'I Can't Breathe' Protests, Oscar Grant Memorial Planned In Bay Area For New Year's Eve
Not everyone will be counting down to a midnight celebration in the Bay Area Wednesday night.
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Not everyone will be counting down to a midnight celebration in the Bay Area Wednesday night.
Members of a California high school basketball team can wear T-shirts reading "I Can't Breathe" during warm-ups at a tournament despite previously being told to stay home if they did.
A North Coast high school basketball tournament has become a flashpoint in the ongoing protests over police killings of unarmed black men after Mendocino High players were disinvited from an event in Fort Bragg because of concerns they would wear "I Can't Breathe" T-shirts during warmups.
A protest march targeting police shootings turned violent in Oakland on Christmas night as protesters smashed windows, looted stores and damaged a Christmas in Jack London Square.
A charity group is blaming violent protests in Oakland for a huge drop in donations this holiday season.
In the wake of the fatal shootings of two police officers in New York, police unions in the Bay Area's three largest cities are calling for a "constructive dialogue" and an end to the "vilification" of police officers by protesters.
In the latest chapter of the ongoing Bay Area reaction to the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases, Contra Costa County District Attorney Mark Peterson has fired back at the public defenders, who accused him last week of racially biased prosecutions.
As protests against police brutality in the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases continue, a variety of legal reforms could likely come out of all this action.
AC Transit reports that many bus routes are being detoured in Oakland Thursday afternoon due to protests planned in the downtown area.
Oakland police are investigating a report of a noose found on a tree in Frank Ogawa Plaza on Tuesday.
This is the first time in recent history public defenders organized a protest in Oakland. According to one protester, "every day, public defenders see the imbalance in the court system that allows police officers to escape punishment for crimes against black people."
akland police said they were not told that plainclothes officers from the California Highway Patrol were in the crowd last Wednesday night when one of them drew his gun on a group of surging protesters.
A local reporter who's been covering the Bay Area protests against police brutality opens up about something she was shocked to hear from other people of color.
A Bay Area police chief who participated in a protest against police brutality said he would do it again, despite complaints from officers saying he broke the law because he wore his uniform during the march.
At least two Oakland high schools staged a walkout over police killings of unarmed black men and are rallying at the Fruitvale BART station Monday afternoon, organizers said.
Police arrested 25 protesters Monday morning who chained themselves to the Oakland Police Department headquarters and shut down nearby streets to call for the end of police killings of unarmed black people.
The father of the young unarmed black man killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri this summer was in San Francisco Sunday as part of a city-to-city speaking tour across the country.
Bay Area protesters marched in lockstep with hundreds of thousands of people across the country who came out in the streets to denounce the police killings of unarmed black men Michael Brown and Eric Garner.
A CHP officer who pulled his gun on protesters in Oakland Wednesday night is still on active duty and his supervisor says it doesn't appear that the officer did anything wrong.
In a photo posted to Twitter, an undercover California Highway Patrol officer is seen pointing a small handgun in a "side grip" style toward a crowd of protesters and a news photographer while he restrains a protester who had reportedly attacked his partner.
Protesters marched on the University of California, Berkeley campus and shut down a talk by PayPal co-founder and venture capitalist Peter Thiel Wednesday night.
Hundreds of Berkeley High School students gathered on the UC Berkeley campus to rally in support of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. Many of the students were happy to have such a large gathering at the demonstration Wednesday.
Another freeway was shut down, dumpsters were burned and more stores were looted Tuesday night in Berkeley and Oakland as protests in the Bay Area continue. KCBS, KPIX 5 and Chronicle Insider Phil Matier discusses the changing nature of protests and how they are being handled by politicians.
The city of Oakland and the Oakland Police Department websites have been out intermittently since Tuesday night and the hacker group Anonymous is taking responsibility.
The fourth night of East Bay protests over the deaths of two black men in New York and Missouri was mostly peaceful Wednesday.
The California Energy Commission hosted its first public meeting with Vacaville residents on a proposed lithium-ion battery plant.
The ongoing government shutdown is beginning to ripple through the airline industry and at Bay Area airports.
Bay Area Democratic lawmakers hailed Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi on Thursday following her announcement that she would not seek re-election at the end of her term and retire from Congress.
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie on Thursday appointed Isabella "Beya" Alcaraz, a political novice and former small business owner, to the city's Board of Supervisors.
Two people were killed in a shooting at a gas station in East Oakland just before noon Thursday, authorities said.
The California Energy Commission hosted its first public meeting with Vacaville residents on a proposed lithium-ion battery plant.
The ongoing government shutdown is beginning to ripple through the airline industry and at Bay Area airports.
Bay Area Democratic lawmakers hailed Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi on Thursday following her announcement that she would not seek re-election at the end of her term and retire from Congress.
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie on Thursday appointed Isabella "Beya" Alcaraz, a political novice and former small business owner, to the city's Board of Supervisors.
Two people were killed in a shooting at a gas station in East Oakland just before noon Thursday, authorities said.
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie on Thursday appointed Isabella "Beya" Alcaraz, a political novice and former small business owner, to the city's Board of Supervisors.
Many are struggling to juggle their work, family, and bills. Some have had to take on second jobs, and the stress of the government shutdown is taking its toll.
Growing up surrounded by gang violence, Victor Pasillas said the Bay Area taught him how to do more than just survive.
An East Palo Alto nonprofit is helping youth take flight. Bay Area Urban Eagles is teaching aviation and aeronautics to the next generation, especially young people of color.
