Massive fireball lights up night sky across large swath of U.S.
People across the eastern U.S. and in parts of Canada saw a dazzling light show on Wednesday night, as a fireball entered the atmosphere and burned up.
People across the eastern U.S. and in parts of Canada saw a dazzling light show on Wednesday night, as a fireball entered the atmosphere and burned up.
The Orionids are known for their brightness and speed, traveling at about 41 miles per second.
The 1-meter asteroid was discovered just hours before it hit Earth's atmosphere and almost 10 years to the day that an asteroid about 20 times bigger hit Chelyabinsk, Russia.
North Americans have the best chance of seeing the tau Herculid shower, with NASA recommending the best time to look up at around midnight in Texas.
A small asteroid known as 2018VP1 is projected to come close to Earth on Nov. 2, with a less-than-one-percent chance of striking the planet.
Social media was filled with photos, videos and questions Wednesday night about the bright light and strangely illuminated smoke contrail seen in the skies that were visible across the Bay Area and California.
The annual Perseid meteor showers are coming this weekend.
A boulder-size asteroid, roughly six feet across, disintegrated harmlessly over Botswana, eight hours after first being detected.
A meteor blazed across Arctic Finland Thursday night, brightening the sky and sending scientists on a scramble to locate shards of the reported meteorite.
Californians see many meteors each year, but some folks in the Midwest just saw a doozy.
If you're a fan of super moons, you're in for the treat of the century – so far.
The Leonids shower could produce several displays of activity with up to 15 meteors per hour.
A meteor was caught on camera exploding in the atmosphere over Bangkok, Thailand by several dashcams Monday.
People looking for a shooting star to wish upon may find Wednesday overnight to be a dream come true.
What appears to be a meteor blazed over the North Bay midday Saturday creating a frenzy of excited tweets and blog posts, and triggering calls to 9-1-1 dispatchers reporting what looked like a possible aircraft going down.
Clear skies permitting, the show begins at 9 p.m. and will continue until sunrise. Try to find the darkest patch of sky possible for maximum viewing.
A meteor shower will peak over Bay Area skies next Sunday.
A Marin County woman's claims that a meteorite plunked down on the roof of her home have been validated by a team of planetary scientists, who tracked the space rock's origin to the formation of the moon 4.47 billion years ago.
If you thought July 4th's fireworks were exciting, wait until you see a ball of fire explode overhead in the annual Perseid Meteor Shower, set to peak Tuesday night with 100 shooting stars each hour, and continue for several days afterward.
Senior Contributing Editor of Sky and Telescope Magazine, Kelly Beatty, tells us why a potentially impressive meteor shower could be seen for the first time this Memorial Day Weekend.
On the heels of a close fly-by of an asteroid 17,000 miles from Earth on Friday morning and a devastating meteor that landed in Russia, Bay Area stargazers caught a glimpse of another meteor Friday night.
An event similar to the meteor explosion in the sky over Russia Friday morning, which blasted out countless windows and injured as many as 1,000 people, could happen without much warning in California, according to a local space scientist.
A ball of fire, possibly a meteor, lit up the sky in the Bay Area and beyond early Thursday morning.
A mysterious rock that hit a Novato home may be a meteorite after all.
It turns out an object that hit a Novato home and thought to be a meteorite is just a rock.
Stormy Daniels' rapid-fire and sensational testimony in Donald Trump's criminal trial continued for a second day Thursday.
A fire broke out in a Hayward neighborhood Thursday morning and fire crews have responded.
The Antioch Unified School District Board on Wednesday decided to let embattled Superintendent Stephanie Anello keep her job despite claims that she ignored bullying among staff.
Weeks after human rights groups alleged antisemitic harassment of Jewish students in Berkeley public schools in the wake of the war in Gaza, two other rights groups have alleged anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab, and anti-Muslim racism against the school district.
Sycamore Valley Elementary School in Danville was locked down Thursday morning after police received reports of a man with a rifle nearby, police said.
Stormy Daniels' rapid-fire and sensational testimony in Donald Trump's criminal trial continued for a second day Thursday.
A fire broke out in a Hayward neighborhood Thursday morning and fire crews have responded.
The Antioch Unified School District Board on Wednesday decided to let embattled Superintendent Stephanie Anello keep her job despite claims that she ignored bullying among staff.
