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Officials with Pacific Gas and Electric have announced a possible third consecutive Public Safety Power Shutdown due to dangerous fire conditions that would affect customers in 32 counties starting Tuesday.
Nearly two million Northern California residents have had their Sunday rituals disrupted by a historic PG&E preventive power outage as Red Flag Warning wind conditions fueled a wildfire in Sonoma County and threatened to spark blazes elsewhere.
With red flag warning conditions packing howling winds predicted for late Saturday, Pacific Gas & Electric officials went forward with the second planned power shutoff this week because of mounting fire danger conditions from the Bay Area to the Sierra.
The potential high winds this weekend have PG&E warning that another round of power shutoffs may hit nearly every county in the Bay Area starting Saturday night, affecting 400,000 customers.
Cal Fire reported Friday morning the Mines Fire burning southeast of Livermore in Alameda County is at 50 acres and is 60 percent contained.
PG&E will shut off power to about 120,000 people in Contra Costa County this weekend. Alameda County is also preparing for a PSPS event that may affect 57,000 people.
A condemned serial killer who murdered five Alameda County women after brutally beating and raping four of them has been found dead in his cell on San Quentin's Death Row, prison officials announced Friday.
A judge on Tuesday granted the city of Oakland's request for a temporary restraining order barring Alameda County from immediately selling its half ownership of the 155-acre Coliseum complex to the Oakland A's baseball team for $85 million.
Alameda County Fire Department firefighters on Sunday night are battling a vegetation fire that has burned about seven acres about two miles south of Sunol, firefighters said on social media.
The city of Fremont hopes a new trailer can restore just a little bit of human dignity to those living on the street.
An East Palo Alto man was sentenced on Friday to 91 years to life in state prison for shooting at three police officers in Menlo Park in a 2015 incident in which began when they investigated a home invasion robbery in Fremont.
Only half of the guns used to commit crimes in Alameda County last year were registered in California and less than 10 percent were registered to the person who committed the crime, according to a study released this week by District Attorney Nancy O'Malley.
Alameda County prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for a transient charged with special circumstances murder in the fatal stabbing of 18-year-old Nia Wilson at the MacArthur BART station.
A Dublin man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for felony insider trading related to using proprietary information from Dublin-based Ross Stores Inc.
The number of residential building permits in the Bay Area and California is actually going down, despite the strong demand for housing.
A new interactive map predicts where seal level rise will be in thirty years, and if it's right many homes in the Bay Area could be under water - literally.
Alameda County supervisors made an offer Tuesday to lease the Glenn Dyer Jail to the city of Oakland, county officials said Wednesday.
Detectives recovered 25 firearms Wednesday as a result of a multi-location search warrant operation in unincorporated Alameda County.
The numbers are in: 8,022 people in Alameda County are homeless and more than half of them live in Oakland.
Fire crews have contained a small grass that started in the center divide of Interstate Highway 580 in unincorporated Alameda County early Monday morning.
The Alameda County Office of Emergency Services hosted a community training session Wednesday, titled "Reducing the Risks of Nonstructural Earthquake Damage."
A grand jury report is detailing what many Bay Area Rapid Transit passengers can already attest to - increased violent crime and interrelated quality of life issues are resulting in a drop in ridership on the system.
An Alameda County grand jury issued a report on Monday strongly criticizing the county Board of Supervisors for the way it handled the approval process of sweeping changes to the sheriff's controversial "Urban Shield" law enforcement training program.
The new 341 code will co-mingle with the 510 area code in the western parts of Alameda and Contra Costa counties, CPUC officials said.
In Fremont, city leaders want to build a special shelter for the homeless, but many neighbors are making it clear they don't want one in their backyard
One person was detained after a pedestrian died in a collision in San Francisco Sunday evening, police said.
Macklin Celebrini scored an unassisted goal at 3:47 of overtime to give the San Jose Sharks a 6-5 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday.
Bay Area seafood lovers hoping to serve fresh Dungeness crab for Thanksgiving or Christmas are out of luck again this year.
A dispute with the East Bay Regional Parks District over a lease agreement is jeopardizing one of the most beloved children's attractions in the East Bay.
British Muslim journalist and political commentator Sami Hamdi was detained at San Francisco International Airport on Sunday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the Department of Homeland Security said.
One person was detained after a pedestrian died in a collision in San Francisco Sunday evening, police said.
