• Oakland Unified announces candidates for District 4 seat

  The meetings are long, the hours unpaid and the complaints loud, but a dozen candidates including Anne Campbell Washington, chief of staff to Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, are hoping to fill the Oakland Unified School's District 4 board seat left vacant when Gary Yee stepped down to become acting superintendent on July 1. The challengers come from a variety of professional and personal ...

• Driver dies after being impaled by metal rod on I-580 in Livermore

  LIVERMORE -- A 33-year-old Lodi man died after he was impaled by a metal rod that burst through his windshield on westbound Interstate 580 early Wednesday morning, police said. A spokeswoman from the Alameda County Coroner's officer identified him as Michael Cox. Cox was alone in the car and no one else was injured, said a spokesman from the California Highway Patrol. CHP officers responded ...

• Alameda County Youth Center Opens After Decade-Long Effort

  ALAMEDA COUNTY (KCBS) -- The state-of-the-art REACH Ashland Youth Center celebrated its grand opening Wednesday afternoon after a decade-long, youth-driven effort to improve the neighborhood. The two-story, 31,000 plus square-foot facility on East 14th Street is located in an area between San Leandro and Castro Valley struggling with issues such as high dropout rates, teen pregnancy and gang ...

• Joplin survivor helps victims of Oklahoma tornado

  WTOC spoke to a Joplin tornado survivor who has since moved to Effingham County. She says instead of focusing on the past, she is trying to help the victims of the Oklahoma ...

• Oakland Police identify citys 40th homicide victim of 2013

  OAKLAND -- A man who was shot and killed while working on a car Tuesday morning in East Oakland has been identified, but the shooter remains at large, police say. Jose Orellano-Cruz, 54, of Oakland, was visiting a relative in the 2600 block of Bartlett Street near Brookdale Avenue when shots rang out about 11:15 a.m. Tuesday. Police said Orellano-Cruz had been outside working on a car when a man ...

• State and Investors Accuse SF Broker of Fraud

  Nearly a dozen angry investors tell the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit the prominent broker took their money, hid records, took secret commissions and has avoided any public ...

• Richmond Police Find Stray Pony Wandering Around Neighborhood

  This stray horse was found near Seventh Street and Nevin Avenue in Richmond’s Iron Triangle neighborhood on May 22, 2013. ...

• Bay Area Preparations Under Way for Super Bowl 50

  Bay Area Proud is NBC Bay Area's community outreach and volunteering initiative. We hope you'll join us at our events, where our on-air talent often roll up their sleeves and help out on ...

• Grilling goes sustainable -- and delicious

  We may fire up the barbecue year-round, but even we weather-blessed Californians view Memorial Day weekend as the true start of grilling season. Whether we're lighting the hibachi or revving up the gas grill, what lies ahead is an endless, sunlit series of backyard feasts with friends and family.It's also the raison d'être for a dozen new cookbooks, from Michael ...

• Details emerge on who picked steel for Bay Bridge that later broke

  OAKLAND -- Caltrans' use of large galvanized steel fasteners on the Richmond-San Rafael bridge in 2001 led to engineers' choice to deploy the same specifications for the bolts that later snapped on the new Bay Bridge.High-strength steel coated with zinc is susceptible to a well-known phenomenon where hydrogen atoms invade the metal's molecular structure and it becomes brittle and ...

• 49er Players Thrilled To Have Super Bowl Coming To Town

  The constant noise around team headquarters is a combination of cranes, hammering and coaches' whistles. San Francisco's players got back to formal offseason work with organized team activities Tuesday while also celebrating the announcement that their new, state-of-the-art $1.2 billion stadium next door had landed the coveted 50th Super Bowl in ...

• Critics Say The Metro Is Online Brothel

  Pulcrano was referring to the latest issue of Metro where the paper investigates actions by former labor boss Cindy Chavez, who is running for Board of ...

• Bay Area real estate market is hot even in hardest-hit areas

  Carol Nurmi of San Jose paints her investment property home which she has been remodeling in order to sell or rent it out, on May 13, 2013 in Union City. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News ...

• San Jose Weekly Paper Pressured To Remove Escort Service Ads

  SAN JOSE (KCBS) -- A San Jose weekly newspaper is being pressured by community leaders to stop running advertisements for escort services. The Metro is under fire for escort service ads both in the paper and on their website metroactive.com. Santa Clara County prosecutor Chuck Gillingham is among those who said the newspaper is promoting the sexual exploitation of young boys and girls and the ...

• Harper Powers Nationals To 2-1 Victory Over Giants

  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Ian Desmond singled in Bryce Harper in the 10th inning, and the Washington Nationals beat the San Francisco Giants 2-1 on Wednesday to avoid a three-game series ...

• Gigya grows after space grab

  Gigya just grabbed more space for growth. The company is adding 6,000 square feet to its existing home at 2513 East Charleston Road in Mountain View, pumping the company's space up to 18,500 square feet. Just nine months ago, the company was sitting in 5,500 square feet at 1973 Landings Drive in Mountain View. Gigya is a social infrastructure provider -- essentially, it helps businesses ...

