About 1 in 3 Americans have lost someone to a drug overdose, new study finds
Almost one in five survey responders had lost a family member or close friend to a drug overdose, researchers found.
Almost one in five survey responders had lost a family member or close friend to a drug overdose, researchers found.
A Daly City man has been charged with murder for allegedly selling fentanyl to a woman who died from an overdose, prosecutors said.
Opioid overdose deaths decreased, but there was an increase in overdose deaths from psychostimulants like meth and cocaine.
California is partnering with a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company to purchase a generic version of Narcan, the most well-known version of naloxone that can save a person's life during an opioid overdose.
Two alleged drug dealers have been charged with murder months after a toddler's fentanyl overdose death in San Jose also led to murder charges against her parents.
Fentanyl test strips used to be illegal in California. Now, state law requires them on community and state college campuses. We put fentanyl test strips to the test, and what we found could save someone you know.
Health officials in San Francisco noted a grim milestone in the city's opioid crisis, as the city experienced more overdose deaths last year than ever before.
A new joint law enforcement task force to investigate opioid-linked deaths in order to hold drug dealers accountable in San Francisco was announced Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom and city officials.
A San Jose man has been charged in the death of his baby daughter, whose body was found in an apartment littered with opioids earlier this year, the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office said Friday.
Touching fentanyl or being near it won't cause a drug overdose, experts told CBS News.
It costs around $45 for two doses, but the California legislature is considering a proposal to cap the cost at $10 or less.
The Bay Area's drug crisis is increasingly landing on the region's largest transit system as users ride BART to San Francisco to buy cheap drugs in the Tenderloin.
San Francisco continues to battle the fentanyl crisis on multiple fronts, and that could soon include the drug store counter.
A 35-year-old woman who died in early June has been confirmed as Santa Cruz County's first death related to xylazine use, according to county health officials.
The fentanyl crisis in San Francisco has made national headlines and a new ad campaign has people talking.
Former President Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts in a case stemming from a "hush money" payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
A San Leandro police officer who was present but did not fire his service weapon when another officer fatally shot a man in a Walmart four years ago has filed a lawsuit alleging that the city damaged his career and violated his rights by publicly releasing investigative records related to the shooting.
Ten months after San Francisco's iconic Anchor Brewing Company announced it was closing after 127 years, a buyer has come forward to revive the brand.
Marian Robinson, the mother of former first lady Michelle Obama, has died at the age of 86, her family announced Friday.
San Francisco Giants shortstop Anthony Tandron was suspended for 56 games Friday, following a positive test under Major League Baseball's new drug program for minor league players assigned outside the United States and Canada.
Former President Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts in a case stemming from a "hush money" payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
A San Leandro police officer who was present but did not fire his service weapon when another officer fatally shot a man in a Walmart four years ago has filed a lawsuit alleging that the city damaged his career and violated his rights by publicly releasing investigative records related to the shooting.
Ten months after San Francisco's iconic Anchor Brewing Company announced it was closing after 127 years, a buyer has come forward to revive the brand.
Marian Robinson, the mother of former first lady Michelle Obama, has died at the age of 86, her family announced Friday.
San Francisco Giants shortstop Anthony Tandron was suspended for 56 games Friday, following a positive test under Major League Baseball's new drug program for minor league players assigned outside the United States and Canada.
Ten months after San Francisco's iconic Anchor Brewing Company announced it was closing after 127 years, a buyer has come forward to revive the brand.
San Francisco Giants shortstop Anthony Tandron was suspended for 56 games Friday, following a positive test under Major League Baseball's new drug program for minor league players assigned outside the United States and Canada.
Festa Italiana returns to San Francisco's North Beach this weekend celebrating the neighborhood and preserving the heritage of the community with food, music, shopping, and live entertainment.
This Saturday night, a rave featuring British electronic musician Fred Again with special guest Skrillex will draw upwards of 25,000 fans to San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza.
A motorist whose vehicle was initially disabled on U.S. Highway 101 in Palo Alto was killed early Friday after getting crashed into by two other vehicles, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A San Leandro police officer who was present but did not fire his service weapon when another officer fatally shot a man in a Walmart four years ago has filed a lawsuit alleging that the city damaged his career and violated his rights by publicly releasing investigative records related to the shooting.
A massive fire gutted the Lake Chabot Public Market building in Castro Valley early Thursday morning.
EBMUD on Thursday unveiled the Orinda Photovoltaic Solar Energy Project, a spread full of more than 12,000 solar panels off Bear Creek Road in Orinda.
Multiple Richmond Fire Department units were able to knock down a brush fire that closed the westbound off-ramp of Interstate Highway 80 near Blume Drive and Richmond Parkway.
Lab-grown meat from a pair of companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area is not currently available in any U.S. grocery stores or restaurants, but that hasn't stopped lawmakers in two states from taking steps to ban it.
Pro-Palestinian protesters who created an encampment and blocked entrances to University of California, Santa Cruz campus buildings were forcibly removed Friday morning and many arrested, a university spokesperson said.
A former college professor from San Jose has been sentenced to over five years in federal prison for intentionally lighting fires as crews battled the destructive Dixie Fire that tore through five counties in Northern California in 2021.
Two cousins were found guilty of shooting, by mistake, a young couple to death in Salinas in 2022, according to Monterey County prosecutors.
A family business has brought the cuisine of Argentina to customers around the Bay Area for more than a decade and they are still eager to get more opportunities to share their food.
A 45-year-old man suffered serious wounds after being attacked by a man wearing an armored vest Wednesday afternoon on a VTA platform in San Jose.
Hazmat crews responded Thursday evening after an overturned trailer dumped 800 gallons of liquid fertilizer onto a rural road in Napa County.
