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Authorities have now identified all four people killed in the McKinney Fire in Siskiyou County, the largest and the deadliest fire in California this year.
A vegetation fire broke out and has burned several acres north of Clearlake in Lake County on Friday afternoon.
The head of the Drug Enforcement Administration said two Mexican cartels are behind the deadly influx of fentanyl in the U.S.
An Orinda man is facing a felony hit-and-run charge after allegedly hitting a bicyclist in Pinole, prosecutors said Friday.
Police initially found what they described as older human remains including full skeletons that they determined were legally obtained, but authorities say others were stolen from a mortuary in Arkansas and sold.
Death Valley National Park's most popular sites will reopen to the public on Saturday, two weeks after massive flash-flooding.
California's unemployment rate fell to 3.9% in July, the lowest point since 1976 as employers in the the nation's most populous state continued to defy expectations.
A convicted murderer who confessed to killing 13 people in the early 1970s died of natural causes at age 75 in state prison on Thursday.
The California high speed rail governing board approved the final environmental documents Thursday for the San Jose-to-San Francisco section, completing clearance of the project's Northern California leg.
Bay Area pilots are speaking out on flight safety and proper procedure after a deadly midair plane crash in Watsonville Thursday. Mary Lee reports. (8-19-22)
Young people contributed to a fundraising documentary for The Community Photobooth that deals with young people's mental health concerns. Reed Cowan reports. (8-19-22)
Chief meteorologist Paul Heggen has the Bay Area weekend forecast. (8-19-22)
Facing a monkeypox vaccine shortage, the FDA authorized a new dosing strategy last week. Reed Cowan reports. (8-19-22)
The city Oakland is asking for more time after Gov. Newsom threatened to withhold money over how they handled a homeless encampment. Da Lin reports. (8-19-22)
KPIX 5's Shawn Chitnis catches up with the former EDD director to break down the latest job report.
KPIX 5's Gianna Franco talks to Cody Jang, Associate Director of Community Engagement for the San Francisco-Marin food bank on how valuable volunteers are and how you can sign up.
KPIX 5's Anne Makovec sits down with CBS News Senior Travel Adviser, Peter Greenberg, to discuss the latest in travel, including both domestic and international flight prices.
KPIX 5's Shawn Chitnis talks to host of Comedy Centrals 'Hell of a Week' Charlamagne Tha God on what's to come for season 2. The weekly late-night show premieres Thursday, July 28th 11:30 P.M. ET/PT
KPIX 5's Meteorologist Darren Peck gives this week's Weather Extra on the sea surface temperatures and what this could mean for another La Niña.
KPIX 5's Gianna Franco talks to Infectious Disease Physician from Stanford Health Care Dr. Jake Scott, on the latest COVID booster shots that could target specific variants.
KPIX 5's Amanda Starrantino talks to UC Berkeley Professor Dr. Olaf Groth about the potential implications of the CHIPS Act and how the $280 billion semiconductor bill that could impact you.
As the preseason begins, Vern Glenn sat down for an extended interview with the 49ers new QB-1: Trey Lance. (8-12-22)
The California high speed rail governing board approved the final environmental documents Thursday for the San Jose-to-San Francisco section, completing clearance of the project's Northern California leg.
Through Feb. 2023, San Francisco's deYoung Museum will host an international touring exhibition that pairs ancient objects with cutting-edge technology: "Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs."
Bomb squad personnel on Thursday evening have rendered a historic military shell and grenade found inside a Palo Alto home safe.
A beloved Bay Area music institution is getting forced out of its South San Francisco practice studio after a massive rent hike.
Two people were hospitalized following a fire at a home in Pacifica on Thursday afternoon, according to the North County Fire Authority.
An Orinda man is facing a felony hit-and-run charge after allegedly hitting a bicyclist in Pinole, prosecutors said Friday.
A convicted murderer who confessed to killing 13 people in the early 1970s died of natural causes at age 75 in state prison on Thursday.
CHP officers pulled a severely injured woman from a fiery crash on Interstate Highway 580 in Livermore, the agency announced Friday.
A person was found dead after apparently falling off the pier at Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, police said Friday.
A woman was sexually assaulted on a Bay Area Rapid Transit train in the East Bay on Wednesday morning and her suspected attacker has been arrested, officials said.
A convicted murderer who confessed to killing 13 people in the early 1970s died of natural causes at age 75 in state prison on Thursday.
An authenticated Apple-1 Computer prototype from the mid-1970s has sold at auction for nearly $700,000.
A 46-year-old man working as a Santa Clara County Juvenile Hall counselor has been sentenced to six months of home detention for assaulting a 17-year-old boy while on the job last year, prosecutors announced Friday.
As the weeks countdown to the sentencing of Elizabeth Holmes and Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani in the notorious Silicon Valley Theranos fraud case, federal prosecutors have issued a public plea and set up an online form for victim impact statements.
