(KRON) -- The Mountain View Police Department is searching for a missing 16-year-old. Maria, who also goes by "Percy", was last seen at about 1:15 p.m. Friday near Los Altos High School, located at 201 Almond Ave. Maria is a Filipino girl who is 5'0" and 130 pounds. She has medium-length brown hair with blonde highlights and brown eyes. She is believed to be wearing a black sweatshirt, blue jeans, black shoes and a black backpack. Police did not provide her last name. Anyone who sees Maria is asked to call (650) 903-6344 ..read more

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Mint Butterfield, 16, has been missing in the San Francisco Bay Area for five days and deputies are asking for the public's help to find the teen. Mint is considered a "voluntary missing person" who is "at-risk," the Marin County Sheriff's Office said. Mint’s father is Stewart Butterfield, a billionaire businessman and former CEO of Slack. The teenager was last seen at 10 p.m. on April 21 inside a house in Bolinas where the teen lives with their mother. Around 9 a.m. on April 22, Caterina Fake discovered that her child was missing and called 911. "Fake realized that Min ..read more

(BCN) -- A dead bird in Concord has tested positive for West Nile virus. The Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District said Friday an American crow was picked up with the virus April 9. It's the first case reported in Contra Costa County this year, after infected birds were reported from Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties. "It is early in the season for the first detection of West Nile virus in Contra Costa County," Steve Schutz, the district's scientific program manager, said in a statement. "The last time the first dead bird of the year tested positive this early in the sea ..read more

(BCN) -- Golden Gate Ferry service in and out of Sausalito will remain suspended into next week as repairs continue at the Sausalito Ferry Landing, the city said Friday. The ferry landing has been closed since April 19, when a routine inspection found damage to one of the pier's four piles, according to the city's weekly Sausalito Currents press release ..read more

(KRON) -- Law enforcement agencies are searching for a woman who was last seen in San Jose on Friday. Margaret Ramani, 80, was last seen walking northbound on Ruby Avenue towards Fowler Road at about 12:30 p.m. The San Jose Police Department said she had not taken her medication. Ramani is described as an Asian woman who stands about 5-foot-4, 140 pounds with gray hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a tan sun hat, a dark-colored jacket, dark blue jeans and white gloves. A Silver Alert was issued by California Highway Patrol. Anyone who sees Ramani is asked to call 911 ..read more

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Dustan Mohr, a former Major League Baseball player, will spend nine years in an Indiana prison after pleading guilty in March to three sex crimes against a 13-year-old girl. Mohr played seven MLB seasons and spent the 2004 season with the San Francisco Giants. Mohr, 47, shed tears Friday at the defense table in Allen Superior Court; he stood up and apologized to the court and to the victim — now 15 — and her family. Mohr was the girl's softball coach when the crimes occurred. The 15-year sentence was partially suspended. His attorney, Greg Miller, said Mohr was still ..read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- A defense attorney for Wesley David Pollard, the man accused of punching San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan's security guard in the middle of an on-camera interview with KRON4, said his client has no violent criminal history. The security guard was a plainclothes on-duty San Jose Police Department officer who was assigned to protect the mayor. The attorney defended Pollard's record during his first court appearance in the Santa Clara County Hall of Justice on Friday. A judge requested to view KRON4's video of Tuesday's incident before making any rulings. After the judge watch ..read more

(BCN) -- A group of Alameda County residents and community leaders held a rally Friday in Oakland to support District Attorney Pamela Price and urge the county's Board of Supervisors not to schedule a special election for her recall. The gathering comes on the heels of similar events held by recall proponents who want supervisors to set a special election date prior to the November general election. Opponents -- including Asian Americans for Progressive Alameda, the Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club, the Oakland Chinatown Improvement Council and the Asian Pacific Environmental Network -- say s ..read more

(KRON) -- There is a road closure at Watson Canyon Court and Canyon Lakes Drive due to police activity, according to the San Ramon Police Department. The police activity is on the 2000 block of Canyon Lakes ..read more

(KRON) -- Approximately 1,000 people were forced to evacuate a Costco in Concord due to a refrigerant leak, the Contra Costa County Fire Department said. The Costco is located at 24000 Monument Blvd. About 800 customers and 200 employees were inside the store. Con Fire said that they learned of the leak at 2:06 p.m. Employees became aware of it when someone spotted a white cloud moving through the store. No injuries have been reported, Con Fire said. Images from the scene show a Hazmat truck outside the building. Con Fire said a medic is present as well in case anybody complains of injuries. R ..read more