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Tesla is letting some drivers to use its Autopilot driver-assist system for extended periods without making them put their hands on the steering wheel, a development that has drawn concern from U.S. safety regulators.
A lawsuit seeking class-action status on behalf of three owners of Tesla vehicles in California was filed this week, alleging that the company grossly overvalued how far the cars could travel on a single battery charge.
A 13-year-old girl crashed her parents' Tesla into several parked vehicles and a utility pole early Tuesday morning in Santa Rosa, according to police.
Tesla is ramping up efforts to open showrooms on tribal lands where it can sell directly to consumers, circumventing laws in states that bar vehicle manufacturers from also being retailers in favor of the dealership model.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has sent investigators to the site of a fatal Tesla crash in California.
Tesla says its first production Cybertruck electric pickup has rolled off the assembly line, nearly two years behind the original schedule.
Mercedes-Benz is joining Ford, GM and other automakers in adopting Tesla's electric vehicle charging tech.
U.S. automobile safety regulators are zeroing in on changes that Tesla has made to its Autopilot partially automated driving system including how it makes sure drivers pay attention and how it detects and responds to objects.
Tesla is roaring back from a dismal 2022 as company shares, which have already doubled this year, were driven higher Monday by a spike in second-quarter deliveries.
The second-largest electric vehicle fast-charging network in the U.S. says it will add Tesla's connector to its charging stations, another step toward adopting Tesla's plug as the industry standard.
Electric vehicle maker Rivian says it will follow General Motors and Ford and join Tesla's charging network next year.
A 44-year-old Los Gatos woman and her 12-year-old daughter died in a crash Wednesday in Santa Clara, police said.
Tesla may face a class-action lawsuit after 240 Black factory workers in California described rampant racism and discrimination.
All of Ford Motor Co.'s current and future electric vehicles will have access to about 12,000 Tesla Supercharger stations in the U.S. and Canada starting next year.
The wife of the Sonoma County sheriff was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after her car apparently left the roadway and slammed into a Santa Rosa residence Saturday.
Of course, one of the top questions remain: Was the Tesla on autopilot?
At least 19 people were injured following a crash in downtown Sacramento, said fire officials.
After cutting U.S. vehicle prices four times this year, Tesla raised the cost overnight on its slow-selling more expensive models.
Tesla owner sued car maker after a report that employees were sharing and making memes of "sensitive" customer footage.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it will probe a recent crash that injured a 17-year-old.
A federal jury has awarded nearly $3.2 million in damages to a Black former worker at a Tesla factory in the Bay Area that has been at the epicenter of racial discrimination allegations hanging over the automaker run by billionaire Elon Musk.
Tesla's first-quarter vehicle sales rose 36 percent after the company cut prices twice in a bid to stimulate demand.
Federal regulators are examining the electric car maker's manufacturing after two reports of seat-belt defects.
A preliminary hearing in the case of the Southern California doctor who drove his Tesla off a steep cliff near Devil's Slide earlier this year was postponed Monday to allow the defendant more to time to complete an investigation.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it got two complaints that the steering wheels can come off Tesla's Model Y SUV while it's being driven.
The San Francisco 49ers are banking on keeping a good thing going by extending the contracts of general manager John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan.
The Marriott Marquis hotel in San Francisco is on the hook for $20 million after a jury found it failed to accommodate an employee's disability.
Residents in San Jose should be prepared for traffic and detours due to the weekend closure of northbound State Route 87 between I-280 and State Route 85 starting Friday evening.
A federal judge has struck down a California law banning high-capacity gun magazines.
An 80-year-old man who died after being struck by a vehicle in San Francisco's Mission District on Wednesday has been identified by the city's Medical Examiner's Office as Jian Huang.
The Marriott Marquis hotel in San Francisco is on the hook for $20 million after a jury found it failed to accommodate an employee's disability.
Residents in San Jose should be prepared for traffic and detours due to the weekend closure of northbound State Route 87 between I-280 and State Route 85 starting Friday evening.
A federal judge has struck down a California law banning high-capacity gun magazines.
An 80-year-old man who died after being struck by a vehicle in San Francisco's Mission District on Wednesday has been identified by the city's Medical Examiner's Office as Jian Huang.
A man was fatally struck by a vehicle in San Jose on Friday morning, according to police.
The Marriott Marquis hotel in San Francisco is on the hook for $20 million after a jury found it failed to accommodate an employee's disability.
