Power bills for 16 million people in Northern California will soon be climbing
PG&E wants to raise its revenue by 26 percent, meaning customers will have to start paying more.
PG&E wants to raise its revenue by 26 percent, meaning customers will have to start paying more.
Fire crews are responding to a vegetation fire that broke out near the community of Lower Lake in Lake County Wednesday afternoon.
Critical fire weather conditions were expected to develop in parts of Northern California including the North Bay, forecasters said Tuesday, with PG&E announcing possible power cuts to parts of eight counties to prevent ignitions if wires are downed or damaged.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued an air quality advisory for Friday because of wildfire smoke from fires elsewhere in Northern California.
The Petaluma Fire Department said Monday that nine of its firefighters have been deployed to assist in ongoing wildfire and storm-related responses in California and recovery efforts following a deadly wildfire in Lahaina, Maui.
Wildfires burning in Northern California and the Plant Fire in Southern California will continue to bring hazy skies to the Bay Area, affecting air quality for at least another day.
Firefighters battling lightning-sparked blazes in northwest California have gotten some help from wet weather.
Rural areas near California's border with Oregon were under evacuation orders Wednesday after gusty winds from a thunderstorm sent a lightning-sparked wildfire racing through national forest lands, authorities said.
Cal Fire is warning the public that this year's relatively mild wildfire season is expected to intensify as we enter the late-summer months into the early fall.
Two Santa Rosa honeymooners evacuated from the fires in Maui said the disaster brought back terrible memories of the 2017 Tubbs Fire, but noted their experience helped them survive the latest frightening ordeal.
For travelers like the Kowatsch family, the dream of reaching Maui has turned into an ongoing nightmare as wildfires continue to disrupt flight plans and leave tourists stranded.
As wildfires tear through the Hawaiian island of Maui, residents of a Northern California town are reliving their own harrowing experience with a similar conflagration.
A special partnership between Fire Safe Sonoma, a grant-driven nonprofit, and Habitat For Humanity has helped multiple homeowners this year make needed improvements around their properties to be better prepared for wildfire season.
Reports that PG&E is significantly cutting back on its tree-trimming efforts across Northern California as a way of reducing wildfire risk is raising safety concerns for some Bay Area residents.
Bay Area homeowners who live in areas vulnerable to wildfires may have an even harder time to buy fire insurance. This comes after Famers Insurance announced it's limiting new homeowners policies in the state.
The 103-acre Snell Fire in north Napa County was fully contained at 6 a.m. Monday, according to Cal Fire.
Firefighters are getting a handle on a wildfire, named the Scott Fire, in the foothills of rural Yuba County on Thursday.
The Camp Fire is often considered to be one of the most destructive fires in California, which nearly destroyed the town of Paradise. As the town rebuilds from its 2018 devastation, it is also learning from the past.
The Camp Fire is often considered to be one of the most destructive fires in California, which nearly destroyed the town of Paradise. As the town rebuilds from its 2018 devastation, it is also learning from the past.
Fire crews in the North Bay are getting ready for hot weather with specialized training, as experts say the region could be in for an explosive season after all the heavy rain this past winter.
Cal Fire said a previous report saying the fire was 500 acres was incorrect, due to faulty mapping.
A downside to the incredible amount of rain from the winter storms -- and beautiful green growth that came after -- is the increased quantity of fuels for wildfires.
Californians -- especially those living in areas vulnerable to wildfires -- are growing increasingly worried about State Farm's decision to stop selling new homeowners insurance policies in the state.
However, State Farm will continue to offer personal auto insurance policies in California, the company said.
Team coverage of how the wet winter in Northern California has increased the potential fire fuels this summer, leading many in the North Bay to fireproof their homes (5-16-2023)
The date for the recall election of Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price was decided on Tuesday.
Victor Caratini hit an RBI single in the 10th inning to lift Houston to a 2-1 win over the Oakland Athletics after the Astros lost their starting pitcher when Ronel Blanco was ejected following a foreign substance check.
Shohei Ohtani had a solo home run and an RBI double among his three hits, and the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers pounded the rival San Francisco Giants 10-2.
