San Francisco Bay

The Bay Area marks the 30th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake on October 17th. If you were in the Bay Area on that day in 1989, you knew where you were and what you were doing at 5:04 p.m. when the 6.9 quake rocked the region. In this installment of our award-winning documentary, we’ll take a look at how…

Every year, seven trillion pieces of microplastics flow through the San Francisco Bay, according to a new study by the San Francisco Estuary Institute and UC Davis.

Hank Hanson and his wife narrowly escaped a raging wildfire in California

Raw chopper video shows the Grand Princess cruise ship, with at least 21 people on board infected with the coronavirus, enter San Francisco Bay on its way to the Port of Oakland.

Ships are hitting and killing whales off the California coast at some of the highest rates in more than a decade, according to data obtained and tabulated by the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit. The spike in ‘ship strikes’ comes despite a 5-year government initiative to slow down vessels as they make their way into San Francisco Bay.

Ships are hitting and killing whales off the California coast at some of the highest rates in more than a decade, according to data obtained and tabulated by the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit. The spike in ‘ship strikes’ comes despite a 5-year government initiative to slow down vessels as they make their way into San Francisco Bay. Bigad...

Some of the world’s most majestic and mysterious creatures are being killed in the Bay Area. Cargo ships and barges are striking whales, including several endangered species, at levels believed to be much higher than what has historically been reported. Investigative Reporter Bigad Shaban exposes how it is happening and why solutions to stop ship strikes have not worked. This...

Many of the whales spotted in and around the San Francisco Bay are endangered, and one of their biggest threats is the steady flow of ship traffic moving in and out of the area. Bigad Shaban reports.

The criminal case against a Mexican man accused of killing a woman on a crowded San Francisco pier is coming to a close more than two years after setting off a national firestorm over immigration.

Trees toppling onto above-ground power lines spark wildfires, more than 1,000 of them in the last decade in California alone. The wires snap in blizzards and hurricanes, causing dayslong outages. Everywhere, power poles topple in all kinds of disasters, blocking escape routes.

Over the past six years, volunteers working with the South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition have removed 200 tons of trash from South Bay waterways. Garvin Thomas reports in this edition of Bay Area Proud.

The Bay Area’s strongest storm of the season has passed, but lingering showers and runoff could still create flooding problems. Jeff Ranieri reports.

Against the backdrop of one of the world’s most scenic settings — The Golden Gate Bridge — sailors Maggie Shea and Steph Roble were bogged down in some of the worst sailing imaginable.

On a chilly November night 50 years ago, a 7-year-old Peter Bratt, his four siblings and their single mother left their San Francisco home for the pier. From there, they joined a group of indigenous activists on a small boat, bobbing in fog and rolling over what felt like tidal waves.

The CEO of the nation’s largest utility is expected to face angry California lawmakers on Monday over the company’s decision to turn off power for millions of people to prevent its outdated equipment from starting wildfires.

Earthquake early warning alerts became publicly available throughout California on Thursday.

Thirty years ago Thursday, the Loma Prieta earthquake rocked the Bay Area, shaking buildings from their foundations, flattening a freeway in Oakland and dislodging a section of the Bay Bridge.

Stephen Curry knows how different this season will be. He realizes many aren’t considering the Golden State Warriors a clear contender even following five straight trips to the NBA Finals. No Kevin Durant. No Andre Iguodala. No Shaun Livingston. And that’s just to name a few of the departed players who had made such key contributions to the franchise’s recent...