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Search Continues In Hayward For Missing Nursing Student
HAYWARD (CBS SF) — Sunday is the last day of a three-day search effort to find Michelle Le, a nursing student last seen last month when she took a break from a clinical rotation at a Hayward hospital....
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Volunteers Conduct Headcount Of Santa Clara County’s Homeless
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – For the first time ever in Santa Clara County, volunteers began fanning out early Monday morning to learn specifics about the number and makeup of the homeless population in the...
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Volunteers Come To Rescue Of Alameda Animal Shelter
ALAMEDA (KCBS) – The city of Alameda is handing over the reins of its animal shelter to a group of volunteers rather than closing its doors. Alameda officials announced in May that they planned to...
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ConsumerWatch Team Tracks Down True Holiday Bargains
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) – Black Friday is just around the corner and, as you’ve probably noticed, companies are advertising earlier store hours, which means company employees will have to leave their...
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BART Ups Patrols Around The Holidays
OAKLAND (KCBS) – BART’s police force wants to help you stay safe during the holiday season by increasing patrols and providing riders at certain stations with escorts to their cars over the next two...
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San Jose Councilman Envisions Volunteer-Run Libraries
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – An idea to help out cash-strapped libraries in San Jose is being met with both praise and criticism after a city councilman suggested the libraries replace retiring city workers with...
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East Bay Volunteers Honor MLK Jr. With Day of Service
BERKELEY (KCBS) – It seems as though Monday, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day isn’t viewed simply as a day off for an increasing number of Bay Area residents. Rather, they are turning it into a day of...
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CBS 5 ConsumerWatch: Contact Us, Get Your Problems Solved
Our Consumer Helpline is (888) 5-HELPS-U / 888-543-5778 Thanks to the dedication of our experienced helpline volunteers, we’ve quietly solved many consumer problems that never made it to air as news...
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Sierra LaMar Murder Suspect Plea Delayed; Volunteers Still Searching
MORGAN HILL (KCBS) – The man accused of kidnapping and murdering 15-year-old Sierra LaMar in Morgan Hill was scheduled for a court appearance Tuesday morning but instead his attorney appeared in his...
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1000s Of Bay Area Volunteers Come Out On California Coastal Cleanup Day
Thousands of Bay Area volunteers headed to local shorelines, beaches and inland waterways as part of the 28th annual California Coastal Cleanup on Saturday. This year at sites throughout all Bay Area...
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Bay Area Campaign Volunteers Head To Swing States To Get Out The Vote
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – President Barack Obama leads Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney by 24 points in California, but the race for the White House is much closer in other Western states, including...
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Bay Area Red Cross Volunteers To Help Arizona Wildfire Victims
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Several volunteers with Bay Area chapters of the American Red Cross were headed out on a long road trip, to help out those devastated by the recent wildfires in Arizona. The...
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Thousands Volunteering To Honor September 11 victims
Volunteers unfurl the National 911 Flag (credit: PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images) NEW YORK (CBS/AP) – Thousands of volunteers will honor Sept. 11 victims on Wednesday with good deeds performed around...
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More Bay Area Red Cross Volunteers Heading To Colorado To Help Flood Victims
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Another 20 Bay Area volunteers are traveling to Colorado to assist the thousands of residents there affected by recent floods, the American Red Cross Bay Area and Silicon...
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San Francisco Soup Kitchen Loses Volunteers Due To BART Strike, Issues Call...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A San Francisco soup kitchen is scrambling to cover volunteer shifts this weekend and into next week due to the ongoing BART strike. St. Anthony’s Dining Room, which serves...
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Thousands Served Thanksgiving Meal At SF’s Glide Memorial Church
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Thousands gathered at Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco on Thursday for a special Thanksgiving meal. The facility serves breakfast and lunch every day, but Thanksgiving...
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Bay Area Volunteers Head To Washington Deadly Mudslide Relief Effort
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — American Red Cross chapters in Silicon Valley, Santa Cruz and the Bay Area have assigned 19 trained volunteers to work in the relief effort for victims of the deadly landslide in...
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Bay Area Red Cross Volunteers Travel To Hawaii To Provide Relief After...
(CBS SF) — Five Red Cross Bay Area Chapter volunteers are helping provide disaster relief to those affected by Tropical Storm Iselle, the American Red Cross said Monday. Virginia Hart of Richmond, Jane...
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Homeless People Hired To Serve As Guides In Santa Clara County Census Count...
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— The 2013 census found more than 7,600 people living without shelter in Silicon Valley. A new homeless count will be conducted next week to get the latest numbers. The goal is to...
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California Bill Would Reclassify Pro Sports Cheerleaders As Team Employees...
SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) — A Southern California lawmakers is working to improve the status of professional sports cheerleaders, who lack wage protections and rights allotted to other team workers....
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Volunteering At Yosemite Offers A Range Of Opportunities
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (KPIX 5) Volunteers do everything in Yosemite National Park from assisting visitors to researching wildlife. A quick check of recent opportunities shows openings listed online...
