USDA declares California free of invasive fruit flies after outbreak
U.S. officials said an unprecedented outbreak of invasive fruit flies that took hold in California last year has been eradicated.
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U.S. officials said an unprecedented outbreak of invasive fruit flies that took hold in California last year has been eradicated.
Sea lions are washing up on the California coast due to toxic algae and experts say these intense blooms could be the result of human-caused climate change. Itay Hod reports. (8-22-24)
Dog days of summer got you down? Thanks to climate change, you're likely to see worse in the months and years ahead. Molly McCrea and Anne Makovec report (8-15-24) Website: http://kpix.com YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/KPIXtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/KPIXtv
On Saturday in San Francisco, local, state and federal leaders gathered to celebrate Caltrain's move to all-electric trains.
Len Ramirez looks at a new state rule to phase out diesel trucks and what that means for people who make their living driving them. (8-2-24) Website: http://kpix.com YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/KPIXtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/KPIXtv
The devastating Park Fire in California is now the fourth-largest wildfire in the state's history. CBS News senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy is in Los Angeles with more.
Once seen as an organism fouling shellfish aquaculture, seaweed is considered a valuable and sustainable commercial product feeding a growing demand, Max Darrow reports. (8-1-24)
Neighbors of a waste water treatment operation in Vallejo say they were told the stench they endure would end by summer but it's still smelling up the area. Amanda Hari reports. (8-1-24) Website: http://kpix.com YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/KPIXtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/KPIXtv
The Port of Oakland plan to expand the Oakland International Airport has drawn significant criticism from local scientists. Jose Martinez reports. (7-25-24) Website: http://kpix.com YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/KPIXtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/KPIXtv
Students on the San Francisco Peninsula are taking advantage of a program that teaches lessons on climate change and building projects that mitigate its effects on the community. Anne Makovec and Molly McCrea report. (7-25-24)
Scientists are recovering an icy record of what the atmosphere was like hundreds of thousands of years ago. Zoe Mintz and Molly McCrea report (7-11-24)
Climate experiments, such as using sea salt particles to test potential cloud brightening, will continue to be funded. Anne Makovec and Molly McCrea report. (7-4-24) Website: http://kpix.com YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/KPIXtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/KPIXtv
Meteorologist Darren Peck explains why Death Valley is uniquely positioned to register world heat records. (7-4-24) Website: http://kpix.com YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/KPIXtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/KPIXtv
During a time when there is a lot of uncertainty about the future of Oakland, one local engineer has been trying to build some civic pride in his hometown. Max Darrow reports. (6-28-24) Website: http://kpix.com YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/KPIXtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/KPIXtv
A ban on single-use plastic water bottles went into effect just over two months ago in South Lake Tahoe, and city leaders said they are pleasantly surprised at the results so far.
Hundreds of millions of cicadas have emerged from underground in the Midwest and the South so why don't we see this phenomenon in California? Brian Hackney has the answer -- and plenty of gratitude. (6-21-24)
One of San Francisco's most iconic landmarks will undergo major construction to address rising sea levels.
Rising sea levels threatenAlcatraz Island and now a groundbreaking endeavor is helping scientists develop strategies to protect it. Juliette Goodrich and Molly McCrea report. (6-13-24) ebsite: http://kpix.com YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/KPIXtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/KPIXtv
Rising sea levels are threatening iconic Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, and now a groundbreaking endeavor is helping scientists develop strategies to protect it.
A series of new studies on climate change is making clear what scientists and researchers have long been warning about the state of our planet. Elizabeth Cook and Molly McCrea report (6-6-24) Website: http://kpix.com YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/KPIXtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/KPIXtv
Bay Area high school students are taking leadership roles in addressing climate change and cultivating a better future. Sara Donchey reports. (5-30-24) Website: http://kpix.com YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/KPIXtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/KPIXtv
Crews have mostly extinguished a fire at a metal recycling plant in Redwood City Wednesday that sent up a large plume of smoke over the Peninsula.
A Bay Area entrepreneur's company eliminates air pollution from ships that must run their engines while they're in port.
A Bay Area entrepreneur's company eliminates air pollution from ships that must run their engines while they're in port. Itay Hod reports. (5-16-24) Website: http://kpix.com YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/KPIXtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/KPIXtv
Scientists are saying human hair could be the biggest sustainable textile on the planet. Anne Makovec and Molly McCrea report (5-16-24)
More than two months later, her family held a candlelight vigil to continue to call for justice ahead of her 23rd birthday later this month.
