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An HIV-positive trans woman whose life was transformed by her journey from New York City to San Francisco has dedicated herself to helping her community as the manager of clinical assistants and volunteers at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
Participation in the annual San Francisco AIDS Walk has declined. Organizers say that's not such a bad thing.
More than 40 years since the start of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, studies now show HIV cases nationwide are decreasing, but there is one group seeing a growing number of new HIV cases.
First known HIV cases from a nonsterile injection for cosmetic reasons highlights the risk of unlicensed providers.
On World AIDS Day, a solemn gathering at the Billy DeFrank LGBTQ+ Community Center in San Jose honored the memory of those lost.
The sidewalks of San Francisco's Castro District became the site of a sprawling memorial on World AIDS Day.
Among the dignitaries and invited guests at the memorial for the late Senator Dianne Feinstein in San Francisco on Thursday is Dr. Anthony Fauci, who worked shoulder-to-shoulder with the then-San Francisco mayor during the 1980s AIDS/HIV epidemic.
A community program is offering free Uber rides for people needing to get to clinics and health care providers.
Approximately 2,000 people marched through Golden Gate Park on Sunday for the annual AIDS Walk San Francisco.
Each year, thousands of people from across the country and world come together to cycle from San Francisco to Los Angeles to raise millions for HIV and AIDS services.
SF Pride grand marshal Paul Aguilar has been living with HIV since the late 80s. Now he's helping researchers working on a monthly injection that could be an HIV game-changer.
State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, introduced a bill Thursday to improve access to PrEP, the preventative HIV medication.
Potential donors would be screened with a questionnaire that evaluates their individual risks for HIV based on sexual behavior, recent partners and other factors.
At a World AIDS Day event Wednesday evening, iconic HIV activist Cleve Jones was honored with the National AIDS Memorial Lifetime of Commitment Award.
While Dr. Anthony Fauci's legacy could easily be attached to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bay Area healthcare providers who were in the trenches during the AIDS epidemic say, Fauci's legacy in California cannot be overstated.
The slow response by the federal government to monkeypox is being compared by some to their poor response to the AIDS crisis. Others say it's simply burnout after COVID that's slowing things down. Former KPIX 5 reporter Hank Plante, whose award-winning reports chronicled the AIDS epidemic, offers his insight.
Anne Makovec spoke to former KPIX correspondent Hank Plante, who reported from the frontlines of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, about the government response to monkeypox. (7-29-22)
Sunday was the annual AIDS Walk San Francisco but monkeypox was also on the minds of many of the estimated 1,500 who marched in Golden Gate Park.
Sunday was the annual AIDS Walk San Francisco but monkeypox was also on the minds of many of the estimated 1,500 who marched in Golden Gate Park. Shawn Chitnis reports. (7-17-22)
The Bay Area LGBT community is stepping up to help fight another highly infectious disease that is often spread by sexual contact: monkeypox. Reed Cowan reports. (7-7-22)
Tens of thousands streamed through Golden Gate Park over the weekend to see the National Memorial AIDS Quilt, which was displayed in San Francisco for the first time in nearly two decades. Kenny Choi reports. (6/12/22)
Tens of thousands streamed through Golden Gate Park over the weekend to see the National Memorial AIDS Quilt.
One person who knows well the painful history that played out in the 1980s in the Castro is David Hegerty, organ director for the iconic Castro Theatre.
KPIX spoke with some of the families who traveled to San Francisco this weekend to pay respects to lost loved ones during the largest display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt ever staged in the city (6-12-2022)
On Saturday morning, KPIX 5 documented the opening ceremonies of the AIDS quilt display in Golden Gate Park.
Critical fire weather conditions were building across the Bay Area, prompting a Red Flag Warning for the region beginning Tuesday.
A small plane made an emergency landing on a busy Highway 85 in Cupertino Monday morning, authorities said.
It was a steady weekend at the local elections offices with early voters stopping by to pick up and drop off ballots and in Oakland, weekend voters said they felt good to have done their part.
For voters who want to cast their ballot in person for the 2024 presidential election, here is when polling places open and close in California.
Whether you are dropping off your ballot or voting in person, here's how to find your polling location in California.
