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California's Republican voters have warmed up to the surging candidacy of Rick Santorum but also are expressing growing dissatisfaction with the field of GOP presidential candidates, according to a Field Poll released Wednesday.
As concerns mount over the practicality and affordability of California's plan to build a high-speed rail system, Governor Jerry Brown has emerged as the most vocal cheerleader.
A local Bay Area vocational school is being shutdown by state regulators amidst claims of misleading students with false accreditation. The move follows a recent CBS 5 ConsumerWatch investigation.
An Alameda County supervisor who is married to California's treasurer is undergoing treatment for substance abuse problems after being assaulted in a motel room.
The late freezes and untimely rain impacted California's wine grape harvest just as vintners had predicted: The 2011 harvest was down 7 percent to 3.3 million tons.
The Environmental Protection Agency Thursday signed a rule that bans cruise ships and other large vessels from dumping sewage within three miles of California's coastline. Federal officials estimate this will cut down on 90 percent of the sewage that could previously be discharged legally.
Attorneys for the prisoners in Tennessee, Arizona and California argued before U.S. District Judge Richard Leon on Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration is breaking the law by allowing sodium thiopental to be imported since it is an unapproved drug manufactured overseas.
The five largest mortgage lenders have reached a $26 billion settlement with 49 states, including California, over foreclosure abuses that took place after the housing bubble burst, federal officials announced Thursday.
The planned purchase of Taleo extends Oracle's offerings in the growing arena of cloud-based computing. With such an approach, businesses don't run software and services in-house, but rather send those tasks to remote locations operated by companies such as Oracle and IBM Corp.
California and New York have agreed to sign the proposed settlement between U.S. states and the nation's biggest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses, according to a source close to the negotiations.
California's Assembly Speaker John Perez wants to cut college costs by two thirds by cutting corporate tax breaks to raise a billion dollars each year. Perez is introducing his plan in Sacramento Wednesday.
It appears increasingly likely that Gov. Jerry Brown will have competition in November when he asks California voters to raise taxes.
Jerry Brown's proposal mandates that public employees pay at least half the cost of their retirement plans.
A federal appeals court ruled in San Francisco today that a video recording of a 2010 trial on the constitutionality of Proposition 8 must remain sealed.
California voters are an increasingly independent bunch, with a record number declining to join either the Democrats or the Republicans, with latest tally holding especially bad news for the California GOP.
Workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities throughout California have gone on strike over contract disputes involving Kaiser's mental health and optical employees.
California air regulators have unanimously passed sweeping auto emission standards that include a mandate to have 1.4 million electric and hybrid vehicles on state roads by 2025.
State health officials are crediting extensive public outreach for a dramatic drop in whooping cough cases last year, after a deadly year in 2010.
Buoyed by seasonal hiring, California's unemployment rate dipped slightly in December to 11.1 percent, down two-tenths of a percent from the previous month.
Mounting costs and skepticism about high speed rail should not dissuade California from connecting all of its major cities with bullet trains, Gov. Jerry Brown said.
Gov. Jerry Brown is giving Californians a choice between higher taxes and deeper cuts to public schools and other core functions of government in delivering the second State of the State address of his latest term.
The state will be the first in the nation to target so-called vampire battery chargers that suck up and waste as much as 60 percent of the electricity they consume.
The recession has taken a measurable toll on California, which has slipped behind Brazil to become the ninth-largest economy in the world.
Republicans are urging the California Supreme Court to dump newly drawn state Senate districts planned for this year's election.
The annual survey by the California Healthcare Foundation released Wednesday found 64 percent of employers in the state currently offer health plans, down from 73 percent in 2010.
A federal judge on Tuesday brought and end to a 23-year court monitoring of the Oakland Police Department, the longest federal oversight of a police department in the nation's history.
SFO's Runway 1R officially reopened after a six-month closure for repaving and other improvements. Alongside the FAA's revised procedures on parallel landings, SFO said it expects fewer potential delays.
An elderly pedestrian died from injuries suffered after being struck by a vehicle in San Francisco on Monday, authorities said.
A watchdog report on wasteful consultant travel became a real-world test of the so-called high-speed rail "anti-transparency" law.
The shooting happened on the transfer platform just before 5:30 p.m. Monday and stemmed from an argument between two people, BART said.
A federal judge on Tuesday brought and end to a 23-year court monitoring of the Oakland Police Department, the longest federal oversight of a police department in the nation's history.
SFO's Runway 1R officially reopened after a six-month closure for repaving and other improvements. Alongside the FAA's revised procedures on parallel landings, SFO said it expects fewer potential delays.