A jury has convicted a San Francisco man of murder, robbery and other felony charges in connection with a 2019 crime spree that predominantly targeted Asian Americans in the city.
Two people were killed in a shooting at a gas station in East Oakland just before noon Thursday, authorities said.
Authorities in the South Bay said they arrested a man who was allegedly armed following an hours-long standoff at a home for veterans that began Wednesday night.
Authorities have arrested a Solano County man suspected of burglarizing schools throughout the Bay Area, targeting the credit cards of teachers.
The family of an elderly Brentwood woman said they want answers after she was injured while in police custody and later died of those injuries.
BART said trains were not stopping at the 12th Street Oakland station in the Antioch and Richmond directions due to a major medical emergency.
A man suspected of ramming his pickup multiple times into a food truck in South San Jose earlier this year has been arrested, police said.
Five people were arrested in San Jose after automated license plate cameras captured a suspect vehicle following a home burglary last week, police said Thursday.
The largest housing project of its kind in Santa Cruz County is now past the halfway point, and when finished, leaders think it'll play a key role in getting more unhoused people off the streets.
Authorities in Monterey County said they arrested a Salinas man and his teenage brother for allegedly manufacturing and possessing illegal firearms.
A small earthquake struck San Benito County near San Juan Bautista Wednesday morning, officials announced.
A Novaoto woman put up a little free library in March, calling it the Blacklisted Bookshelf. But then the government shutdown happened, so she changed course to help people who might be struggling.
Police in Santa Rosa arrested a man on suspicion of driving under the influence following a crash on Tuesday that led to a power outage impacting thousands of customers.
A man was arrested in Solano County for allegedly sex trafficking a missing juvenile in locations across the state, authorities said Tuesday.
Police in Fairfield arrested a man on multiple charges after he allegedly stabbed multiple people during an incident over the weekend.
The Bay Area will get some wet weather beginning on Tuesday evening, with the North Bay expected to see the most rainfall.
Former NFL star Antonio Brown was extradited from Dubai to the U.S. to face attempted murder charges in a Miami shooting outside a boxing event.
Macklin Celebrini had a goal and two assists as the San Jose Sharks beat the Seattle Kraken 6-1.
Russell Westbrook posted his NBA-record 204th career triple-double and Dennis Schroder sparked a key fourth-quarter spurt that gave the Sacramento Kings a 121-116 win over the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night in a matchup of short-handed teams.
The National Football League and Bay Area Host Committee announced a list of official events in the San Francisco Bay Area in the week leading up to Super Bowl LX in February, culminating with the game at Levi's Stadium.
Victor Conte, the architect of a scheme to provide undetectable performance-enhancing drugs to professional athletes decades ago, has died.
Two people were killed in a shooting at a gas station in East Oakland just before noon Thursday, authorities said.
A man suspected of ramming his pickup multiple times into a food truck in South San Jose earlier this year has been arrested, police said.
Authorities in the South Bay said they arrested a man who was allegedly armed following an hours-long standoff at a home for veterans that began Wednesday night.
Five people were arrested in San Jose after automated license plate cameras captured a suspect vehicle following a home burglary last week, police said Thursday.
Authorities have arrested a Solano County man suspected of burglarizing schools throughout the Bay Area, targeting the credit cards of teachers.
Ride-hailing giant Uber announced Wednesday that it plans to launch autonomous taxi service in the San Francisco Bay Area next year.
The chipmaker on Wednesday became the first publicly listed company to top $5 trillion in market value, boosted by demand for its AI chips.
The job cuts come as Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has said he envisions the company relying on AI agents to replace human workers.
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.`
A bat found near a park on the San Francisco Peninsula in San Mateo County tested positive for rabies last week, health officials said.
KFF, a nonprofit health policy organization founded in San Francisco, has released new data predicting a 26% increase in health insurance premiums under the Affordable Care Act coverage next year.
Waiting and seeing is not often the strategy employed when it comes to treating breast cancer, but a new clinical trial by the University of California, San Francisco, researchers are doing just that.
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.
The ongoing government shutdown is beginning to ripple through the airline industry and at Bay Area airports.
Bay Area Democratic lawmakers hailed Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi on Thursday following her announcement that she would not seek re-election at the end of her term and retire from Congress.
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie on Thursday appointed Isabella "Beya" Alcaraz, a political novice and former small business owner, to the city's Board of Supervisors.
U.S. District Judge John McConnell ordered the Trump administration to provide the full food stamp benefits by Friday.
The Supreme Court agreed to freeze a lower court order that stopped the State Department from enforcing a new passport policy put into place by President Trump earlier this year.
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.
"Wicked" star Jonathan Bailey has been named People magazine's 2025 Sexiest Man Alive.
Heidi Klum donned green scales and squirming snakes to transform herself into Medusa for Halloween on Friday.
Paramount announced layoffs as the company restructures after completing its $8 billion merger with Skydance earlier this year.
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.
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.
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie on Thursday appointed Isabella "Beya" Alcaraz, a political novice and former small business owner, to the city's Board of Supervisors.
Now that Halloween is over, Californians should compost their pumpkins rather than putting them in the garbage. Here's why.
The ongoing government shutdown is keeping Bay Area air travelers anxious as flight are set to be throttled back at major U.S. airports. Brad Hamilton reports.
One of the most powerful women in U.S. political history has announced her retirement. Reporters Lauren Toms and Kelsi Thorud look at Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi's historic career and her impact on the Bay Area and nationwide.
Political analyst Marc Sandalow reflects on Nancy Pelosi's historic career in Congress and looks at the path forward for the Democratic Party.
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.