Macklin Celebrini scored an unassisted goal at 3:47 of overtime to give the San Jose Sharks a 6-5 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday.
Bay Area seafood lovers hoping to serve fresh Dungeness crab for Thanksgiving or Christmas are out of luck again this year.
A dispute with the East Bay Regional Parks District over a lease agreement is jeopardizing one of the most beloved children's attractions in the East Bay.
British Muslim journalist and political commentator Sami Hamdi was detained at San Francisco International Airport on Sunday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the Department of Homeland Security said.
One person was detained after a pedestrian died in a collision in San Francisco Sunday evening, police said.
Bay Area seafood lovers hoping to serve fresh Dungeness crab for Thanksgiving or Christmas are out of luck again this year.
Santa Rosa police said the suspects were employees at a San Francisco adult entertainment venue that the victim, Mark Calcagni, managed.
President Trump announced Thursday that he has called off a plan to deploy federal agents to San Francisco, following a conversation with Mayor Daniel Lurie.
The Women's Professional Baseball League has chosen New York, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco as the cities that will represent the four teams competing in their inaugural season.
A dispute with the East Bay Regional Parks District over a lease agreement is jeopardizing one of the most beloved children's attractions in the East Bay.
The quake was in the Briones Regional Park, and it was recorded just before 7:30 a.m., with a depth of nearly 10 miles, the USGS report states.
Twenty-four days into the federal government shutdown, thousands of federal workers are now missing their first full paycheck - and the economic consequences are spreading beyond workers at government buildings.
Police in El Cerrito broke up multiple retail thefts in progress Thursday at Marshalls and CVS stores in a targeted operation, the department said Friday.
A planned immigration crackdown by federal agents has been canceled for the entire Bay Area for now, Mayor Barbara Lee of Oakland said Friday.
Around 9:45 a.m., crews responded to a report of a vehicle driving off the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf.
A fugitive Mountain View barber suspected in dozens of sexual assaults of unconscious victims has been found in Guatemala, prosecutors said.
Three convicted killers who are serving sentences at Salinas Valley State Prison in Central California are suspected of killing a fellow inmate during an attack Thursday morning.
Four students from Watsonville High School were arrested after three people were injured in a stabbing and assault on campus Thursday morning.
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle as he was crossing a busy road in San Jose early Thursday morning, police said.
The crash happened on Lakeville Highway, near Old Lakeville Road.
Santa Rosa police said the suspects were employees at a San Francisco adult entertainment venue that the victim, Mark Calcagni, managed.
Around 11:30 p.m., several 911 calls were made to report a car had hit multiple cars near South McDowell Boulevard and Caulfield Lane, and that the driver appeared to be intoxicated, police said.
The Board of Supervisors approved a new set of developer fees to generate funds for affordable housing while putting a major cost on so-called luxury housing.
The group's representative estimates the total overpayment to be more than $300,000 and says some workers could have to pay more than $20,000 each.
Macklin Celebrini scored an unassisted goal at 3:47 of overtime to give the San Jose Sharks a 6-5 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday.
C.J. Stroud threw for a season-high 318 yards with two touchdowns and the Texans got off to a quick start and held on for a 26-15 victory.
Deni Avdija had 26 points and six assists, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Golden State Warriors 139-119 in Tiago Splitter's first game as interim head coach.
Basketball is back in the Bay, and Golden State Warriors fans couldn't be happier, especially one longtime, well-dressed fanatic.
Stephen Curry scores 42 points, including a game-tying 3-pointer, as the Golden State Warriors beat the Denver Nuggets 137-131.
One person was detained after a pedestrian died in a collision in San Francisco Sunday evening, police said.
Thieves took less than eight minutes to steal jewels valued at $102 million last Sunday morning from Paris' famous Louvre museum.
Santa Rosa police said the suspects were employees at a San Francisco adult entertainment venue that the victim, Mark Calcagni, managed.
Around 11:30 p.m., several 911 calls were made to report a car had hit multiple cars near South McDowell Boulevard and Caulfield Lane, and that the driver appeared to be intoxicated, police said.
Police in El Cerrito broke up multiple retail thefts in progress Thursday at Marshalls and CVS stores in a targeted operation, the department said Friday.
AI companyy said the new browser is now available on Apple laptops that run on macOS and will expand to other platforms soon.
