ended, the Cold War was beginning, and in the basement of the San Francisco Chronicle Building at 5th and Mission, KRON4 News first signed on.
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(KRON) -- A fatal shooting on Oct. 21, 2024 marked Vallejo's 19th homicide of the year. The shooting happened on the 700 block of Daniels Avenue where a man was killed. Months later, the Vallejo Police Department made an arrest in connection to the homicide. VPD, along with the U.S. Marshals and Fairfield Police Department ..read more
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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Democratic members of Congress spoke all over the country Tuesday -- warning about what cuts to Medicaid will do to millions of Americans. Rep. Nancy Pelosi stopped at UCSF in San Francisco, and KRON4 was there to ask her thoughts about President Trump’s approved budget plan. Pelosi walked into this UCSF ..read more
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(KRON) -- A car crashed into a fire hydrant in Fairfield Tuesday afternoon, according to the Fairfield Fire Department. The collision happened outside of the Motel 6 on Holiday Lane. Fire crews arrived and located a four-door sedan that crashed into a fence and fire hydrant. No injuries were reported. Officials did not say what ..read more
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(KRON) -- The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved Tesla's application on Tuesday for a Transportation Charter-Party Carrier (TCP). That means the electric vehicle company is now allowed to transport passengers. According to the CPUC, Tesla will begin with having its employees behind the wheel and driving around other employees in cars the company owns ..read more
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(KRON) -- A Bay Area man who went on a daylong crime spree in Monterey County is facing a 100-year prison sentence after he was convicted by a jury, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Tele Matangi, 37 of Pittsburg, Calif., was found guilty of carjacking, hit-and-run, shooting at an occupied vehicle, and a slew of other felony ..read more
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez said he is ready to accept whatever sentence is handed down by a Santa Clara County judge on March 24. "The way that I handled things is not the way to do it. We cannot put the law into our own hands. I already ..read more
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OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) -- With the City of Oakland’s special election less than a month away, the top candidates for Oakland mayor are sparring again. However, this time it’s not during a debate. It’s about a debate. Oakland mayoral candidates Loren Taylor and Barbara Lee are trading accusations just a month before Oakland elects its ..read more
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(KRON) -- A woman who was allegedly intoxicated behind the wheel in a fatal crash that resulted in the death of her two children over the weekend has been charged. Yesica Barajas, 31, of Napa, has been charged with two felony counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, according to the Napa County District Attorney ..read more
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(BCN) -- The San Francisco Department of Public Health is planning to modify certain parts of its harm reduction strategies in tackling the city's drug overdose crisis, the department said Tuesday while announcing last month's number of drug overdose deaths. A preliminary count revealed that 61 people died last month from accidental drug overdose, nearly ..read more
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(KRON) -- Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has joined in on the effort to save a struggling East Bay music venue. On Monday, the Oakland native took to Instagram to post a link to a fundraiser for Eli's Mile High Club in West Oakland. "I just donated," Armstrong wrote in his post. "We can't ..read more