Brian Krans

KQED Contributing Reporter

Brian Krans is an award-winning local news and investigative reporter who has been proudly working as a general assignment reporter for KQED since August 2023. He lives in Richmond, where he also reports on air pollution for Richmondside. He is also a founding member of the Vallejo Sun.

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By Brian Krans

California State Workers Ready for a One-Day Strike

Oct 21

Family Mourns SFPD Vet, Slain by Husband, and Their Daughter in Suspected Double Murder-Suicide

Oct 13

Retired SFPD Sergeant Kills Wife, Also Former SFPD Officer, and Daughter — Then Himself

Oct 12

SF Public Defender Pushes to Decertify 3 Police Officers Whose Arrest Left Man in Coma

Oct 8

Former SF DA Employee Testifies to Being Called Racial Slur, Harassed by HR Director

Oct 7

East Bay Regional Parks District Settles With Family of Man Tased and Left Comatose

Sep 29

Bay Area Air District Reconsiders Permit Process for Prescribed Burns

Sep 25

At Least 4 People ‘Vanished’ by ICE Agents in Concord Home Depot Parking Lot, Advocates Say

Sep 25

Santa Clara County Placed Children in Foster Care Without Safety Checks

Sep 18

Family of Marin County Woman Briefly Held in Jail Intends to File Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Sep 9

Oakland Jury Awards $5 Million to Sonoma County Man for Wrongful Arrest

Sep 1

Oakland Jury to Decide if California Highway Patrol Officers Committed Unlawful Arrest

Aug 28

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