An Amazon Web Services outage impacting Amazon's own services and as well as apps around the world wasn't resolved until Monday evening.`
Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff on Friday apologized for comments he made last week urging President Trump to deploy the National Guard to San Francisco to address public safety.
OpenAI is pausing Sora 2 users' ability to make AI videos that depict the civil rights leader as the company works to create rules for historical figures.
The system has been operating since August, and San Anselmo is the company's first client. But the city has already gotten a grant to install the AI controller in all 12 of its stop lights.
With open enrollment starting soon, employees could get sticker shock, with their costs expected to rise 6% to 7% for 2026, a new study says.
Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente nurses and health care workers across California are hitting the picket line Tuesday, as a five-day strike begins.
Officials in Monterey County are urging pet owners to ensure their animals are up to date on rabies vaccinations, after a bat in an unincorporated area tested positive for the virus.
An invasive species of mosquito that can carry diseases has been found in Santa Cruz County, authorities announced Monday.
Nobel Prize committee chair says discoveries by the trio of researchers were "decisive for our understanding of how the immune system functions."
The USDA notice comes after the Trump administration said it would not tap roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep benefits through SNAP.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the TikTok deal announced last month is set to be finalized on Thursday when President Trump meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
In an exclusive interview, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said that he will consider a presidential campaign after the 2026 midterm elections.
The move comes even though Ontario's leader said the anti-tariff ad would be halted beginning Monday.
Former vice president Kamala Harris spoke about the possibility of a woman being in the White House one day in an interview with the BBC.
California state Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco announced Wednesday that he is running for Nancy Pelosi's congressional seat next year.
Advocacy group The Trevor Projected released data from the first year of a study following more than 1,600 LGBTQ+ youth across the country.
A former Yosemite employee says they've been fired by the National Park Service, three months after flying a transgender pride flag from El Capitan.
For the past three years, LGBTQ+ youth could contact 988 and press 3 to connect them to a counselor specifically trained to support their mental health needs.
A Bay Area mother and her adult son are recalling with pride their family journey in a lesbian household that bucked traditional expectations of masculinity.
June Lockhart, the actor best known for her role as the matriarch in the TV series "Lassie", has died, her family spokesperson said Saturday.
The NFL is not considering dropping Bad Bunny as its Super Bowl halftime headline performer, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said.
A recent report mandated by the city revealed that the fountain isn't ADA-compliant. It also contains lead and asbestos. San Francisco Recreation and Parks estimated it'll cost $29 million to renovate, but only $2.68 million to remove.
Limp Bizkit, with roots in Jacksonville, Florida, emerged in the late 1990s with a sound that melds alternative rock, heavy metal and rap.
Frehley was recovering from a "minor fall" that forced him to cancel a scheduled performance in late September, his tour manager had said.
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.
Los Angeles International Airport officials say a staffing shortage at Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport led to a temporary ground stop for all LAX flights.
Here's a look at the weather forecast Sunday evening.
A British Muslim journalist and political commentator was arrested at San Francisco International Airport on Sunday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the Department of Homeland Security said.
The delay in California's commercial Dungeness crab impacts fishermen, businesses and consumers. Da Lin reports.
A dispute over a lease agreement is putting the future of an East Bay children's attraction in jeopardy.
In 2025, KPIX is moving to a new community service award: the CBS News Bay Area Icon Award. Submit nominations for an outstanding community hero at kpix.com/icon.
It's the most wonderful time of the year for a South Bay woman who has played Mrs. Claus for more than 40 years for the children of North San Jose's Alviso District.
For residents of the Oakland Hills, the prospect of another wildfire always remains a concern. This week's Jefferson Awards winner has made it his mission to make the hills and other high-risk areas safer.
In East Palo Alto -- where state education numbers show more than nine in ten public school students are low income and more than half are English learners -- many are finding hope and connection at the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula.
This week's Jefferson Award winner is Army veteran who continues to live a life of service into his 80s, by feeding hundreds of San Francisco families a week.
A Bay Area man who overcame tremendous obstacles to excel in school has made it his mission to gear up other students for success in the classroom and in life.
For Students Rising Above scholar Josh Collins it took moving across the country to realize the value of his Bay Area family.
Samir Hooker had to grow up fast after his stepfather was shot dead 12 years ago. Now he is watching over his mom and sister while attending UC Berkeley.
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.