Contractors State License Board

NBC Bay Area Responds frequently receives consumer complaints from our viewers concerning home improvement contractors. These range from disputes over the quality of work to charges and costs. In some cases, homeowners tell us their contractor committed fraud, or took payment and abandoned an unfinished project. The good news: California state law provides many protections for homeowners that can help…

NBC Bay Area Responds to a Martinez woman who says that she paid more than she should have for remodeling work.

When a former America’s Got Talent contestant asked for our help, the NBC Bay Area Responds team snapped into action.

When a former America’s Got Talent contestant asked for our help, the NBC Bay Area Responds team snapped into action. NBC Bay Area viewers with problematic home improvement projects frequently ask us for a helping hand all the time — and we snap to it.

Two of the greatest players of all time, anda host of other current and former Giants, shared their respects after Peter Magowan’s death.

San Francisco-based attorney Drexel Bradshaw has been ordered to stop practicing law while the California Supreme Court weighs in on whether he should officially lose his law license.

San Francisco-based attorney Drexel Bradshaw has been ordered to stop practicing law while the California Supreme Court weighs in on whether he should officially lose his law license.

A condo owner sent a $24,000 check to the wrong contractor by mistake. When the business owner failed to restore the full payment, NBC Bay Area Consumer Investigator Chris Chmura demanded answers.

A condo owner sent a $24,000 check to the wrong contractor by mistake. When the business owner failed to restore the full payment, NBC Bay Area Consumer Investigator Chris Chmura demanded answers.

NBC Bay Area Responds to a San Jose homeowner who believes she’s out close to $10,000. She blames a solar company. Consumer Investigator Chris Chmura reports.

Complaints about solar installations have nearly doubled. Sales practices are often to blame.

Bay Area homeowners relied on a popular website to find a contractor they could trust. But we found many you can’t trust – many who are breaking the law from the moment they first make contact.

Three Sonoma County construction contractors were arrested on suspicion of numerous offenses after they allegedly took advantage of customers, officials with the Contractors State License Board announced Friday.

A state agency is seeking to revoke the contractor license for the builders of the Berkeley complex where a rotting balcony collapsed and killed six people last year, concluding that the builders ignored specifications that the structure be supported with beams treated against wood rot.

The Oakland Athletes honored the family of fallen Hayward police officer Sgt. Scott Lunger prior to Sunday’s game against the Houston Astros.