John Ferrara

Portland

Digital Reporter at KOIN-TV (Portland, OR)

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Mistrial declared in case against former East Bay corrections officer Darrell 'Dirty Dick' Smith

1 week ago | kron4.com | John Ferrara

(KRON) — The weeks-long trial against former public correctional officer Darrell Smith, who’s accused of sexually abusing five female inmates at the now-shuttered Federal Correctional Institute Dublin in the East Bay, ended in a mistrial Monday after jurors failed to reach a verdict. Smith, known by prisoners as “Dirty Dick,” faced 15 counts of sexual abuse for crimes that allegedly occurred inside the all-women prison.
Santa Clara clerks busted for selling alcohol to minors

1 week ago | kron4.com | John Ferrara

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Timelapse: ‘Pink’ full moon rises over the Bay Bridge

1 week ago | yahoo.com | John Ferrara

(KRON) — The Bay Bridge skyline was especially beautiful over the weekend thanks to a “pink full moon” hanging low in the sky. The “pink moon” — the first full moon of spring — was at its brightest on Saturday at 8:23 p.m. However, Sunday’s moonrise also appeared big and beautiful. A timelapse of the moon moon rising over the Bay Bridge on April 13, 2025. (Lani Tinio)Bay Area photographer Lani Tinio shared a timelapse of the Moon rising over the Bay Bridge on Sunday with KRON4.
'Pink' full moon rises over the Bay Bridge

1 week ago | kron4.com | John Ferrara

(KRON) — The Bay Bridge skyline was especially beautiful over the weekend thanks to a “pink full moon” hanging low in the sky. The “pink moon” — the first full moon of spring — was at its brightest on Saturday at 8:23 p.m. However, Sunday’s moonrise also appeared big and beautiful. A timelapse of the moon moon rising over the Bay Bridge on April 13, 2025. (Lani Tinio)Bay Area photographer Lani Tinio shared a timelapse of the Moon rising over the Bay Bridge on Sunday with KRON4.
Peninsula crosswalks hacked with mock messages from Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk

1 week ago | newsnationnow.com | John Ferrara

( KRON) - Multiple crosswalk buttons were hacked in Redwood City, Palo Alto and Menlo Park in California over the weekend to play audio mocking Big Tech CEOs Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Videos of the altered crosswalk buttons were widely shared on social media. A video obtained by NewsNation affiliate KRON shows an affected crosswalk playing one of the messages at the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and El Camino Real in Redwood City.
Police investigating possible murder-suicide in Cloverdale

1 week ago | yahoo.com | John Ferrara

(KRON) — The Cloverdale Police Department is investigating a suspected murder-suicide case at a home near the intersection of Riesling and Syrah Court in Cloverdale. Cloverdale PD said that a man and woman were discovered dead at the home during a welfare check on April 12, after concerned neighbors reported that the couple had not been seen recently. “The Cloverdale Police Department is currently investigating the grim discovery of two deceased individuals,” Cloverdale PD wrote on social media.
Police investigating possible murder-suicide in Cloverdale

1 week ago | kron4.com | John Ferrara

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Drug bust deals 'major blow' to drug traffickers, San Jose Police say

1 week ago | kron4.com | John Ferrara

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'Surprising twist:' James Webb Telescope gives first observation of a star swallowing a planet

1 week ago | kron4.com | John Ferrara

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‘Surprising twist:’ James Webb Telescope gives first look at a star swallowing a planet

1 week ago | yahoo.com | John Ferrara

(KRON) — NASA’s James Webb telescope has made the first-known observation of a planet swallowed up by a star, with “surprising” results, scientists say. “Observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have provided a surprising twist in the narrative surrounding what is believed to be the first star observed in the act of swallowing a planet,” a new NASA article on the observation reads.