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Volunteers Work To Build Traditional, Educational Tall Ship In Sausalito
SAUSALITO (CBS SF) — It’s been more than a hundred years since anyone has built a wooden tall ship in Sausalito. But now, volunteers are doing just that. The under construction ship is named the...
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Volunteers Clamor To Help Build Micro-Homes For The Homeless In Oakland
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Turns out way too many people wanted to volunteer this weekend to build micro-homes for the homeless at Oakland’s beloved NIMBY art space. More than 2,400 people registered on...
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Marine Mammal Center Looks For Help With Pupping Season
SAUSALITO (KPIX 5) — The Marine Mammal Center has an urgent need for volunteers after the facility became suddenly overwhelmed with young, orphaned sea lions and elephant seals. Pupping season is in...
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On Earth Day, Volunteers Plan To Clean Up Oakland Homeless Camp
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — The city of Oakland ordered homeless individuals staying in a big camp to be gone by Friday or face eviction. On Friday evening, they were still there. We learned Public Works crews...
View ArticleBerkeley Volunteer Helps Household Repairs For Those In Need
BERKELEY (CBS SF) — As people get older, it can get harder to keep up with home maintenance and repairs. For nearly 30 years, a Berkeley woman has helped make sure those in need get such services for...
View ArticleSalvation Army Volunteers Deliver Thousands Of Christmas Meals In SF
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — Hundreds of volunteers spent their Christmas morning at the Salvation Army preparing and delivering thousands of meals to people in need across San Francisco. “There’s more...
View ArticleCoronavirus Has Food Banks Using Drive-Thrus, New Assembly Lines To Prevent...
SAN RAFAEL (KPIX) – The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing many companies to rethink the way they operate to prevent cross-contamination, including local food banks. Some believe they will actually be...
View ArticleCall For Volunteers To Bring Meals, Prescriptions To South Bay Seniors,...
SANTA CLARA (CBS SF) – Santa Clara County Helping Hands called on healthy residents Friday to volunteer to bring meals and prescriptions to local seniors and people who are immunocompromised during the...
View ArticleBetter Together: San Jose Church’s Massive Food Giveaway Draws Overwhelming...
SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) — The amount of hunger and hardship caused by the coronavirus was put into perspective at Cathedral of Faith church in San Jose, where hundreds of cars lined up for an organized food...
View ArticleBetter Together: Volunteers Phone In To Keep Seniors Company During...
(KPIX 5) — The shelter-in-place order is particularly hard on senior citizens who live alone. An increasing number of them are reaching out for connections and volunteers are answering the call. Anika...
View ArticleCoronavirus Update: Contra Costa County Seeks Contact Tracing Volunteers
MARTINEZ (CBS SF) — Contra Costa County health officials are seeking volunteers to be “contact tracers” to research the connections between people who have tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus...
View ArticleSan Francisco Community Group Gives Support To Seniors Isolated By COVID-19
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — A group of volunteers in San Francisco on Wednesday worked together to bring some sunshine into the lives of seniors who have been isolating from COVID-19 for months. There are...
View ArticlePhase 3 Clinical Trial For COVID-19 Vaccine Begins; Test Participants Sought
SACRAMENTO (KPIX 5) — The fight against COVID-19 marked a major milestone on Monday as the final trial involving an experimental vaccine began in the United States. 30,000 volunteers from 30 states...
View ArticleSan Jose Residents Organizing Freeway Trash Cleanup
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — Some residents and business owners are fed up with Caltrans and the city of San Jose over the lack of trash cleanup and maintenance of freeway landscaping. Garden City Construction...
View Article‘Forever Oakland’ Brings Volunteers Together to Tackle Trash Pickup
OAKLAND (KPIX) — A trash pickup took place in Oakland Saturday. It wasn’t very big or organized but it was a reminder that hope, like any long journey, begins with a single step. Twenty-two years ago,...
View ArticleCOVID: Napa Co. Seeks Volunteers To Implement Plan To Turn Fairgrounds Into...
NAPA (KPIX) – Napa County is looking into turning its fairgrounds into pop-up vaccination sites. In order to do that, they need volunteers so Napa County is asking its residents to step up once again....
View ArticleAsian American Attacks: Volunteers Chaperoning Seniors in Oakland Chinatown...
OAKLAND (KPIX) — Since the Atlanta spa shootings earlier this week, a group that offers chaperone service to seniors in Oakland Chinatown said they saw a big increase in the number of volunteers. The...
View ArticleCOVID Vaccines: UCSF Study Explores Vaccination Immunity Questions
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — With one in four Californians now at least partly vaccinated against COVID-19, questions are surfacing about the durability of the vaccine and how long will it protect the...
View ArticleCA Lawmaker Meets With East Bay Volunteers Helping Afghan Refugees Find Food,...
CONCORD (KPIX) — After nearly 20 years, the United States officially left Afghanistan on Tuesday. But left in its wake is a nation in turmoil and thousands of refugees looking for a new home in...
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