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A 23-year-old man is accused of fatally shooting his grandmother and his father's girlfriend and firing shots at his father on Christmas as the family gathered to exchange gifts in California's San Joaquin Valley.
One San Jose man has spread Christmas cheer to an entire neighborhood for decades, even during the pandemic.
On Christmas Eve there were plenty of last-minute shoppers taking advantage of late closing hours at the shops in Serramonte Center.
As the omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to spread across the Bay Area, many residents are taking precautions in the final days before Christmas, even as new treatments become available.
The Glide Foundation will hold its annual celebrations on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in San Francisco, helping distribute hundreds of holiday meals to people living on the streets.
Forget looking for the toy of the year, the hottest item flying off of shelves this season are COVID-19 tests, with the omicron variant spreading and Christmas just days away.
A large decaying cyclone off the West Coast triggered showers in the San Francisco Bay Area and snow flurries in the Sierra early Wednesday, the first of several storm fronts predicted for the region stretching through the Christmas holiday weekend.
A wave of low pressure systems out in the Pacific edged every closer to Northern California early Tuesday, carrying with it the threat of intense rain and several feet of new snow for the Sierra well into the Christmas holiday weekend.
Five days out from Christmas and a lot of to-do lists are changing as omicron COVID variant concerns loom over everything from travel plans to holiday parties.
With Christmas just a week away, many people are left wondering if they will be able to safely gather with family and friends. Health experts are really stressing the importance of vaccinations and boosters.
Shoppers spent Sunday at retail destinations in downtown Walnut Creek on the final weekend before Christmas, making final purchases and bringing welcomed economic relief from the pandemic blues for small businesses.
It's common knowledge that children can send letters addressed to Santa Claus via the United States postal service but what happens after they arrive?
The holiday rush is on at San Francisco International Airpirt, but some are feeling uneasy amid warnings of omicron cases spreading across the country and the globe.
'Christmas Takes Flight' features a holiday battle of wills between pilot Jenny Beckett and Matt Hansen, a number-crunching CEO who purchases Jenny's family-owned, regional airline.
CBS presents the 23rd Annual A Home For The Holidays At The Grove , featuring uplifting stories of adoption from foster care and raising awareness of this important social issue.
State public health officials urged families to get vaccinated against COVID-19 this week as part of a "week of action" prior to Thanksgiving and other holidays that include large gatherings.
For the first time since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, Santa Claus is back in Palo Alto the way most of us remember him.
This year's U.S. Capitol Christmas tree hails from Northern California, and Bay Area residents will get a chance to see it Monday as part of its three-week, multi-state trek to Washington, D.C.
These gag gifts from Uncommon Goods, Amazon and more will make Mom and Dad laugh
A suspect was arrested Tuesday in connection with two trash fires set in downtown Petaluma on Christmas Day, police said.
The spread of COVID in California is likely to increase this week as people travel and gather for holidays like Christmas and New Year's Eve, the state's Health and Human Services secretary said Tuesday.
Police in Petaluma are searching for suspects connected to suspicious dumpster fires and commercial burglaries in the city's downtown over the Christmas holiday.
A 62-year-old Sacramento woman died after a crash on Christmas night on Interstate Highway 80 in Fairfield, the California Highway Patrol said Monday.
With a surge in coronavirus cases, the information you need to know is coming fast and furious. Here's a roundup of the COVID stories we've published over the last 48 hours.
Around the Bay Area, holiday light installations -- both amateur and professional -- illuminate the night in the final days of an exceptionally dark year.
Officials in the Tamalpais Union High School District must complete a series of steps to ensure nondiscrimination after a federal investigation determined they violated Title IX rules by inadequately responding to allegations of sex-based harassment in 2017 and 2018.
Fairfield police shot and injured a suspect after he fired multiple shots at officers during and after a pursuit that ended in Vallejo late Sunday, when the tires of suspect's vehicle were punctured by a spike strip.
One person is dead after a two-vehicle accident near the westbound Bay Bridge toll plaza around 9 p.m. Sunday.
Drought and warming temperatures - conditions favored by the insects - have fanned the outbreaks.
An Amtrak train running through unincorporated Brentwood smashed into a car containing five people Sunday afternoon killing three and leaving an adult and a child hospitalized.
Following Sunday's San Francisco Pride parade, the party continued into the night in the Castro District.
As San Francisco resumed its joyful Pride parade after a two-year pandemic hiatus, another event, blocks away, honored the spirit of the original Pride movement.
