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Thursday, 4 January 2024

Taco Bell fans can now make the brand's most popular menu items at home

Now, anyone can re-create some of Taco Bell’s most popular menu items at home.

The Irvine-based fast food company and Kraft Heinz have teamed up to create new home-cook friendly versions of Taco Bell’s Crunchwrap Supreme and Chipotle Chicken Quesadilla after seeing social media users trying to create their own versions of the dishes.

Taco Bell craving kits — *A look at Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme and Chipotle Chicken Quesadilla cooking kits. (Business Wire)*

Taco Bell described the Crunchwrap Supreme as “perhaps its most iconic menu item in history” and noted that copycat recipe videos garnered over 50 million views on TikTok.

The quesadilla was one of the company's best-selling menu items in 2023, a news release said.

This is the first time Taco Bell is releasing cooking kits for both menu items.

The “craving kits” include “proprietary Taco Bell restaurant ingredients, seasonings and sauces” essential to make the dishes at home, a news release said. Each craving kit contains four servings of essential ingredients; all customers need to add is their desired protein and toppings.

The packages include specific cooking and assembly instructions to help chefs achieve the best homemade version of both recipes.

The kits are available exclusively at Walmart stores and online nationwide.

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Flying Tails: Rescued coyote puppy to become zoo ambassador

SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. (KRON) -- You don't have to be in the wild to see a coyote here in the Bay Area. It seems like they're just about everywhere, even in The City.

In this edition of Flying Tails, I fly a coyote pup to Orange County -- an animal that's become an ambassador for its species

Watch the video in the media player above for the full segment.

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University of California to consider opening downtown SF campus

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- From a day spa to a soccer stadium, San Francisco Mayor London Breed says the city has been looking at a number of options for the future of the San Francisco Centre.

From the LEGO store to Nordstrom, what was once the city’s biggest mall has lost a number of big-name stores over the past year. The former Westfield Mall got a new management in the fall.

Now, the best option seems to be turning the property into UC Campus.

“I can’t speak to the details around the negotiations and the conversations being had, I can only say that there’s real interest in the University of California’s desire to look at downtown as an option for campus, housing and a number of things," Breed said.

The University of California confirmed that their president’s office has been exploring the possibility of a presence in downtown San Francisco. Mayor Breed says a campus won’t just help to solve a lack of student housing, but also help the world of Artificial Intelligence.

“San Francisco is the AI capital of the world, many of the talent that comes out of San Francisco, the engineering talent coming out of the Bay Area from places like UC Berkeley,” Breed said.

According to Tech Expert Ahmed Banafa, the top 20 AI companies in the world are based in San Francisco. The San Jose State Professor says those companies will only benefit from having a UC Campus close by.

“This is good, this is really going to elevate the image of San Francisco where it’s not just a place where you can find a job. You can start at zero and then you can find that job in AI,” Banafa said.

A possibility for new graduates and new research.

Banafa says there’s a need for more AI research space in the Bay Area. In his opinion, San Francisco Centre would provide just that.

“Minimizing the distance and time between the college and the research and the companies in San Francisco, it's going to benefit that," Banafa said. "It’s going to benefit that. It’s going to make the cycle shorter and make the communication much easier.”

KRON4 reached out to Mall management for comment but did not hear back.

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Wednesday, 3 January 2024

Los Altos Christmas day fire still under investigation, part of El Camino Real remains closed

(BCN) -- Santa Clara County Fire Department officials said they are still investigating a three-alarm fire that occurred in Los Altos on Christmas Day.

Around 4:50 a.m. on Dec. 25, crews were alerted to reports of smoke coming from a commercial structure located at 4600 El Camino Real in Los Altos. Along with the Mountain View Fire Department, county firefighters responded to the area and found heavy smoke coming from the first floor of a two-story, 20,000-square-foot commercial building.

Around 5:10 a.m., a second alarm was called, with additional firefighting resources and manpower arriving. They then entered the building to both fight the fire and confirm there was no one inside in need of rescue, the county's fire department said.