Ashton Jeanty rushed for 159 yards and three touchdowns as No. 13 Boise State beat San Jose State 42-21 for its eighth straight win.
Evgeni Malkin scored the deciding goal in the shootout and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3.
Syracuse picked off a pair of Fernando Mendoza passes and completely stifled California's offense while mounting a surprising ground attack to lift the Orange to a decisive 33-25 win.
Emmet Kenney made a career-long 52-yard field goal as time expired to give Stanford a 38-35 victory over No. 22 Louisville on Saturday, ending the Cardinal's six-game losing streak.
More than two months later, her family held a candlelight vigil to continue to call for justice ahead of her 23rd birthday later this month.
Ashton Jeanty rushed for 159 yards and three touchdowns as No. 13 Boise State beat San Jose State 42-21 for its eighth straight win.
Evgeni Malkin scored the deciding goal in the shootout and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3.
Syracuse picked off a pair of Fernando Mendoza passes and completely stifled California's offense while mounting a surprising ground attack to lift the Orange to a decisive 33-25 win.
Emmet Kenney made a career-long 52-yard field goal as time expired to give Stanford a 38-35 victory over No. 22 Louisville on Saturday, ending the Cardinal's six-game losing streak.
More than two months later, her family held a candlelight vigil to continue to call for justice ahead of her 23rd birthday later this month.
On Nov. 5, San Francisco voters approved the city's newest park, a transformation of the southern end of the Great Highway. But the fight over that stretch of road appears to be turning into a political fight and a possible recall campaign.
The King Tide made its return to the Bay Area on Saturday morning, leaving its mark on some of the sidewalks along the Embarcadero.
The first case in the U.S. of a more severe strain of mpox was reported in San Mateo County, the California Department of Public Health said.
Draymond Green had 13 points, eight rebounds and seven assists before a late ejection after two technical fouls in a 33-second span, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Memphis Grizzlies 123-118 in a physical NBA Cup game.
The cycling community on both sides of the Bay turned out on Saturday to react to a proposal to move the barriers back Monday through Thursday, closing off access to bikes.
Alameda County voters have spoken, and they overwhelmingly voted to recall District Attorney Pamela Price.
More than 550 Berkeley municipal workers are scheduled to stage a two-day strike next week if efforts to reach a contract agreement with the city continue to fail.
Seven active Alameda County sheriff's deputies charged in the death of Santa Rita Jail inmate Maurice Monk have been placed on administrative leave, according to Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez.
A 78-year-old man died after being hit by a driver in North Berkeley on Thursday evening, according to police.
As San Jose State University women's volleyball team gears up for their final games of the regular season, a new lawsuit is challenging their post-season eligibility.
With home ownership and rental prices out of reach, people in neighborhoods across the bay move into RVs and other oversized vehicles to give them some way to stay. In San Jose, encampments forming around those RVs are a source of growing frustration.
November 15th is "America Recycles Day". It's the only nationally recognized day that's dedicated to promoting and celebrating recycling. But along the Monterey Peninsula, a group of graduate students got a head start with their annual "Trash Bash."
A Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to Reno was forced to make an emergency landing in Sacramento Wednesday evening, the second such incident involving a Southwest flight from the Bay Area in as many days.
Declining enrollment is affecting almost all schools, but for a San Jose school district, it could lead to nearly half its campuses closing or consolidating.
Community tips helped Santa Rosa police identify a suspected burglar and seize 13 illegally possessed firearms, resulting in two arrests, police said.
A vigil will be held Saturday at Bodega Bay to mourn the loss of four family members and a friend who died after their boat capsized during a fishing trip.
The California Department of Cannabis Control announced Friday that more than $5 million in cannabis have been seized and three people were arrested in a recent operation targeting illegal grow houses in Solano County.
A U.S. Army soldier from Northern California who was captured during World War II and died as a prisoner of war in the Philippines has been accounted for, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced Friday.
American Canyon police arrested two men early Thursday morning on suspicion of gun possession and one of them was also allegedly driving drunk.
Ashton Jeanty rushed for 159 yards and three touchdowns as No. 13 Boise State beat San Jose State 42-21 for its eighth straight win.
Evgeni Malkin scored the deciding goal in the shootout and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3.
