SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The 2024 San Francisco International Film Festival is underway this week. This marks the 67th year of the festival, featuring more than 80 films between Wednesday and Sunday night. Seven of the films featured this year are from Bay Area filmmakers, including recent Oscar nominee Sean Wong. His newest film "DiDi" kicked things off Wednesday night. From documentaries to feature films, this year's festival features movies from 40 different countries ..read more

(KRON) – Over the past month, two San Francisco County jails were locked down due to increasing assaults on deputies by inmates at the facilities. Since March 29, nine jail staff members have been assaulted by incarcerated individuals, the San Francisco Sheriff's Office said.  According to a recent survey released by the San Francisco Sheriff’s Association, the union that oversees deputy sheriffs as employees, officers are not only seeing an increase in physical assaults but also a decrease in quality of life as a whole.  On average, employees reported receiving five hours of sleep p ..read more

(KRON) -- A bomb threat was reported Wednesday evening at San Jose City College, the San Jose Police Department announced on X. The campus was evacuated, and classes have been canceled. SJPD officers are "currently clearing the campus," the department tweeted. Police received a call about the bomb threat at 5:03 p.m ..read more

(KRON) -- Police have arrested a man who is suspected of stealing a wedding dress off of a Redwood City porch on April 11, the Redwood City Police Department told KRON4 on Wednesday. The dress was found by a "concerned citizen" and returned to the bride, police said. RCPD reported the theft on April 15, saying that an unidentified man took packages off a porch on the 800 block of Adams Street. The dress was among the items taken ..read more

(KRON) -- U.S. News published its list of best public high schools in California this week, and several Bay Area schools cracked the top 10. The front half of the list was dominated by Southern California. Riverside Stem Academy (Riverside), Whitney High School (Cerritos) and Science Academy Stem Magnet (North Hollywood) made up the list's top three and were all ranked in the top 15 nationally. All three have a graduation rate of 99% or better ..read more

(KRON) -- California officials recently gave Marin County nearly $19 million to help move homeless people from encampments to interim housing. Marin County and the City of San Rafael were awarded nearly $6 million by the California Interagency Council on Homelessness (Cal ICH) to address homelessness along the Mahon Creek Path in San Rafael. The $5,999,241 in funds will be used to house 46 people who live along Mahon Creek, the county's largest encampment, and to provide social services. County officials wrote, "The Mahon encampment currently includes 65 individuals experiencing homelessness a ..read more

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- We are learning more about the project to transform San Francisco's Stonestown Galleria into housing, including new renderings of the plan. The Stonestown Revitalization Project has been four years in the making with the community and the City of San Francisco, according to Brookfield Properties. The company is proposing to build housing at the mall. Brookfield representatives declined an interview with KRON4 but shared renderings of the project that include plans for a civic town center, affordable housing neighborhood, open spaces and retail. "It would be good for the ..read more

(KRON) -- A mountain lion was sighted in Millbrae Wednesday afternoon, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office. Deputies became aware of the sighting, which occurred in the 800 block of Lomita Avenue, officials said ..read more

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Figures that looked as if they had stepped right out of a "Planet of the Apes" movie were spotted on horseback at Crissy Field in San Francisco Wednesday. Photos obtained by KRON4 News showed what appeared to be actors in stoic-faced ape costumes. Video and photos sent by a viewer showed three of the ape-costumed figures mounted on black horses ..read more

(KRON) -- On Wednesday, a judge sentenced Lamar Nolan Ryan, 42, to nine months in prison for possessing a loaded firearm and attempting to coerce a woman to be his commercial sex worker, United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey said. On July 1, Ryan possessed a loaded, semi-automatic Glock handgun with an "obliterated" serial number he hid underneath his clothes, prosecutors said. That same day, officials detained Ryan in a motel parking lot for also coercing a woman into being his commercial sex worker ..read more