Some Bay Area Communities See Hopeful COVID-19 Decline
Encouraging infection-rate trends in San Francisco prompted the mayor to suggest that an easing of COVID restrictions may come sooner rather than later.
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Encouraging infection-rate trends in San Francisco prompted the mayor to suggest that an easing of COVID restrictions may come sooner rather than later.
California's unemployment rate edged up nearly 1 percentage point last month as the state shed more than 52,000 jobs led by the pandemic-hobbled restaurant and lodging industries.
San Mateo County sued a local yoga studio last week over its refusal to comply with state public health orders issued to decrease the spread of COVID-19. On Friday, a judge granted the county a restraining order against the studio, closing it temporarily.
Contra Costa County officials announced their goal Friday to distribute 1 million coronavirus vaccine doses by the Fourth of July.
California, once hailed as a model for combating the COVID pandemic before the virus surge made it one of the worst states in terms of new cases and deaths, now ranks last in COVID vaccinations.
Martinez city leaders approved an offering of grants of up to $5,000 to qualifying local businesses this week as part of a program that would also beef up efforts to market those businesses and make improvements in the city's commercial areas.
Officials in San Francisco announced Friday the opening of the city's first mass vaccination site at City College, as communities ramp up distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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 24 hours.
The coronavirus vaccine rollout hasn't progressed as rapidly as hoped and Alameda County officials admit it may feel as if the county is moving at a slower rate than its neighbors.
Some top state health officials are saying it could take until June just to vaccinate people 65 and older in California, adding to the COVID-19 frustrations Bay Area health departments are currently facing.
Health officials in Sonoma and Marin counties on Thursday announced new steps being taken to distribute the COVID vaccine as quickly as possible, despite ongoing issues with the available supply of doses.
Alameda County Sheriff's deputies and Oakland police officers called on county health officials to take action in distributing the COVID-19 vaccine to law enforcement.
Santa Rosa Junior College announced Thursday that most learning and student services would continue remotely through at least summer 2021, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Roughly 20 percent of renter households in California are behind on rent payments, with low-income residents and people of color being hardest hit, according to new research.
The District Attorney's office in San Mateo County issued a warning to residents Thursday about scammers promising COVID-19 vaccines.
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 24 hours.
Action on the COVID-19 pandemic from President Joe Biden can't come soon enough for Bay Area doctors, as California faces issues with its vaccine rollout and a new threat from a variant of the coronavirus.
The California Department of Public Health said healthcare providers can once again distribute a batch of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine that faced scrutiny over reports of allergic reactions.
Health officials in San Francisco on Wednesday said the city intends to vaccinate virtually every resident in the city by June in spite of vaccine dose supply limitations.
A quorum of SF supervisors held an emergency meeting to discuss the city's vaccine rollout which thus far has been marred by confusion, and a lack of vaccine. They also expressed a lot of optimism.
Monterey County health officials recently learned that the L452R coronavirus variant of COVID-19 was identified locally following a genomic sequencing investigation by the California Department of Public Health.
Former California Governor and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger reprised a couple famous lines of dialog before and after receiving a dose of the COVID vaccine Wednesday.
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 24 hours.
City Halls in San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and California's capitol building were lit up in amber on the eve of the Biden/Harris inauguration as part of a nationwide tribute to more than 400,000 Americans who died of COVID-19.
To borrow a favorite phrase from Governor Gavin Newsom, San Francisco is struggling to "meet the moment" when it comes to its rollout of the COVID vaccine.
E15 is usually only available part of the year to help ease high gas prices under a waiver from the EPA.
A 22-year-old man died after being swept over Nevada Fall at Yosemite National Park in an incident that was reportedly witnessed by several people.
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Mendocino County on Wednesday morning, triggering ShakeAlert notifications across Northern California.
The Golden State Valkyries will be playing against the Atlanta Dream on Wednesday for the first time this season. The Valkyries are currently 7-3 at home, while the Dream are 6-2 on away games.
