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A case of graffiti vandalism at a playground in Palo Alto is being investigated as a hate crime, police said Friday.
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A case of graffiti vandalism at a playground in Palo Alto is being investigated as a hate crime, police said Friday.
A Danville family put up a rainbow pride flag on their home to celebrate Pride Month, but the flag has been ripped down and stolen two times.
Anne Makovec reports on new figures on rising number of hate crimes according to statistics provided by the California Attorney General's Office (6-28-2022)
Hate crimes in California shot up 33% to nearly 1,800 reported incidents in 2021, the sixth highest tally on record and the highest since after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, the state attorney general's office said Tuesday.
Police in San Leandro are investigating a hate crime this weekend after someone vandalized a home's garage and a sign with anti-Asian messages.
The burning of a Pride flag in Pacifica at an elementary school earlier this month is being investigated as a hate crime, police said Friday.
Officials at a school district in the East Bay expressed outrage after someone vandalized a flagpole flying both the LGBTQ pride and American flags late Monday night.
Officials at a school district in the East Bay expressed outrage after someone vandalized a flagpole flying both the LGBTQ pride and American flags late Monday night. Elizabeth Cook reports. (6/14/22)
Officials at a school district in the East Bay expressed outrage after a vandal was caught on camera cutting down the LGBTQ pride flag late Monday night.
State Sen. Scott Wiener vowed he would continue to fight for the LGBTQ community despite receiving a death threat that prompted authorities to search his San Francisco home for potential bombs over the weekend.
The Alameda County Sheriff's Office is investigating a group of men who disrupted a drag queen storytelling event on Saturday with homophobic and transphobic slurs.
The Alameda County Sheriff's Office is investigating a group of five men who disrupted a drag queen storytelling event at the San Lorenzo Library Saturday with homophobic and transphobic slurs. Da Lin reports. (6/12/22)
Prosecutors in the South Bay have charged a 33-year-old woman with a hate crime after she hurled racist epithets at a Starbucks manager and struck a customer several times.
A rally was held at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland to mourn the 10 people killed during a hate-filled shooting rampage inside a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. Sara Donchey reports. (5/18/22)
A noose was found hanging outside a dorm at Stanford University on Sunday and campus police are investigating it as a hate crime.
Police in Palo Alto have launched a hate crime investigation after a Ukrainian flag displayed outside a home was taken down and defecated on last week.
Three suspects facing murder and hate crime charges in connection with the death of a Black man at a gas station in Tracy last month made their second court appearance on Monday.
A man and woman were arraigned Friday on murder and hate crime charges in the death of 30-year-old Justin Peoples, a Stockton Black man who was shot and stabbed at a Tracy gas station last week.
The City of Palo Alto has voted to enlist the help of the San Francisco Division of the FBI in order to combat a string of hate crimes and incidents of bigotry.
Marin County authorities have joined law enforcement agencies across the San Francisco Bay Area in a hunt for the source of anti-Semitic hate flyers that have been delivered to homes from Tiburon to Palo Alto.
Dozens of anti-Sematic flyers were discovered in several Palo Alto neighborhoods over the weekend, the latest in a series of similar Bay Area hate crimes.
The Berkeley Police Department and Berkeley City Council on Monday released a joint statement condemning the recent distribution of hundreds plastic sandwich bags filled with anti-Semitic messages.
California Assemblymember Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, announced Friday he has introduced new legislation that would ensure that all hate crimes are handled by law enforcement in a consistent manner across the state.
The couple caught on video painting over a Black Lives Matter mural in Martinez in 2020 is now facing felony burglary and drug charges following an arrest late last year.
The San Francisco District Attorney's Office on Thursday refuted a number of claims made in a lawsuit filed against the DA's Office earlier this week by the victim in a 2019 Chinatown attack.
Authorities arrested three suspects in connection with an armed robbery that happened in the parking lot of a Danville Trader Joe's store Friday afternoon.
Police in San Jose are investigating two separate stabbing incidents early Saturday that left three people hospitalized and one suspect in custody.
Some July 4th festivities across the Bay Area will be returning for the first time in two years since the pandemic began this holiday, celebrating with parades, festivals and fireworks shows.
The Stern Grove music festival returns with its eclectic lineup of musicians this Sunday, with performers Geographer and Cold War Kids both having Bay Area ties.
A 16-year-old youth from Cotati was arrested Friday on suspicion of assaulting women on trails in Rohnert Park over the past week, police said.
The July 4th holiday weekend is off to a rough start for many people choosing to fly. The summer travel season is packed with unprecedented challenges for thousands of travelers.
"It's going to be a good summer and we deserve this break," said Ali Mokdad, a professor of health metrics sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle.
An Oakland man has been charged with distribution of fentanyl and methamphetamine in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood.