An elderly pedestrian died from injuries suffered after being struck by a vehicle in San Francisco on Monday, authorities said.
The shooting happened on the transfer platform just before 5:30 p.m. Monday and stemmed from an argument between two people, BART said.
Two people have died and three others were injured following a crash involving seven vehicles in East Palo Alto during the Tuesday morning commute, officials said.
SFO's Runway 1R officially reopened after a six-month closure for repaving and other improvements. Alongside the FAA's revised procedures on parallel landings, SFO said it expects fewer potential delays.
An elderly pedestrian died from injuries suffered after being struck by a vehicle in San Francisco on Monday, authorities said.
Two people have died and three others were injured following a crash involving seven vehicles in East Palo Alto during the Tuesday morning commute, officials said.
San Francisco on Tuesday unveiled new privacy protections for automated license plate reader cameras, limiting access to data and requiring strict documentation for data searches.
Median rents in San Francisco again reached record highs in September, with the price of a one-bedroom almost closing the gap with New York City, a new report finds.
A federal judge on Tuesday brought and end to a 23-year court monitoring of the Oakland Police Department, the longest federal oversight of a police department in the nation's history.
The shooting happened on the transfer platform just before 5:30 p.m. Monday and stemmed from an argument between two people, BART said.
An elderly couple in the San Francisco Bay Area is suspected of shooting and killing their son-in-law in the parking lot of a community park over the weekend.
According to BART police, the shooting happened on the transfer platform, and three people were injured. The victims were taken to the hospital, and their conditions were not yet known, police said.
A teenager was hospitalized after he was wounded in a shooting linked to a house party in Antioch over the weekend, police said.
Authorities in Monterey County have arrested a man on multiple charges after he allegedly brandished a firearm at a party and ran from deputies after he was found at a separate gathering over the weekend.
The three-day conference at the San Jose Marriott Hotel is bringing in people from all over the country to talk about homelessness from a very personal perspective.
Three hikers on California's Central Coast who became stranded over the weekend were rescued by helicopter following a mission that took several hours, officials said.
Police in Palo Alto have launched an investigation and urged residents to be aware of their surroundings Friday after multiple mountain lion sightings in the community.
An investigation is underway after a bicyclist was killed in a hit-and-run collision in East San Jose early Friday morning, police said.
A San Francisco Bay Area firefighter who presumably drowned after he was arrested and charged for possessing child sexual abuse material may have staged his own death, federal authorities said.
Sausalito's Marinship district has decades-old land-use rules that tightly restrict development, designed in part to protect the area from intensive development, but they've also made it hard for existing businesses to adapt, a business owner said.
A man clinging to rocks on the Sonoma County shoreline and getting battered by the surf was rescued by a sheriff's helicopter crew on Sunday, the sheriff's office said.
A convicted sex offender in Solano County was taken into custody last week for an alleged parole violation after his ankle monitor stopped working, police said.
The storms haven't arrived yet, but Marin County workers are already racing to prepare for what could be a challenging winter.
Center Kristaps Porzingis will be out indefinitely for the Golden State Warriors with a health issue, and general manager Mike Dunleavy offered no further details but wasn't ready to call this a long-term concern.
Cecilia Zandalasini scored 22 points, Gabby Williams added 20 and four assists, and the second-seeded Golden State Valkyries ran away from the Dallas Wings by halftime for a 104-80 win in the teams' playoff opener.
The San Francisco 49ers keep losing key players to injuries and still keep winning, thanks in large part to the play of quarterback Brock Purdy.
Last year's playoff game was held at SAP Center in San Jose. So, as the crowd arrived at Chase Center for Sunday's first playoff game at the venue, Valkyries fans said there is something unique about the "Ballhalla" experience.
Alex Call hit a run-scoring double with two outs in the 10th inning and Andy Pages added a three-run homer as the Los Angeles Dodgers ended their season with their 100th victory, a 5-1 decision over the San Francisco Giants that completed a three-game sweep.
A federal judge on Tuesday brought and end to a 23-year court monitoring of the Oakland Police Department, the longest federal oversight of a police department in the nation's history.
The shooting happened on the transfer platform just before 5:30 p.m. Monday and stemmed from an argument between two people, BART said.
Two people have died and three others were injured following a crash involving seven vehicles in East Palo Alto during the Tuesday morning commute, officials said.
A San Francisco Bay Area firefighter who presumably drowned after he was arrested and charged for possessing child sexual abuse material may have staged his own death, federal authorities said.
San Francisco on Tuesday unveiled new privacy protections for automated license plate reader cameras, limiting access to data and requiring strict documentation for data searches.
