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Carnaval San Francisco returns in full festival splendor this weekend, which this year will include an official cannabis garden for the first time. Jocelyn Moran explains organizers are trying to set a new culture with the way weed is perceived in the community.
California's governor on Friday proposed a temporary tax cut for the state's struggling legal marijuana industry, but businesses said it falls far short of what's needed to revive a foundering pot economy.
The Apothecarium Dispensary and Gallery in San Francisco is showcasing multi-million dollar art on sale to help fund lifestyle and wellness cannabis brand James Henry SF. BR talks to co-founders James Victor and J. Henry Alston about the art, their brand, and the challenges facing black-owned cannabis businesses.
Chef Joseph Leroy Paire III tells BR's Jan Mabry how he is putting his own brand of Southern comfort food and cannabis pairings on the menu at the Limewood Restaurant inside the Claremont Hotel. For more info visit limewoodrestaurant.com.
On the 4/20 marijuana holiday, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District announced it is seeking to shut down a cannabis business's nine diesel generators in East Oakland.
A surge in robberies at licensed cannabis shops, including dozens of pot businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area, is fueling a renewed push in congress for federal banking reforms that would make the cash-dependent stores a less appealing target for robbers.
On the eve of 4/20, the Walnut Creek City Council gave the city's recreational cannabis users something to celebrate by unanimously voting to legalize delivery of adult-use, non-medical marijuana within city limits.
The Walnut Creek City Council on Tuesday will decide whether to allow expanded cannabis sales within city limits.
Police in Fairfield red-tagged a commercial building and a residence last week for being too dangerous for occupation or habitation after more than 1,500 marijuana plants were discovered being grown illegally inside the two buildings.
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors approved a temporary tax cut of 45 percent for cannabis cultivation through June 30, 2023.
Two suspects were arrested after police surprised a group of thieves breaking into a cannabis business in Oakland, late Monday night.
Beset by the woes of California's cannabis industry, the scion of Benziger Family Winery who has become a cannabis farmer said he is "just squeaking by," despite his well-known family name and the kudos his cannabis products have garnered.
The Concord City Council will decide Tuesday whether to allow a cannabis storefront retail operation to move into the Park & Shop strip mall.
In 2016, there was much celebration as California voters approved Proposition 64, legalizing recreational marijuana. But now, advocates say the cannabis industry has fallen on hard times and in his budget presentation on Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom pledged his support to try to save it.
San Leandro police shot and injured two people during a confrontation with an armed suspect following a burglary at a cannabis dispensary Sunday night.
Gov. Gavin Newsom heard from cannabis companies Friday, who warned the governor that the state's pot industry faced collapse, and that immediate tax cuts and a rapid expansion of retail outlets were needed to steady the shaky marketplace.
Small marijuana growers in California say state and local regulations are tilted against them.
San Francisco supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved an ordinance to suspend the city's Cannabis Business Tax through the end of next year, in an attempt to curb illegal marijuana sales.
A cannabis distributor was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday while making a delivery to a dispensary in Martinez, police said.
Voters in Santa Cruz overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure this week that increases the amount of money from a city cannabis tax that goes to a Children's Fund for childcare and youth programs and makes that fund permanent.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a consumer alert Thursday about illegal, potent cannabis edibles for sale that are being packaged to look like snack and candy brands that are popular with children and teens.
The Marin County District Attorney's Office has dropped or reduced 514 marijuana charges in the county prior to 2017, the office announced Monday.
The Board of Supervisors this week unanimously approved a measure from Mayor London Breed to make changes to the city's three-year-old cannabis equity program.
At its meeting Tuesday, the Walnut Creek City Council said it wants to allow recreational cannabis sales for adults, at least as far as delivery goes, but will hold off until next year before taking up the issue of storefront sales within city limits.
A state-of-the-art pot facility is breaking ground in the East Bay. A developer has begun construction of a cannabis mega-campus on the North Richmond coastline, just off the Richmond Parkway.
Three people died and at least two others suffered major injuries when an Amtrak train collided with a vehicle just outside Brentwood Sunday afternoon.
A vegetation fire Sunday afternoon burning on the west side of Albany Hill has prompted an evacuation order for residents in several neighborhoods.
BART and SF Muni will be providing special service to help people get to and from the 52nd annual San Francisco Pride Parade Sunday.
Pride parades kicked off in San Francisco and around the country Sunday with glittering confetti, cheering crowds, fluttering rainbow flags and newfound fears about losing freedoms won through decades of activism.
Authorities are seeking the public's help in identifying a suspect involved in a sexual battery and robbery case that occurred in downtown Redwood City early Sunday.
Abortion rights supporters protested for the second straight day across the San Francisco Bay Area.
The San Francisco Dyke March marked its 30th anniversary Saturday, returning to the streets of the Mission for the first time in two years.
The Jan. 6 House select committee hearings haven't changed how people view that day's events.
Firefighters stopped the forward progress of a vegetation fire burning in the Altamont area of Livermore Saturday night.
