By Brian Shields
MORAGA (KRON) -- Firefighters across the Bay Area are gearing up for one of the earliest and most destructive fire seasons in recent years. Already in 2013, Calfire says California has experienced 85% more brush fires than the average for Full Article
By Brian Shields
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Boring work on the new San Francisco Central Subway project doesn't start until next month but the $1.5 billion project is already significantly over budget. Federal regulators say about two-thirds of the $200 million in Full Article
By Brian Shields
RICHMOND (KRON) -- Someone in Richmond is missing a fairly large amount of money and the city's police chief hopes to give it back to them. Chief Chris Magnus says he had just left a restaurant on San Pablo Blvd Full Article
By Brian Shields
NEW YORK -- Women's-rights attorney Gloria Allred says federal complaints have been filed against four U.S. colleges over how the colleges handle rape allegations. Allred joined students from the colleges in New York City to announce the filing of Full Article
By Sylvia Ramirez
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco supervisor has asked for a study of a proposal that would add a small surcharge to tickets for large-scale sports and entertainment events to help fund the city's public transit system. Supervisor Scott Wiener Full Article
By Sylvia Ramirez
SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County is on the hook for a $5 million settlement in a crash involving a sheriff's deputy who allegedly took his eyes off the road while eating a McDonald's hamburger. The San Jose Mercury News Full Article
By Sylvia Ramirez
SAN FRANCISCO - Federal agriculture officials say chicken producer Foster Farms is recalling about 6,165 pounds of its ready-to-eat grilled chicken breast strips because the strips contain wheat and soy - known allergens - which are not listed on Full Article
By Sylvia Ramirez
SAN FRANCISCO - Friends, family and co-workers are searching again today for an Emeryville man who went missing near San Francisco's Ocean Beach following the Bay to Breakers race on Sunday. Beau Rasmussen, 27, became separated from his friends around Full Article
By Sylvia Ramirez
The San Francisco 49ers have been selected to host the 2016 Super Bowl at their new stadium in Santa Clara. The decision was announced late this morning after a vote by 32 National Football League team owners at a meeting Full Article
By Sylvia Ramirez
WASHINGTON - Apple's CEO is disputing assertions by a Senate panel that the company avoids billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by shifting profits to foreign affiliates. Tim Cook testified at a hearing Tuesday by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee Full Article
By Sylvia Ramirez
OAKLAND - A sobbing former Contra Costa County drug task force commander was sentenced Monday to 14 years in federal prison for stealing drug evidence, robbing prostitutes and making phony arrests. Norman Wielsch, 51, of Concord, asked U.S. District Full Article
By Brian Shields
ORINDA (KRON) -- A four-alarm fire that had been threatening homes and other buildings in the Orinda area Monday afternoon is now fully contained. The fire is in heavy dry brush near Ivy Drive in Orinda. By 3:00 p. Full Article
By Sylvia Ramirez
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK - Federal investigators probing the hantavirus outbreak blamed for three deaths at Yosemite National Park recommend that design changes to tent cabins and other lodging run by private concessionaires first be reviewed by National Park Service officials. Full Article
By Amal Hasan
SAN FRANCISCO - A man who fell from a roof during Bay to Breakers festivities in San Francisco on Sunday afternoon has died, police and hospital officials said. The 28-year-old man has been identified as David Hamzeh. Heaccidentally fell three Full Article
By Sylvia Ramirez
SAN FRANCISCO - A proposed state ballot measure in California would require doctors to be randomly subjected to drug and alcohol testing. The San Francisco Chronicle reports the "Pee in the Cup" initiative is being pushed by Bob Pack, a Full Article
By Sylvia Ramirez
BERKELEY - Gov. Jerry Brown says he does not know if the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will open over Labor Day weekend because of safety concerns. It's the first time the governor is acknowledging serious worries about the structural integrity Full Article