A Castro Valley man fixes up bicycles and gives them away to people who otherwise couldn't afford them.
Leury García broke up a scoreless game on an RBI single with two outs in the top of the ninth and the White Sox beat the Giants 1-0 on Friday night.
Sean Murphy delivered a pair of key two-out hits, including a solo home run and the Oakland A's beat the Mariners 3-1 on Friday night to snap a four-game losing streak.
Big crowds and fireworks on the 4th of July are great, if you're a human. But your pet wants independence from the noise of Independence Day.
Cal Fire said Friday that the largest current wildland blaze in the state -- the Rices Fire in Nevada County -- had destroyed 13 buildings and had injured 14 firefighters and a civilian.
An 82-year-old Rohnert Park man was struck and killed Friday by a passing vehicle while attempting to cross busy Rohnert Park Expressway.
The Golden State Warriors brought back one of their key free agents, retaining Kevon Looney on a three-year deal that could be worth about $26 million, but lost three other pieces.
Authorities arrested three suspects in connection with an armed robbery that happened in the parking lot of a Danville Trader Joe's store Friday afternoon.
Police in San Jose are investigating two separate stabbing incidents early Saturday that left three people hospitalized and one suspect in custody.
A 16-year-old youth from Cotati was arrested Friday on suspicion of assaulting women on trails in Rohnert Park over the past week, police said.
The July 4th holiday weekend is off to a rough start for many people choosing to fly. The summer travel season is packed with unprecedented challenges for thousands of travelers.
"It's going to be a good summer and we deserve this break," said Ali Mokdad, a professor of health metrics sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle.
The July 4th holiday weekend is off to a rough start for many people choosing to fly. The summer travel season is packed with unprecedented challenges for thousands of travelers.
An Oakland man has been charged with distribution of fentanyl and methamphetamine in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood.
An abundance of anchovies are taking over the coastline as their population blooms. Some have been found a way from the water and on city streets in San Francisco.
The Stern Grove music festival returns with its eclectic lineup of musicians this Sunday, with performers Geographer and Cold War Kids both having Bay Area ties.
A man who died following a collision between two boats on San Francisco Bay near Angel Island on Thursday afternoon has been identified.
Authorities arrested three suspects in connection with an armed robbery that happened in the parking lot of a Danville Trader Joe's store Friday afternoon.
A Castro Valley man fixes up bicycles and gives them away to people who otherwise couldn't afford them.
The much-anticipated consolidation of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Con Fire) and the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District became official Friday.
With large crowds anticipated at Lake Merritt over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, the City of Oakland has announced temporary safety measures at many public gathering places.
Police in San Pablo on Thursday arrested two people in connection with selling illegal fireworks.
Police in San Jose are investigating two separate stabbing incidents early Saturday that left three people hospitalized and one suspect in custody.
With so many firework restrictions in place across the Bay Area, spending too much on sparklers won't be a problem this 4th of July. Stocking up for a barbeque, on the other hand, is another story.
A San Jose man accused of submitting multiple fake applications for small business COVID relief funds - obtaining more than $3 million in fraudulent payments that funded a luxury lifestyle - pleaded guilty to criminal charges, authorities said Friday.
Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County is partially reopening for the first time since the CZU Lightning Complex Fire destroyed much of the park in August 2020.
San Jose Sharks head coach Bob Boughner and multiple assistant coaches have been "relieved of their responsibilities," the hockey team announced Friday.
An 82-year-old Rohnert Park man was struck and killed Friday by a passing vehicle while attempting to cross busy Rohnert Park Expressway.
A Petaluma woman has been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from her employers, along with tax evasion.
State Highway 29 in the area of St. Helena reopened Thursday afternoon after a hazardous materials spill caused an hours-long closure, according to the California Highway Patrol.
For the first time since the pandemic shutdown in 2019, the Marin County Fair will be in-person from Thursday through Monday, July 4 at the fairgrounds in San Rafael.
A Sonoma County civil grand jury has determined that far more oversight is needed for affordable housing in the county after an expose in a newspaper and complaints from residents prompted the investigation.
Leury García broke up a scoreless game on an RBI single with two outs in the top of the ninth and the White Sox beat the Giants 1-0 on Friday night.
Sean Murphy delivered a pair of key two-out hits, including a solo home run and the Oakland A's beat the Mariners 3-1 on Friday night to snap a four-game losing streak.
The Golden State Warriors brought back one of their key free agents, retaining Kevon Looney on a three-year deal that could be worth about $26 million, but lost three other pieces.
San Jose Sharks head coach Bob Boughner and multiple assistant coaches have been "relieved of their responsibilities," the hockey team announced Friday.