Critical fire weather conditions were building across the Bay Area, prompting a Red Flag Warning for the region beginning Tuesday.
A small plane made an emergency landing on a busy Highway 85 in Cupertino Monday morning, authorities said.
It was a steady weekend at the local elections offices with early voters stopping by to pick up and drop off ballots and in Oakland, weekend voters said they felt good to have done their part.
For voters who want to cast their ballot in person for the 2024 presidential election, here is when polling places open and close in California.
Whether you are dropping off your ballot or voting in person, here's how to find your polling location in California.
Election Day is less than two days away, but the majority of San Franciscans' ballots have not been returned yet.
BART police on Sunday arrested a suspect in the stabbing that happened on one of their trains on Saturday morning.
BART police are searching for a suspect they say stabbed a woman in an unprovoked attack on a train Saturday morning in the Mission District.
A who's who of SF politics gathered to celebrate a $55 million grant awarded by the EPA to the city to help complete a high-speed zero-emission ferry network.
While the Mission District is getting ready for its grand Dia de los Muertos celebration Saturday, the Sunset District held its event Friday night.
It was a steady weekend at the local elections offices with early voters stopping by to pick up and drop off ballots and in Oakland, weekend voters said they felt good to have done their part.
Saturday night, some people in Walnut Creek were trying to decompress before the final stretch of the election season, but it was difficult.
In the race to recall Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price, volunteers on both sides canvassed in different cities and neighborhoods on Saturday.
People on both sides of the Oakland mayor recall race made the final push to turn out the votes Friday, with Mayor Sheng Thao and recall supporters holding separate events.
An Alameda city councilmember who's running for re-election is facing a possible reprimand over her conduct on a recent city-backed trip to Southern California.
A small plane made an emergency landing on a busy Highway 85 in Cupertino Monday morning, authorities said.
At last week's council meeting, the city voted to approve the construction of four 10-foot concrete sound walls for neighborhoods that should have gotten them 60 years ago.
A residential building fire in the Cambrian neighborhood just north of Butcher Park left 16 residents displaced Friday afternoon, according to authorities.
Police in San Jose on Friday confirmed the arrest of a San Jose man for possession of child sexual abuse material and recording juveniles with a hidden camera in a private area after he allegedly trespassed in a Bret Harte Middle School locker room this week.
Two teenage suspects were arrested in San Jose after a couple was robbed at gunpoint after withdrawing money from their bank, police said.
Police in Petaluma arrested three minors this weekend following a large melee at a shopping center Halloween night, the department said Sunday.
A search for the remaining four missing boaters in Bodega Bay has been suspended, the Coast Guard said Sunday night.
An annual report card on the Bay Area's local roads and streets released Thursday found no change overall in regional pavement conditions across the past several years, though some cities saw marked improvements.
A 3.3 magnitude earthquake struck in Sonoma County Thursday morning in a region frequented by quakes, according to the United States Geological Survey.
While the month of October has been warm and dry, water officials in Sonoma County said reservoirs are in good shape after the two previous wet winters.
San Francisco third baseman Matt Chapman won his fifth Gold Glove and catcher Patrick Bailey was among 14 first-time winners of baseball's most famous fielding honor.
Buddy Hield scored 27 points and the Golden State Warriors squandered a huge lead before outlasting the Houston Rockets 127-121 in overtime Saturday night.
Pius Suter scored his second goal of the game with 25.7 seconds left, and the Vancouver Canucks beat the San Jose Sharks 3-2.
Hollywood Smothers and Jordan Waters each rushed for two touchdowns, and quarterback CJ Bailey added three more while being nearly perfect through the air as North Carolina State crushed Stanford 59-28.
Stephen Curry will sit out a third straight game for the Golden State Warriors at Houston nursing a left ankle injury but resumed practicing in some drills Friday.
Police in Petaluma arrested three minors this weekend following a large melee at a shopping center Halloween night, the department said Sunday.
BART police on Sunday arrested a suspect in the stabbing that happened on one of their trains on Saturday morning.
BART police are searching for a suspect they say stabbed a woman in an unprovoked attack on a train Saturday morning in the Mission District.
A man was pistol-whipped during a home invasion robbery in San Francisco's Oceanview neighborhood early Friday morning, police said.
