
Oakland-Based Clorox Warns Disinfecting Wipe Shortage To Continue Into 2021
Clorox, the world's biggest maker of disinfectant cleaning materials, said consumers will continue to see a shortage of its wipes and other products into 2021.
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Clorox, the world's biggest maker of disinfectant cleaning materials, said consumers will continue to see a shortage of its wipes and other products into 2021.
Sales at Bay Area-based Clorox jumped 22% in its most recent quarter with millions of people growing more vigilant about cleaning routines in the pandemic.
Apple issued new gadget-cleaning guidance as the novel coronavirus outbreak spreads.
U.S. stocks tumbled once again on Friday, as coronavirus fears continue to mount, with Bay Area tech stocks taking a significant hit.
The battle over a proposed Costco in Pleasanton could soon be heating up once again as the city continues to move ahead in the approval process.
Clorox is trying to clean up a mess on social media after a tweet the company made. The Oakland-based company joked about the new multi-cultural emoji icons, but many didn't find it funny.
Oakland-based Clorox said sales of its disinfectant wipes jumped 20 percent last month, with fears over Ebola virus and the start of flu season perking up interest for Americans to stock up on supplies.
An East Bay inventor claims he has developed a permanent stain repellent.
Putting their money where their rooting interest is, some major East Bay companies say they'll support building a new stadium to keep the A's from leaving Oakland. In fact, they're even willing to buy the team to keep its current owners from moving it to San Jose.
The Clorox Company has agreed to pay nearly $200,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleged that it shortchanged consumers by only filling specialty bleach bottles to 80 percent of their capacity.
Clorox Co.'s net income plummeted nearly 40 percent in the fiscal first quarter, largely because last year's period included the benefit of selling a unit.
Severe budget cuts have led the Oakland Police Department to solicit outside donations to pay for new touch screen computers that have been replacing older laptops in its patrol vehicles.
Clorox Co. is turning down billionaire investor Carl Icahn's offer to buy the company, saying the price of $76.50 per share is too low.
Activist investor Carl Icahn is offering to take Oakland-based Clorox Co. private in a deal that values the consumer products maker at about $10.2 billion.
Clorox Co.'s third-quarter net income fell more than 8 percent as it wrestled with higher costs and a fall-off in some of its well-known brands.
Shares of consumer products company Clorox Corp. jumped Friday after billionaire investor Carl Icahn disclosed a 9.08 percent stake in the company.
Consumer products company Clorox Co. says its fiscal second-quarter earnings slid 81 percent on a charge to write down the value of its Burt's Bees business and it cut its full-year earnings outlook.
Clorox Corp., maker of Hidden Valley Ranch salad dressing, cleaning products and Kingsford charcoal, said its first-quarter net income jumped 37.6 percent on a gain from the sale of its auto-care business. But revenue slipped because shoppers are still shying away from purchases.
Clorox Co. plans to shift hundreds of jobs from its headquarters in Oakland to a new site in Pleasanton.
A pair of brush fires caused a power outage affecting thousands of residents in the city of Bisbane, Monday night, according police.
A vegetation fire burned next to Interstate Highway 580 east of Castro Valley and was approaching homes on the western edge of Dublin Monday before firefighters stopped forward progress.
Here's a list of the Bay Area school districts and campuses that have or will be welcoming students back to school this month.
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."
On the one-year anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan after U.S. forces withdrew their mission in Kabul, a Bay Area refugee recalls his family's flight for freedom.
A homeowner who has lived at the same intersection in East San Jose for decades says cars have crashed onto his property at least 23 times. After all this time, he's still waiting for help from local officials to try and make the street in front of him less dangerous.
As students return to classrooms across the San Francisco Bay Area on Monday, they will be greeted by sweltering temperatures as a heat wave begins blanketing the region.
A shooting near Lake Merritt in Oakland left one person injured Monday afternoon.
The heat wave hitting the Bay Area early this week comes along with a new forecast on how hot days might stack up in a changing climate.
Almost all of the evacuation orders have been downgraded to warnings.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued a Spare the Air Alert for Tuesday due to smog and smoke impacts from fires burning in Northern California.
San Francisco health officials on Monday announced that residents at Laguna Honda will have their Medicare/Medicaid payments extended another two months to Nov. 13, delaying additional transfers and discharges.