It was a typical Thursday afternoon for Mitch Valdez as he worked at the Napa Auto Parts store near the Watsonville airport. Then the building began to rumble.
A vegetation fire broke out and has burned several acres north of Clearlake in Lake County on Friday afternoon.
A 33-year-old San Rafael man was in custody for an alleged attempted sexual assault on a Marin County trail after a 5-hour manhunt Thursday.
A Santa Rosa man who operated a drug house has been sentenced to 16 years in state prison after two men died from overdoses at his residence.
A Marin County man is facing a domestic violence charge after he was accused of attacking his wife during a trip to Yosemite National Park earlier this month, federal prosecutors said.
Police in San Rafael are searching the south side of San Rafael Hill Thursday afternoon for a man suspected in an attempted sexual assault.
Isreal Laviene holds a very special place with us at KPIX 5. In early 2021, we helped connect him to his dream school, Morehouse College in Atlanta.
Today, Richard "Big Rich" Bougere and Danielle Banks manage a busy household that includes a baby daughter, but a decade ago the native San Franciscans were nurturing hip hop careers. Then they noticed a terrible trend.
Officers were at Gilman Playground in San Francisco's Hunters Point neighborhood on a different kind of call on Tuesday. They were there to support and participate in a new program, "Batter Up, Guns Down."
As the Bay Area baked in the hot, summer sun Tuesday, some residents were working hard out in the dangerous heat.
It's a labor of love and back-to-school tradition for cancer survivor Dee Johnson. Every year, she brings smiles to the faces of Oakland school children during her annual backpack giveaway
The buses bound for the Twin Cities left southwestern Minnesota at 6:30 a.m. sharp, carrying the biggest Trey Lance fans that San Francisco's young quarterback will ever meet.
A man accused of attacking a 49ers fan outside of SoFi Stadium earlier this year appeared in court Wednesday and entered a "not guilty" plea.
San Francisco 49ers safety Jimmie Ward pulled his hamstring and might not be ready to return for the season opener on Sept. 11 in Chicago.
The 49ers gathered on the field at Levi's Stadium Sunday evening not to play ball but for a special cause: to tackle education and empowerment for Bay Area youth.
Danny Gray's big-play touchdown catch from Trey Lance was the highlight from San Francisco's exhibition opener, though it was the performance of another rookie that could prove even more important to the 49ers.
Although the recent outbreak of monkeypox cases seem to primarily spread through sexual contact between men, a recent case documented at Stanford University raises questions about transmissibility.
Contra Costa Health Services recently announced that an increase in monkeypox vaccine supply enabled the county to open online appointment booking without a waiting list.
Researchers studying two men who caught the virus in Paris said "symptom onset in both patients and, subsequently, in their dog suggest human-to-dog transmission."
For the past few weeks, people who've wanted a monkeypox vaccine in San Francisco have often had to line up and wait. That wasn't the case on Saturday.
People who are at high risk for monkeypox can now get vaccinated for the virus via intradermal injection after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the technique.
A San Francisco resident came out of isolation this week after he says he got monkeypox from a quick interaction with a friend in public, saying he wants this case to bring more attention to the outbreak in general but also that the virus can spread beyond sexual contact with partners.
With supplies replenished by a shipment of 10,000 doses, a line spanning several blocks long began forming in the predawn hours Tuesday outside the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital monkeypox vaccine clinic.
State Sen. Scott Wiener led the first meeting of the California Legislature's new Senate Select Committee on Monkeypox on Tuesday afternoon, blasting how federal officials have handled the outbreak..
A local infectious disease expert on Monday said she supports the FDA's idea of splitting doses of the monkeypox vaccine to get the shots to more people.
California's unemployment rate fell to 3.9% in July, the lowest point since 1976 as employers in the the nation's most populous state continued to defy expectations.
The California high speed rail governing board approved the final environmental documents Thursday for the San Jose-to-San Francisco section, completing clearance of the project's Northern California leg.
Gov. Gavin Newsom this week announced a new plan to overhaul California's mental health system for children.
Danville will likely not have a Town Council election in November after no one stepped up to challenge incumbents Karen Stepper and Robert Storer, whose terms are up this year.
California would have what proponents call the nation's most sweeping law to seal criminal records if Gov. Gavin Newsom signs legislation sent to him Thursday by state legislators.
Authorities have now identified all four people killed in the McKinney Fire in Siskiyou County, the largest and the deadliest fire in California this year.
A vegetation fire broke out and has burned several acres north of Clearlake in Lake County on Friday afternoon.
An Orinda man is facing a felony hit-and-run charge after allegedly hitting a bicyclist in Pinole, prosecutors said Friday.
