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Walmart store in Fremont closing down
(KRON) — A Walmart store in Fremont is shutting down next month, the company announced Thursday. The decision to close Walmart at 40580 Albrae Street was a business decision based on low financial performance, a company spokesperson said. The Fremont store, which underperformed in profit margins, will officially close to the public on May 24. […]
Family of 4 killed in single-vehicle crash in Pleasanton
A family of four was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Pleasanton Wednesday night, according to officials. The crash happened at about 9 p.m. on Foothill Road near Stoneridge Drive, police said. The victims were two adults and two children, according to police. The cause of the crash is under...
1 Bay Area county among few in US that record homeless deaths. Here's how it can help save lives
Every city in America tries to get an accurate count of the number of unhoused people, but few record their deaths. Alameda County has been analyzing homeless deaths since 2018. Here's the reason for that.
Tech Billionaire’s Teen Reported Missing in the Bay Area
The child of billionaire businessman Stewart Butterfield is missing, and authorities believe the teen may have run away to San Francisco’s seedy Tenderloin district.According to the Marin County Sheriff’s Office, Mint Butterfield, 16, was last seen around 10 p.m. Sunday night in Bolinas, a coastal community of roughly 1,500 people. They were reported missing early the next morning by their mother, entrepreneur Caterina Fake.“Mint has brown/reddish curly hair and their eyebrows are pierced,” Deputy Jose Suarez posted to neighborhood networking site NextDoor. “They were last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, flannel pajama pants, and black boots. They possibly had a...
Suspect in 2023 deadly Stockton shooting arrested during traffic stop
STOCKTON - A suspect in a deadly Stockton shooting last summer was arrested during a traffic stop in Alameda County on Tuesday, police said. The shooting happened just before 10 p.m. in the area of Sierra Nevada and Oak in Stockton on July 23, 2023. This is where police said they found a man shot. He was rushed to the hospital, where he later died. Detectives identified Bradley Vargas, 38, as a suspect in the homicide and issued an arrest warrant. On Tuesday, the Livermore Police Department contacted Vargas during a traffic stop, which is when he was detained without incident. He was arrested in connection with the homicide and was booked into the San Joaquin Jail.
Three Bay Area high schools make US News' top 10 in California
(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 […]
Redwood City police nab suspected porch pirate that allegedly stole $2K wedding dress
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Police in Redwood City have arrested a man suspected of swiping a package off a porch that contained a woman’s expensive wedding dress, the department said Wednesday. A porch pirate stole the $2,000 dress on April 11 during a 22-minute window of time...
Passerby picks fight with San Jose mayor’s security guard during TV interview
A man has been arrested after he disrupted an interview with San Jose, Calif., Mayor Matt Mahan and picked a fight with his security guard. Mahan was participating in an interview with KRON4 Tuesday evening, when a passerby interrupted the shot. The man was apparently talking on the phone, when Mahan said, “We’re doing an…
Gas hits above $7 mark at one Bay Area station, among the highest in California
Written by Sharon Song MENLO PARK, Calif. (KTVU-TV) - Prices at the pump have been on the rise in California and across the Bay Area in recent weeks, but one gas station on the Peninsula was taking the prize for the most expensive in the region, with a gallon of regular unleaded soaring above the $7 mark. The post Gas hits above $7 mark at one Bay Area station, among the highest in California appeared first on KION546.
Tesla plans huge Bay Area job cuts, including hundreds at Fremont car factory
FREMONT — Tesla is slashing more than 2,700 Bay Area jobs, including major layoffs at the company’s electric vehicle factory in Fremont. The staffing reductions at the Austin-based electric car maker — which has its engineering headquarters in Palo Alto — represent the largest single round of job cuts by a tech company since the tech sector began its current series of Bay Area layoffs in 2022.
Mountain View Police Seek Public Help in Finding Missing Teenager Last Seen April 22
The Mountain View Police Department is seeking public assistance in locating Savannah, a missing teenager who was last seen on the evening of April 22. According to the official department's Facebook post, the 17-year-old was last spotted around 10:00 PM in the 700 block of West Middlefield Road. Savannah is...
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