An Oakland 18-year-old and two juveniles aged 13 and 11 years old have been arrested following the brutal assault and robbery of a 70-year-old Asian American woman in San Francisco.
The body of a 20-year-old Oakland man was recovered Sunday morning from the Sacramento River near Rio Vista, according to the Solano County Sheriff's Office.
A Santa Rosa man has been arrested for felony firearms possession and suspected drug dealing.
Fire crews have stopped the spread of a vegetation fire burning in a wilderness area west of Vacaville Monday afternoon, according to authorities.
A police officer was hospitalized for minor injuries following a collision in Fremont on Monday morning involving multiple vehicles, including a police car.
Homicide detectives released a photo Monday of the vehicle connected to an April San Francisco shooting that left two victims dead and two others wounded and announced a $50,000 reward in the case.
A pair of brush fires caused a power outage affecting thousands of residents in the city of Bisbane, Monday night, according police.
A vegetation fire burned next to Interstate Highway 580 east of Castro Valley and was approaching homes on the western edge of Dublin Monday before firefighters stopped forward progress.
On the one-year anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan after U.S. forces withdrew their mission in Kabul, a Bay Area refugee recalls his family's flight for freedom.
A homeowner who has lived at the same intersection in East San Jose for decades says cars have crashed onto his property at least 23 times. After all this time, he's still waiting for help from local officials to try and make the street in front of him less dangerous.
As students return to classrooms across the San Francisco Bay Area on Monday, they will be greeted by sweltering temperatures as a heat wave begins blanketing the region.
A pair of brush fires caused a power outage affecting thousands of residents in the city of Bisbane, Monday night, according police.
San Francisco health officials on Monday announced that residents at Laguna Honda will have their Medicare/Medicaid payments extended another two months to Nov. 13, delaying additional transfers and discharges.
An Oakland 18-year-old and two juveniles aged 13 and 11 years old have been arrested following the brutal assault and robbery of a 70-year-old Asian American woman in San Francisco.
Homicide detectives released a photo Monday of the vehicle connected to an April San Francisco shooting that left two victims dead and two others wounded and announced a $50,000 reward in the case.
A 23-year-old San Francisco man was being held on murder charges Monday after his relatives died of wounds suffered in a weekend shooting inside their Bayview District home.
A vegetation fire burned next to Interstate Highway 580 east of Castro Valley and was approaching homes on the western edge of Dublin Monday before firefighters stopped forward progress.
As students return to classrooms across the San Francisco Bay Area on Monday, they will be greeted by sweltering temperatures as a heat wave begins blanketing the region.
A shooting near Lake Merritt in Oakland left one person injured Monday afternoon.
A police officer was hospitalized for minor injuries following a collision in Fremont on Monday morning involving multiple vehicles, including a police car.
A 19-year-old hiker suffered major injuries Sunday after he slipped and tumbled as much as 60 feet down a cliff while climbing Sentinel Rock on Mount Diablo.
A homeowner who has lived at the same intersection in East San Jose for decades says cars have crashed onto his property at least 23 times. After all this time, he's still waiting for help from local officials to try and make the street in front of him less dangerous.
Every day, Jürgen Hooper, brings the character of Zazu to life in the North American touring stage production of Disney's The Lion King.
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.
One person was killed in a vehicle crash in San Jose early Saturday morning in the city's Rose Garden neighborhood.
Police in San Jose are investigating an early morning shooting Saturday that left one victim with non life threatening injuries, according to authorities.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued a Spare the Air Alert for Tuesday due to smog and smoke impacts from fires burning in Northern California.
The body of a 20-year-old Oakland man was recovered Sunday morning from the Sacramento River near Rio Vista, according to the Solano County Sheriff's Office.
A Santa Rosa man has been arrested for felony firearms possession and suspected drug dealing.
Fire crews have stopped the spread of a vegetation fire burning in a wilderness area west of Vacaville Monday afternoon, according to authorities.
A wrong-way driver on Highway 29 in Napa crashed into 4 other vehicles late Saturday night, killing one person and sending four others to the hospital.
Evan Longoria hit a two-run homer and Alex Cobb pitched six solid innings to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 6-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night.
Marcus Semien homered, rookie Bubba Thompson had a tiebreaking RBI single and Texas won hours after manager Chris Woodward was fired, beating the Oakland 2-1 on Monday night.
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.
