A young humpback whale has been spotted swimming near Pillar Point in Half Moon Bay and experts advised the public to keep their distance for both the whale's safety and their own.The humpback entered the harbor around noon Thursday and was spotted again earlier Friday morning, said a spokesperson with the Sausalito-based Marine Mammal Center. Officials suggest that the young whale may have taken a wrong turn while likely searching for food. With the current warm weather in the Bay Area, kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding, or any kind of boating might seem like great ways to capture that perfect photo next to...

Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday introduced new emergency regulations that will restrict the sale of intoxicating hemp products that are being sold outside of dispensaries with no age restrictions due to loopholes in California law.The announcement of the emergency regulations came at a press conference the governor held with California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly, who just announced Friday morning he would be leaving his position at the end of the month.Officials said that the new rules would focus on protecting the public, particularly children, from the adverse health effects of intoxicating hemp food and beverages products. The...

A pane of glass being installed on the top level of a 30-story skyscraper in San Francisco's South of Market plummeted to the street Friday morning, damaging windows on another building across the street, authorities said.A spokesperson for the city's Department of Building Inspection said the full pane of glass came from the roof of the Salesforce East building at 350 Mission Street. The high rise is adjacent to the 61-story Salesforce Tower, the tallest building in the city, and across the street from the Millennium Tower, the city's tallest residential building at 58 stories.No one was reported injured.Portions of...

Former Vice President Dick Cheney plans to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris, just like his daughter, former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney. "In our nation's 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump," Dick Cheney said in a statement Friday. "He tried to steal the last election using lies and violence to keep himself in power after the voters had rejected him. He can never be trusted with power again. As citizens, we each have a duty to put country above partisanship to defend our Constitution. That is why I...

A man shot Monday night in Antioch has died. Antioch police said 20-year-old Elijah Scales died Thursday at a hospital. At approximately 9:35 p.m., Monday, officers responded to the area of Peppertree Way and Sycamore Drive for reports of shots fired. Officers found Scales, an Antioch resident who was shot at least once and was transported to the hospital. Anyone with information regarding the shooting can contact Detective Duffy at (925) 779-6884 or at aduffy@antiochca.gov. 

A man is facing charges in a horrific attack by three large dogs that left another man dead last weekend in Oakland, authorities said.Oakland police said it was investigating a death that happened on September 1 on the 1600 block of 36th Avenue in East Oakland just before noon. Officers arrived to find a victim who had major injuries from multiple dog bites. Medics arrived but the victim was pronounced deceased at the scene. One person was taken into custody following the dog attack, police said.Police said the victim's name was being withheld pending notification of his family. However, published reports...

A New York judge has delayed former President Donald Trump's sentencing date in his criminal case for a second time, allowing Trump to wait until after the election to learn his fate after his conviction in his "hush money" case.Trump had been scheduled to be sentenced in the case on Sept. 18. His attorneys asked on Aug. 14 for his sentencing to be pushed back until after the presidential election, arguing that a delay is necessary to resolve ongoing legal challenges to his conviction.Justice Juan Merchan issued an order on Friday delaying sentencing until Nov. 26.Merchan wrote that he made...

Sergio Mendes, the Brazilian Grammy-winning musician whose hit "Mas Que Nada" made him a global legend, died after months of battling the effects of long COVID, his publicist Karen Vock confirmed to CBS News on Friday. He was 83.The Brazilian pianist, songwriter and arranger died on Thursday in Los Angeles, his family said in a statement."His wife and musical partner for the past 54 years, Gracinha Leporace Mendes, was by his side, as were his loving children," the statement Friday said. "Mendes last performed in November 2023 to sold out and wildly enthusiastic houses in Paris, London and Barcelona."His composition...

A 62-year-old man was found guilty of assault and hate crime over a road rage against a family in Oakland in May 2023, according to prosecutors. Tracy Robert Blackwell was convicted of one count of felony assault with a deadly weapon and a hate crime enhancement, the Alameda County District Attorney's Office said in a statement Thursday. According to court testimony and evidence, a mother with three children drove on Hegenberger Road towards the southbound Interstate 880 freeway on-ramp in Oakland on May 16, 2023. As they approached the on-ramp, Blackwell cut across all lanes of traffic and pulled in...

BART reported major systemwide delays early Friday morning because of a disabled train near the West Oakland station.The transit agency issued an alert at about 5:35 a.m. about the service delay affecting trains in all directions through downtown Oakland.The delay meant trains were being rerouted to get around the disabled train. Passengers on one Blue Line train heading toward San Francisco had to exit the train at Bay Fair station as their train was routed back to Dublin-Pleasanton. Other Blue Line passengers took trains into downtown Oakland stations to catch a Yellow, Orange, or Red Line train into San Francisco, San Francisco International Airport and Peninsula stations.At 6:40 a.m., BART alerted that the system was recovering but the delay was continuing in all directions. By 7:25 a.m., BART said the systemwide delays were 20 minutes.There was no word on the nature of the issue with the disabled train.This is a breaking news update. More information to be added as available.

