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Backlash Grows Over Plan To Store Fracked Oil In Pittsburg
PITTSBURG (KPIX 5) – Some heavy hitters have come out against a plan to ship a highly-flammable and explosive type of crude oil to Pittsburgh. A company called WesPac Energy wants to start bringing the...
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Tighter Regulations Recommended For Trains Carrying Crude Oil Into Bay Area
PITTSBURG (KPIX 5) — There have been four major crashes of North American trains carrying crude. Now in an unprecedented move, federal investigators in the U.S. and Canada are saying trains need...
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Group Sues California For Privatizing Massive Water Reserve
KERN COUNTY (KPIX 5) — California is in a drought so serious, Gov. Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency. Yet a handful of the state’s biggest agribusinesses may not be feeling the pinch as...
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Massive Fallout From Beef Recall Involving Slaughterhouse In Petaluma
PETALUMA (KPIX 5) — A recall of close to 9 million pounds of beef involving a Bay Area slaughterhouse expanded across the U.S. and into Canada on Wednesday. The impact is being felt far and wide, from...
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Petaluma Slaughterhouse Recall Hurting Bay Area Organic Beef Ranchers
PETALUMA (KPIX 5) – Nationwide, consumers have been affected by the recall of 9 million pounds of beef from a Petaluma slaughterhouse. But nowhere is it hurting more than right here in the Bay Area,...
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Feds Say Petaluma Slaughterhouse Skirted Inspection Rules
PETALUMA (KPIX 5) – New details are coming out about a Bay Area slaughterhouse at the center of a massive recall skirted inspection rules, according to federal authorities. While the government hasn’t...
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Ex-Manager Alleges Recology Submitted False Claims For Payment From State’s...
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — San Francisco’s recycling company Recology claims to be the greenest in the nation. But a former supervisor said some of their recycling numbers were inflated when he was...
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Trains Carrying Fracked Oil Could Pass Through More Bay Area Cities, Report Says
BERKELEY (KPIX 5) — Some are calling them ticking time bombs: Rail tankers carrying volatile fracked crude oil are rolling across the U.S. in ever growing numbers, and exploding with increasing...
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Trains Carrying Fracked Oil Spotted In Bay Area
RICHMOND (KPIX 5) – We have seen how fracked crude oil can explode when trains derail. And Bay Area residents have made it clear that they don’t want them here and several projects to bring in crude by...
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Grass-Fed Beef Ranchers Dealt New Setback Over Petaluma Slaughterhouse Recall
PETALUMA (KPIX 5) — Federal officials have dealt a financial blow to some of the Bay Area’s top grass-fed beef ranchers caught up in massive recall involving a Petaluma slaughterhouse, ordering a...
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California May Not Be Prepared For Disasters Involving Fracked Oil Trains
RICHMOND (KPIX 5) — After KPIX 5 uncovered trains carrying fracked oil are rolling into the Bay Area, state officials are worried that they are not prepared enough if something goes wrong. A hearing of...
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USDA Inspectors’ Role In Petaluma Slaughterhouse Recall Questioned
PETALUMA (KPIX 5) — New questions are being raised about the role of federal inspectors in the recall of 9 million pounds of beef from a Sonoma County slaughterhouse. With USDA inspectors on site, how...
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Lawsuit Filed Over Fracked Oil Trains In The Bay Area After KPIX 5 Report
RICHMOND (KPIX 5) — Two weeks ago, KPIX 5 discovered trains carrying explosive fracked crude oil have been rolling into the Bay Area under everyone’s radar. On Thursday, four environmental groups have...
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Black Workers From Bay Area Shipyard Allegedly Called ‘Aunt Jemima,’ N-Word...
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — A San Francisco shipyard that gets big defense contracts with the Navy is now under fire for alleged racial harassment and discrimination. BAE is a major ship repair yard in...
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Women From China, Taiwan Pay $30,000 To Give Birth In Bay Area, Get U.S....
SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) — A growing number of women from China and Taiwan are coming to the Bay Area to have their babies and get U.S. Citizenship for their children. So-called “maternity homes” have popped...
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After KPIX 5 Exposes ‘Ghost Voting’ In California State Assembly, Members...
SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) — One vote per person: That’s the way it’s supposed to work. Yet last year, KPIX 5 showed you members of our State Assembly casting votes for other lawmakers. It’s called “ghost...
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Veterans Returning Home From Iraq, Afghanistan Point To Open Air Burn Pits As...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Hundreds of veterans coming back from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are falling ill and many are dying of what’s being called the new “Agent Orange”: open air burn pits....
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Auctioneer 1st Man Charged Under California Law To Protect Horses From Slaughter
MADERA (KPIX 5) — They were called Lacey and Squirt, two professional rodeo horses and beloved pets. But they ended up sold for meat on someone’s dinner plate overseas. In a landmark case, a suspect...
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Jury Orders Recology To Pay $1.3 Million To Ratepayers After Whistleblower...
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — A verdict has been reached this week in a fraud case against San Francisco’s garbage company, and both sides said they’ve won. A whistleblower brought a lawsuit against...
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Protesters Against Fracked Oil Deliveries Chain Themselves At Richmond Yard
RICHMOND (KPIX 5) — A dramatic showdown at a rail yard in Richmond on Thursday as protesters locked themselves to a gate to disrupt operations at the facility. The yard is the only one in California...
