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Oakland City Council Votes To Increase Police StaffingThe Oakland City Council voted to fund two more academies to add 60 more officers to help bring the department back to the 737 authorized positions.
Bay Area Remembers 1941 Attack On Pearl Harbor That Changed America ForeverOn Sunday, December 7th, 1941, a young radio operator on Mare Island got an urgent message in Morse Code. It was the first news to reach the mainland about the attack on Pearl Harbor and America has never been the same since.
'Prolific' San Francisco Retail Theft Suspect Back In Jail After New ArrestA woman, released on zero bail after being arrested for 120 alleged incidents involving thefts from the Target at Stonestown Galleria, was back in custody after a new arrest and for ignoring a court order to sign up for electronic monitoring.
Scott Peterson Returning To San Mateo County Courtroom Wednesday For Re-SentencingThe last time Scott Peterson sat inside a San Mateo County courtroom, he heard a judge sentence him to death for the Christmas Eve 2002 murder of his wife, Laci, and the couple's unborn child.
Major Outage Strikes Amazon Web Services ; Netflix, Venmo, Instacart Among Many Affected SitesAmazon Web Services suffered a major outage Tuesday, the company said, limiting service at many key and popular sites.
Retailers To Hire San Francisco Sheriff's Deputies To Deter Retail Theft, Smash-and-Grab SurgeSan Francisco will allow businesses to hire sheriff’s deputies to provide more law enforcement presence to help stem retail theft and smash-and-grab incidents.
Mountain View Man Who Works With Youth Accused Of Lewd Acts With Teens; Additional Victims SoughtA Mountain View community volunteer who works with youth has been arrested for lewd acts on two teens and police said there could be additional victims.
Elizabeth Holmes Grilled On Claims Of Battlefield Use Of Theranos Testing TechnologyFederal prosecutors grilled Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes Tuesday on claims that her failed startup's technology was being deployed by military doctors in war zone field hospitals, as well as revenue projections of nearly $1 billion for 2015.
TOP VIDEOS
Oakland City Council Votes To Hire More Police OfficersWith homicides and gun violence spiking, Oakland lawmakers voted to hire more officers. Andrea Nakano has more on Tuesday's vote..
COVID: Dozens Of Patients Rescheduled Due To High Vaccine Demand, Staffing ShortagesDemand for vaccines and boosters was so high, Maria Cid Medina reports, a San Mateo clinic had to reschedule dozens of patients due to staffing shortages.
Family Of Afghan Refugee Shot, Killed In San Francisco Seeks JusticeAn Afghan refugee who fled his homeland looking for a better life, was gunned down on the streets of San Francisco. Kiet Do has more on the search for justice.
COVID Omicron
COVID: High Demand For Vaccines, Boosters Strains Staffing At San Mateo ClinicA rush for the COVID-19 vaccines and boosters before the holidays caused one clinic in San Mateo County to turn away 180 patients because the staffing couldn't meet the demand.
COVID, Homeless Encampments Are Final Straws For School In San Jose's Little Italy NeighborhoodSan Jose's Little Italy neighborhood is the latest community to run into problems from the combination of COVID and nearby homeless camps.
COVID: Health Officials Find More CoCo County Restaurants Not Checking Vaccine CardsAfter allegations surfaced that some restaurants in Contra Costa County are defying COVID-19 rules an East Bay lawmaker is pressing for stricter enforcement.
Smash And Grab Robberies
Retailers To Hire San Francisco Sheriff's Deputies To Deter Retail Theft, Smash-and-Grab SurgeSan Francisco will allow businesses to hire sheriff’s deputies to provide more law enforcement presence to help stem retail theft and smash-and-grab incidents.
Suspects From Antioch, Elk Grove Arrested In Connection With Multiple San Francisco Auto BurglariesAn East Bay man and a Sacramento County man were arrested in connection with multiple auto burglaries in San Francisco last week, police said.
SFPD: Suspects In Violent Smash And Grab Robberies, Car Burglaries Will Be Arrested, ConvictedAs crime and and violence in the Bay Area continues to make national headlines, police in San Francisco said they continue to make arrests, and investigate armed robberies and car burglaries.