Employers added 142,000 jobs in August, representing fewer new positions than the 160,000 that had been forecast by economists. Unemployment eased slightly to 4.2%, in line with expectations, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employers added 89,000 jobs in July, even lower than the 114,000 payroll gains the Labor Department originally reported.The July data sparked fears that the U.S. labor market is showing cracks under the highest interest rates in 23 years, causing markets to tumble.Wall Street is closely watching today's jobs report for clues for how it might influence the Federal Reserve's next rate decision,...

A federal judge on Thursday probed the terms of a proposed $2.78 billion settlement of antitrust lawsuits against the NCAA and major conferences and revealed a potential snag in the deal, questioning whether payments to college athletes from booster-funded organizations should be restricted. "I'm quite concerned about those," U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken said during a preliminary approval hearing that was the first step of a lengthy court process that could lead to college athletes getting a cut of the billions in television revenue that flows to their schools. Attorneys representing plaintiffs, the NCAA and parties challenging the settlement appeared...

Former President Donald Trump attended arguments in a federal appeals court in New York on Friday as he seeks to erase a $5 million judgment finding him liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll.He attended the hearing, which lasted all of 22 minutes, after forgoing a crucial hearing Thursday in his Washington, D.C., criminal case. Trump's decision to attend brought a spotlight to the case in which a jury concluded he likely committed sexual abuse, just as his presidential campaign enters the final sprint to the election. The case is one of two in which unanimous federal...

OAKLAND -- Some business owners in Oakland's Jack London Square are fighting back against a plan to bring a homeless shelter into the area. They say business has been tough and fear a shelter would deter potential customers.The last year has presented challenges for Markus Supply Ace Hardware. Burglars came in through the roof to try to get into the safe. Customers' cars have been broken into and, recently, a van parked on their lot was set on fire.Owner Brian Altwarg is concerned that bringing a homeless shelter into the area would drive badly needed business away."I don't think it's...

Stepping inside London Breed's San Francisco apartment, you instantly feel her connection to generations of family that she says are bonded both by blood and by love."I remember this day when I took this picture," she points at a photo of her kindergarten self. "I remember crying because I didn't want to wear this shirt. Because I was wearing this shirt almost every day. So, it was like, 'I want to wear a different shirt.' I mean, even at five, I was a piece of work. I didn't understand we didn't have it to buy a different shirt it was...

The driver in the fatal wrong-way DUI collision that killed a woman and a 14-year-old boy on State Route 85 last week was released from the hospital Thursday and booked into jail on multiple charges including two counts of murder, authorities said.The crash happened on Monday, Aug. 26, when the driver of a white Toyota Tacoma that was speeding in the wrong direction on northbound Highway 85 near Saratoga Avenue in South San Jose crashed into a Tesla.  The woman driving the Tesla and a 14-year-old boy passenger died.The woman who died was later identified as 47-year-old San Jose resident Rebecca Olsen by the Santa Clara County Coroner's Office.  According to a press release issued by the San Jose office of the California Highway Patrol the driver in the crash -- identified as 39-year-old Duncan McQuarrie, was released from the hospital and transported to the Santa Clara County Jail Booking facility Thursday afternoon.McQuarrie was booked at 2:40 PM on two counts of murder, two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, two counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, driving under the influence causing injury, reckless driving, and reckless driving causing injury.

After 21 years, five mayors and 15 police chiefs, the federal judge overseeing the Oakland Police Department says more work still needs to be done to reform the department. Back in 2022, a judge placed the department on a one-year probationary period that led then Chief LeRonne Armstrong to tout the progress and reforms that had been made at the time. Less than a year later,  Armstrong was fired by Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao. She maintained she fired Armstrong after a report detailing the chief's actions in connection with a hit-and-run collision involving a police sergeant and the alleged obstruction of the investigation....

Deepfakes - or falsified images made using AI - are already making their way into the 2024 election cycle. With some using the technology to try to defame candidates or persuade voters. But a Berkeley-based non-profit is hoping to educate others of the technology's potential harm. "When you see something that makes your enemy look bad, even if you're not sure if it's true, it can enrage you pretty seriously," Lucas Hansen, the co-founder of CivAI, told CBS News Bay Area. "There's something particular about images and video that just short circuits to the emotions of your...

San Francisco residents gathered at Third Baptist Church of San Francisco on Thursday to discuss the recent hate crimes against the Black community.Christiana Porter, who said she was attacked by a San Francisco police officer, was among those who spoke at the meeting.  "I've never experienced so much hate just being a Black person and merely existing in a city that is supposed to be so culturally diverse," Porter said, referring to the incident."The time has come, for us to call out the bigotry, hate, and inhumanity that has perpetrated against Black folk," The Rev. Amos C. Brown, president of...

The father of Colt Gray, the teen suspect in the Apalachee High School shooting, was arrested, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced Thursday.Colin Gray, 54, is being charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children, the GBI said. The 14-year-old shooting suspect has been charged with four counts of felony murder.GBI Director Chris Hosey said at a news conference Thursday night that the charges against Colin Gray stem from "knowingly allowing his son to possess a weapon." During a brief court hearing Friday morning, Judge Currie Mingledorff II told...