California Reopens: Cases Rising As Delta Variant Spreads Among Unvaccinated
California broadly reopened its economy barely two weeks ago and since then an especially contagious coronavirus variant has spread among the unvaccinated.
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California broadly reopened its economy barely two weeks ago and since then an especially contagious coronavirus variant has spread among the unvaccinated.
Homicides in California jumped 31% last year, making it the deadliest year since 2007, and Black people accounted for nearly one-third of all victims, according to reports released Thursday.
Hate crimes in California have reached their highest level in more than a decade, particularly in the Asian community which has seen hate crimes more than double in 2020, according to new data unveiled Wednesday by Attorney General Rob Bonta.
Several new California laws are set to take effect Thursday, when the new fiscal year begins.
The $262.6 billion proposal now on its way to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk would restore spending cuts made last year when state officials thought they were facing a record budget deficit because of the coronavirus.
California will restrict state-funded travel to Florida, Montana, West Virginia, Arkansas, and North Dakota over anti-LGBTQ legislation recently enacted in those states, Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday.
Officials with Google on Monday confirmed the protocols the company will be following for initial reopening at its California offices in July ahead of the anticipated full return of employees in September.
Former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel, a staunch anti-war advocate who read the Pentagon Papers into the record on the floor of the Senate, died at his home in Monterey County, California.
The widely-expected recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom has been formally initiated after a final report on verified signatures, the California Secretary of State announced Wednesday.
San Jose State University can now count itself among one of the main drivers of California's economy, the fifth largest in the world, according to a new report.
State lawmakers are scrambling to hammer out a deal to extend California's eviction moratorium before the June 30th deadline.
Attorney General Rob Bonta launched new anti-human trafficking teams to apprehend perpetrators and support survivors on Friday amid an alarming increase in labor and sexual exploitation statewide.
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Thursday enabling revisions to the state's COVID-19 public health order after regulators approved revised worksite pandemic rules allowing fully vaccinated employees the same freedoms as when they are off the job, including ending most mask requirements.
County officials from across California are weighing in when they will be ready to hold the recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom. They say they can't do it until at the earliest mid-September.
California's county elections officials are urging the lieutenant governor not to schedule the expected recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom before mid-September.
From small neighborhood bakeries to big-box grocery stores, large numbers of Bay Area customers Tuesday continued to wear face masks even though they were no longer required by state law.
Standing in the entrance to Universal Studios as families poured into the amusement park free of COVID restrictions, Governor Gavin Newsom marked the end of such rules Tuesday and ushered in the state's full reopening, with the celebration punctuated by picking the winners of a $1.5 million cash giveaway to vaccinated Californians.
At the stroke of midnight Tuesday the majority of the lifestyle restrictions put into place to stem the deadly tide of the COVID-19 pandemic were lifted, but there was confusion over those that remain. The majority of the questions seem to center on wearing masks.
The gradual reopening of California has been going on for months, but in 48 hours our COVID-19 world will look a lot different.
California is urging its citizens to help jump-start the economy on the eve of the state's reopening with a call to spend their vacation dollars in the state, while announcing help for the state's tourism industry and a new vacation incentive for people to get vaccinated.
The federal government has reached an agreement to restore nearly $1 billion in funding for California's troubled bullet train, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced.
As the pandemic wanes, the hope is that Californians will be able to return to a more normal life but will there be a return to a more normal weight?
It will cost California counties an estimated $215 million to stage an expected recall election this year that could oust Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office, state analysts said Thursday.
More than a dozen mayors from the California's largest cities issued a statement in support of a $1 billion annual budget allocation for homelessness.
California public health officials on Wednesday announced that the state would follow CDC masking guidelines when the California fully reopens on June 15 with vaccinated residents being allowed to go without masks in most circumstances.
Two people were killed and several others were injured in a shooting at the Seattle Center on Sunday night, the Seattle Fire Department said.
Mandatory evacuations are in place as the Dove Fire burns 166 acres in Tuolumne County near Sonora and Jamestown.