Not sure there will be much good will toward men when the NBA champion Golden State Warriors square off against their heated rivals -- the Memphis Grizzlies -- as part of the league's Christmas Day lineup.
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.
A shooting near Lake Merritt in Oakland left one person injured Monday afternoon.
An Oakland 18-year-old and two juveniles aged 13 and 11 years old have been arrested following the brutal assault and robbery of a 70-year-old Asian American woman in San Francisco.
A Santa Rosa man has been arrested for felony firearms possession and suspected drug dealing.
Homicide detectives released a photo Monday of the vehicle connected to an April San Francisco shooting that left two victims dead and two others wounded and announced a $50,000 reward in the case.
A 23-year-old San Francisco man was being held on murder charges Monday after his relatives died of wounds suffered in a weekend shooting inside their Bayview District home.
Elon Musk has sold nearly $7 billion worth of shares in Tesla as the billionaire gets his finances in order ahead of his court battle with Twitter.
A Nebraska mother and her teenage daughter are facing criminal charges following the teen's abortion in April in a case where police obtained their Facebook messages about the abortion through a search warrant, according to published reports.
A former Twitter employee has been convicted of failing to register as an agent for Saudi Arabia and other charges after accessing private data on users critical of the kingdom's government.
Drop in online prices, driven by discounts on electronics and apparel, raises hopes inflation may be turning the corner.
Starting next year, San Jose State University will offer students the ability to earn online degrees in five undergraduate majors.
San Francisco health officials on Monday announced that residents at Laguna Honda will have their Medicare/Medicaid payments extended another two months to Nov. 13, delaying additional transfers and discharges.
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."
Lyons Magnus is recalling more than 80 types of drinks over possible contamination with bacteria that causes botulism.
The top executive at Pfizer, a leading producer of COVID-19 vaccines, has tested positive for the virus and says he is experiencing very mild symptoms.
Kaiser Permanente mental health professionals in Northern California are set to begin what organizers call an "open-ended strike" Monday
San Francisco health officials on Monday announced that residents at Laguna Honda will have their Medicare/Medicaid payments extended another two months to Nov. 13, delaying additional transfers and discharges.
The FBI and DHS shared the internal intelligence memo with state, local, tribal and territorial law enforcement officials nationwide late Friday night.
Back in the Bay Area, Vice President Kamala Harris held a press event in Oakland's Chabot Space and Science Center Friday. Among the people to join her at the event was Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Gov. Newsom joined Vice President Kamala Harris at theChabot Space and Science Center to highlight California's innovative space industry. Da Lin reports. (8-12-22)
The debate over so-called safe-injection sites in California has come to a crucial turning point with Senate Bill 57 landing on Governor Gavin Newsom's desk and awaiting his signature or veto.
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.
Every day, Jürgen Hooper, brings the character of Zazu to life in the North American touring stage production of Disney's The Lion King.
George Clinton and his Parliament-Funkadelic crew brings the funk maestro's ongoing farewell tour to the Bay Area for two shows this weekend.
Reaching the age of 25 is usually a sign of hitting adulthood, a signal to put away all childish things. Not for "South Park" and stars Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman.
Two leading lights of heavy psychedelia share the stage at the Bottom of the Hill Tuesday night when Telekinetic Yeti and White Hills bring their tour to San Francisco.
Noted local songwriter Tom Heyman brings his band the Irregulars to Zeigeist for a free afternoon show Sunday that also features Bay Area roots rockers Sweet Chariot.
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.
On the one-year anniversary of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover, a Bay Area Afghan refugee talks to Reed Cowan about his family's flight from their homeland.
KPIX 5 Evening News headlines for Monday, Aug. 15, 2022.
Shawn Chitnis reports on a dangerous San Jose intersection where a man has barricaded his home after being struck by car crashes 23 times. (8/15/2022)
The U.S. Justice Department is fighting back against attempts to unseal an affidavit related to the FBI raid on former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, saying the information that lawmakers want is highly classified.
Paul Heggen on the hot weather that will grip a large portion of the Bay Area into Tuesday evening (8-15-2022)
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.
A San Francisco woman has helped keep alive a vibrant art community in the Hunters Point Shipyard neighborhood.
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.
Alex Arango is using his musical talents to tell his personal story and honor his cultural heritage. So when you hear him play, it's hard to believe Arango couldn't read music when he joined his high school's band.