Exclusive: DoD to review cases of LGBTQ+ vets denied honorable discharges
The Pentagon plans to make it easier for LGBTQ+ veterans to retroactively obtain honorable discharges they may have been denied because of their sexuality.
The Pentagon plans to make it easier for LGBTQ+ veterans to retroactively obtain honorable discharges they may have been denied because of their sexuality.
Oakland Pride returns to the East Bay city's streets as cheerful crowds fill several downtown blocks for the Sunday festival and parade.
While the Bay Area is known worldwide for its place in LGBTQ history, the popularity of one Walnut Creek retirement home could come as a surprise.
Tensions rose at the first San Ramon Valley Unified School District Board of Education meeting of the 2023-24 school year on Tuesday as members of the public debated the display of Pride flags on school campuses.
North Bay activists are furious after learning that a controversial local church known for its anti-LGBTQ stance will be receiving money from a state grant to protect the church from hate crimes.
The U.S. Supreme Court closed out its term with two crucial decisions, striking down President Joe Biden's student loan relief program and siding with a web designer who refuses to work with LGBTQ couples. Natalie Brand reports. (6/30/23)
U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla came Wednesday to the San Francisco LGBT Center to announce plans to launch a Senate mental health caucus.
After a day of Pride festivities, thousands descended on San Francisco's Castro neighborhood to celebrate what is traditionally the busiest weekend of the year for the community.
LGBTQ+ revelers and allies are partying coast to coast for the premiere weekend of Pride Month.
Reed Cowan hosts CBS San Francisco's special presentation, "Hope Love Pride: A Celebration" that broadcast Sunday morning, June 25, 2023.
The night before San Francisco's signature Pride Parade takes over Market Street, the city was buzzing with vibrant celebrations from the Castro to downtown.
The colorful festivities of the 2023 San Francisco Pride Parade were featured as part of the CBS SF special "Hope Love Pride: A Celebration" that was streamed and broadcast Sunday starting at 10 a.m.
Saturday's Castro Family Pride Block Party in San Francisco was a lively celebration of diversity.
Market Street officially lit up with the world's largest pride flag from the Ferry Building to Twin Peaks Friday night.
At the start of the 20th annual Trans March in San Francisco's Dolores Park, participants talked about what's at stake in the face of harassment and recent anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.
Hundreds of couples lined up Friday to get married at San Francisco City Hall as part of the city's Pride weekend celebrations.
A battle is brewing between the creators of the SF Pride laser light art installation "Welcome" and an artist who insists the people behind the display copied her work.
A San Francisco-based group is doing what it can, to make surfing feel more inclusive for the LGBTQ+ community.
For trans and non-binary people, discovering your identity can be an enlightening, but also a difficult experience especially when it comes to clothing.
SF Pride grand marshal Paul Aguilar has been living with HIV since the late 80s. Now he's helping researchers working on a monthly injection that could be an HIV game-changer.
The giant canvas pink triangle that is one of the LGBTQ+ community's Pride month symbols in San Francisco is bigger than ever this year.
For decades, many gay and bisexual men have been banned from donating blood. While the FDA has loosened restrictions, critics say the current rules still exclude far too many people. Len Ramirez reports. (6/21/23)
The new data, shared exclusively with CBS News, covers the years from 1980 until the federal courts lifted the ban against gay and lesbian service members in 2010.
After a three-year COVID-19-induced hiatus, the annual Queer Prom returned to San Francisco on Friday.
As the Bay Area marks Juneteenth and Pride Month, Breanna Sinclairé shares her story on what it's like to be discriminated against not only for her race, but also for her gender identity journey.
Burn permits for outdoor residential burning will be suspended within eastern San Joaquin County starting Wednesday, Cal Fire said.
President Biden is expected to issue a long-anticipated executive order as early as Tuesday to partially shut down asylum processing along the U.S.-Mexico border.
A recovery effort is underway after a man fell into a canal in Alameda County this weekend and has not been located, the Sheriff's Office said Sunday night.
Mexico's projected presidential winner, Claudia Sheinbaum, will become the first woman president in the country's 200-year history.
Saturday night's concert and rave at Civic Center Plaza that featured Fred Again and Skrillex drew 25,000 attendees which meant many but not all nearby businesses got a big boost.
Burn permits for outdoor residential burning will be suspended within eastern San Joaquin County starting Wednesday, Cal Fire said.
President Biden is expected to issue a long-anticipated executive order as early as Tuesday to partially shut down asylum processing along the U.S.-Mexico border.
A recovery effort is underway after a man fell into a canal in Alameda County this weekend and has not been located, the Sheriff's Office said Sunday night.