At 5:22 a.m., a third alarm was called and the Mountain View Fire Department and Palo Alto Fire Department sent additional resources. The blaze extended to the roof of the structure, forcing crews to get out of the building due to the risk of the roof collapsing.

According to the Santa Clara County Fire Department, firefighters resumed battling the blaze from the outside of the building until the fire was declared under control at 1:53 p.m.

No injuries were reported.

The county fire department said it is working with Los Altos officials, building owners, tenants, and insurance companies on the investigation.

Eastbound lanes of El Camino Real in the area are expected to remain closed until the week of Jan. 23 while crews demolish and remove the remnants of the building, Caltrans officials said Tuesday.

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Person killed by car doing doughnuts in Oakland identified

(BCN) -- A woman who was fatally struck by a vehicle doing doughnuts in Oakland early on New Year's Day was identified by the Alameda County Coroner's Bureau as Antoinette Matthews, a 23-year-old Stockton resident.

Matthews was on the sidewalk at the intersection of International Boulevard and 42nd Avenue when the vehicle jumped the curb at about 12:45 a.m. Monday and hit her.

Oakland police were alerted to the collision after Matthews was taken to a hospital, where she later died from her injuries.

The driver fled the scene after the collision.

An Oakland police spokesperson said Wednesday that the collision remained under investigation. Police asked anyone with information to contact the department's Traffic Investigation Unit at (510) 777-8570.

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Woman fatally struck on I-880 identified

(BCN) -- A woman who was struck by a vehicle while running through traffic on Interstate Highway 880 in Oakland last week was identified by the Alameda County Coroner's Bureau as Camilla Dayanna Sanchez, a 22-year-old Oakland resident.

Sanchez was hit in the fast lane on northbound Highway 880 at High Street at about 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 26 after the California Highway Patrol received several calls about a person apparently running erratically in the roadway.

The driver of the pickup truck that struck her stayed at the scene and was cooperative with the investigation, according to the CHP.

The fatal collision is being investigated by the CHP.

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San Francisco crime decreased during holiday season, Mayor Breed says

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- San Francisco Mayor London Breed promised that the 2023 holiday season would be the safest ever, and the numbers are in from her office.

“This holiday season, seeing the numbers begin to decline," she said.

San Francisco recorded a decrease in retail thefts, car break-ins and burglaries.

The numbers are down but not at zero. However, one jewelry store owner fell victim to a crime over the weekend.

Crime was down in San Francisco during Thanksgiving and, according to the mayor’s office, the trend continued through the new year. Even with that, there are still store owners who say crime has forced them to close up shop.

Mayor London Breed was all smiles Wednesday as she announced decreases in crime through the holiday season. Retail thefts and auto break-ins decreased 48% from Nov. 20 to Jan. 1.

That includes an 11 percent increase in daily visitors to Union Square.

“I think that it had a lot to do with the additional resources that we have to do undercover operations to make arrests, to make sure people are charged and held accountable," Breed said.

Besides an increase in police presence, the mayor also credits holiday pop-ups, including her vacant to vibrant initiative and safe parking sites for the improved numbers.

Breed promises to continue the momentum into the new year with new investments.

“The packed stores and the packed restaurants and the families and the people coming together, my hope is that momentum would carry us through for the rest of 2024 and continue,” Breed said.

Crime is down, but still happening. This is what business owner Edwin Ayala found Monday morning when he walked into his Mission District jewelry store.

“It was a mess, total mess. Everything breaking,” Ayala said.

He says someone broke into Shine Little Diamond sometime during New Year's Eve.

Stealing around $50,000 worth of Jewelry and a security camera box with all the footage.

Ayala says the break-in is the last straw for him. He’s seen others fall victim, but he’ll be closing up shop for good now that it’s happened here.

“I’m in shock. I’m scared honestly. I don’t feel safe. I don’t feel happy working in this business anymore," Ayala said.

This past holiday season, there were around 2,100 reports of retail and auto break-ins in San Francisco. While still a lot, that’s fewer than in any of the previous six years.

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