Unimaginable Loss: A college student in Los Angeles has been left to care for her 17-year-old brother, after COVID-19 swept through her household, killing first her grandmother, then taking her father, and finally her mother.
Steve Mazzari, a 6-year Bay Area resident says he was "slammin' 'Dollaritas'" at the Fisherman's Wharf Applebee's when a magnitude 3.7
#earthquake
, epicentered near Millbrae, struck.
Matt Barnes, pictured here holding one of Stephon Clark's two kids, announced at the rally he organized that he will be starting a "Clark's boys" fund to make sure the children of the late Stephon Clark go to college.
BREAKING: Nancy Pelosi's office has confirmed the speaker got her hair cut indoors in a San Francisco salon, but released a statement claiming she didn't know she'd done anything wrong.
Oakland Tech High School senior Ahmed Muhammad is named class valedictorian, making history as the first Black male student to hold that title at the school. He's also been accepted to all 11 colleges he applied to including Harvard, Princeton, & Stanford.
San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott defended the mayor's controversial policy to arrest drug users to get them into treatment programs. "We have to get back to just the basics of arresting people."
WATCH: President Obama sent a letter being read at Nipsey Hussle's celebration of life. He said Nipsey represented hope.
Obama said he said he knows of Nipsey's music through his daughters
California is currently experiencing the lowest case rate of COVID infections in the nation. It's the only state with the lower transmission classification from the CDC.
Defiant in the face of a historic rebuke, President Donald Trump rallied supporters in Michigan as the House voted to impeach him, declaring, “It doesn't really feel like we're being impeached.”
"We have to be better."
"We have to love more, hate less."
"Listen more, talk less."
"This is everyone's responsibility."
"It's our responsibility to make this world a better place." – Megan Rapinoe
@mPinoe
Gov. Gavin Newsom is vacationing in Montana with family, one of the 22 states California has banned for state-funded travel citing policies it deems discriminatory to LGBTQ+ people.
"911 calls, are not customer service for people’s racism," --
@shamannwalton
@sfbos
unanimously passes CAREN act in 1st vote/reading. 2nd vote scheduled next Tues.
#SanFrancisco
Father pleads for justice after deadly BART stabbing. "I want justice for my daughter. I work at Highland Hospital I see this every single day but I never imagined myself going through nothing like this. That’s my baby girl up there.”
Prosecutors with the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday that they will not pursue charges against two Stockton 7-Eleven employees who were seen in a viral video assaulting a robbery suspect with a stick.
Oakland teen Ahmed Muhammad is recognized by National Geographic as a young leader inspiring global change. The Oakland Tech High School graduate, who's now at Stanford, is among a select group of young people from 19 countries named 2021 Young Explorers.
State health officials said they rely on a very complex set of measurements that would confuse and potentially mislead the public if they were made public.
Devon Mosley Jr, a 5-year-old Oakland boy with phenomenal free-hand drawing skills has gone way-beyond viral and the reaction he’s getting may even change his life. “They’re calling him the Little Black Picasso,” his grandma said.
Video:
@Woo_Nastyy
An East Bay teacher is using a Lizzo song to teach kids they're great. Dorothy Mallari's version goes like this: "Let's be great, 'cuz I know we are great. Whoo! I just took an ELA test, turns out I'm 100 percent that smart.”
Video:
@PittsburgUSD
The Caution Against Racially Exploitative Non-Emergencies, or
CAREN, Act could possibly result in people who call law enforcement based on racial bias facing criminal charges.
#SanFrancisco
@shamannwalton
He went to the hospital after accidentally shooting himself in the penis, the report says. While a doctor was operating on the gunshot wound, a balloon of marijuana allegedly slipped out of his anus. And his troubles didn't end there.
#BREAKING
: Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old who is charged with killing two people during a protest in Wisconsin was released from custody today after posting $2 million bail
BART supervisor John O'Connor is being hailed a hero after he noticed a rider fall from a platform and grabbed him just as an oncoming train was approaching the station. Watch this dramatic video.
Video:
@SFBART
.
@SpeakerPelosi
in defense of Sen. Feinstein: "It's interesting to me, I don't know what political agendas are at work that are going after Sen. Feinstein in that way. I've never seen them go after a man who was sick in the Senate in that way." FULL STORY:
Community outrage for 4-y/o child killed at SF intersection; rebel group installs barriers
A group called Safe Street Rebel has installed a new barrier at 4th & King streets, saying they did not want to wait the 3 weeks the city said it would take to get the job done.
@JanaKTVU
BREAKING: A body found at Pier 39 in San Francisco late Wednesday has been identified by the medical examiner as popular radio host Jeffrey Vandergrift, 55.
HEARTBREAKING: Yosemite park ranger recounts how a grieving mother bear called for her cub and stood by her for hours, after the baby bear was hit and killed by a vehicle. "Go the speed limit, drive alertly, and look out for wildlife," the ranger pleaded.
#BREAKING
: The Trump administration said Wednesday it was cutting $200 million in federal healthcare funding to California because the state requires insurance providers to cover abortions.
Nobody was paying any mind to this street musician, until little Jacob arrived. A reminder to just stop for a second and enjoy the beautiful things in life. Video: Instagram/sirbaans_gh
#TBT
: On this day 12 years ago,
#legendary
anchorman Dennis Richmond delivered his final newscast to the Bay Area after a 40 year career at KTVU. Dennis kept his viewers informed, educated, entertained and enlightened with the headlines of the day.
A loosely formed group of citizens say they are taking it upon themselves to patrol Oakland's Chinatown because they can't bear to see any more people getting attacked.
An Oakland 5th grader is presented with a $1,500 check, as he's honored for perfect attendance. And that's not just for this year, but all six years of his grade school career. That's 1,080 days of perfect attendance.
Benjamin Thomas Wolf is running against incumbent Mike Quigley in the 5th District. He is running on a progressive platform that includes legalizing recreational marijuana.
In a new ad, he puffs on a joint in front of an American flag painting.
Last night, KTVU was blessed with Dennis Richmond's & his wife's presence! He & Deborah stopped by the station. Dennis was the longest-serving anchor in the Bay Area before his retirement in 2008, working for over 4 decades. We're always glad to see a living legend!
#Thankful
Video shows a Black teen and a white teen fighting at a mall in New Jersey. Cops who broke up the fight treated the two teens very differently, prompting an internal affairs investigation.
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The Town Represent! Oakland-native Zendaya receives her first Emmy nomination in the category of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Oakland-born Mahershala Ali is also named in this year's Emmy nominations.
#SanFrancisco
Chinatown native Betty Ong was a flight attendant working on American Airlines flight 11. She was credited with being the first person to alert authorities to the deadly hijackings that took place
#September11
2001. She is a hero.
NEW: A California state audit has found that the University of California wrongly admitted at least 64 wealthy students over the past six years as “favors to donors, family, and friends.”
Tito's Handmade Vodka says it plans to begin making hand sanitizer. The company says it has most of the ingredients and equipment to make an initial 24 tons and plans to give "it away for free to our community and those most in need."
They say it's not fun anymore when the rabbit got the gun. Two 7-Eleven employees turned the tables against a man who was on the verge of stealing dozens of boxes of cigarettes from the store.
Mark Ibanez is saying goodbye tomorrow after 43 years of incredible sports reporting for KTVU. Celebrate the end of an era in Bay Area sports on the 10 PM news tonight and tomorrow.
RIP: Photos of slain 22-year-old Davis police Natalie Corona, killed last night after responding to a traffic accident. Her father (right), a retired sheriff's deputy, pinned on her badge.