Saturday night's concert and rave at Civic Center Plaza that featured Fred Again and Skrillex drew 25,000 attendees which meant many but not all nearby businesses got a big boost.
By the time the Corral Fire was contained Sunday, it had burned 14,000 acres to become the state's largest wildland fire of the year.
Saturday night's concert and rave at Civic Center Plaza that featured Fred Again and Skrillex drew 25,000 attendees which meant many but not all nearby businesses got a big boost.
The second annual "Chow Fun" event in San Francisco came to a close this weekend and organizers say this year's dine-around was a great success.
BART train service between the 24th Street Mission and Daly City stations is suspended this weekend while crews make trackway improvements and clear nearby vegetation.
Six people were charged Friday in connection with an organized retail theft of a CVS store in San Francisco.
Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul Pelosi took the stand on day three of David DePape's state trial on attempted murder charges.
Burn permits for outdoor residential burning will be suspended within eastern San Joaquin County starting Wednesday, Cal Fire said.
A recovery effort is underway after a man fell into a canal in Alameda County this weekend and has not been located, the Sheriff's Office said Sunday night.
By the time the Corral Fire was contained Sunday, it had burned 14,000 acres to become the state's largest wildland fire of the year.
7-Eleven shuttered two Oakland stores on April 30 because of ongoing area crime, according to a source close to the company.
Firefighters gained ground Sunday on the Corral Fire which scorched thousands of acres and burned down a home and forced residents to flee an area near Tracy.
People from three separate residences were displaced Sunday evening in San Jose after fires ripped through their homes.
Part of the Bay Area will have a heat advisory in effect this week as a high-pressure system moves into the region from the Pacific.
Pro-Palestinian protesters who created an encampment and blocked entrances to University of California, Santa Cruz campus buildings were forcibly removed Friday morning and many arrested, a university spokesperson said.
A former college professor from San Jose has been sentenced to over five years in federal prison for intentionally lighting fires as crews battled the destructive Dixie Fire that tore through five counties in Northern California in 2021.
Two cousins were found guilty of shooting, by mistake, a young couple to death in Salinas in 2022, according to Monterey County prosecutors.
Part of the Bay Area will have a heat advisory in effect this week as a high-pressure system moves into the region from the Pacific.
A search for evidence of identity theft fraud turned up parts to firearms and equipment to manufacture firearms with a 3D printer, Santa Rosa police said Saturday.
Marin County was given the greenlight on Thursday by a federal judge to keep managing an encampment of recreational vehicles along Binford Road by removing residents' personal property for storage or disposal.
Hazmat crews responded Thursday evening after an overturned trailer dumped 800 gallons of liquid fertilizer onto a rural road in Napa County.
An elderly woman who was found disoriented and wandering in Santa Rosa on Thursday afternoon has been identified, police said.
Juan Soto homered twice, including a go-ahead drive in a four-run ninth to lift the Yankees past the Giants 7-5 on Sunday.
Sean Murphy drove in the go-ahead run with a double in the seventh inning and the Braves held the A's to two hits in a 3-1 win Sunday.
Aaron Judge homered for the third time in two games in San Francisco and the New York Yankees beat the Giants 7-3.
On Saturday, workers and volunteers were putting the finishing touches on a ballpark that many hope will give new life to the city.
The A's snapped Chris Sale's seven-start winning streak with an 11-9 victory over the Braves on Saturday.
7-Eleven shuttered two Oakland stores on April 30 because of ongoing area crime, according to a source close to the company.
A man was arrested Sunday in the wake of a crash early Sunday morning in Walnut Creek that sent two people to the hospital, police said.
A search for evidence of identity theft fraud turned up parts to firearms and equipment to manufacture firearms with a 3D printer, Santa Rosa police said Saturday.
A man wearing dark clothing allegedly set a University of California police vehicle on fire on the UC Berkeley campus Saturday morning just after 5 a.m.
Six people were charged Friday in connection with an organized retail theft of a CVS store in San Francisco.
NASA in 2024 is once again readying new missions to the moon and Einstein's theory of relativity is influencing the plans in a surprising way.
Google said it's rolling back its AI-generated search results feature after two weeks. Here's why.
Federal regulators are giving Amazon key permission that will allow it to expand its drone delivery program.
After 20 years in the making, the world's largest digital camera is now atop Cerro Pachón, home of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.
California lawmakers have concerns about artificial intelligence in the private sector, but there are also concerns about its use by state agencies.
Almost one in five survey responders had lost a family member or close friend to a drug overdose, researchers found.
The Misha knee system is an implantable tool that is a shock absorber for the knee.
