the investigative unit

One week after the deadliest mass shooting in Bay Area history, the questions and heartache continue. Body camera video is raising new questions about first responders getting quick access to buildings during an emergency.

NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned that the gunman who shot and killed nine VTA co-workers before taking his own life Wednesday was under investigation for allegedly making racist remarks to coworkers.

The Investigative Unit examines the initial law enforcement response to Wednesday’s VTA mass shooting. Deputies and officers acted quickly, but historically that immediate response didn’t always happen.

The Investigative Unit examines the initial law enforcement response to Wednesday’s VTA mass shooting. Deputies and officers acted quickly, Candice Nguyen reports.

A new legislation would force private and charter schools to comply with tougher environmental standards in hopes of preventing classrooms from being constructed near potentially toxic sites. Bigad Shaban reports.

A COVID-19 trailer park is a haven for homeless people in San Francisco, born in the early days of the pandemic. But some fear the very air around it could be putting already vulnerable lives at risk.

Just as Mike’s baby is born, the mother is showing signs of delusional schizophrenia. When her destructive episodes escalate, she’s incarcerated and Mike and his baby daughter, Dani, are evicted from their apartment. Unable to work and care for his infant at the same time, Mike loses his job. He and Dani are suddenly homeless. Desperate for a safe...

As the network of underground veterans grows, NBC Bay Area finds that some have chosen to risk everything, by defying the law and stay in the United States. In Mexico, Hector Barajas, Enrique Salas and the other veterans hatch a plan to make their way back home.

Years of waiting and planning begin to pay off, and there is a ray of hope that some of the vets can gain citizenship. But then tragedy strikes.

Both Hector Barajas and Enrique Salas return to the U.S. as heroes, but in vastly different ways.

After brilliant military careers, two immigrant service men are banished from the United States and deported to Mexico, cut off from their children and families, forced to work for desperately low wages and live in squalor. They discover they are not alone. Hundreds of immigrant veterans have been deported by ICE, often for minor offenses.