Euclid is on a mission to chart one-third of the sky in the hopes of shedding light on the enduring mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.
A 22-year-old man died after being swept over Nevada Fall at Yosemite National Park in an incident that was reportedly witnessed by several people.
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Mendocino County on Wednesday morning, triggering ShakeAlert notifications across Northern California.
The Golden State Valkyries will be playing against the Atlanta Dream on Wednesday for the first time this season. The Valkyries are currently 7-3 at home, while the Dream are 6-2 on away games.
The nonprofit executive director believes they should qualify for a tax exemption. However, he describes the application process for charitable organizations as complicated and says the exemption was not secured before the taxes became delinquent.
In a quick motion, the Detroit Pistons reportedly traded up from No. 21 to No. 17 to take Stanford guard Ebuka Okorie in the NBA draft on Tuesday.
The Golden State Valkyries will be playing against the Atlanta Dream on Wednesday for the first time this season. The Valkyries are currently 7-3 at home, while the Dream are 6-2 on away games.
Napa's fire chief joined a group of fire officials at a hearing before the State Assembly's Emergency Management Committee to talk about what the effect has been since three companies captured about 80 percent of the manufacturing market.
The owners of the café had announced that they will be retiring. But instead of shutting its doors, its longtime employees stepped up to the plate.
With Algeria playing a World Cup match in Santa Clara, Bahloul expected more customers, but didn't expect to run out of food.
The restaurant has been open for the past four years, and had received many accolades, including making it on the list of Bon Appetit's best restaurants in the U.S.
The nonprofit executive director believes they should qualify for a tax exemption. However, he describes the application process for charitable organizations as complicated and says the exemption was not secured before the taxes became delinquent.
Supporters are planning to speak out at an Alameda School Board meeting, hoping to reverse the decision or at least get answers about why he was let go.
A nonprofit tutoring center in Contra Costa County is raising funds after thieves broke in and stole thousands of dollars of laptops and other electronic gear.
In the special primary election, voters advanced state Sen. Aisha Wahab and Bay Area Rapid Transit Director Melissa Hernandez in the special election to fill the remainder of former Rep. Eric Swalwell's term.
A person on the tracks was hit by a BART train at the Walnut Creek station Monday morning and escaped major injury, authorities said.
San Jose police said two people were arrested in Hercules in connection with a deadly shooting that happened in May.
Three people died after their car went off cliff on Highway 9 in the Santa Cruz Mountains on Monday night, authorities said.
A memorial statue at the San Jose Vietnamese Heritage Garden was recovered on Sunday, police said.
As World Cup fever builds toward a July 1 match in Santa Clara, one Milpitas family is already three generations deep in soccer love.
A man was charged with homicide Wednesday after a high-speed police chase that began in Santa Clara and ended in a fatal crash in San Jose, authorities said.
Frenchie's Owner Morgan Gray, a sommelier who has worked in the wine and hospitality industry for years, said downtown Santa Rosa offered the right mix of affordability and character for her first small business.
A former officer for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation was convicted of child sex crimes in Napa involving three family members after an eight-day trial, prosecutors announced Thursday.
A vehicie struck and killed an elderly pedestrian in Fairfax earlier this week, authorities said.
Around 12:30 p.m., an officer patrolling near the Novato Fair shopping center spotted a man he believed was acting erratically and may be under the influence of drugs, police said.
A deer fawn was rescued on Wednesday from an outdoor wire dog crate at a Sonoma County home, authorities said.
The Golden State Valkyries will be playing against the Atlanta Dream on Wednesday for the first time this season. The Valkyries are currently 7-3 at home, while the Dream are 6-2 on away games.
In a quick motion, the Detroit Pistons reportedly traded up from No. 21 to No. 17 to take Stanford guard Ebuka Okorie in the NBA draft on Tuesday.
Yaxel Lendeborg, the Michigan star and South Jersey native, was selected 11th overall by the Golden State Warriors in the 2026 NBA Draft Tuesday night.