A release of tear gas and pepper spray during a training exercise at the San Francisco County Jail in San Bruno on Tuesday led to students at a nearby elementary school to become sick, officials said.
In a bipartisan vote, the California State Senate approved a bill from a Bay Area lawmaker aimed at targeting social media addiction among children and teens.
Panera faces another lawsuit over a highly caffeinated beverage that the restaurant chain said it would phase out.
President Biden is expected to issue a long-anticipated executive order as early as Tuesday to partially shut down asylum processing along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Being found guilty of 34 felony counts would normally mark the end of someone's political prospects. But this week's conviction is not stopping Trump (who has built his career, and brand, on grievances) from running for another term in the White House.
Half the country says Trump is not fit to be president; Republicans call the trial unfair, according to CBS News poll.
As the verdict was read, former President Donald Trump's eyes appeared to close, and his head shook slightly, lips pursed and eyes downcast.
Former President Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts in a case stemming from a "hush money" payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
The annual celebration of LGBTQ+ people and culture begins June 1 against a complicated backdrop.
A proposed measure in California that would have required schools in California to notify parents if their child asks to change their gender identification at school has failed to qualify for the November ballot.
While the State Department bulletin is meant for overseas travel, there is concern of a domestic threat from ISIS, two sources told CBS News.
Two prominent Bay Area political figures died Friday night when the pickup they were in collided with a car in rural San Diego County.
A Northern California school district is being sued by the state over allegations the district failed to carry out corrective actions in a controversial gender notification policy adopted last summer.
Saturday night's concert and rave at Civic Center Plaza that featured Fred Again and Skrillex drew 25,000 attendees which meant many but not all nearby businesses got a big boost.
Popular Atlanta-based noise-rock outfit Whores. brings music from their long-awaited album "War" to the DNA Lounge Saturday night.
Saxophonist Kamasi Washington brings his talented jazz group to the Warfield in San Francisco this Friday night, bringing songs from his latest album "Fearless Movement."
British punk legends the Damned return to San Francisco to headline the Regency Ballroom Thursday night as the band's reunited '80s line-up shares the stage with the Detours and SF punk greats the Avengers.
Pioneering San Francisco punk band the Avengers headline this show at the Ivy Room Wednesday, a night before supporting the Damned at the Regency Ballroom.
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oakland Unified School District has seen an alarming spike in the number of unhoused students in the school system who deal with a host of challenges far beyond what most children face.
Meteorologist and CBS News Bay Area's resident pilot Lt. Jessica Burch got a treat during Fleet Week, taking to the skies with one of the Blue Angels.
A Bay Area man discovered his devastating loss left him with a new opportunity to rethink how he lives -- follow his journey in virtual reality, 360-degree video.
A groundbreaking medical study involving the UCSF Medical Center has shown some colorectal cancer patients can safely skip radiation treatment and enjoy a potentially higher quality of life.
Every day, San Francisco bar pilot Captain Zach Kellerman goes through what might just be the world's most dangerous commute.
A Bay Area native is forging a new appreciation of Bollywood music and dance and achieving a lifelong dream. Shawn Chitnis reports.
Darren Peck has a closer look at the mini heat wave coming to the Bay Area beginning tomorrow.
Monday 7 a.m. news update from KPIX
Saturday night's concert and rave at Civic Center Plaza that featured Fred Again and Skrillex drew 25,000 attendees which meant many but not all nearby businesses got a big boost. Kevin Ko reports (6-2-24)
People from three separate residences were displaced Sunday evening in San Jose after fires ripped through their homes. (6-2-24)
Being in the foster care system can be tough for children, and it often doesn't become easier once they age out. But there are people trying to help them succeed.
A Mill Valley man known for his public art projects that bring his neighbors together is being honored for providing gifts to his community.
A first-of-its-kind San Francisco program that trains the next generation of makers is closed temporarily because of a fire, but Its founder is working to safely reopen as soon as possible.
A Pacifica woman is being recognized for leading an annual ocean education program at a coastal school for over 30 years.
A San Francisco native is helping keep alive the city's historic Japantown, one of only three left in the U.S.
It's hard enough to graduate from one of the most prestigious schools in the country when you're the first in your family to go to college. Imagine doing that while you're also trying to protect your parents from being deported?
Some students who are the first in their families to go to college face the challenge of balancing a rigorous academic load while still working to help support their family back home.
A onetime pupil has now become a student advisor, giving back after years of mentorship led him to success.
Police departments all over the country are having a hard time finding new officers, but one Bay Area student is criss-crossing the world while preparing for a career in law enforcement here at home.
When most people graduate from college, they tend to focus on one job. But this month's Students Rising Above scholar is currently juggling multiple workplace assignments.