A 4.1-mile-long laser beam Rainbow flag with bright colors shined across San Francisco this weekend, symbolizing inclusivity and human rights throughout the city.
What may have started as a friendly game of baseball turned into a brawl in Manteca on Friday night.
Among the many Pride events around the Bay Area, there was a block party Saturday in the Castro District for families.
Thousands of people arrived at San Jose City Hall for a protest march on Saturday one day after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Cal Fire crews worked to contain a 1-acre blaze in rugged terrain between Los Gatos and Santa Cruz Saturday afternoon.
A fire in Alamo Saturday afternoon burned three acres and damaged a residence.
Three people died and at least two others suffered major injuries when an Amtrak train collided with a vehicle just outside Brentwood Sunday afternoon.
A vegetation fire Sunday afternoon burning on the west side of Albany Hill has prompted an evacuation order for residents in several neighborhoods.
Pride parades kicked off in San Francisco and around the country Sunday with glittering confetti, cheering crowds, fluttering rainbow flags and newfound fears about losing freedoms won through decades of activism.
Authorities are seeking the public's help in identifying a suspect involved in a sexual battery and robbery case that occurred in downtown Redwood City early Sunday.
Abortion rights supporters protested for the second straight day across the San Francisco Bay Area.
Pride parades kicked off in San Francisco and around the country Sunday with glittering confetti, cheering crowds, fluttering rainbow flags and newfound fears about losing freedoms won through decades of activism.
Authorities are seeking the public's help in identifying a suspect involved in a sexual battery and robbery case that occurred in downtown Redwood City early Sunday.
Abortion rights supporters protested for the second straight day across the San Francisco Bay Area.
The San Francisco Dyke March marked its 30th anniversary Saturday, returning to the streets of the Mission for the first time in two years.
A 4.1-mile-long laser beam Rainbow flag with bright colors shined across San Francisco this weekend, symbolizing inclusivity and human rights throughout the city.
Three people died and at least two others suffered major injuries when an Amtrak train collided with a vehicle just outside Brentwood Sunday afternoon.
A vegetation fire Sunday afternoon burning on the west side of Albany Hill has prompted an evacuation order for residents in several neighborhoods.
Firefighters stopped the forward progress of a vegetation fire burning in the Altamont area of Livermore Saturday night.
A fire in Alamo Saturday afternoon burned three acres and damaged a residence.
The West Oakland BART station reopened Saturday afternoon after being closed due to police activity but a major residual delay remained in the wake of the closure.
Thousands of people arrived at San Jose City Hall for a protest march on Saturday one day after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Cal Fire crews worked to contain a 1-acre blaze in rugged terrain between Los Gatos and Santa Cruz Saturday afternoon.
Police in San Jose gave new details Friday about a standoff earlier this week that ended in a deadly officer-involved shooting of a double-murder suspect.
The Stanford University campus is returning to normal operations after a three-day power outage led to the cancellation of summer classes and other events.
A brush fire is burning in the southern part of Santa Clara County near Morgan Hill Friday afternoon, according to authorities.
Authorities in Marin County say that the forward progress of a vegetation fire that led to limited evacuations has been halted.
The Petaluma Police Department has introduced a new Safe Space program along with a campaign to promote Pride in the city.
Sonoma County has reached an agreement after more than a year of negotiations with two labor associations to expand independent oversight of law enforcement, the county announced Thursday.
Paul Pelosi, the husband of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, was charged Thursday with driving under the influence in connection with a Napa crash he was in last month.
A federal court convicted two members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club in Sonoma County and a third Angel from Fresno on charges of murder in aid of racketeering this week.
The Cincinnati Reds routed the San Francisco Giants 10-3 on Sunday.
Seth Brown hit his 10th home run of the season, Nick Allen had two RBIs and the A's defeated the Royals 5-3 on Sunday.
The San Francisco Giants backed their ace with four home runs in a 9-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday.
The Oakland Athletics beat the Kansas City Royals 9-7 on Saturday.
The Cincinnati Reds stopped their seven-game losing streak Friday night with a 4-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants.
Authorities are seeking the public's help in identifying a suspect involved in a sexual battery and robbery case that occurred in downtown Redwood City early Sunday.
What may have started as a friendly game of baseball turned into a brawl in Manteca on Friday night.
The West Oakland BART station reopened Saturday afternoon after being closed due to police activity but a major residual delay remained in the wake of the closure.
A Richmond resident was shot to death in the 1700 block of Broadway in Oakland early Saturday morning, police said.
San Francisco police are asking the public to help find the suspect in a June 12 sexual assault in the city's Balboa Park neighborhood.
Scientists have discovered the world's largest bacterium -- visible to the naked eye -- in a Caribbean mangrove swamp.
The fate of Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani is now in the hands of a jury that will weigh charges he joined Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes in an elaborate fraud that jarred Silicon Valley.
A Black former Tesla worker who said he was harassed and faced with "daily racist epithets," including the "N-word," while working at the company's Fremont plant has rejected a substantially reduced award of $15 million in his lawsuit.