The Contra Costa County Coroner's Office on Tuesday identified a 5-year-old boy who drowned over the weekend on Bethel Island.
San Francisco Unified School District is providing a lifeline to its teachers and educators by providing affordable housing.
The date for the recall election of Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price was decided on Tuesday.
Victor Caratini hit an RBI single in the 10th inning to lift Houston to a 2-1 win over the Oakland Athletics after the Astros lost their starting pitcher when Ronel Blanco was ejected following a foreign substance check.
Shohei Ohtani had a solo home run and an RBI double among his three hits, and the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers pounded the rival San Francisco Giants 10-2.
The Contra Costa County Coroner's Office on Tuesday identified a 5-year-old boy who drowned over the weekend on Bethel Island.
San Francisco Unified School District is providing a lifeline to its teachers and educators by providing affordable housing.
Shohei Ohtani had a solo home run and an RBI double among his three hits, and the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers pounded the rival San Francisco Giants 10-2.
San Francisco Unified School District is providing a lifeline to its teachers and educators by providing affordable housing.
With commencement ceremonies looming, a pro-Palestinian encampment on the University of San Francisco defied a deadline to leave Tuesday.
Two people were arrested, including a juvenile, following the robberies of two United States Postal Service mail carriers on the Peninsula over the weekend, authorities said.
San Francisco Mayor Breed pulled out of the TogetherSF debate, saying the debate was "unduly influenced" by a candidate's campaign.
The date for the recall election of Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price was decided on Tuesday.
Victor Caratini hit an RBI single in the 10th inning to lift Houston to a 2-1 win over the Oakland Athletics after the Astros lost their starting pitcher when Ronel Blanco was ejected following a foreign substance check.
The Contra Costa County Coroner's Office on Tuesday identified a 5-year-old boy who drowned over the weekend on Bethel Island.
A Concord man who struck and killed an 86-year-old man on Thanksgiving Day 2023 was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison.
A Tracy man has been federally sentenced for accessing the computer network of the Discovery Bay Water Treatment Facility and shutting it down in 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice said Monday.
Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters rallied outside the annual Google I/O 2024 developer conference at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View on Tuesday.
A man who was shot at a homeless encampment in San Jose last week has died of his injuries, police said Tuesday.
Police in San Jose are searching for a man suspected of sexually assaulting a girl underneath a freeway as she was walking home from school last month.
The project to build a 40-unit housing complex for retired farm workers in Half Moon Bay has become a source of frustration.
Even as driverless cars become more common throughout San Francisco, people still tend to stop and stare. But soon, spotting something at an intersection with nobody at the wheel could become a more regular occurance beyond city limits.
The remains of a U.S. Army soldier from Northern California who died as a prisoner of war in the Philippines during World War II have been accounted for, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced Tuesday.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is searching for an inmate who escaped from a minimum-security facility in Solano County Monday morning.
Vallejo police arrested five people Sunday for an alleged arm robbery during which a suspect struck a store employee with a gun.
A woman was killed in a head-on collision caused by a suspected DUI driver early Monday morning near Santa Rosa.
Police in Santa Rosa arrested a 19-year-old after allegedly finding a loaded machine gun during a traffic stop over the weekend.
Victor Caratini hit an RBI single in the 10th inning to lift Houston to a 2-1 win over the Oakland Athletics after the Astros lost their starting pitcher when Ronel Blanco was ejected following a foreign substance check.
Shohei Ohtani had a solo home run and an RBI double among his three hits, and the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers pounded the rival San Francisco Giants 10-2.
As the National Football League prepares to release the 2024 season schedule, the league announced the San Francisco 49ers would be starting the season with a primetime matchup.
The San Francisco Bay Area's new WNBA team is called the Golden State Valkyries, a brand identity the team announced on Tuesday.
The WNBA tipped off its 28th season with the Las Vegas Aces seeking a three-peat, Caitlin Clark debuting and the league growing faster than ever.
Two people were arrested, including a juvenile, following the robberies of two United States Postal Service mail carriers on the Peninsula over the weekend, authorities said.
San Francisco police said two robbery suspects crashed into an occupied vehicle after being pursued by officers on Tuesday morning.