Syracuse picked off a pair of Fernando Mendoza passes and completely stifled California's offense while mounting a surprising ground attack to lift the Orange to a decisive 33-25 win.
Emmet Kenney made a career-long 52-yard field goal as time expired to give Stanford a 38-35 victory over No. 22 Louisville on Saturday, ending the Cardinal's six-game losing streak.
Bela Karolyi and his wife Martha defected to the U.S. in 1981, and over the next 30-plus years, became a guiding force in American gymnastics, though not without controversy.
Community tips helped Santa Rosa police identify a suspected burglar and seize 13 illegally possessed firearms, resulting in two arrests, police said.
The California Department of Cannabis Control announced Friday that more than $5 million in cannabis have been seized and three people were arrested in a recent operation targeting illegal grow houses in Solano County.
Seven active Alameda County sheriff's deputies charged in the death of Santa Rita Jail inmate Maurice Monk have been placed on administrative leave, according to Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez.
A 78-year-old man died after being hit by a driver in North Berkeley on Thursday evening, according to police.
Police in San Francisco arrested a man suspected of selling drugs in the city's Tenderloin, following a foot pursuit Wednesday evening.
Autonomous vehicle company Cruise LLC agreed to a $500,000 fine Thursday after admitting to a false report following a crash last year in which one of its vehicles dragged a pedestrian in San Francisco.
In an online conversation about aging adults, Google's Gemini AI chatbot responded with a threatening message, telling the user to "please die."
The new Stanford Robotics Center, which will be developing machines for future use in medicine, the arts, ocean and space exploration and your own home, recently opened its doors for the first time.
The app crashed the same day Starbucks introduced its holiday menu, preventing customers from placing mobile orders.
"Social media is doing harm to our kids and I'm calling time on it," says Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanse.
The first case in the U.S. of a more severe strain of mpox was reported in San Mateo County, the California Department of Public Health said.
The 65-year-old actor and stand-up comedian, best known for portraying Joey Gladstone on "Full House," said he first noticed symptoms in October.
The power of music is comforting patients undergoing palliative care, helping them and their loved ones through an extremely emotional and difficult time.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has vowed to combat "the chronic disease epidemic in this country" in the Trump administration, with the slogan "Make America Healthy Aagain."
The packaging label omitted a key ingredient, prompting a Food and Drug Administration recall.
Alameda County voters have spoken, and they overwhelmingly voted to recall District Attorney Pamela Price.
Democrats are sending persistent appeals to Harris supporters without expressly asking them to cover any potential debts, enticing would-be donors instead with other matters.
More than 550 Berkeley municipal workers are scheduled to stage a two-day strike next week if efforts to reach a contract agreement with the city continue to fail.
Elon Musk's social media platform X is suing California over a new state law targeting deceptive, AI-generated election content, claiming that it violates First Amendment free speech protections.
A new shakeup in the San Mateo County Sheriff's Department just days after a report accused the current sheriff of abuse of power and called on her to resign.
As San Jose State University women's volleyball team gears up for their final games of the regular season, a new lawsuit is challenging their post-season eligibility.
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.
Betty White will be honored with a stamp in 2025, the U.S. Postal Service announced on Friday.
The 46-year-old Houston native – whose name is Jason Head – was putting a gun away at his ranch when it "slipped out of the holster, hit the side of the jeep and discharged into his stomach area," his publicist said.
Jake Paul and Mike Tyson are set to fight in a major professional boxing match tonight. Here's how to watch and what time the bout starts.
"America demanded it and now it's happening: Taco Bell's new Cheesy Chalupa Supreme. In other news, I'm hosting the Oscars," Conan O'Brien said.
Organizers behind Oakland beloved punk-rock festival the Mosswood Meltdown made their initial 2025 line-up announcement Thursday, confirming return appearances by Devo, Osees and The Exploding Hearts.
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.
More than two months later, her family held a candlelight vigil to continue to call for justice ahead of her 23rd birthday later this month.
The cycling community on both sides of the Bay turned out on Saturday to react to a proposal to move the barriers back Monday through Thursday, closing off access to bikes.
Here's a look at the weather in the Bay Area.
On Nov. 5, San Francisco voters approved the city's newest park, a transformation of the southern end of the Great Highway. But the fight over that stretch of road appears to be turning into a political fight and a possible recall campaign.
The lawsuit claims a player is transgender and challenges NCAA policies that allows trans women to compete. Several MWC schools forfeited their matches against SJSU during the regular season.
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.