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A shareholder sued the board of Google Inc.'s parent company, Alphabet Inc., in San Mateo County Superior Court Thursday for allegedly tolerating and covering up sexual harassment by senior executives.
We may remember 2018 as the year when technology's dystopian potential became clear after a seemingly-unending series of revelations about the dark side of Silicon Valley's connect-everything ethos.
High-tech stocks soared Wednesday, powering the largest single point gain in Dow history with the market finishing the trading day up more than 1,000 points.
Silicon Valley giants Google and Facebook have agreed to pay $455,000 to settle allegations that they failed to keep proper records about who was paying for campaign ads on their sites.
Big Tech's expansion outside of Silicon Valley continues: Mountain View-based Google announced Monday it will invest more than $1 billion to double its workforce in New York City.
Questions on privacy, data collection, China, Russia —and especially political bias — dominated Mountain View-based Google CEO Sundar Pichai's grilling before Congress Tuesday.
Google will shut down its Google+ social network much sooner than planned after discovering a second bug that revealed millions of customers' private information to software developers.
The San Jose City Council's unanimous vote early Wednesday morning to approve a land deal with tech giant Google is a step toward solving the city's historic jobs/housing imbalance, but officials say many more such deals are needed.
The San Jose City Council approved a controversial sale of city-owned land to Google early Wednesday after hours of debate, boisterous opposition and the arrests of at least eight protesters.
The city of San Jose is set to take a key vote Tuesday afternoon on the sale of a major section of the downtown area to Google.
Shares tumbled on the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, falling more than 795 points as the FAANG technology stocks dropped anywhere from 3 to 5.6 percent on the day.
San Jose's planned downtown land sale to tech giant Google has prompted a hunger strike at City Hall.
Nearly 500 Google employees on Tuesday publicly urged their employer to cease building a censored search engine, code named Project Dragonfly, for the Chinese market.
Authorities in Mountain View including a hazardous materials team investigated an envelope with an unknown substance found at a Google building Tuesday afternoon, but determined the substance to be harmless.
The recent stock market meltdown has hit the tech sector and several Silicon Valley tech giants particularly hard.
Apple stock continued its free-fall, losing nearly 5 percent of its value in Tuesday trading on the New York Stock Exchange, pulling the entire market down with it.ts.
San Jose is releasing details of a memorandum of understanding between the city and Google to build a new high tech campus on what are now several parking lots near the SAP Center.
Alphabet (GOOGL) just closed in bear market territory for the first time since 2011.
Two nonprofit groups filed a public records lawsuit against San Jose alleging a lack of transparency in the city's dealings with Google for a new "mega-campus" near Diridon Station.
Google CEO announced a number of internal changes Thursday in response to global employee walkouts over the company's handling of sexual harassment.
A young woman crossing a street on Google's Mountain View campus was fatally struck by a tech company bus Monday evening.
A business license tax on the ballot in Mountain View is headed to a victory with more than 65 percent of voters approving Measure P as of early Wednesday morning.
Facebook and other social platforms have been fighting online misinformation and hate speech for two years. With the U.S. midterm elections just days away, they're still a long way from winning the war.
Google has marked Mexico's Day of the Dead, an ancient festival celebrating and honoring departed loved ones, with a doodle featuring brightly painted model skulls.
Google engineers and other company workers around the world walked off the job Thursday to protest the internet company's lenient treatment of executives accused of sexual misconduct.
A Bay Area homeowner is making a unique play to get ahead of the artificial intelligence arms race by listing his Mill Valley estate not for cash but for equity in Anthropic.
Thousands were left without power late Sunday night in San Francisco's Marina and Presidio neighborhoods, according to the Pacific Gas and Electric website.
Neighbors were still without water in one Mountain View neighborhood on Sunday after a mistake at a construction site on Friday caused possible contamination, and neighbors are waiting for tests to reveal whether the water is safe for use.