• Tornado Relief Effort Gains Support Through Cupcakes

  Some Bay Area businesses are taking action to help provide relief for Oklahoma tornado victims. Charles Nelson, co-founder of Sprinkles Cupcakes in Palo Alto, is an Oklahoma native who hopes to raise several thousand dollars for his home state. The cupcake shop is selling "Red Cross Red Velvet Cupcakes" until 9 p.m. on Wednesday. All proceeds will go to the Red Cross. The ...

• Teenager accused of killing two girls must face jury judge rules

  OAKLAND -- Diantay Powell, 18, pleaded not guilty to killing two teenage girls during an adolescent lovers' quarrel last year, but two close friends and one acquaintance all said he did it, evidence presented during a preliminary hearing revealed.Based largely on that evidence, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Jon Rolefson ruled that there was enough reason to believe Powell committed ...

• Union City third-grade teacher placed on unpaid leave after molestation charges

  UNION CITY -- A third-grade teacher who faces dozens of child molestation charges for allegedly kissing and fondling female students has been placed on unpaid leave.Michael Howey, 47, who teaches at Alvarado Elementary School, was arrested May 1 in connection with the allegations and has been held on $750,000 bail at the Santa Rita Jail since his arrest. The move to freeze his pay came Tuesday ...

• Oakland Effect Two boys trying to avoid trouble in tough neighborhoods

  I spent some time recently with a couple of young kids from the neighborhood. Joseph was 15, John was 18, both were African-American. (I'm going to keep their real names private for various safety considerations.) In different ways, these two boys are grappling with challenges that are both unique to their neighborhoods and their families but also common to many of us. Joseph was a relative ...

• Supplier Persuaded Caltrans To Use Rods Which Cracked On New Bay Bridge

  questionable bolts on the Bay Bridge , after a supplier pointed out that they were already in use at the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. But experts said the bolts don't perform the same function on each bridge. On the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, the galvanized steel rods were tightened to lower tension levels, seven times lower than those on the Bay ...

• Artemis Crew Wants Safety Changes In America’s Cup Following Death

  SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS/KPIX 5) - An America's Cup racing boat crew member died and another was hurt when their catamaran overturned on San Francisco Bay Thursday afternoon during a practice run. A KPIX 5/KCBS reporter on the scene at the St. Francis Yacht Club said he saw the deceased sailor placed into a body bag after cardiopulmonary resuscitation efforts by paramedics ...

• Defense Of San Jose Pension Reform Grows More Expensive

  SAN JOSE (KCBS) - The legal battle over San Jose's landmark pension reform measure continues, nearly a year after voters approved Measure B. By a vote of 8-to-3 on Tuesday, the San Jose City Council voted to increase the legal budget for defense ...

• Surprise Inspection Of Limos Shuttles And Buses Conducted At SFO

  SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)-- Operators of limousines, passenger buses and shuttles were randomly pulled aside at San Francisco International Airport on Wednesday in a surprise inspection conducted by the CHP, police and state agencies. A white stretch limousine, not unlike the one ...

• East Palo Alto Police Chief Wants Meeting With Gang Leaders

  a deadly shooting last weekend , which claimed the life of a 16-year-old. Davis is organizing a face-to-face meeting with some of the Norteno gang members believed to be responsible for opening fire on a car full of teenagers on Sunday night, killing 16-year-old Jose Quinones. It was the city's 5th homicide of the ...

• San Jose City Council Votes To Raise Medical Marijuana Tax

  SAN JOSE (KCBS) - The San Jose City Council has unanimously passed an ordinance increasing taxes on medical marijuana dispensaries in the city. The tax rate will be going from 7-to-10 percent starting in July, a move that is expected to generate $1.5 million in additional revenue each year. "We probably have 100 dispensaries operating in San Jose, even though they're illegal under ...

• UC Berkeley Targeted In Federal Complaint Over Its Handling Of Rape Allegations

  NEW YORK (CBS/AP) — Women’s-rights attorney Gloria Allred says federal complaints have been filed against four U.S. colleges over how the colleges handle rape allegations. Allred joined students from the colleges at a New York City news conference to announce the filing of complaints against Swarthmore College, Dartmouth College, the University of Southern California and the ...

• Jefferson Award Winner Gives Struggling Parents A Needed Break

  Bay Area Crisis Nursery could be just the place to lend a hand. ';The nursery is a place that gives them new hope,'; Sister Ann Weltz explained. Sister Ann founded the nursery so parents could temporarily leave their children in a residential care center while they climb out of life’s ...

• 10 Percent Revenue Slide Adds To Woes For Slumping HP

  PALO ALTO (CBS/AP) – Hewlett-Packard’s slump is deepening as the world’s largest personal computer maker scrambles to meet the growing demand for more versatile and less expensive mobile devices. The latest evidence of Hewlett-Packard Co.’s continuing downfall came in a quarterly earnings report released Wednesday. The results included the seventh consecutive decline in ...

• San Francisco Events Mark Harvey Milk Day

  SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -The late San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk was being remembered in a series of events Wednesday, on what would have been his 83rd birthday. Milk, who was the city's first openly gay supervisor, was gunned down along with Mayor George Moscone by fellow Supervisor Dan White at City Hall on Nov. 27, 1978. Milk was 48 when he died. In the decades since then, Milk ...