A man who was shot at a homeless encampment in San Jose last week has died of his injuries, police said Tuesday.
Police in San Jose are searching for a man suspected of sexually assaulting a girl underneath a freeway as she was walking home from school last month.
A Concord man who struck and killed an 86-year-old man on Thanksgiving Day 2023 was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison.
Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters rallied outside the annual Google I/O 2024 developer conference at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View on Tuesday.
A Tracy man has been federally sentenced for accessing the computer network of the Discovery Bay Water Treatment Facility and shutting it down in 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice said Monday.
Federal safety investigators are probing dozens of crashes and other incidents involving Waymo's self-driving vehicles.
Even as driverless cars become more common throughout San Francisco, people still tend to stop and stare. But soon, spotting something at an intersection with nobody at the wheel could become a more regular occurance beyond city limits.
General Motors' troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit says it will start testing robotaxis in Arizona this week with human safety drivers on board.
A landmark study just kicked off with the goal of answering why Black women have a much higher mortality rate when it comes to cancer. It just launched last week and they need volunteers in California to help.
A Bay Area-based study finds that 80% of Asian American women with lung cancer never smoked and researchers are trying to figure out why.
San Francisco public health nurses will hold a strike authorization vote next week over what they say are inadequate and unsafe staffing levels at the city's hospitals and clinics.
Maker of insulin pump urges customers to update an app because of glitch that causes the devices to unexpectedly shut down.
Elon Musk's Neuralink finds a brain-computer interface device captured less data a month after implant surgery.
The date for the recall election of Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price was decided on Tuesday.
With commencement ceremonies looming, a pro-Palestinian encampment on the University of San Francisco defied a deadline to leave Tuesday.
The move comes days after the U.S. withheld shipments of certain munitions to Israel over concerns about a ground offensive in the Gaza city of Rafah.
San Francisco Mayor Breed pulled out of the TogetherSF debate, saying the debate was "unduly influenced" by a candidate's campaign.
Former President Donald Trump's attorneys got their first chance to question Michael Cohen on his second day of testimony and took aim at his credibility.
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.
More than a third of LGBTQ young people seriously considered suicide in the past year, the survey found.
One of San Francisco's oldest LGBTQ bars, on Saturday the Stud re-opened it's doors for the first time in four years at a new location.
A California judge has tentatively sided with state Attorney General Rob Bonta in a dispute over the title of a proposed ballot measure that would require school staff to notify parents if their child asks to change gender identification at schools.
The WNBA tipped off its 28th season with the Las Vegas Aces seeking a three-peat, Caitlin Clark debuting and the league growing faster than ever.
A young San Francisco artist's exhibit at the Museum of African Diaspora explores the issues surrounding beauty and skin color within the Black community.
Steve Buscemi was allegedly punched in the face in Manhattan's Kips Bay neighborhood last week.
Aussie psych-rock outfit and Tame Impala affiliates Pond return to the Bay Area for this show at the New Parish Wednesday night.
Nemo beat Croatia's Baby Lasagna to the title by winning the most points from a combination of national juries and viewers around the world.
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.
Lauren Toms reports on how the San Francisco Giants is catering to its kayaking fans at McCovey Cove. Website: http://kpix.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kpixtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KPIXtv
Sara Donchey reports on the latest at the encampment at UC Berkeley. Website: http://kpix.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kpixtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KPIXtv
CBS News Bay Area evening edition headlines for Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Watch full newscasts streamed at the CBS SF website or on the app. Website: http://kpix.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kpixtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KPIXtv
Lauren Toms reports on the fight to combat social isolation. Website: http://kpix.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kpixtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KPIXtv
Team coverage of the new ways the government can intervene in mental health crises, and why the governor singled out San Mateo County for praise. (5/14/2024)
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.
A Redwood City man changed his career path - from running Stanford's Digital Language Lab to going to beauty school - so he could serve his community in a way that's more meaningful to him.
A San Francisco-based nonprofit created by this week's Jefferson Award winner helps low income and unsheltered people stay healthy and feel good about themselves.
A trio who's led the way in keeping San Mateo County beaches clean is launching a whale of an idea for Earth Day.
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.