
Alyssa Goard
Reporter and Consumer Content Producer at KNTV-TV (San Jose, CA)
Reporter/Consumer Investigative Producer for @nbcbayarea. ENFJ. Alum of @KXAN_News @KAMCNews & @whitmancollege. CA➡️WA➡️CA➡️TX➡️CA 🌁. She/her
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3 days ago |
nbcbayarea.com | Alyssa Goard
The Golden State Warriors kicked off their first playoff game against the Houston Rockets with a win. While the Dubs were in Texas playing, more than a thousand of their Bay Area fans gathered on their home turf in San Francisco to root for them. Bay Area fans brought their lawn chairs, jerseys, and pets to Thrive City, the plaza just outside Chase Center, where the Warriors play home games.
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6 days ago |
nbcbayarea.com | Alyssa Goard
Waymo is moving forward with plans to expand its driverless taxi service to the South Bay and Peninsula. Many Bay Area residents are now familiar with Waymo, whose driverless taxis can now be found ferrying passengers all over San Francisco. Waymo is seeking approval from the California Public Utilities Commission to charge passengers for robotaxi service in these expanded Bay Area regions. It filed an Advice Letter with the commission in March. The window to submit public responses just closed.
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1 week ago |
nbcnews.com | Alyssa Goard
Residents of Pinole, a small city in the San Francisco Bay Area, are up in arms after a video went viral showing a woman using racist slurs, which has also caught the attention of police and city leaders. The viral video showed a woman in a blue car repeatedly saying the N-word to another woman. NBC Bay Area has decided to not air the audio due to the words’ repeated use.
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1 week ago |
nbcbayarea.com | Alyssa Goard
The Pinole community is up in arms after a video went viral showing a woman using racist slurs, which has also caught the attention of police and city leaders. The viral video showed a woman in a blue car repeatedly saying the N-word to another woman. NBC Bay Area has decided to not air the audio due to the words' repeated use.
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1 week ago |
nbcbayarea.com | Alyssa Goard |Velena Jones
Oakland voters will head to the polls Tuesday to select a new mayor, new councilmember and weigh in on a measure that would increase the local sales tax. Polls in the special election will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. and the city will be using ranked-choice voting. Here's what to know about what's at stake. People in the city will vote for Oakland's new mayor after voters recalled Sheng Thao in November.
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San Francisco unveiled a new 45-foot-tall sculpture at Embarcadero Plaza across from the Ferry Building. She'll be there for 6-12 months. She was made by a Bay Area artist & is designed to simulate breathing & be illuminated at night. @nbcbayarea https://t.co/G0mzitcCGI

A new sculpture “R-Evolution” was unveiled today at Embarcadero Plaza across from the Ferry Building. She is 45 feet tall and was made at Black Rock City. Organizers say she will be in San Francisco for 6 months to a year @nbcbayarea https://t.co/LOwcvEk36o

NEW: The Downtown First Thursdays event series in San Francisco will continue at least through December 2025 & expand to add new locations: -Speaker symposium at Salesforce Park -“Downtown Hoedown” country western street party on Front Street @nbcbayarea https://t.co/Zysg5tGZWz