Weeks after human rights groups alleged antisemitic harassment of Jewish students in Berkeley public schools in the wake of the war in Gaza, two other rights groups have alleged anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab, and anti-Muslim racism against the school district.
Sycamore Valley Elementary School in Danville was locked down Thursday morning after police received reports of a man with a rifle nearby, police said.
Michael Conforto homered and singled in a six-run second inning that sent the San Francisco Giants past the struggling Colorado Rockies 8-6.
A San Francisco man said he's being stalked and is the target of extremely hateful racist attacks — A doll with a noose was even delivered to his front door.
The story of a Bay Area Chinese-American girl who took the San Francisco school board to the Supreme Court in 1885 was recently published thanks to a retired attorney.
A Pacifica woman is being recognized for leading an annual ocean education program at a coastal school for over 30 years.
The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's help in finding a bicyclist who knocked over and then robbed a pedestrian in North Fair Oaks.
A fire broke out in a Hayward neighborhood Thursday morning and fire crews have responded.
The Antioch Unified School District Board on Wednesday decided to let embattled Superintendent Stephanie Anello keep her job despite claims that she ignored bullying among staff.
Weeks after human rights groups alleged antisemitic harassment of Jewish students in Berkeley public schools in the wake of the war in Gaza, two other rights groups have alleged anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab, and anti-Muslim racism against the school district.
Sycamore Valley Elementary School in Danville was locked down Thursday morning after police received reports of a man with a rifle nearby, police said.
Berkeley police arrested three men — one who allegedly held a gun to the head of a 2-year-old — on May 1 for allegedly robbing a person.
A San Jose couple has been arrested on child endangerment and multiple drug charges after investigators conducting a raid said they found thousands of fentanyl pills, marijuana and cocaine near a baby.
Former Bay Area Congressman Paul "Pete" McCloskey died Wednesday of congestive heart failure at his home in Winters, California.
A San Jose Fire Department hazardous materials team responded to a San Jose middle school classroom after students reported being overcome by an unknown substance.
Three men from the East Bay have been arrested on suspicion of homicide in connection with a deadly shooting in East San Jose late last year, police announced Wednesday.
Sunnyvale officers made an arrest in the death of a man who was found shot inside his vehicle.
A motorcyclist was killed in a crash with a vehicle that turned into his path in Rohnert Park Wednesday evening, authorities said.
The Napa Valley wine industry produced nearly $1 billion worth of wine grapes in 2023, but the industry is changing and demand may be plateauing.
Santa Rosa police released a photo of a vehicle wanted in connection to a hit-and-run that severely injured a motorcyclist.
Authorities on Tuesday said the shooting suspect who led police and CHP on a chase across the Bay Area, followed by an hours-long standoff on Interstate Highway 80 in Fairfield that ended with the man shooting himself, remains in critical condition.
A former guard at California State Prison, Solano has been indicted on multiple felony counts after he allegedly smuggled items into the facility, including weapons, phones and drugs, authorities said.
Michael Conforto homered and singled in a six-run second inning that sent the San Francisco Giants past the struggling Colorado Rockies 8-6.
Shea Langeliers hit a two-run homer on his way to a career-high five RBIs in the first game of a doubleheader and drove in another three runs in Game 2 as the Oakland Athletics split the two games with the Rangers.
Ippei Mizuhara, 39, of Newport Beach, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of bank fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 30 years in federal prison, and one count of subscribing to a false tax return, which carries a sentence of up to three years in federal prison.
The Oakland Ballers have put in a lot of work to make their home field at Raimondi Park suitable for professional baseball when the first game is played there in just under a month.
The San Jose Sharks are slated to pick first in the upcoming NHL Draft, following a lottery held by league officials Tuesday night.
Sycamore Valley Elementary School in Danville was locked down Thursday morning after police received reports of a man with a rifle nearby, police said.
A San Jose couple has been arrested on child endangerment and multiple drug charges after investigators conducting a raid said they found thousands of fentanyl pills, marijuana and cocaine near a baby.
Berkeley police arrested three men — one who allegedly held a gun to the head of a 2-year-old — on May 1 for allegedly robbing a person.
Pleasanton police arrested a woman early Monday morning for allegedly stabbing her husband during a domestic dispute.
