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Devin Fehely reports on the welcoming Christmas celebration held at the Billy DeFrank Community Center in San Jose (12-24-2022)
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Devin Fehely reports on the welcoming Christmas celebration held at the Billy DeFrank Community Center in San Jose (12-24-2022)
Debra Alfarone reports on the star-studded celebration held to mark President Biden's signing of the Respect for Marriage Act (12-13-2022)
Police in San Francisco responded to State Sen. Scott Wiener's home early Tuesday morning to search for potential bombs amid a new wave of threats against the senator.
Nicole D'Antonio on the Supreme Court hearing a Colorado case of a web designer refusing to work with same-sex couples (12-5-2022)
San Francisco Mayor London Breed and other elected officials Friday at the steps of City Hall celebrated the repealing of the Defense of Marriage Act and the U.S. Senate's passage of the Respect for Marriage Act.
The day of remembrance was created to help the world unite in the fight to end AIDS and also to commemorate those who lost their lives to AIDS-related illnesses.
The opioid crisis continues to hit hard, particularly in the LGBTQ community. A drag queen in San Francisco is on a mission to educate about harm reduction.
The opioid crisis continues to hit hard, particularly in the LGBTQ+ community. A drag queen in San Francisco is on a mission to educate about safer drug use. Itay Hod reports. (11/30/22)
At a World AIDS Day event Wednesday evening, iconic HIV activist Cleve Jones was honored with the National AIDS Memorial Lifetime of Commitment Award.
It is a San Francisco tradition that brings color and entertainment to Union Square. Drag Queens on Ice returns for its 13th year.
The Senate on Tuesday approved historic legislation that provides federal protections for same-sex marriages.
Far right Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene's anti-LGBTQ slur on Twitter has struck fear in the Bay Area's LGBTQ community.
Among those who came to the Castro District Sunday for a vigil marking the 1978 assassinations of Harvey Milk and George Moscone was a former supervisor who worked with them at City Hall.
While LGBTQ candidates and their supporters celebrated several milestone victories around the nation in this year's midterm elections, California quietly reached its own: At least 10% of its state lawmakers identify publicly as LGBTQ, believed to be a first for any U.S. legislature.
Queer Bowling Night in San Francisco was a light-hearted and family-friendly event, but many had their minds on the tragedy over the weekend.
Fierro said that his military training and the instinct to protect those around him made him react instantly.
n wake of recent violence, including a mass shooting at an LGBT nightclub over the weekend, State Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco is sounding the alarm on rising homophobia and antisemitism.
Emotions ranged from anger to sadness at the corner of Market and Castro over the LGBTQ nightclub shooting in Colorado Springs at a Sunday night vigil.
The city of San Francisco recently announced plans to test a new guaranteed income program for eligible transgender residents.
The latest annual report from the Human Rights Campaign acknowledges that the death toll is likely underreported.
In a historic first, voters in all 50 states will see an openly LGBTQ candidate this election.
A California judge has ruled in favor of a bakery owner who refused to make wedding cakes for a same-sex couple because it violated her Christian beliefs.
After a years-long legal fight, the video of a landmark 2010 trial that cleared the way for gay marriage in California can be made public.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills Thursday intended to protect and bolster access to health care for transgender children and adults.
A new law in California will help military service members who were discharged under "don't ask, don't tell" policies reestablish their eligibility for Veterans Affairs benefits.
Jalen Hurts and Brock Purdy could be primed for a shootout in the NFC championship game.
Winning numbers were drawn in Saturday night's Powerball with an estimated $572 million jackpot.
The San Jose Sharks beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-4 on Saturday night to snap a four-game skid.
After recent tragedies involving both the Asian American and Black communities, an event in San Francisco's Bayview District Saturday aimed to bring the two groups together.
Police in South San Francisco are searching for two suspects who robbed a business at gunpoint on Friday.
Jalen Hurts and Brock Purdy could be primed for a shootout in the NFC championship game.
Winning numbers were drawn in Saturday night's Powerball with an estimated $572 million jackpot.
After recent tragedies involving both the Asian American and Black communities, an event in San Francisco's Bayview District Saturday aimed to bring the two groups together.
Police in South San Francisco are searching for two suspects who robbed a business at gunpoint on Friday.
Four videos released by the city of Memphis show different angles of Tyre Nichols being pepper sprayed, kicked in the head while being restrained, punched and struck multiple times with a baton.
