INVESTIGATIVE

South Bay defense and appellate attorneys are seeking to determine if Tara Reade, the former senate staffer who accused presidential candidate Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her more than two decades ago, ever testified as an expert witness on domestic violence in Santa Clara County following revelations she may have lied in Monterey County about her qualifications for such work.

South Bay defense and appellate attorneys are now scrambling to determine if Santa Clara County prosecutors ever used Reade as an expert witness, but the DA’s Office says it’s found no evidence of that so far. Senior Investigative Reporter Stephen Stock reports.

Nick Bovis, appearing via video conference wearing a black and white Adidas track jacket, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal wire fraud charges and officially agreed to cooperate with the FBI’s ongoing probe into San Francisco’s public corruption scandal.

The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has proposed a rule “reinterpretation” that would allow commercial landfills to start taking in low level radioactive waste, in lieu of the four currently licensed disposal facilities nationwide.

NBC Bay Area Investigation finds some dental offices reopening even though serious infection dangers may persist.

The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has proposed a rule “reinterpretation” that would allow commercial landfills to start taking in low level radioactive waste, in lieu of the four currently licensed disposal facilities nationwide. Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.

NBC Bay Area Investigation finds some dental offices re-opening even though serious infection dangers may persist. Candice Nguyen reports

In another strange twist at San Francisco’s sinking and tilting Millennium Tower, a cast iron pan apparently used to prop open a problem window in an apartment, fell several stories and crashed onto the sidewalk below, narrowly missing a bystander.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order to restrict evictions has been criticized for failing to provide adequate protection for renters struggling financially during the coronavirus crisis.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s efforts to prevent struggling renters from being evicted in California during the coronavirus pandemic are being criticized for leaving far too many tenants vulnerable to the possibility of getting kicked out of their homes. Bigad Shaban reports.

NBC Bay Area Investigative Reporter Bigad Shaban has the story.

The state Public Utilities Commission on Thursday approved a $1.9 billion settlement with PG&E that allows it to get credit for wildfire prevention spending while at the same time escape being fined $200 million over regulatory violations stemming from two years of massive wildfires.

The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit analyzed distance learning guidelines for dozens of school districts across California and found education standards vary from district to district, creating a learning gap for some students.

The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit analyzed distance learning guidelines for dozens of school districts across California and found education standards vary from district to district, creating a learning gap for some students. Candice Kguyen reports.

Three Santa Clara county nursing homes failed recent federal inspections conducted in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, with inspectors faulting the facilities for failing to adhere to standards related to hand washing and personal protective equipment and patient monitoring, documents obtained by NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit show.

As the state deals with a rash of outbreaks at nursing homes, we’ve learned three Santa Clara County homes failed a federal inspection of their infection control efforts during the outbreak. Investigative Reporter Jaxon Van Derbeken tells us that critics fear that the industry track record fighting infections may be putting lives at risk.

From zero citations to 58 arrests, the numbers of criminal enforcement actions taken by agencies around Northern California show a wide variation depending on which police department or sheriff’s office you ask.

From zero citations to 58 arrests, the numbers of criminal enforcement actions taken by agencies around Northern California show a wide variation depending on which police department or sheriff’s office you ask. Stephen Stock reports.

Mayor London Breed on Monday announced her administration will no longer rely on large, makeshift shelters to relocate much of the city’s homeless, and instead promised to utilize hotel rooms in an effort to promote “social distancing.”

During the Coronavirus crisis, health experts warn workers to stay home if they even suspect they’re sick, but an NBC Bay Area Investigation found that for nearly 20 million workers who receive little or no sick pay from their employers, that’s often not an option.