A California agency on Thursday has cleared the way for the Oakland Athletics to continue planning a $12 billion waterfront ballpark project.
Authorities arrested three suspects in connection with an armed robbery that happened in the parking lot of a Danville Trader Joe's store Friday afternoon.
Police in San Jose are investigating two separate stabbing incidents early Saturday that left three people hospitalized and one suspect in custody.
A 16-year-old youth from Cotati was arrested Friday on suspicion of assaulting women on trails in Rohnert Park over the past week, police said.
An Oakland man has been charged with distribution of fentanyl and methamphetamine in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood.
Cybersecurity experts say the California Department of Justice apparently failed to follow basic security procedures on its website, exposing the personal information of potentially hundreds of thousands of gun owners.
A Bay Area woman who experienced deadly violence in her childhood home is now on a mission to help others secure their digital footprint.
When President Joe Biden applauded a decision by Santa Clara-based Intel Corp. to build a $20 billion semiconductor operation on "1,000 empty acres of land" in Ohio, it didn't sit well with Tressie Corsi.
Modern technology makes the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade more far-reaching than you may think.
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.
The California state Assembly on Thursday approved a controversial bill allowing Oakland and San Francisco, along with Los Angeles, to set up places where opioid users could legally inject drugs in supervised settings.
California will become the first state to guarantee free health care for all low-income immigrants living in the country illegally, a move that will provide coverage for an additional 764,000 people at an eventual cost of about $2.7 billion a year.
Beginning this fall high schools in the nation's most populous state can't start before 8:30 a.m. and middle schools can't start before 8 a.m. under a 2019 first-in-the-nation law forbidding earlier start times.
Santa Cruz County public health officials announced Wednesday that the county's first probable case of monkeypox has been identified in a local resident.
County officials said Wednesday that West Nile virus was detected in Santa Clara County for the first time this year.
Cybersecurity experts say the California Department of Justice apparently failed to follow basic security procedures on its website, exposing the personal information of potentially hundreds of thousands of gun owners.
Gov. Newsom on Friday signed a new state law supported by San Francisco state senator Scott Wiener that will stop police from arresting anyone for loitering with the intent to engage in prostitution.
California voters will weigh in on seven ballot measures this fall, the fewest to appear on a statewide general election ballot since 2014.
Ongoing federal funding support for local governments to combat the COVID-19 pandemic dried up Friday, prompting some Bay Area counties to modify how they will respond to future surges and variants.
First Partner of California Jennifer Siebel Newsom recently sat down with KPIX 5 anchor Juliette Goodrich to talk about the latest documentary she directed called "Fair Play."
A drag show in Yolo County near Sacramento was disrupted by a group making homophobic and transphobic remarks Thursday night, as the establishment also faced online threats for the event.
Long before the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell in 2011, San Francisco was once a major hub for LGBTQ servicemembers.
A Danville family put up a rainbow pride flag on their home to celebrate Pride Month, but the flag has been ripped down and stolen two times.
Just a mention of his beginnings in dance and it doesn't take long for a smile to spread across Roberto Vega Ortiz's face.
The decades-long struggle for equal rights for the gay community included an unlikely transformation within a local Catholic church that is now thriving in San Francisco's Castro District.
The Stern Grove music festival returns with its eclectic lineup of musicians this Sunday, with performers Geographer and Cold War Kids both having Bay Area ties.
Some July 4th festivities across the Bay Area will be returning for the first time in two years since the pandemic began this holiday, celebrating with parades, festivals and fireworks shows.
First Partner of California Jennifer Siebel Newsom recently sat down with KPIX 5 anchor Juliette Goodrich to talk about the latest documentary she directed called "Fair Play."
For the first time since the pandemic shutdown in 2019, the Marin County Fair will be in-person from Thursday through Monday, July 4 at the fairgrounds in San Rafael.
After a two-year pandemic delay, the highly anticipated return of the Mosswood Meltdown this weekend brings an array of local and national punk acts to Oakland including Bikini Kill, Kim Gordon, the Dirtbombs 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.
Vern Glenn rounds up free agency movement for the Golden State Warriors as Kevon Looney signs a three-year deal (7-2-2022)
Darren Peck has the July 4th holiday weekend weather forecast. (7-1-22)
KPIX 5 Morning News headlines for Saturday, July 2, 2022.
A Castro Valley man fixes up bicycles and gives them away to people who otherwise couldn’t afford them. Katie Nielsen reports. (7-1-22)
The busy Fourth of July weekend was already off to rough start Friday at SFO. Betty Yu reports. (7-1-22)
A Pacifica woman provides a safe place to gather in person to grieve and share community in the pandemic.
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 Bay Area woman who experienced deadly violence in her childhood home is now on a mission to help others secure their digital footprint.
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.