After recent tragedies involving both the Asian American and Black communities, an event in San Francisco's Bayview District Saturday aimed to bring the two groups together.
Police in South San Francisco are searching for two suspects who robbed a business at gunpoint on Friday.
Hundreds gathered in downtown Half Moon Bay Friday night for a vigil to remember victims of Monday's mass shooting.
Tyre Nichol's case has sparked outrage and communities across the U.S., with many gathering to remember another life lost to police violence.
The driver of a car that plunged 250 feet off a treacherous coastal cliff in San Mateo County, injuring his two young children and his wife, was released from the hospital and jailed on suspicion of attempted murder and child abuse, authorities said Friday.
The Concord city council rejected the Concord First Partners proposal for the development of the former Concord Naval Weapons Station at a special meeting Saturday.
Ahead of Friday's scheduled release of the video showing the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis police officers, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao urged citizens to be peaceful during any protests.
The Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office on Friday announced that a worker at an Atria nursing home in Walnut Creek has been charged with felony elder abuse in the poisoning death of a 94-year-old resident last August.
One person who was rescued from a two-alarm house fire in Alameda Friday morning later succumbed to their injuries at a local hospital, according to authorities.
Slowly, BART service began returning to normal Friday morning after emergency repairs to underground tracks in Oakland.
Police in Mountain View are searching for at least three men who robbed a jewelry store and shot at an eyewitness who followed them in a vehicle Friday morning.
Two teenagers were killed and a third arrested for vehicular manslaughter early Friday after the stolen Hyundai Sedan they were in careened out of control and slammed into a light pole.
The California Highway Patrol was lifting supplies by helicopter Friday to residents affected by closures on state Highway 1 due to major slides near the Big Sur coast, Monterey County officials said.
Victim remembrance events following the mass shooting in Half Moon Bay earlier this week will be held in the next few days, city officials said.
Five suspects who robbed a Campbell camera shop and wounded a clerk have been arrested in Oakland, authorities announced Thursday morning.
A section of a popular Santa Rosa pedestrian and biking trail reopened Friday after a large homeless encampment was cleared from the area earlier in the week.
Police in Fairfield on Friday detained a high-risk sex offender who tried to kidnap a female student earlier in the week, according to authorities.
The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory and a freeze watch for part of the North Bay starting Sunday afternoon.
The 49ers left for Philadelphia Friday afternoon as they gear up for the NFC Championship Game against the Eagles this Sunday. Some fans waited for hours outside Levi's Stadium to cheer on their favorite team and show their love with a proper sendoff.
A police officer in Tracy shot and injured a teenage boy holding a knife Friday after the teen refused to follow commands to drop the knife and moved toward the officer, according to a police statement.
Jalen Hurts and Brock Purdy could be primed for a shootout in the NFC championship game.
The San Jose Sharks beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-4 on Saturday night to snap a four-game skid.
Stephen Curry had 35 points and 11 assists, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Toronto Raptors 129-117 on Friday night.
The 49ers left for Philadelphia Friday afternoon as they gear up for the NFC Championship Game against the Eagles this Sunday. Some fans waited for hours outside Levi's Stadium to cheer on their favorite team and show their love with a proper sendoff.
The San Francisco 49ers got a jolt offensively when they made the bold decision in October to trade four draft picks to add Christian McCaffrey to an already deep group of playmakers.
Police in South San Francisco are searching for two suspects who robbed a business at gunpoint on Friday.
Four videos released by the city of Memphis show different angles of Tyre Nichols being pepper sprayed, kicked in the head while being restrained, punched and struck multiple times with a baton.
Hundreds gathered in downtown Half Moon Bay Friday night for a vigil to remember victims of Monday's mass shooting.
Police in Fairfield on Friday detained a high-risk sex offender who tried to kidnap a female student earlier in the week, according to authorities.
The driver of a car that plunged 250 feet off a treacherous coastal cliff in San Mateo County, injuring his two young children and his wife, was released from the hospital and jailed on suspicion of attempted murder and child abuse, authorities said Friday.
Over the holidays while most media executives were perhaps looking to get away from work, BuzzFeed's CEO was online, immersed in experimenting with artificial intelligence.
Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries at the US Capitol in Washington on Thursday evening.
An asteroid the size of a box truck is about to make one of the closest passes of planet Earth ever recorded.
The decision by Facebook's parent company to soon reinstate Donald Trump's account comes at a critical moment for the former president as he tries to build campaign momentum for a return to the White House.