• Into gaming Silicon Valley now has a masters degree for that

  Fan of computer games? The University of California, Santa Cruz, is set to offer a master's degree in games and playable media at its Silicon Valley Extension campus in Santa Clara. Attention parents who insist video games are a waste of time: your kid could be getting a masters degree for knowing the ins and outs of that technology. The University of California, Santa Cruz, this week ...

• Economic Boon to Bay From Super Bowl Still Unknown

  The 50th Super Bowl will be played in the Bay Area -- so what's that mean for the area's bottom line? Wait and see, organizers are saying -- ...

• SF Supe Wants to Transit Surcharge for Giants Games

  Supervisor Scott Wiener has asked city officials to study adding $1 to $3 -- for a "transit surcharge" -- to "all tickets sold for large sporting and entertainment events in San ...

• Deputy Eating Hamburger Leads to $5M Setttlment

  The bill to taxpayers for a crash caused by sheriff's deputy in Santa Clara County distracted by, among other things, a McDonald's hamburger is steep ...

• Summer festivals 2013 Your guide to Bay Area fairs and outdoor fun

  If it's summer, it must be time for fairs and festivals. As usual, there are myriad events to choose from, ranging from the really big shows (San Jose Jazz Festival, Outside Lands in San Francisco, Art and Soul in Oakland) to the major art and wine festivals to the street fairs that let you sample the food and ambience of neighborhoods around the Bay.Please be sure to clip and save this ...

• Bay Areas best restaurant kids meals

  At a time when even school cafeterias serve adobo and sushi, it's surprising that so many restaurants still resort to chicken fingers and macaroni and cheese for their youngest clientele.Kids crave selection. Most of them like trying new foods. Meanwhile, their parents, who keep an eye on selection, nutrition and culinary diversity, look to the kids menu for appropriate portions at the ...

• Red Cross Bay Area names new CEO

  American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter. Cloutier will leave his position as program director for public policy, community health and civic engagement at the San Francisco Foundation, where he served for two years. Before that, he was a principal at Sellers Dorsey, a health care consulting company, and former CEO of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Cloutier has a bachelor's degree in ...

• Twitter Adds Optional Additional Security Measure To Logins

  SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) – Twitter is adding an extra security measure to users’ accounts in an effort to prevent unauthorized logins. Twitter said in a blog post Wednesday that users will be able to enroll in a login verification program. For those who sign up, Twitter will send a six-digit code using a text message each time they sign in to Twitter.com. Besides their username and ...

• OpenTable Names Hottest Restaurants

  , a leading provider of free, real-time online restaurant reservations for diners and reservation and guest management solutions for restaurants, announced the 50 winners of ...

• Burger distractions led to $15 million in police car crash settlement

  Santa Clara County, Calif., agreed to settle for $15 million a suit stemming from a car crash triggered by a police officer eating a hamburger while driving. Sheriff's Deputy Greg Markovic took his eyes off the road three times on Jan. 9, 2012, in San Jose -- once each for the burger, a stuck radio microphone and an accidentally switched-on light -- and struck a Honda driven by Diem Van ...

• HP earnings sink 31 percent but surpass expectations

  Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman Hewlett-Packard Co. reported second quarter earnings today, showing earnings per share of $0.55 or $1.1 billion, a 31 percent decline in earnings from a year ago. Adjusted earnings came in at $0.87 a share or $1.7 billion, exceeding analyst expectations of $0.81 a share. Net revenue fell 10 percent to $27.6 billion, and cash flow came in at $3.6 billion, a 44 ...

• Mark Zuckerberg Visits Germany . . . for Startups

  Zuckerberg traveled from Hamburg to Berlin on May 21, apparently with wife Priscilla Chan, as part of a "whistle-stop tour," according to the European site Venture Village. Apparently he was taking in the sights as well as having a rooftop meeting with politicians Burkhardt Muller-Sonksen and Peter Tauber to view the Reichstag -- the meeting place for German ...

• NFL Santa Clara to Host Super Bowl L

  The Yorks and Daniel Lurie, the head of the Bay Area Super Bowl bid committee comment on the Bay Area winning the bid to host Super Bowl L in ...

• Bid On A BFD 2013 Signed Guitar For A Good Cause

  To help the victims of the Oklahoma tornadoes, LIVE 105 is auctioning off a guitar singed by some of the BFD 2013 artists. This 2013 Squire Bullet Guitar is signed by: Thirty Seconds to Mars Jimmy Eat World Diplo Silversun Pickups Of Monsters and Men AWOLNATION Fitz and the Tantrums The Airborne Toxic Event Capital Cities Atlas Genius The Neighbourhood 100% of proceeds from this ...

• Driver Impaled By Flying Metal Pipe On I-580 In Livermore

  LIVERMORE (CBS SF) — A man was killed in a freak accident on I-580 in Livermore when a metal pipe crashed through his windshield. Officers responded to the crash near Grant Line road shortly after 8 a.m., and found a Volvo XC70 station wagon in the ...

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