Man Arrested For Leland Yee Death Threats Had Worked For Apple Co-Founder
SANTA CLARA (CBS SF) – The man arrested Tuesday on suspicion of threats against California State Senator Leland Yee had a reputation as a skilled engineer who had previously done work for Apple...
View ArticleNorCal Scientist Says Meteor Explosion Nearly Impossible To Predict
MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS SF/AP) – An event similar to the meteor explosion in the sky over Russia Friday morning, which blasted out countless windows and injured as many as 1,000 people, could happen without...
View ArticleDriver Killed In Crash With Hayward Fire Hydrant
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Police are investigating a fatal traffic collision that occurred late Thursday night in Hayward. At 11:29 p.m., workers in the area of 30640 San Clemente St. reported a vehicle...
View ArticleLawmaker Proposes Tax Relief Legislation For California Same-Sex Couples
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – State Assemblyman Phil Ting announced legislation this week that would provide tax relief for people in same-sex relationships who receive health care benefits from their...
View Article14-Year-Old Pedestrian Identified As Antioch Crash Victim
ANTIOCH (CBS SF) – A teenage girl who died after she was struck by a vehicle while crossing an Antioch street Thursday night has been identified as Hasanati White, according to the Contra Costa County...
View ArticlePolice Release Photo Of Suspect In Bay Fair BART Fatal Shooting
SAN LEANDRO (KCBS) — Police in San Leandro continue to look for a man suspected in a fatal shooting at the Bay Fair BART station nearly a month ago. On January 19th, 50-year-old Kenneth Lee Seets of...
View ArticleGovernor Brown Allows Parole For Killers At Higher Rate
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) - A new report shows Gov. Jerry Brown let stand 80 percent of a state board’s decisions to parole murderers from California prisons. Brown’s office on Friday released the annual...
View ArticleBay Area Viewers Attempt Glimpse Of Passing Asteroid
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – A large asteroid passed close to Earth late Friday morning, making its way near the Bay Area. According to Oakland-based Chabot Space and Science Center astronomer Ben Burress, the...
View ArticleTeen Fatally Stabbed Near San Jose High School Identified
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — A San Jose High School student stabbed to death near the campus Wednesday was identified as 17-year-old Anthony Daniel Santa Cruz, the San Jose Police Department said Friday. Police...
View Article2 Hospitalized After SF Noe Valley Home Invasion Hatchet Attack
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Two men were injured when they were attacked with a hatchet during a home invasion robbery in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood on Thursday night, police said Friday. The...
View ArticleSanta Clara Man Charged With Threatening State Senator Yee
SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — A Santa Clara man was charged Friday with possessing assault weapons, explosives and bomb-making materials after the California Highway Patrol tracked an emailed death threat to...
View ArticleAnother Meteor Flashes Across Bay Area Skies
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — On the heels of a close fly-by of an asteroid 17,000 miles from Earth on Friday morning and a devastating meteor that landed in Russia, Bay Area stargazers caught a glimpse of...
View ArticleMany Calif. Vets End Up With Huge Debts From For-Profit Colleges
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — Nearly 600,000 veterans are going to back to school on the GI bill. But many veterans are recruited by for-profit schools with high tuition, high default and high drop out...
View Article2 San Jose Community Officials Plead Guilty To Diverting Retirement Funds
SAN JOSE (CBS/AP) — Santa Clara County prosecutors say two former officials of a longtime Latino community organization in San Jose have pleaded guilty to diverting thousands of dollars in workers’...
View Article10-Year-Old Girl Dies In Treasure Island Apartment Fire
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A 10-year-old girl perished in a two-alarm fire on a Treasure Island early Saturday morning, San Francisco fire officials said. Two firefighters suffered non-life threatening...
View ArticleScotts Valley Man Arrested For Slashing Tires In Theater Parking Lot
SCOTTS VALLEY (CBS SF) — A Scotts Valley man seen allegedly slashing tires in a movie theater parking lot Thursday was arrested on charges including possession of stolen property, police said. Police...
View ArticleDriver Who Hit Pacifica Pedestrian In Jail For Felony DUI
PACIFICA (CBS SF) — Police arrested a Pacifica resident who struck a pedestrian while driving under the influence in Pacifica Friday evening. North County fire crews and Pacifica police responded to a...
View ArticleMountain Lion Sighting In Portola Valley
PORTOLA VALLEY (CBS SF) — A mountain lion was spotted on a rural roadway in Portola Valley early Saturday morning, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. Someone called to report seeing...
View ArticleRacing Yacht Sets Record From New York To San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — A racing yacht named after one of the world’s fastest cars has sailed into San Francisco Bay in what organizers say is the fastest passage of a single-hulled sailing vessel...
View ArticleMan Goes On Violent Rampage In Santa Rosa Starbucks, Attacks Officer
SANTA ROSA (CBS SF) — A Rohnert Park man was arrested after tearing apart a Starbucks and assaulting a police officer in Santa Rosa Saturday morning. Officers were called to the Starbucks near the...
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