News outlet CNET said Wednesday it has issued corrections on a number of articles, including some that it described as "substantial," after using an artificial intelligence-powered tool to help write dozens of stories.
Potential donors would be screened with a questionnaire that evaluates their individual risks for HIV based on sexual behavior, recent partners and other factors.
Sonoma County officials said Thursday that the county will be shutting down its mobile COVID-19 testing sites in February due to declining usage.
When he's not busy in his office at Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, infectious disease specialist Dr. Kim Erlich is on the hospital floor with patients.
Almost five years after a blood transfusion played a critical role in saving the life of an eight-week baby, his mother is encouraging as many people as she can to donate blood.
A veteran San Jose nurse is spearheading an effort to get Santa Clara County schools' staff trained on the use of Narcan.
Plans for ensuring the long-term viability of four major groundwater basins in the North Bay were approved Thursday by state water regulators.
President Biden said he was "outraged and deeply pained" to watch the footage of Tyre Nichols' violent arrest.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi told reporters emphatically Friday that she will not view a police bodycam video of the violent assault of her husband during a home invasion of the couple's San Francisco home.
Ronna McDaniel won a fourth term, despite her challenger getting a last-minute boost from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
A state assemblyman from San Francisco has introduced a new bill that would give California community colleges the option to observe Lunar New Year as a state holiday.
Devin Fehely reports on the welcoming Christmas celebration held at the Billy DeFrank Community Center in San Jose (12-24-2022)
Debra Alfarone reports on the star-studded celebration held to mark President Biden's signing of the Respect for Marriage Act (12-13-2022)
Police in San Francisco responded to State Sen. Scott Wiener's home early Tuesday morning to search for potential bombs amid a new wave of threats against the senator.
Nicole D'Antonio on the Supreme Court hearing a Colorado case of a web designer refusing to work with same-sex couples (12-5-2022)
San Francisco Mayor London Breed and other elected officials Friday at the steps of City Hall celebrated the repealing of the Defense of Marriage Act and the U.S. Senate's passage of the Respect for Marriage Act.
Tom Verlaine, guitarist and co-founder of the seminal proto-punk band Television who influenced many bands, has died. He was 73.
A Bay Area composer whose work is nominated for a Grammy Award this year fuses classical music and electronic beats is changing the way we perceive and experience music.
The 20th annual SF Sketchfest continues through its first full week with tributes to Laraine Newman, 'A Mighty Wind' and Bruce Campbell and appearances by Maria Bamford, Andy Richter and much more.
Holding the banner for true metal high for over three decades, headbanging San Francisco outfit Slough Feg plays to its loyal fans at the Elbo Room in Oakland this Friday night.
Talent Moat presents a sold-out show with anti-comic Neil Hamburger at Thee Stork Club in Oakland Friday with opening act Major Entertainer Mike.
Coping with the incarceration of a loved one can be overwhelming and cause lasting health issues for wives on the outside. The Compassion Prison Project is trying to help them.
For years, prisons were focused on punishment rather than rehabilitation. But now, a new approach explores the reasons they ended up behind bars in the first place.
A new push within the state prison system aims to reduce recidivism and the solution could be found more than 5,000 miles away.
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.
Dozens of families evacuated from their flooded apartment building on New Year's Eve still can't go home.
Here's the latest from the KPIX newsroom. (1-28-23)
After recent tragedies involving the Asian American and Black communities, an event in the Bayview District aimed to bring the two groups together. John Ramos reports. (1-28-23)
California has the strictest gun laws in the country but that's not enough to stop the mass killings here. Devin Fehely reports. (1-28-23)
People have taken to the streets this weekend to protest the death of Tyre Nichols. The 29-year-old died in the hospital after being beaten by Memphis police. Skyler Henry reports. (1-28-23)
A Sebastopol couple's fight against drug addiction is personal, and they are channeling their own family's grief into helping others avoid the same fate.
An estimated 40 million American small business employees don't feel like they have enough resources to deal with on-the-job harassment, discrimination, or other serious issues.
When one Alameda mother discovered that her children's school lacked a thriving music program, she orchestrated her own solution.
A Castro Valley man who started repairing bicycles in his garage makes "zero dollars and no sense," but he's making a lot of people happy.
A San Mateo County woman who survived a rare form of cancer as a teen has made it her personal mission to help provide life-saving heart surgeries for children in Uganda.
Isreal Laviene holds a very special place with us at KPIX 5. In early 2021, we helped connect him to his dream school, Morehouse College in Atlanta.
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.