President Trump and the leaders of the country's largest artificial intelligence companies have signed a set of voluntary safety standards, as calls mount for tighter guardrails on powerful AI technology.
OpenAI says its new agent can schedule meetings, make travel arrangements, debug computer systems and handle other workplace tasks.
OpenAI said it has chosen not to release its new GPT-6.1 Astra model due to concerns about safety, as industry leaders warn of the risks posed by ever-more-powerful AI technology.
The meeting comes as some industry leaders warn about the risks of rapid AI advancements.
The dinner comes as Amodei has warned about the "exponential growth" of AI, and has called for safeguards on the industry, which President Trump has rejected.
The CDPH said an unvaccinated passenger who later was hospitalized with measles traveled around the country by train and bus, eventually moving through at least six California counties before heading to Denver, Colorado.
Officials in the East Bay city of Berkeley have issued a warning to residents and doctors amid a rising number of bats that have tested positive for rabies.
Patients taking the first-of-a-kind pill, called daraxonrasib, lived for a median of 13.2 months compared with 6.7 months for chemotherapy recipients, studies showed.
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
Multiple unpermitted street food vendors in Fairfield were cited for violations last week after inspections found them selling food unsafe for public consumption, authorities said.
President Trump and the leaders of the country's largest artificial intelligence companies have signed a set of voluntary safety standards, as calls mount for tighter guardrails on powerful AI technology.
The Supreme Court said in an unsigned order it will hear arguments in the challenge to the Trump administration's third-country-removal policy in December.
The ban is part of a broader package targeting law enforcement equipment, immigration detention and federal enforcement practices.
The United States has banned nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian imports, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles.
Sausalito's Marinship district has decades-old land-use rules that tightly restrict development, designed in part to protect the area from intensive development, but they've also made it hard for existing businesses to adapt, a business owner said.
Two men suspected of assaulting a student at San Jose State University over the weekend are facing hate crime charges, prosecutors said.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in supporting a federal lawsuit challenging Idaho's law that bars transgender students from using school restrooms and other sex-separated facilities that align with their gender identity.
Berlin police did not identify the suspect, who is still at large, by name but said that he was already known to police and is from Berlin.
LGBTQ+ communities have significantly higher rates of unemployment than the general population. Kelsi Thorud reports on how the City of Oakland is empowering LGBTQ+ job seekers during Pride Month.
The fallout over the opposition by a handful of San Francisco Giants players against the team's Pride Night celebrations has prompted an investigation of Major League Baseball by the Trump administration.
Dennis Haskins, who played Principal Richard Belding in "Saved By The Bell," has died. He was 75.
Madonna won Artist of the Year while Taylor Swift became the most awarded artist in Video Music Awards history.
Challenging documentaries and award-winning features are among the offerings of New York City's leading cinema event, starring such luminaries as Pedro Pascal, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore and Godzilla.
Fans of the late Dolly Parton gathered to celebrate her life in San Francisco's Union Square on Friday as part of California's first-ever Dolly Parton Day.
Taylor Swift announced her new single "Patient Zero" earlier this week, saying she has been "impatiently waiting" to announce that it will be out on Friday.
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.
Kevin Ko reports.
John Ramos reports.
A federal judge ended the government monitoring of the Oakland Police Department and the reforms mandating following a negotiated settlement IN 2003 from the infamous "Riders" corruption scandal.
Katie Nielsen reports.
Zoe Mintz reports.
In 2025, KPIX is moving to a new community service award: the CBS News Bay Area Icon Award. Submit nominations for an outstanding community hero at kpix.com/icon.
It's the most wonderful time of the year for a South Bay woman who has played Mrs. Claus for more than 40 years for the children of North San Jose's Alviso District.
For residents of the Oakland Hills, the prospect of another wildfire always remains a concern. This week's Jefferson Awards winner has made it his mission to make the hills and other high-risk areas safer.
In East Palo Alto -- where state education numbers show more than nine in ten public school students are low income and more than half are English learners -- many are finding hope and connection at the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula.
This week's Jefferson Award winner is Army veteran who continues to live a life of service into his 80s, by feeding hundreds of San Francisco families a week.
A Bay Area man who overcame tremendous obstacles to excel in school has made it his mission to gear up other students for success in the classroom and in life.
For Students Rising Above scholar Josh Collins it took moving across the country to realize the value of his Bay Area family.
Samir Hooker had to grow up fast after his stepfather was shot dead 12 years ago. Now he is watching over his mom and sister while attending UC Berkeley.
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.