Meta, Facebook's parent company, agreed on Tuesday to change the social media site's algorithms to prevent discriminatory housing advertising and subject itself to court oversight to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice.
A jury on Tuesday is scheduled to hear closing arguments in the trial of Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, the former Theranos official charged with teaming up with his secret lover, CEO Elizabeth Holmes, to carry out a massive fraud.
Three women impacted by abortion told KPIX 5 they are now terrified for other women who may need them.
Juul can continue to sell its electronic cigarettes, at least for now, after a federal appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked a government ban.
The Supreme Court Friday overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, which guaranteed a woman's right to abortion. The ruling sends the issue back to the states. CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford reports.
Three weeks after implementing an indoor mask mandate due to rising COVID-19 cases, health officials in Alameda County said the requirement will be dropped as of Saturday, June 25.
San Jose's ban on flavored tobacco will go into effect on July 1, prohibiting the sale of any tobacco products with an artificial flavor, natural flavor, aroma, herb or spice.
Abortion rights supporters protested for the second straight day across the San Francisco Bay Area.
The San Francisco Dyke March marked its 30th anniversary Saturday, returning to the streets of the Mission for the first time in two years.
The Jan. 6 House select committee hearings haven't changed how people view that day's events.
Rallies and demonstrations were held across the Bay Area Friday to protest the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade thereby ending constitutional protection for abortion.
The Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated decision in a case involving a Mississippi law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
Pride parades kicked off in San Francisco and around the country Sunday with glittering confetti, cheering crowds, fluttering rainbow flags and newfound fears about losing freedoms won through decades of activism.
Reed Cowan and Imani Rupert-Gordon put Sunday's SF Pride Parade in context with discussion of recent Supreme Court ruling on abortion rights and how it could lead to a battle over same-sex marriage (6-26-2022)
The parents of Matthew Shepard and Bay Area children read the Harvey Milk Hope speech he gave on the steps of San Francisco City Hall during Gay Freedom Day 44 years ago on June 25, 1978.
The San Francisco Dyke March marked its 30th anniversary Saturday, returning to the streets of the Mission for the first time in two years.
A 4.1-mile-long laser beam Rainbow flag with bright colors shined across San Francisco this weekend, symbolizing inclusivity and human rights throughout the city.
Founding members Steve Lukather and David Paich, and longtime singer Joseph Williams, talk about a song that became a worldwide sensation – one of a string of hits that Toto has had over the last 40+ years.
With her sultry voice and precise stagecraft, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, known for hits like "Is That All There Is" and "Fever," exerted an alluring command over her audience as a writer-vocalist of jazz, pop and torch songs.
Two legends of modern roots music share the stage in San Francisco Tuesday when guitar giant Dave Alvin and Texas songwriter Jimmie Dale Gilmore bring their current West Coast tour to the Chapel.
One of the leading lights of the modern American doom-metal scene, Windhand delivers it's hypnotic downtuned epics at the Starline Social Club in Oakland Monday night.
This Sunday afternoon show at the Bottom of the Hill pays tribute to SF musician and sound engineer Lars Savage with sets from friends and former bands Terry Gross, Hot Fog and more.
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.
Lauren Toms reports on the crowds along Market Street attending the 2022 SF Pride Parade (6-26-2022)
Reed Cowan and Imani Rupert-Gordon put Sunday's SF Pride Parade in context with discussion of recent Supreme Court ruling on abortion rights and how it could lead to a battle over same-sex marriage (6-26-2022)
The parents of Matthew Shepard and Bay Area children read the Harvey Milk Hope speech he gave on the steps of San Francisco City Hall during Gay Freedom Day 44 years ago on June 25, 1978.
KPIX 5 Meteorologist Darren Peck says there's a cooling trend in the coming week's forecast (6-26-2022)
Da Lin reports on the second day of protests over the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade abortion ruling (6-26-2022)
A two-time breast cancer survivor who takes cancer support to the next level is this week's Bay Area Jefferson Award winner.
In the Ingleside, a Bay Area pastor inspires his community with a nationally lauded black history collage.
More than 70 percent of African Americans do not have a will or other estate planning document, according to a Caring.com 2022 survey. An Oakland attorney is changing that.
When Dr. Jason Wong hands his patients a prescription, they often go to a unique pharmacy on the Peninsula where food is medicine.
A San Jose man has been helping low-income families plant seeds of self-sufficiency as they learn to grow their own home gardens.
It's not uncommon for Students Rising Above Scholars to have close knit, loving families. Ronvel Sharper is no exception.
This week's Students Rising Above scholar knows how devastating it can be when someone you love is struggling with their mental health and the importance of also taking care of yourself.
All human beings have experienced trauma at some point in their lives, but not everyone asked themselves to take a step back, and shift focus to others, and what they may be going through.
A gifted Bay Area student who faced cancer as a teenager and won has taken on a new role in the fight against the devastating disease.
For more than 20 years, KPIX 5 has been telling the stories of Students Rising Above scholars. Now, SRA scholar Brenda Vasquez is leaning into her own story-telling skills as she travels the world.