Lie Crescini isn't your average Golden State Valkyries fan.
Jackie Young scored 21 points and A'Ja Wilson added 19 points and nine rebounds to help the Las Vegas Aces cruise to a 92-73 victory over the Golden State Valkyries on Sunday.
San Jose police said two people were arrested in Hercules in connection with a deadly shooting that happened in May.
A nonprofit tutoring center in Contra Costa County is raising funds after thieves broke in and stole thousands of dollars of laptops and other electronic gear.
Two people were killed and a child was injured in a shooting inside a library in Chico on Monday, officials said.
Authorities believe two ransom notes addressed to Nancy Guthrie's family — including a note that said she had died — were likely sent by the person or group of people who abducted her.
A memorial statue at the San Jose Vietnamese Heritage Garden was recovered on Sunday, police said.
The most advanced artificial intelligence models are improving quickly enough to outsmart prevailing cybersecurity know-how within months, the Five Eyes spy agency alliance is warning.
The recall follows multiple incidents in which Waymo robotaxis drove past ramp-closure signs and into freeway construction zones.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer hopes to have a ban on kids using social media that is "designed to be addictive" enacted by early next year.
A woman has been found guilty of trespassing and other charges for her role in a protest outside the San Francisco headquarters of OpenAI last year, prosecutors said.
The iPhone was introduced in 2007, the same year the U.S. birth rate started to slide. The issues could be linked, a new analysis finds.
A Bay Area cancer patient is making more memories and living longer than his initial diagnosis thanks to a groundbreaking treatment for his particularly aggressive form of brain cancer.
Health officials in the San Francisco Bay Area issued a warning about a potential measles exposure after an infected resident traveled through San Francisco International Airport and local businesses.
Health officials in Berkeley said one person died and another person was hospitalized after contracting leptospirosis from rats that had infested their RV.
Grocery sales at two Target stores in San Jose were halted over the past week, after health inspectors found evidence of rodent infestations.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says risks from the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda are "high at the national and regional levels, and low at the global level."
E15 is usually only available part of the year to help ease high gas prices under a waiver from the EPA.
A federal appeals court has allowed the Trump administration to move forward with an effort to expand fast-track deportations throughout the U.S.
The Senate approved a House-passed resolution aimed at reining in President Trump on Iran, marking the first time such a measure has made it through both chambers.
The Supreme Court rejected a former Louisiana inmate's effort to sue state prison officials after they shaved his dreadlocks in violation of his religious beliefs.
In the special primary election, voters advanced state Sen. Aisha Wahab and Bay Area Rapid Transit Director Melissa Hernandez in the special election to fill the remainder of former Rep. Eric Swalwell's term.
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.
In one of the most competitive real estate markets in America, a San Francisco real estate agent dons fabulous drag to help promote homes for sale. Itay Hod reports.
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into four California school districts over policies pertaining to the instruction of gender and sexual orientation.
Clive Davis helped shape the careers of music stars including Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen and Whitney Houston.
Record producer Tay Keith was found dead in his Nashville home by officers performing a welfare check, police said.
Lionel Messi tied the Men's World Cup goals record with his first World Cup hat trick as Argentina topped Algeria.
Luke Skywalker's lightsaber from the "Star Wars" sequel "The Empire Strikes Back" is expected to sell for at least $1 million at an upcoming auction.
Rio de Janeiro's Military Fire Department said one of the helicopters crashed in the parking lot of a car dealership, where several electric vehicles were parked, igniting a fire.
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.
A preliminary magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck in California's Mendocino County on Wednesday morning.
Meteorologist Jessica Burch breaks down today's forecast.
Kevin Ko reports on fan reaction to the players’ Pride night protest.
The nonprofit organization behind a planned Shaolin temple in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood has less than a week to raise $24,000 or risk losing its property to a county tax lien sale.
Itay Hod reports on how gaming is affecting surgical robot use.
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.