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SAN JOSE, Calif. – (March 11, 2025) – NBC Bay Area / KNTV, Telemundo 48 / KSTS and Comcast NBCUniversal today announced the return of the NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants for its eighth consecutive year in 2025. The competitive grant challenge will award $227,272 in unrestricted funds to eligible organizations that serve or are based...

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Feb. 28, 2025 – NBC Bay Area / KNTV has been honored with the First Amendment Coalition’s Free Speech and Open Government Award for its investigative series, “CA 911: Too Big to Fail,” which scrutinizes California’s new statewide internet-based emergency calling system. The FAC announced the award on Feb. 27. NBC Bay Area conduct...

SAN JOSE, Calif. – January 13, 2025 – NBC Bay Area / KNTV and Telemundo 48 Área de la Bahía / KSTS, together with Safeway, announced today that their 15th Annual Nourishing Neighbors campaign has raised more than $4.7 million. This funding will provide 9.4 million meals to individuals experiencing food insecurity in the Bay Area. This year’s campai...

Mountain View, CA (December 11, 2024) The Bay Area Host Committee (BAHC), a 501c6 corporation focused on bringing major events to the Bay Area and uniting the region through sport, today announced a collaboration with NBCU Local Bay Area, which includes KNTV (NBC Bay Area), NBC Sports Bay Area, NBC Sports California and KSTS (Telemundo 48). This al...

SAN JOSE, Calif. – October 28, 2024 – NBC Bay Area / KNTV and Telemundo 48 Área de la Bahía / KSTS, in partnership with Safeway, today announced the launch of the 15th Annual Nourishing Neighbors campaign, a seasonal initiative aimed at combating food insecurity in the Bay Area. The campaign runs from Nov. 16 to Dec. 25, 2024, at…

SAN JOSE, CA – Oct. 3, 2024 – NBC Bay Area / KNTV and Telemundo 48 / KSTS announced that nearly 5,200 pets were adopted from area animal shelters during NBCUniversal Local’s 10th annual Clear The Shelters pet adoption and donation campaign from Aug. 10 to Sept. 10. Nationwide, the milestone 2024 campaign helped 168,832 pets find new homes...

SAN JOSE, CA – (September 23, 2024) – NBC Bay Area/KNTV, Telemundo 48/KSTS, and KQED will host a live, one-hour debate between former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo and State Assemblymember Evan Low on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 7:00 p.m. PDT. The debate will originate from the NBC Bay Area/Telemundo 48 studios in San Jose and will air across the…...

SAN JOSE, CA – (August 12, 2024) – NBC Bay Area (KNTV) and Telemundo 48 (KSTS) announced the launch of their annual Clear The Shelters pet adoption and donation campaign, which began over the weekend on August 10. Now in its milestone tenth consecutive year, the campaign will run through September 10. As part of this monthlong event, NBC Bay Area&#...

SAN JOSE, CA – August 21, 2024 – NBC Bay Area / KNTV, Telemundo 48 / KSTS, and Comcast NBCUniversal have awarded $227,000 to eight local nonprofit organizations through the 2024 NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants. Since 2018, NBC Bay Area and Telemundo 48 have provided over $1.5 million in grants to 54 Northern California nonprofits. The competitive ...

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SAN JOSE, CA – April 24, 2024 – NBC Bay Area / KNTV has been honored with a Hillman Prize for Journalism by the Sidney Hillman Foundation for its investigative series 911: Hanging on the Line. The series shed light on critical issues within Oakland’s 911 system and helped prompt a $2.5 million investment by the City of Oakland and the&#8...

SAN Jose, CA – (March 19, 2024) – NBC BAY AREA / KNTV, TELEMUNDO 48 / KSTS and Comcast NBCUniversal, today announced that its competitive grant challenge, the NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants, is returning in 2024 for its seventh year and will award $227,272 in unrestricted funds to eligible local nonprofits. Eligible ...

Donation Equates to More Than 8.6 Million Meals, Benefiting Bay Area Food Banks SAN JOSE, CA – January 9, 2024 – NBC Bay Area / KNTV and Telemundo 48 Área de la Bahía / KSTS, in partnership with Safeway, announced today that more than $4.3 million was raised for the 14th Annual Nourishing Neighbors campaign. This holiday hunger campaign a...