Landen Roupp held Miami to two hits in 7 2/3 innings and Casey Schmitt hit a go-ahead home run for the second straight game as the San Francisco Giants beat the Marlins 6-3.
President Trump details his experience at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, where a gunman charged toward the ballroom. He says he wasn't worried, and praised the actions of law enforcement.
A Bay Area homeowner is making a unique play to get ahead of the artificial intelligence arms race by listing his Mill Valley estate not for cash but for equity in Anthropic.
Thousands were left without power late Sunday night in San Francisco's Marina and Presidio neighborhoods, according to the Pacific Gas and Electric website.
Neighbors were still without water in one Mountain View neighborhood on Sunday after a mistake at a construction site on Friday caused possible contamination, and neighbors are waiting for tests to reveal whether the water is safe for use.
Landen Roupp held Miami to two hits in 7 2/3 innings and Casey Schmitt hit a go-ahead home run for the second straight game as the San Francisco Giants beat the Marlins 6-3.
The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office said three people were arrested in connection with a fight at a business that left five people injured on Sunday.
Thousands were left without power late Sunday night in San Francisco's Marina and Presidio neighborhoods, according to the Pacific Gas and Electric website.
The temporary reduction in service is due to crews doing lighting work in the Transbay Tube. As a result, trains are running on a single track through the tube.
Two earthquakes struck off San Francisco's coast Saturday afternoon, with weak shaking reported, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Drivers on San Francisco's west side faced heavy congestion this weekend as crews began a series of lane closures along busy 19th Avenue, also known as State Route 1.
The ability to get around the Bay Area by bicycle has become a major focus of transportation planners, but there has always been one major roadblock: the western span of the Bay Bridge.
The temporary reduction in service is due to crews doing lighting work in the Transbay Tube. As a result, trains are running on a single track through the tube.
The ability to get around the Bay Area by bicycle has become a major focus of transportation planners, but there has always been one major roadblock: the western span of the Bay Bridge.
An ice cream company based in the San Francisco Bay Area is recalling dozens of products after they were sold without labels disclosing potentially dangerous allergens.
Police in Antioch released video in connection with an incident where an officer shot an armed robbery suspect after being pulled into the suspect's vehicle during an attempted getaway.
A few weeks ago, the brewery launched Flow on tap and in cans. It's the first commercial beer on the planet carbonated with carbon dioxide pulled directly from the surrounding or ambient air.
Neighbors were still without water in one Mountain View neighborhood on Sunday after a mistake at a construction site on Friday caused possible contamination, and neighbors are waiting for tests to reveal whether the water is safe for use.
The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office said three people were arrested in connection with a fight at a business that left five people injured on Sunday.
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle in San Jose on Friday morning, police said.
A worker in distress was dangling from a tree in San Jose before rescuers managed to reach him and bring him down on Friday morning, authorities said.
A California man who posed as a police officer while robbing a spa business in the San Francisco Bay Area was arrested on Wednesday, authorities said.
A Bay Area homeowner is making a unique play to get ahead of the artificial intelligence arms race by listing his Mill Valley estate not for cash but for equity in Anthropic.
Police in Novato are searching for a suspect after an 8-year-old riding a bike was hit by a vehicle on Friday afternoon.
When the owners of the complex constructed it, the owners accepted money from the USDA with a mandate that it be used for farmworker housing. But when they began taking applications, one tenant says it didn't seem to be much of a requirement.
With weather forecasts calling for rain and reservoirs at, or nearing, capacity, it seems strange to think that parts of Sonoma Water are under a "dry water supply" designation.
A teenager that police said was involved in a deadly crash in Novato earlier this month has been arrested after being released from the hospital.
Landen Roupp held Miami to two hits in 7 2/3 innings and Casey Schmitt hit a go-ahead home run for the second straight game as the San Francisco Giants beat the Marlins 6-3.
Casey Schmidt hit a two-run homer, Drew Gilbert and Heliot Ramos added solo shots and the San Francisco Giants beat the Miami Marlins 6-2 on Saturday.
