Itay Hod

Oakland

News Reporter at KPIX 5 San Francisco Bay Area

News Reporter at KPIX-TV (San Francisco, CA)

Reporter for CBS News Bay Area 🎥 Emmy, Golden Mike, LA Press Club. Agents: UTA

Articles

Bay Area startup helps college students cut down on rent costs by doing chores

1 week ago | channel3000.com | Itay Hod

Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) -- A Bay Area startup is taking a different approach in an attempt to help solve the housing crisis by using a matchmaking platform to connect college students and homeowners. When most students have called it a day, Nanik Tagore is just getting started. A shooting guard for the Dominican University men's basketball team, he's got range, control and a shot that rarely misses.
Bay Area startup helps college students cut down on rent costs by doing chores

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Itay Hod

A Bay Area startup is taking a different approach in an attempt to help solve the housing crisis by using a matchmaking platform to connect college students and homeowners. When most students have called it a day, Nanik Tagore is just getting started. A shooting guard for the Dominican University men's basketball team, he's got range, control and a shot that rarely misses. But when it came time to find housing in the Bay Area, he was out of his league.
Artist turns San Francisco beaches into giant works of art

1 week ago | channel3000.com | Itay Hod

Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) -- In a world obsessed with likes and legacy, a new wave of artists is embracing the opposite: impermanence. It's not unusual for an artist to step out of the studio and head to the beach for inspiration. But Andres Amador never heads back because for him, the beach is the studio. "It's a huge, enormous canvas," he said.
Artist turns San Francisco beaches into giant works of art

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Itay Hod

In a world obsessed with likes and legacy, a new wave of artists is embracing the opposite: impermanence. It's not unusual for an artist to step out of the studio and head to the beach for inspiration. But Andres Amador never heads back because for him, the beach is the studio. "It's a huge, enormous canvas," he said. While most artists hope to create something that lasts forever, Amador spends his days crafting masterpieces he knows will vanish by lunch.
Bay Area app uses AI to help people with early detection of ALS symptoms

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Itay Hod

A former tech executive who lost her husband to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS, hopes her app will help people with the early detection of ALS symptoms. These days, it's the little things Mindy Uhrlaub appreciates most: a quiet moment with her dog, coffee in hand, a few notes on the piano. Ordinary things made extraordinary by what she knows could be coming. "I wish I didn't have to think about this," she said.
McClymonds students in Oakland get job skills as tech support for the district

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Itay Hod

It was a problem with no clear solution: thousands of school-issued laptops, all out of commission. At McClymonds High School in West Oakland, a group of students found a way to bring them back to life—and save their district hundreds of thousands of dollars in the process. While most students at McClymonds use their laptops to complete assignments, David Anderson's work is his laptop. "I can repair computers, PS5s, PS4s.
Ganjiers, the new credential shaping cannabis culture, guide tasting options at Oakland dispensary

3 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Itay Hod

Oakland dispensary hosts tasting options guided by certified ganjier It's not a wine bar and it's not a cocktail lounge. But what's happening in the back of this Oakland space still goes straight to your head. It's a tasting guided not by a sommelier, but by a certified ganjier, the cannabis world's version of one. "How do you go through and help them understand what the right product is for their needs?
San Francisco to recognize park ranger for outreach work with homeless community

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Itay Hod

SF park ranger being recognized for her outreach work with homeless community A San Francisco park ranger is being recognized by the city for her work helping homeless residents who live in Golden Gate Park. Some trails in Golden Gate Park aren't on any official park map. They wind through brush, past the trees and into parts of Golden Gate Park most people don't even realize exist. But Amanda Barrows knows the way.
Catalina Island's biodiversity facing threat from gillnets, scientists warn

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Itay Hod |Molly McCrea

Santa Catalina Island, just 22 miles off the coast of Los Angeles, is about an hour's journey by boat. Here, rolling hills meet pristine beaches and Avalon, its only incorporated city, hums with the quiet charm of a bygone era. But to truly understand Catalina's beauty, and its greatest challenge, you must dive deeper. "Catalina is one of the eight Channel Islands and it's an area that is incredibly biodiverse.
Padel, a fast-growing sport, has become a new obsession for Silicon Valley

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Itay Hod

Bay Area entrepreneurs are making deals in unexpected places, with a new approach that is shaking up the traditional pitch. For the last few years, Luis Schilling and his team have poured their blood, sweat and a whole lot of caffeine into building their company, Tropical IT, a startup that helps businesses manage their computer systems "It has been a very fun ride, kicking off in my garage, and we're now 12 people supporting nine countries," Schilling said.