A San Francisco man said he's being stalked and is the target of extremely hateful racist attacks — A doll with a noose was even delivered to his front door.
California could soon deploy generative artificial intelligence tools to help reduce traffic jams, make roads safer and provide tax guidance, among other things.
The annual RSA Conference, attended by cybersecurity experts and entrepreneurs, once again saw over 40,000 people from 130 countries gather at the Moscone Center.
The judge in Elon Musk's lawsuit against the co-founders of ChatGPT parent OpenAI on Monday entered a two-paragraph order disqualifying himself from continuing to preside.
Apple on Tuesday unveiled its next generation of iPad Pros and Airs — lineups that will boast faster processors, new sizes and a new display system.
The lawsuit claims that the measure, signed into law by President Biden, is unconstitutional.
Elon Musk's Neuralink finds a brain-computer interface device captured less data a month after implant surgery.
Officials with the California Department of Public Health issued a warning Wednesday to consumers seeking Botox injections and to healthcare providers, saying counterfeit Botox has been found in multiple states.
Panera is phasing out a highly caffeinated selection of lemonade beverages that's at the center of several lawsuits.
Across the Bay Area, communities are looking for ways to deal with mental health crises without involving police. Antioch created it's own private crisis response team, and after 12 months the city's mayor says results have been positive.
Recall includes yogurt pretzels and other confections sold by retailers such as Dollar General, HyVee, Target and Walmart.
Stormy Daniels' rapid-fire and sensational testimony in Donald Trump's criminal trial continued for a second day Thursday.
California could soon deploy generative artificial intelligence tools to help reduce traffic jams, make roads safer and provide tax guidance, among other things.
The story of a Bay Area Chinese-American girl who took the San Francisco school board to the Supreme Court in 1885 was recently published thanks to a retired attorney.
The Berkeley Unified School District came under the microscope on Wednesday, as its superintendent was questioned by a Congressional committee.
Former Bay Area Congressman Paul "Pete" McCloskey died Wednesday of congestive heart failure at his home in Winters, California.
A Northern California school district is being sued by the state over allegations the district failed to carry out corrective actions in a controversial gender notification policy adopted last summer.
More than a third of LGBTQ young people seriously considered suicide in the past year, the survey found.
One of San Francisco's oldest LGBTQ bars, on Saturday the Stud re-opened it's doors for the first time in four years at a new location.
A California judge has tentatively sided with state Attorney General Rob Bonta in a dispute over the title of a proposed ballot measure that would require school staff to notify parents if their child asks to change gender identification at schools.
On Friday morning, a special ceremony held on board the USNS Harvey Milk paid homage to the San Francisco gay rights icon who is its namesake.
Brian Fox, a fellow producer and engineer at Albini's Electrical Audio studio in Chicago, confirmed Albini passed away Tuesday night from a heart attack.
The second annual Mill Valley Music Festival brings an eclectic array of talent to Marin County with performances by alt-folk band Fleet Foxes, modern roots-music masters Greensky Bluegrass, SoCal R&B band Thee Sacred Souls and more.
The 2024 Met Gala saw hundreds of celebrities looking their best on fashion's biggest night.
The stars came out for the the 2024 Met Gala in New York City. See some of the most eye-catching outfits of the night.
Kendrick Lamar and Drake have each released several ruthless diss tracks aimed at each other, with some disturbing accusations.
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.
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A Pacifica woman is being recognized for leading an annual ocean education program at a coastal school for over 30 years.
A San Francisco native is helping keep alive the city's historic Japantown, one of only three left in the U.S.
A Redwood City man changed his career path - from running Stanford's Digital Language Lab to going to beauty school - so he could serve his community in a way that's more meaningful to him.
A San Francisco-based nonprofit created by this week's Jefferson Award winner helps low income and unsheltered people stay healthy and feel good about themselves.
A trio who's led the way in keeping San Mateo County beaches clean is launching a whale of an idea for Earth Day.
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.
A onetime pupil has now become a student advisor, giving back after years of mentorship led him to success.
Police departments all over the country are having a hard time finding new officers, but one Bay Area student is criss-crossing the world while preparing for a career in law enforcement here at home.
When most people graduate from college, they tend to focus on one job. But this month's Students Rising Above scholar is currently juggling multiple workplace assignments.