The shooting happened at a party in unincorporated Morgan Hill that had been promoted through social media, the sheriff's office said.
California is one of five places on Earth that has a Mediterranean climate. The other four are the Mediterranean Sea, Central Chile, the western Cape of South Africa, and western and southern Australia.
Cars and trucks lined up all the way down the street to take part in what was being called Oakland's "Bulky Block Party." The city set up a space for residents at a corporation yard to bring large items for free disposal.
Two people were killed and several others were injured in a shooting at the Seattle Center on Sunday night, the Seattle Fire Department said.
Mandatory evacuations are in place as the Dove Fire burns 166 acres in Tuolumne County near Sonora and Jamestown.
The shooting happened at a party in unincorporated Morgan Hill that had been promoted through social media, the sheriff's office said.
California is one of five places on Earth that has a Mediterranean climate. The other four are the Mediterranean Sea, Central Chile, the western Cape of South Africa, and western and southern Australia.
Cars and trucks lined up all the way down the street to take part in what was being called Oakland's "Bulky Block Party." The city set up a space for residents at a corporation yard to bring large items for free disposal.
California is one of five places on Earth that has a Mediterranean climate. The other four are the Mediterranean Sea, Central Chile, the western Cape of South Africa, and western and southern Australia.
Soaring health insurance premiums are forcing some small business owners to make difficult decisions about employee coverage, staffing and their future.
The San Francisco Zoo's flock of 41 Chilean flamingos welcomed four new chicks in the last week, marking the first successful hatchings by this flock of flamingos in nine years, the zoo announced on Thursday.
A Ukrainian woman living in the U.S. was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at San Francisco International Airport, in an incident caught on video.
The recent closure of an immigration court in San Francisco is adding to the strain on the Northern California immigration court system and on immigrants trying to navigate the legal system.
Cars and trucks lined up all the way down the street to take part in what was being called Oakland's "Bulky Block Party." The city set up a space for residents at a corporation yard to bring large items for free disposal.
Named the Vargas Fire, it has burned 10 acres as of 2:30 p.m.
A man with a gun and duffel bag held two people as hostages at an assisted-living facility, the Fremont Police Department said.
Bay Area rapper Mistah F.A.B. was arrested in Oakland after police said he was in possession of thousands of dollars in illegal fireworks.
Lanes of Interstate 238 in San Leandro were blocked for hours on Friday after a big rig carrying tens of thousands of pounds of fruit jackknifed early Friday morning.
The shooting happened at a party in unincorporated Morgan Hill that had been promoted through social media, the sheriff's office said.
About 150 people gathered in downtown Mountain View Saturday evening as part of a nationwide day of action honoring two men shot and killed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers earlier this month.
Head coach Kyle Shanahan will have limited participation at the beginning of the San Francisco 49ers' training camp after he was injured in a crash. The team said his injuries are not life-threatening.
A man and a 16-year-old boy were arrested after separate paintball shooting assaults in San Jose last week, police said Friday.
Authorities on California's Central Coast said they have determined the cause of death of a Southern California woman who was found dead in the Big Sur wilderness earlier this year.
Authorities in Solano County are investigating after a woman's body was found near Interstate 80 in Vallejo Monday afternoon.
An independent filmmaker plans to use downtown Santa Rosa as the backdrop for a scene depicting active immigration enforcement.
The Napa Planning Commission recently directed city staff to move forward with restrictions on new and expanded drive-thru facilities. Existing drive-thrus, like the Napa In-N-Out and McDonald's, would remain.
A man suspected in a carjacking died following a shootout with officers in Vallejo Monday afternoon, police said.
A shooting was reported in Vallejo on Monday afternoon, and police activity was concentrated in a portion of the city's north side.
Head coach Kyle Shanahan will have limited participation at the beginning of the San Francisco 49ers' training camp after he was injured in a crash. The team said his injuries are not life-threatening.