An 80-year-old man who died after being struck by a vehicle in San Francisco's Mission District on Wednesday has been identified by the city's Medical Examiner's Office as Jian Huang.
Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams is known for putting in the work on and off the field, but his latest exploits didn't involve catching footballs, instead using a paintbrush and a sledgehammer to help renovate a home for a very special fan.
The 36th annual Pacific Coast Fog Fest begins Saturday, its second year back since the pandemic, at a critical time for small businesses that rely on major events to increase sales and keep them connected to the community.
A San Francisco jury convicted a 72-year-old man for raping and killing his friend in 2010, according to city prosecutors.
A 44-year-old man was arrested early Friday morning for allegedly stabbing someone on a BART train in Oakland, a spokesperson for the transit agency said.
A female employee at an Albany car dealership was fatally shot late Thursday morning by a suspect who later died in an exchange of gunfire with Berkeley police.
Pittsburg police said Thursday that people who allegedly killed a 24-year-old Antioch man in July are affiliated with the East Contra Costa County street gang Midtown.
The Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District will spray for mosquitoes Thursday night in Livermore as West Nile virus has been found in dead birds and mosquitoes in the area.
"Euphoria" star Angus Cloud died of acute intoxication due to the combined effects of methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl and benzodiazepine, the Alameda County Coroner's Bureau confirmed to CBS News.
Residents in San Jose should be prepared for traffic and detours due to the weekend closure of northbound State Route 87 between I-280 and State Route 85 starting Friday evening.
A man was fatally struck by a vehicle in San Jose on Friday morning, according to police.
A San Francisco artist is carrying forward a decades-old tradition by expressing lowrider culture in custom-built bicycles.
The 49ers went into their home opener 2-0 so fans were already excited but many weren't just celebrating their team – they were celebrating their culture.
This year, officials started paying more attention to the deplorable living conditions some Bay Area farmworkers face. KPIX met a family in Gilroy that is just one of many who would benefit from new help being provided by the state.
The city of Vallejo was turned down by the state for a grant request to tackle organized retail and vehicle theft despite many other Bay Area cities being awarded millions of dollars, City Manager Mike Malone said Thursday.
As wildfires burning in Northern California and Southern Oregon send smoke toward the Bay Area impacting air quality across the region, fire experts warn that the unpredictable winds could heighten fire alerts.
The smoky skies this week caught some residents by surprise, but they say it's not as bad as previous years.
A poker player who said he had terminal cancer and accepted thousands of dollars in donations so he could play in a World Series of Poker tournament in Las Vegas now admits it was all a lie.
The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for the interior North Bay mountains from Wednesday night through Thursday evening because of critical fire weather conditions that are expected to develop.
The San Francisco 49ers are banking on keeping a good thing going by extending the contracts of general manager John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan.
Three straight wins with 30 points scored in each game is just the kind of start the San Francisco 49ers wanted to have this year after being forced to climb out of early holes the past two years.
Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams is known for putting in the work on and off the field, but his latest exploits didn't involve catching footballs, instead using a paintbrush and a sledgehammer to help renovate a home for a very special fan.
Brock Purdy threw two TD passes and the 49ers won their 13th straight regular season game, 30-12 over the New York Giants on Thursday night.
The Dodgers capitalized on two physical and one mental blunder by the Giants to win 7-2 Thursday night.
A 44-year-old man was arrested early Friday morning for allegedly stabbing someone on a BART train in Oakland, a spokesperson for the transit agency said.
A San Francisco jury convicted a 72-year-old man for raping and killing his friend in 2010, according to city prosecutors.
A female employee at an Albany car dealership was fatally shot late Thursday morning by a suspect who later died in an exchange of gunfire with Berkeley police.
Stockon police are investigating a brazen attack on a rideshare driver in their own department headquarters parking lot.
Car break-ins are a problem all over San Francisco, but the crime seems to be committed with clockwork regularity on famous Haight Street.
Consumers are snatching up the iPhone 15 as they look to swap their old devices for something newer and more powerful, analysts said.
Airbnb says it's cracking down on fake listings, which are emerging as a major problem for customers of the short-term rental site.
The family of a North Carolina man who died after driving his car off a collapsed bridge while following Google Maps directions is suing the technology giant for negligence.
Santa Cruz County employees will have ongoing guidance for the use of artificial intelligence on the job thanks to a new policy adopted by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.
The first Native American woman in space, Nicole Mann spoke to a rapt crowd of fans in her hometown of Petaluma at the Petaluma Woman's Club Tuesday.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has sued an anti-abortion group and a chain of anti-abortion counseling centers, saying the organizations misled women when they offered them unproven treatments to reverse medication abortions.
