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SAN JOSE, CA — (May 11, 2023) – Recognizing the best in broadcast and digital journalism across the country, the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) awarded NBC Bay Area a regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for its investigative series “Saving San Francisco.” Led by Senior Investigative Reporter Bigad Shaban along with Invest...

SAN JOSE, CA – (March 14, 2023) – NBC BAY AREA / KNTV, TELEMUNDO 48 / KSTS and Comcast NBCUniversal, today announced that for the first time, they will be awarding $225,000 in unrestricted funds to eligible nonprofits located in the Bay Area. The stations and Comcast NBCUniversal are also announcing the rebrand of...

SAN JOSE, CA – (January 11, 2023) – NBC Bay Area / KNTV, Telemundo 48 Área de la Bahía / KSTS, and Safeway today announced that over $4.4 million was raised to fight hunger in its 2022 Nourishing Neighbors holiday food drive campaign. The donation, equivalent to over 8.9 million meals, will benefit Bay Area Food Banks – a collaboration…...

SAN JOSE, CA – (November 10, 2022) – NBC Bay Area / KNTV and Telemundo 48 Área de la Bahía / KSTS, and Safeway today announced the 13th Annual Nourishing Neighbors food drive, beginning Saturday, November 19. Nourishing Neighbors benefits Bay Area Food Banks – a collaboration of seven food banks serving 11 No...

SAN JOSE, CA – September 1, 2022 – NBC Bay Area / KNTV today announced the expansion of its weekday news programming with the addition of a 30-minute newscast at 4:30 p.m., beginning September 12. NBC Bay Area News at 4:30 will be anchored by veteran journalist and Bay Area native Audrey Asistio and will cover Bay Area news as it happens,...

San Jose, CA– (August 1, 2022) – NBC Bay Area / KNTV and Telemundo 48 /KSTS kicked off their annual Clear The Shelters pet adoption and donation campaign returning for the eighth consecutive year Aug. 1 to 31. As part of the monthlong event, NBC Bay Area and Telemundo 48 are partnering with local animal shelters and rescues to promote pet adoption&...

SAN JOSE, CA – July 25, 2022 – NBC Bay Area / KNTV announced today that Emmy Award-winning journalist Gia Vang has joined the station as a weekend anchor and reporter. Vang will co-anchor NBC Bay Area News at 5, NBC Bay Area News at 6, and NBC Bay Area News at 11 on weekends alongside co-anchor Terry McSweeney. In...

San Jose, Ca– (July 13, 2022) – NBC Bay Area, Telemundo 48 and the Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation today announced that ten local nonprofits will receive a total of $315,000 in Project Innovations 2022 grants. The winning organizations feature programs that are addressing local community issues through innovative solutions in the areas of community...

SAN JOSE, CA – (June 7, 2022) – The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors has awarded NBC Bay Area / KNTV with a Peabody Award for its 2021 investigative series The Moms of Magnolia Street and No Man’s Land: Fighting for Fatherhood in a Broken System. The announcement was made today during the 82nd annual Peabody Awards mult...

SAN JOSE, CA – May 31, 2022 – NBC Bay Area / KNTV announced today that Emmy Award-winning journalist and Bay Area native Velena Jones has joined the station as a reporter covering Oakland and the East Bay. She will report for NBC Bay Area’s weekday newscasts. “We are pleased to welcome Velena back to Northern California and to NBC Bay Are...

SAN JOSE, CA – (Sept. 29, 2021) – NBC Bay Area / KNTV and Telemundo 48 /KSTS today announced that nearly 4,000 pets were adopted from local animal shelters and rescues during its 2021 Clear The Shelters pet adoption and donation initiative from Aug. 23 to Sept. 19. Nationwide, NBCUniversal Local’s seventh annual Clear The Shelters helped ...

SAN JOSE, CA– (August 23, 2021) – NBC Bay Area / KNTV and Telemundo 48 /KSTS are teaming up with more than 40 Bay Area shelters and rescues for their popular Clear The Shelters™ pet adoption campaign August 23 to September 19.   This is the seventh consecutive year that NBC Bay Area and Telemundo 48 present their popular pet ado...