The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office said Romo was pulled over around 6 p.m. on Thursday.
The Sixers' wild offseason continued Friday when they added four-time NBA champion LeBron James.
The San Jose Earthquakes are partnering with an AI-based business-to-business platform to feature the company's logo on player uniforms and drive business growth.
Antoine Griezmann scored in his MLS debut, David Brekalo and Iván Angulo each scored his first goal of the season, and Orlando City beat the San Jose Earthquakes 4-0 in the first game for both teams since before the World Cup break.
Two people were killed and several others were injured in a shooting at the Seattle Center on Sunday night, the Seattle Fire Department said.
The shooting happened at a party in unincorporated Morgan Hill that had been promoted through social media, the sheriff's office said.
Justine Vanderschoot was 17 when she was brutally murdered by her boyfriend and his roommate in Placer County, California. More than 20 years later, her family continues to fight for justice.
A man with a gun and duffel bag held two people as hostages at an assisted-living facility, the Fremont Police Department said.
A man and a 16-year-old boy were arrested after separate paintball shooting assaults in San Jose last week, police said Friday.
Artificial intelligence is at the center of a contract fight between Kaiser Permanente and some of its mental health employees.
The San Jose Earthquakes are partnering with an AI-based business-to-business platform to feature the company's logo on player uniforms and drive business growth.
With the first day of school approaching, the district announced it would implement a full phone ban to curb the negative impacts of cell phones in its schools.
ChatGPT maker OpenAI says its artificial intelligence system hacked into another AI company on its own in what the company called an "unprecedented cyber incident."
A data center project in Pittsburg is causing a revolt at city council meetings, with residents again packing the city council chambers on Monday to voice their opposition.
Soaring health insurance premiums are forcing some small business owners to make difficult decisions about employee coverage, staffing and their future.
The case accuses OpenAI of practicing medicine without a license and failing to safeguard users seeking health advice.
A generic version of the allergy medication Zyrtec is under recall across the U.S. over cross-contamination concerns.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
A Monterey County company is now at the center of a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak. The Washington Post is reporting that lettuce from Taylor Farms, a company headquartered in Salinas, may have supplied contaminated lettuce to Taco Bell.
A substance found in the work van of a Mexican immigrant killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has tested negative for illicit drugs, the top prosecutor in Houston said Friday.
A Ukrainian woman living in the U.S. was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at San Francisco International Airport, in an incident caught on video.
The recent closure of an immigration court in San Francisco is adding to the strain on the Northern California immigration court system and on immigrants trying to navigate the legal system.
A measure that seeks to reverse the 2024 decision to close the Great Highway in San Francisco to motor vehicles for the creation of a park will go before voters in the upcoming November election, officials said.
President Trump cracked jokes at the redo of the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Friday night, after an armed assailant upended April's dinner.
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.
Major League Baseball has warned players about writing on their uniforms after San Francisco starter Landen Roupp and two other pitchers added Bible verses to their Pride Night caps on Friday night.
Many LGBTQ+ Pride events across the country have had to scale back or even cancel due to political and financial reasons. San Francisco was on the brink. Kara St. Cyr reports.
Bay Area rapper Mistah F.A.B. was arrested in Oakland after police said he was in possession of thousands of dollars in illegal fireworks.
Paramount Skydance on Friday said it would delay the deal until as late as June 2027.
An independent filmmaker plans to use downtown Santa Rosa as the backdrop for a scene depicting active immigration enforcement.
Kaylee Hottle, an Atlanta-born actress known for her role in the "Godzilla" film franchise, has died following a crash in Maryland.
The ruling comes after a coalition of 12 states sued to block the deal, arguing it would harm consumers and the entertainment industry.
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.
With Darren Peck.
The nonprofit plans to turn the property into affordable housing through a rarely used county land-sale program.
One person was killed, and six were injured after a shooting at a large party in Morgan Hill Saturday, the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office said.
Zoe Mintz reports.
with Zoe Mintz.
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.