CBSN Bay Area Interviews
Inflation Impacts San Francisco-Marin Food BankKPIX 5's Anne Makovec talks to San Francisco-Marin Food Bank Executive Director Tanis Crosby about how rising food costs are affecting local food banks
Latest on the Omicron VariantDr. Malathi Srinivasan with Stanford Health Care explains how the number of mutations with the Omicron variant compares to other COVID-19 variants of concern, and if the current vaccines will provide protection
First Confirmed U.S. Case of Omicron Variant Detected in San FranciscoKPIX 5's Len Kiese asks Dr. Karin Shavelson with Marin Health if the COVID-19 Omicron variant is any more transmissible than the Delta variant, and how concerned we should be here in the Bay Area
San Francisco & Peninsula News
'Prolific' San Francisco Retail Theft Suspect Back In Jail After New ArrestA woman, released on zero bail after being arrested for 120 alleged incidents involving thefts from the Target at Stonestown Galleria, was back in custody after a new arrest and for ignoring a court order to sign up for electronic monitoring.
Scott Peterson Returning To San Mateo County Courtroom Wednesday For Re-SentencingThe last time Scott Peterson sat inside a San Mateo County courtroom, he heard a judge sentence him to death for the Christmas Eve 2002 murder of his wife, Laci, and the couple's unborn child.
Retailers To Hire San Francisco Sheriff's Deputies To Deter Retail Theft, Smash-and-Grab SurgeSan Francisco will allow businesses to hire sheriff’s deputies to provide more law enforcement presence to help stem retail theft and smash-and-grab incidents.
East Bay News
Oakland City Council Votes To Increase Police StaffingThe Oakland City Council voted to fund two more academies to add 60 more officers to help bring the department back to the 737 authorized positions.
COVID: Contra Costa Supes Tell Health Department To Crack Down On Establishments Defying Health OrderContra Costa County Supervisor Karen Mitchoff told county health services director Anna Roth on Tuesday that she wants a detailed report concerning what Roth's department is doing about 13 businesses still refusing to comply with COVID-19 indoor mandates.
One Injured In Shooting Near Oakland’s Mosswood ParkOakland Police said Tuesday that gunfire struck a person who was driving along West MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland the night before.
South Bay News
COVID: High Demand For Vaccines, Boosters Strains Staffing At San Mateo ClinicA rush for the COVID-19 vaccines and boosters before the holidays caused one clinic in San Mateo County to turn away 180 patients because the staffing couldn't meet the demand.
Mountain View Man Who Works With Youth Accused Of Lewd Acts With Teens; Additional Victims SoughtA Mountain View community volunteer who works with youth has been arrested for lewd acts on two teens and police said there could be additional victims.
Elizabeth Holmes Grilled On Claims Of Battlefield Use Of Theranos Testing TechnologyFederal prosecutors grilled Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes Tuesday on claims that her failed startup's technology was being deployed by military doctors in war zone field hospitals, as well as revenue projections of nearly $1 billion for 2015.
North Bay News
Suspect Sought In Armed Robbery At Cloverdale Convenience StorePolice in the community of Cloverdale in northern Sonoma County are seeking a man suspected of an armed robbery at a convenience store Monday night.
California Drought: Big October Storm's Deluge Draining Out Of Lake SonomaIt is going to take more than sporadic rain showers to make any progress against the drought. It will take more storms, and a lot of them. In places like Lake Sonoma, the big October storm is running out of legs.
High-Speed Sonoma County Chase Ends In Crash, 2 ArrestedTwo people were arrested following a 16-mile high-speed chase through Sonoma County that ended with a crash in Sebastopol on Sunday night, according to deputies.
Bay Area Sports
Hertl’s Hat Trick Leads Sharks Past Flames, 5-3Tomas Hertl scored his fourth career hat trick and the San Jose Sharks used a three-goal barrage in the second period to beat the Calgary Flames 5-3 on Tuesday night.
Curry, Wiggins Lead Warriors To Victory Over Magic, 126-95Stephen Curry had seven more 3s on the way to 31 points and eight assists, Andrew Wiggins hit a career-high eight 3s and finished with 28 points, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Orlando Magic 126-95 on Monday night.
COVID: Chase Center Updates Admission Policy For Vaccinated 5-11 Year-OldsAs more children receive COVID-19 vaccines, Chase Center has updated its policies regarding the admission of children ages 5 to 11.