An elderly woman who was found disoriented and wandering in Santa Rosa on Thursday afternoon has been identified, police said.
A second suspect in a San Rafael shooting last weekend that sent one man to the hospital has turned himself in, according to police.
There was outrage and frustration in Novato as parents at Sinaloa Middle School learned new details about a fight that led to several arrests.
The landscape of Stinson Beach is going to change in the coming decades. The question is whether it will be done by people or by the rising sea.
San Francisco Giants shortstop Anthony Tandron was suspended for 56 games Friday, following a positive test under Major League Baseball's new drug program for minor league players assigned outside the United States and Canada.
Enter for your chance to win a Family 4-Pack of tickets to the Oakland Ballers game on Friday, June 28th, vs. the Northern Colorado Owlz.
As Oracle Park readies for the clash between the San Francisco Giants and the New York Yankees, fans are reflecting on the rich history of the Giants' New York past.
Jose Siri tied the game in the ninth with a home run and Richie Palacios hit an RBI single in the 12th to give the Tampa Bay Rays a 6-5 win over the Oakland Athletics.
Jose Siri made a tremendous catch in the top of the ninth inning and singled in the winning run in the bottom half in the Tampa Bay Rays' 4-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night.
A San Leandro police officer who was present but did not fire his service weapon when another officer fatally shot a man in a Walmart four years ago has filed a lawsuit alleging that the city damaged his career and violated his rights by publicly releasing investigative records related to the shooting.
A California judge has denied a petition to recall the death sentence of a man convicted in the 1993 kidnapping and killing of 12-year-old Polly Klaas in a case that shocked the nation.
The reaction to Thursday's guilty verdict against former President Donald Trump in his New York "hush money" trial was varied in the Bay Area, whether you talked to political figures or regular residents.
San Francisco officials are celebrating a sharp decline in crime in 2024 - potentially the lowest rates in a decade. According to the city, overall property crime is down 32%. But not everyone is feeling the decrease.
Two deputies were briefly hospitalized and a third was treated minor injuries Wednesday night when they tried to arrest two suspects who allegedly attempted to steal a woman's car, according to authorities.
Google said it's rolling back its AI-generated search results feature after two weeks. Here's why.
Federal regulators are giving Amazon key permission that will allow it to expand its drone delivery program.
After 20 years in the making, the world's largest digital camera is now atop Cerro Pachón, home of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.
California lawmakers have concerns about artificial intelligence in the private sector, but there are also concerns about its use by state agencies.
Residents in San Francisco's Telegraph neighborhood have noticed a surge in robotaxis and the ways the autonomous vehicles become stranded in the area.
Almost one in five survey responders had lost a family member or close friend to a drug overdose, researchers found.
The Misha knee system is an implantable tool that is a shock absorber for the knee.
A release of tear gas and pepper spray during a training exercise at the San Francisco County Jail in San Bruno on Tuesday led to students at a nearby elementary school to become sick, officials said.
In a bipartisan vote, the California State Senate approved a bill from a Bay Area lawmaker aimed at targeting social media addiction among children and teens.
Panera faces another lawsuit over a highly caffeinated beverage that the restaurant chain said it would phase out.
Former President Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts in a case stemming from a "hush money" payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
Marian Robinson, the mother of former first lady Michelle Obama, has died at the age of 86, her family announced Friday.
President Biden said the "American principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed" after Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
Former President Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records. Here's what to know about the charges.
Former President Donald Trump was found guilty on all counts in his "hush money" trial in New York, becoming the first former president to be convicted of a crime.
A proposed measure in California that would have required schools in California to notify parents if their child asks to change their gender identification at school has failed to qualify for the November ballot.
While the State Department bulletin is meant for overseas travel, there is concern of a domestic threat from ISIS, two sources told CBS News.
Two prominent Bay Area political figures died Friday night when the pickup they were in collided with a car in rural San Diego County.
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.
The inaugural edition of Festival La Onda brings two days of Latin music and food to the North Bay this weekend with headliners Alejandro Fernández, Junior H, Fuerza Regida, Maná and more.
Festa Italiana returns to San Francisco's North Beach this weekend celebrating the neighborhood and preserving the heritage of the community with food, music, shopping, and live entertainment.
This Saturday night, a rave featuring British electronic musician Fred Again with special guest Skrillex will draw upwards of 25,000 fans to San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza.
The 10th Bay Area Book Festival kicks off this weekend in downtown Berkeley with a lineup of literary and celebrity authors including Joan Baez and Bay Area native Amy Tan.
Single-day tickets for the annual Outside Lands music festival at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park went on sale Thursday, a day after the line-ups for each day of the festival were announced.
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.
Ten months after Anchor Brewing announced it was closing its doors there are new signs of life for the iconic San Francisco beer maker. Kevin Ko reports. (5-31-24)
CBS News Bay Area afternoon headlines for Friday, May 31, 2024. Watch full newscasts streamed at the CBS SF website or on the app.
Michael George reports on former President Donald Trump continuing to claim his innocence the day after being convicted inhis New York "hush money" trial.
Elizabeth Cook reports on Paul Pelosi appearing in court at the trial for the man who assaulted him with a hammer.
Elizabeth Cook reports on a judge rejecting a petition to overturn the death sentence of convicted killer Richard Davis.
Being in the foster care system can be tough for children, and it often doesn't become easier once they age out. But there are people trying to help them succeed.
A Mill Valley man known for his public art projects that bring his neighbors together is being honored for providing gifts to his community.
A first-of-its-kind San Francisco program that trains the next generation of makers is closed temporarily because of a fire, but Its founder is working to safely reopen as soon as possible.
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.
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.