Death Valley National Park's most popular sites will reopen to the public on Saturday, two weeks after massive flash-flooding.
California's unemployment rate fell to 3.9% in July, the lowest point since 1976 as employers in the the nation's most populous state continued to defy expectations.
Gov. Gavin Newsom this week announced a new plan to overhaul California's mental health system for children.
Although the recent outbreak of monkeypox cases seem to primarily spread through sexual contact between men, a recent case documented at Stanford University raises questions about transmissibility.
The head of the nation's top public health agency is shaking up the organization with the goal of making it more nimble.
Contra Costa Health Services recently announced that an increase in monkeypox vaccine supply enabled the county to open online appointment booking without a waiting list.
The head of the nation's top public health agency is shaking up the organization with the goal of making it more nimble.
An Orinda man is facing a felony hit-and-run charge after allegedly hitting a bicyclist in Pinole, prosecutors said Friday.
A convicted murderer who confessed to killing 13 people in the early 1970s died of natural causes at age 75 in state prison on Thursday.
A 46-year-old man working as a Santa Clara County Juvenile Hall counselor has been sentenced to six months of home detention for assaulting a 17-year-old boy while on the job last year, prosecutors announced Friday.
A woman was sexually assaulted on a Bay Area Rapid Transit train in the East Bay on Wednesday morning and her suspected attacker has been arrested, officials said.
Police in Antioch arrested a man suspected of shooting at several vehicles in a neighborhood Thursday, prompting a shelter-in-place at a nearby school.
Imagine getting a bunch of tax documents telling you and the IRS about a large sum of money you made when, in fact, you never received a penny of it.
Many in the Bay Area want their Ukrainian relatives to find safe haven here but the obstacles they're facing are formidable.
The state of emergency that San Francisco Mayor London Breed declared for the Tenderloin last December has a lot of people talking but no one is paying closer attention than the people who live there.
One of the hottest real estate markets is not in the Bay Area. In fact, it's not even in our world. It's at your fingertips in an alternate reality known as the metaverse.
A group of Bay Area scientists have unraveled some surprising secrets about post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD which one day could lead to better therapies and treatments.
While many San Francisco residents have struggled to get the monkeypox vaccine this week. health officials shared good news early Friday evening.
A month after a group of men associated with a right-wing hate group disrupted a drag queen storytelling event, the San Lorenzo Library is responding with a show of community strength and support.
Transgender people and their allies are enraged over a decision to book Dave Chappelle, for four shows beginning Tuesday night, at the Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa.
As cases of monkeypox continue to rise in the Bay Area, health officials in Santa Clara County have expanded eligibility of the vaccine after receiving several hundred doses.
The number of monkeypox cases is increasing in the Bay Area and nationwide prompting a call for action from members of the gay community.
Rapper turned pop-punk star Machine Gun Kelly played the Oakland Arena with support from Avril Lavigne and Willow on July 19.
Alternative-rock heroes Pearl Jam offered up an epic set of fan favorites and classic-rock covers at the Oakland Arena Thursday.
Kinetic Aussie punk outfit Amyl & the Sniffers played the second of two packed, sold-out shows at the Great American Music Hall Saturday night.
A fox got its head stuck in a steel pipe at a construction site near Oracle Park in San Francisco and fire crews used a saw to get the terrified creature safely freed.
British singer Dua Lipa brought her "Future Nostalgia Tour" to the SAP Center in San Jose Sunday night, playing songs from that now two-year-old album along with other hits.
Today, Richard "Big Rich" Bougere and Danielle Banks manage a busy household that includes a baby daughter, but a decade ago the native San Franciscans were nurturing hip hop careers. Then they noticed a terrible trend.
Nationwide, about half of all foster kids drop out of high school and fewer than 3% make it through four years of college. A Bay Area woman is helping reverse that trend in the lives of hundreds of Bay Area young people every year.
He's unofficially known as a "go-to" person if you need to know anything about disaster preparedness at home.
For more than 36 years, Reymundo Espinoza has led an effort to expand affordable health care for some of the poorest people living in the South Bay.
Peninsula resident Delfarib Fanaie won the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award for service to local communities thanks to her efforts fighting childhood poverty.
Isreal Laviene holds a very special place with us at KPIX 5. In early 2021, we helped connect him to his dream school, Morehouse College in Atlanta.
Many of us dream big about life, jobs and travel. Robert Green is living those dreams and more.
Giving back to others should be a priority for all of us. It is for Jennifer Juarez Yoc, who looks to faith and family as inspiration to serve others.
Sharit Cárdenas López spent their childhood watching their mother struggle to support a family on less than what many of us spend on luxuries every year.
In 2019, the CDC reported that 60 percent of adults have experienced at least one incident of significant childhood trauma. Bianca Yarborough is one of those adults, but she's turning that pain into positive motivation for helping others.