Police in San Jose on Friday confirmed the arrest of a San Jose man for possession of child sexual abuse material and recording juveniles with a hidden camera in a private area after he allegedly trespassed in a Bret Harte Middle School locker room this week.
A who's who of SF politics gathered to celebrate a $55 million grant awarded by the EPA to the city to help complete a high-speed zero-emission ferry network.
Apple snapped out of a recent iPhone sales slump during its summertime quarter.
Reddit's stock leaps nearly 40% after the social media company reported a quarterly profit amid strong user growth.
A new security system installed in a San Jose shopping center promises to reduce crime in for small businesses.
Google is still thriving while the company navigates through a pivotal shift to artificial intelligence and battles regulators trying to topple its internet empire.
Several Bay Area counties have reinstated mask mandates at health care facilities to coincide with the beginning of respiratory virus season.
South Bay residents and businesses are urged to be vigilant about standing water on their properties, as the invasive Aedes ageypti mosquito has been found in more locations despite eradication efforts.
One week before Election Day and voters across the country were filling out their ballots. Along with that warm sense of civic pride, there may be another feeling: anxiety.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and one Santa Clara soccer player is working to raise money on and off the field to go toward a local health program.
Some pathogens that contaminate food are even showing up in the U.S. for the first time thanks to climate change.
For voters who want to cast their ballot in person for the 2024 presidential election, here is when polling places open and close in California.
Whether you are dropping off your ballot or voting in person, here's how to find your polling location in California.
Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will need to secure at least 270 votes in the Electoral College to win the 2024 presidential election.
Election Day is less than two days away, but the majority of San Franciscans' ballots have not been returned yet.
California Secretary of State Shirley Nash Weber emphasized the importance of voting during an interview with CBS News Los Angeles on Sunday, with just days until the highly anticipated Election Day.
Festivities began Friday for Dia de los Muertos -- or Day of the Dead, with those who celebrate preparing altars to honor family members who have passed.
A jury in Santa Clara County on Wednesday convicted a Milpitas man of murder for killing his transgender partner in 2021, prosecutors said.
On Tuesday, the battle for LGBT rights took a new turn when the Pentagon announced that it was proactively changing the discharge status to "honorable" for hundreds of service members expelled for being gay during the "don't ask, don't tell" era.
John Ramos reports on the Pentagon announcing it will change the discharge status to "honorable" for hundreds expelled during "don't ask, don't tell" era.
An honorable discharge status unlocks access to critical benefits that some veterans may have been missing out on for decades.
Quincy Jones, the multi-talented music legend who collaborated with everyone from Michael Jackson to Frank Sinatra, has died at 91, his family announced.
Brilliant British songwriter and guitarist Richard Thompson brings his current full-band tour to the Bay Area starting Wednesday, playing dates in Grass Valley, Napa and San Francisco.
While kids were trick or treating Halloween night, some in San Francisco partied adult style at the "Nightmare on Front Street," the latest event held in the city's designated "entertainment zone."
San Francisco's first established "entertainment zone" on Front St. will host its second free event on Halloween that kicks off Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m.
A part of music and film history preserved by a group of Bay Area artists is in limbo, as building that has housed Arhoolie Records, Les Blank Films and Down Home Music for nearly half a century could soon be sold.
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.
Jessica Burch says a Red Flag Warning will be in effect across the Bay Area on Tuesday.
Monday 7 a.m. news update from KPIX
It was a steady weekend at the local elections offices with early voters stopping by to pick up and drop off ballots. In Oakland, voters said they felt good to have done their part. Da Lin reports.
Election Day is less than two days away, but the majority of San Franciscans' ballots have not been returned yet.
Here are the latest headlines.
This week's Jefferson Award winner is a Berkeley woman who has promoted child literacy for four decades, as host of a community TV show encouraging young poets.
With hate crimes on the rise in the U.S., a pair of Oakland women have been equipping people with self-defense tools for free.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, what are two million photos worth? A history of Asian Americans in the Bay Area, for this week's Jefferson Award winner.
While stroke rehabilitation is often a difficult road, a South Bay couple is providing local patients some valuable support.
For nearly 50 years, a Vietnam veteran from San Francisco has served as a national champion for military veterans.
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.