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Beagles Rescued From Labs In Bay Area, Nation After Being Used For Chemical...
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — It’s biotech’s dirty little secret: We discovered at least four companies in the Bay Area are testing everything from medicine to chemical products on dogs. The companies are...
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More Bay Area Police Departments Interested In Getting ‘Stingray’ Cellphone...
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — It’s called a Stingray: A cellphone surveillance device so top secret, law enforcement agencies don’t even like to admit they have it. But KPIX 5 has confirmed Oakland, San...
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Richmond Makes New Push To Stop Crude-By-Rail Deliveries Amid Concerns Over...
RICHMOND (KPIX 5) — Officials in Richmond are making a new push to stop trains carrying cargo that they say is a disaster waiting to happen. It’s happening at least a few times a week. One hundred car...
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Is Money Raised By Bay Area Charity Really Going To Help Homeless Veterans?
http://media.sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/CBSSF_0402201523241763589AA.mp4 PALO ALTO (CBS SF) — You may have seen them outside your local grocery store: men and women raising money for disabled and...
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Bay Area Medical Marijuana Clinics Allegedly Run By Organized Criminal...
http://media.sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/CBSSF_1603201523275313456AA.mp4 SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A judge has refused to impose a gag order in a case involving doctors allegedly churning out medical...
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Town Of Clearlake Takes Center Stage In Emotional Battle Over Medical...
http://media.sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/CBSSF_1803201523280093461AA.mp4 CLEARLAKE (KPIX 5) — The town of Clearlake in Lake County is now center stage in an emotional legal battle over medical...
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Immigrants Get Student Visas From Colleges But Never Attend Class
http://media.sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/CBSSF_2304201523535461793AA.mp4 SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) — If you want to come to the United States and get a job, it’s a well-known “secret” that a student visa is the...
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Financial Analyst Claims Alameda Co. Water District Rate Hikes Aren’t Adding Up
http://media.sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/CBSSF_2804201523355953143AA.mp4 FREMONT (KPIX 5) – Bay Area residents are facing steep water rate hikes as California’s drought stretches into a fourth year. In...
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$100,000+ Salaries For Meter Readers, Customer Service Reps At Water Agency...
FREMONT (CBS SF) – A small East Bay water district is paying more than 200 of their employees, including meter readers and customer service representatives, wages and benefits worth well over $100,000,...
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‘Cyber Attack’ On California Common Core Testing Shuts Down Access For Hours,...
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — What appears to be a denial of service cyber attack may be responsible for preventing hundreds of thousands of students statewide from logging in and taking the Common Core...
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California Beagle Owners Push For Stricter Rules On Animal Testing
http://media.sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/CBSSF_1105201523272758448AA.mp4 SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) — A pack of beagles and their owners have been regular visitors to the state capitol in Sacramento to support...
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Bay Area Serial Squatter Evicted For 8th Time In 6 Years
http://media.sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/CBSSF_2005201523115908218AA.mp4 DALY CITY (KPIX 5) — A family accused of defrauding landlords appears to be at it again. Last year, KPIX 5 was there when they...
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Oakland May Be Backpedaling On Keeping Coal Facility Out
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — For decades, Margaret Gordon has fought to protect her West Oakland community from the health hazards of living next to a major port. Now, the longtime neighborhood activist fears...
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Public Will Weigh In On Bringing Millions Of Tons Of Coal To Bay Area
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) – The public will soon get a chance to weigh in on what, until now, has been a hush-hush plan to bring millions of tons of coal into the Bay Area. KPIX 5’s Christin Ayers first...
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Plan To Send Coal Through Oakland Met With Protests
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) – Hundreds gathered in Oakland Tuesday evening to protest a plan to bring millions of tons of coal through the Bay Area. U.S. coal companies are hurting because of competition from...
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Inside San Francisco’s Newest Rentals, Bunk Beds For $1,800 A Month
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – Can’t afford an apartment in San Francisco? So-called “co-creative housing” is offering a bunkbed and lots of company. But is it legal? KPIX 5 wasn’t invited in. The only way...
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San Francisco Landlords Jump On Bandwagon To Build ‘Hacker’ Hostels
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – Paying $1,800 a month in rent to share a bunk bed is hard to imagine anywhere but San Francisco. The people staying in them are not complaining. In fact, they apparently like...
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Oakland Residents Weigh In On Proposed Coal Train Terminal
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) – Hundreds gathered in Monday night to weigh in on a plan to ship millions of tons of coal through Oakland, a plan that was exposed in a KPIX 5 investigation earlier this year. Until...
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Landlord Of San Francisco ‘Hacker’ Homes Responds To KPIX 5 Investigation
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — Last month, KPIX 5 first reported on San Francisco’s latest housing trend: a bunk bed for $1,800 a month. Despite phone calls and door knocks, we weren’t able to get ahold of...
View ArticleFremont Begins Refunding Some Drivers Who Received Red Light Tickets
FREMONT (KPIX 5) – More than 600 drivers in Fremont who received tickets for running red lights last year are getting some of their money back, following a KPIX 5 investigation. Earlier this year, we...
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