Health officials in Santa Clara County have cast doubts on reports that a bacterial infection blamed on fish eaten by a San Jose woman caused her to undergo a quadruple amputation.
Healthcare workers in San Mateo County will be required to wear masks between November and April, amid concerns about the increased spread of respiratory viruses such as COVID-19, flu and RSV during those months.
It is a problem across the Bay Area, but the fentanyl crisis is hitting San Francisco especially hard, with the city reporting August was one of its deadliest months for overdoses.
Contra Costa County and other Bay Area counties are issuing a new masking order that applies to workers at "high-risk" health care facilities as COVID-19 cases are again rising.
A federal judge has struck down a California law banning high-capacity gun magazines.
President Joe Biden's education chief says he's open to using "whatever levers" are available — including federal money — to discourage colleges from giving preference to the children of alumni and donors.
Here's a look at some of the federal government's functions that will and won't be impacted by a lapse in funding.
With over 15,000 car break-ins since January, it's not new for San Franciscans to be, or know, a victim of an auto burglary.
The White House said the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will develop new regulations that would prevent unpaid medical bills from being counted on credit reports.
In the East Bay, a special school board meeting is scheduled for the Sunol Glen School District Tuesday afternoon.
Ryan Yamamoto reports on plans for the Pentagon to review cases of LGBTQ+ veterans denied honorable discharges under "don't ask, don't tell" (9-20-2023)
Ryan Yamamoto reports on questions surrounding the Sunol Glen School Board's plans for a closed-door meeting Wednesday (9-20-2023)
The Pentagon plans to make it easier for LGBTQ+ veterans to retroactively obtain honorable discharges they may have been denied because of their sexuality.
Oakland Pride returns to the East Bay city's streets as cheerful crowds fill several downtown blocks for the Sunday festival and parade.
Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams is known for putting in the work on and off the field, but his latest exploits didn't involve catching footballs, instead using a paintbrush and a sledgehammer to help renovate a home for a very special fan.
The 36th annual Pacific Coast Fog Fest begins Saturday, its second year back since the pandemic, at a critical time for small businesses that rely on major events to increase sales and keep them connected to the community.
A San Francisco artist is carrying forward a decades-old tradition by expressing lowrider culture in custom-built bicycles.
Hollywood studios and striking screenwriters have spent a second full day in talks that could potentially put an end to the nearly five-month dispute that has brought many film and television productions to a halt.
A Taylor Swift Instagram post drove thousands of young people to register to vote this week.
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 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.
The father of Banko Brown, the man shot dead by a security guard at a San Francisco Walgreens store, spoke publicly about the killing for the first time Wednesday after retaining civil rights attorney John Burris.
A chance discovery of a box of photos in a Yuba County storage locker is giving people a unique insight into their community after local historians took it upon themselves to document an important moment in time.
CBS News Bay Area afternoon edition headlines for Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Watch full newscasts streamed at the CBS SF website or on the app. Website: http://kpix.com
Jessica Burch reports on when the Bay Area could see relief from the lingering wildfire smoke that has impacted air quality all week long (9-22-2023)
UC Berkeley professor Emiliana Simon-Thomas discusses the popular ‘The Science of Happiness’ course on feeling your emotions as a broader characteristic of life and breaks down the stats of happiness at a workplace. (09-22-23)
After traveling nearly a billion miles, NASA’s Planetary Scientist Giada Arney explains the mission to study the asteroid Bennu and the exciting details discovered. (09-22-23)
with Jessica Burch
A pair of women from the Bay Area are taking their compassion for canines overseas by rescuing dogs from war-torn Ukraine.
A San Francisco man is marking 30 years of celebrating Filipino community arts and culture in the Bay Area
An Alameda County food bank employee created a model for the nation when she began helping people dealing with food insecurity get the nourishment they need.
An Oakland man whose life was changed in high school after being injured in a shooting has paired up with a fellow educator to help East Oakland teens succeed through an innovative school model.
The nonprofit helps single mothers throughout California with necessities for their families.
Itohan Ediae and Qien Feng are getting ready to leave for their first year of college and they are taking a lot with them: excitement, nerves, and memories from what has become an extraordinary friendship.
For Yvonne Soracco, walking the campus hallways is like turning pages in a scrapbook of her career.
KPIX is relaunching our Students Rising Above series with a profile of a young woman who went from working in her family's donut shop to UC Hastings.
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.