Liam Hicks and Connor Norby each hit home runs as the Miami Marlins defeated the San Francisco Giants 9-4.
The San Francisco 49ers selected wide receiver De'Zhaun Stribling from the University of Mississippi with the top pick of the second round of the NFL Draft on Friday, the 33rd overall pick.
The San Francisco 49ers sat out the first round of the NFL draft, making two trades down after the players they targeted went off the board earlier.
The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office said three people were arrested in connection with a fight at a business that left five people injured on Sunday.
The suspect was identified to CBS News by law enforcement sources as 31-year-old Cole Allen of Torrance, California.
Police in Novato are searching for a suspect after an 8-year-old riding a bike was hit by a vehicle on Friday afternoon.
Police in Antioch released video in connection with an incident where an officer shot an armed robbery suspect after being pulled into the suspect's vehicle during an attempted getaway.
Police in San Francisco have released video of a suspected car thief who ended up hanging under the Bay Bridge during a pursuit.
The ChatGPT account of the shooter, who killed eight people in a small British Columbia community, had been banned about eight months prior to the massacre.
Mounting layoffs across the tech industry are leaving tens of thousands of workers searching for limited opportunities, as companies continue to scale back hiring after years of rapid growth.
Meta plans to lay off roughly 10% of its workforce as the technology giant steps up its spending on artificial intelligence.
One woman's entire life savings was stolen from her by sophisticated scammers who used artificial intelligence to perfectly manipulate her.
The company behind Truth Social has lost more than $1 billion since going public two years ago, while its shares have tumbled 58% during the past 12 months.
An ice cream company based in the San Francisco Bay Area is recalling dozens of products after they were sold without labels disclosing potentially dangerous allergens.
Health officials in San Francisco announced Wednesday that an infant who recently traveled outside the United States has tested positive for measles.
A dead bat found at a Fremont home earlier this week has tested positive for the deadly rabies virus, according to authorities.
An East Bay woman is using the sport of pickleball to help find a cure for Parkinson's disease.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
The suspect was identified to CBS News by law enforcement sources as 31-year-old Cole Allen of Torrance, California.
President Trump was evacuated from the White House Correspondents' Dinner after shots rang out at the hotel where the event was taking place.
President Trump was safely evacuated from the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner Saturday night after shots were fired outside the ballroom of the Washington Hilton Hotel.
President Trump cited wasted time and confusion over leadership, adding, "we have all the cards."
A California voter identification ballot initiative appears to have qualified for a November vote, according to state's top election official.
Philz Coffee will once again sport the Pride flag at its cafés after a directive to have them and other flags removed created a backlash.
The Trump administration agreed to restore the Stonewall National Monument's Pride flag in Greenwich Village after it was removed.
Philz Coffee's move to remove the Pride flag and all other flags from their stores is brewing up some strong reaction.
Transgender women athletes are now excluded from women's events at the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy on Thursday.
The Trump administration has given San Jose State University 10 days to change its policy on transgender athletes or face legal action and possibly lose federal funding.
Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.
Michael Tilson Thomas, the 12-time Grammy Award winning composer and famed conductor who led the San Francisco Symphony for a quarter century, has died.
Pop star Britney Spears has voluntarily checked into rehab following her DUI arrest in Ventura County in March, a representative for the singer told CBS LA.
Adrian Arias's work, entitled "Layers of the Mission: A Celebration of Memory and Resilience," is intended to bring attention to who he describes as real-life neighborhood heroes.
City leadership recently passed legislation that they say will help established event activators plan and execute at a much faster pace.
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 Bay Area homeowner is making a unique play to get ahead of the artificial intelligence arms race by listing his Mill Valley estate not for cash but for equity in Anthropic.
Here's a look at the weather forecast Sunday evening.
Da Lin reports.
A neighborhood in Mountain View is still without potable water Sunday night. On Friday, a mistake at a construction site caused possible contamination, and neighbors are now waiting for the tests to come back. John Ramos has the story
with Darren Peck.
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.