San Francisco Pride organizers shut down a musical performance on the main stage at Sunday's Pride celebration after they said someone near the stage sprayed Mace into the crowd.
The Jan. 6 House select committee hearings haven't changed how people view that day's events.
While the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade disappointed a majority of Californians, others are celebrating and hope for further restrictions.
A Bay Area photographer is paying to place his images on billboards to show what he says is evidence the Golden State has lost its identity.
A vegetation fire Sunday afternoon burning on the west side of Albany Hill prompted an evacuation order for residents in several neighborhoods. They were lifted before 8 p.m.
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.
Officials in the Tamalpais Union High School District must complete a series of steps to ensure nondiscrimination after a federal investigation determined they violated Title IX rules by inadequately responding to allegations of sex-based harassment in 2017 and 2018.
Residents living east of San Jose should prepare for smoky skies on Monday and Tuesday when Cal Fire plans to conduct a 73-acre prescribed burn in Joseph D. Grant County Park.
Fairfield police shot and injured a suspect after he fired multiple shots at officers during and after a pursuit that ended in Vallejo late Sunday, when the tires of suspect's vehicle were punctured by a spike strip.
Drought and warming temperatures - conditions favored by the insects - have fanned the outbreaks.
One person is dead after a two-vehicle accident near the westbound Bay Bridge toll plaza around 9 p.m. Sunday.
Following Sunday's San Francisco Pride parade, the party continued into the night in the Castro District.
As San Francisco resumed its joyful Pride parade after a two-year pandemic hiatus, another event, blocks away, honored the spirit of the original Pride movement.
San Francisco Pride organizers shut down a musical performance on the main stage at Sunday's Pride celebration after they said someone near the stage sprayed Mace into the crowd.
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.
One person is dead after a two-vehicle accident near the westbound Bay Bridge toll plaza around 9 p.m. Sunday.
A Bay Area photographer is paying to place his images on billboards to show what he says is evidence the Golden State has lost its identity.
An Amtrak train running through unincorporated Brentwood smashed into a car containing five people Sunday afternoon killing three and leaving an adult and a child hospitalized.
A vegetation fire Sunday afternoon burning on the west side of Albany Hill prompted an evacuation order for residents in several neighborhoods. They were lifted before 8 p.m.
Firefighters stopped the forward progress of a vegetation fire burning in the Altamont area of Livermore Saturday night.
Residents living east of San Jose should prepare for smoky skies on Monday and Tuesday when Cal Fire plans to conduct a 73-acre prescribed burn in Joseph D. Grant County Park.
While the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade disappointed a majority of Californians, others are celebrating and hope for further restrictions.
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.
Officials in the Tamalpais Union High School District must complete a series of steps to ensure nondiscrimination after a federal investigation determined they violated Title IX rules by inadequately responding to allegations of sex-based harassment in 2017 and 2018.
Fairfield police shot and injured a suspect after he fired multiple shots at officers during and after a pursuit that ended in Vallejo late Sunday, when the tires of suspect's vehicle were punctured by a spike strip.
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.
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.
Fairfield police shot and injured a suspect after he fired multiple shots at officers during and after a pursuit that ended in Vallejo late Sunday, when the tires of suspect's vehicle were punctured by a spike strip.
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.
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.
Residents living east of San Jose should prepare for smoky skies on Monday and Tuesday when Cal Fire plans to conduct a 73-acre prescribed burn in Joseph D. Grant County Park.
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.
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.
Following Sunday's San Francisco Pride parade, the party continued into the night in the Castro District.
As San Francisco resumed its joyful Pride parade after a two-year pandemic hiatus, another event, blocks away, honored the spirit of the original Pride movement.
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.
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.
A nonprofit is making its way through the Bay Area providing veterinary care for pets living with their owners in the streets and vulnerable communities. Jocelyn Moran reports.
Thousands of people hit the streets of San Franncisco for the Pride parade Sunday, with many out early to get a good spot and soak in the atmosphere that's been missing for the last two years. Lauren Toms reports.
Fairfield police shot and injured a suspect after he fired multiple shots at officers during and after a pursuit that ended in Vallejo late Sunday, when the tires of suspect's vehicle were punctured by a spike strip.
Monday 6 am news update from KPIX 5
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a high school coach who sought to exercise his religious freedom by saying prayers on the 50-yard-line after games. CBS News' Lana Zak and Vladimir Duthiers report on the breaking news with CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford and Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson.
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.