Kara St. Cyr

Baton Rouge

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

Emmy Award-winning Journalist II CBS Bay Area II Louisiana native ⚜️

Articles

Good Samaritan who stopped attack in Oakland's Chinatown honored

1 month ago | ktvz.com | Kara St. Cyr

By Kara St. CyrClick here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KPIX) — A Good Samaritan was honored in Oakland after he stepped in to stop a brutal attack at a grocery store in the city’s Chinatown. Tom Jensen doesn’t know what came over him the day he fought off an attacker at Won Kee Grocery last week. “It was all on automatic. I wasn’t afraid,” Jensen told CBS News Bay Area as he was walking through Chinatown.
Good Samaritan who stopped attack in Oakland's Chinatown honored

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Kara St. Cyr

Good Samaritan who stopped attack in Oakland’s Chinatown honored A Good Samaritan was honored in Oakland after he stepped in to stop a brutal attack at a grocery store in the city's Chinatown. Tom Jensen doesn't know what came over him the day he fought off an attacker at Won Kee Grocery last week. "It was all on automatic. I wasn't afraid," Jensen told CBS News Bay Area as he was walking through Chinatown.
Some San Francisco neighborhoods could be getting 14-story apartments

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Kara St. Cyr

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie unveiled a new upzoning plan that would allow larger, denser development across swaths of the city in an effort to close the affordable housing gap. The plan increases height limits near public transit routes, allowing 65-foot buildings on streets like California and Balboa and 85-foot buildings on Geary and Judah. The mayor said the plan could create as many as 36,000 housing units across the city.
Bay Area legislators suggest sales tax to boost public transit funding

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Kara St. Cyr

Legislators propose sales tax to help fund public transit Bay Area lawmakers are proposing a regional sales tax to offset a potentially devastating budget deficit for public transportation agencies struggling to fill in the gaps. Senator Scott Weiner's solution is a one cent sales tax for San Francisco and a half cent increase for other Bay Area counties plug holes in the budget.
San Jose mayor pushing for eminent domain use on abandoned church

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Kara St. Cyr

City of San Jose planning to eminent domain blighted former church San Jose's mayor is proposing a legal battle to buy back a dilapidated, historical church left abandoned for years after a failed restoration plan. Matt Mahan asked the city attorney to pursue eminent domain over First Church of Christ, Scientist, a move that would allow the city to buy the property back from the current owners, Z and L Properties.
Mother worries DOE job cuts could end support services for her special needs child

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Kara St. Cyr

The Department of Education is cutting 1,300 employees from its workforce and closing out leases on federal buildings in several cities, including its San Francisco office. The local civil rights division of the department will also close its doors. These latest cuts come as the agency prepares for an unreleased executive order from President Donald Trump, who's publicly criticized the Education Department for what he calls wasteful spending.
San Francisco protesters rally against Trump administration's proposed medical research cuts

Mar 7, 2025 | cbsnews.com | Kara St. Cyr

Protesters in San Francisco demand funding for medical research Thousands of demonstrations erupted across the nation as healthcare providers, scientists and researchers demanded funding for medical research and rallied against what they call an "attack on science."Elizabeth Blackburn was a Nobel winner for her groundbreaking discovery of telomeres, protective caps found on the ends of the human chromosome.
Proposed "glamping" site in Napa sparks debate between residents, developers

Feb 19, 2025 | cbsnews.com | Kara St. Cyr

Napa residents at odds with developers over proposed "glamping" site A proposed "glamping" resort in Napa Valley has sparked a fiery debate between residents who argue that the campsite would create an environmental hazard and developers who say the site would create an economic boom. The Grange Campground, owned by Auto Camp, would cover 12 acres and include up to 100 luxury trailers near Milliken Creek in Napa.
North Bay residents concerned about heavy rainfall, potential flooding

Feb 4, 2025 | cbsnews.com | Kara St. Cyr

The risk of heavy rain and wind in the forecast has some Mill Valley residents worried. More than 3 inches of rainfall submerged the low-lying Sycamore Park neighborhood within three hours on Dec. 27th, the most rain the city had seen over that span of time since 2018. Colin Crawford who has a son in the neighborhood, hopes history won't repeat itself. "I think it's unfortunate. I mean, it was a combination of factors," Crawford said. "I mean, it wasn't just the heavy rain, which was pretty intense.
Former mayor outraged over sideshow at historic WWII shipyard

Jan 21, 2025 | channel3000.com | Kara St. Cyr

Click here for updates on this story California (KPIX) -- Richmond police were involved in a pursuit Sunday evening that ended with two suspects arrested after officers broke up a sideshow at a historic World War II landmark, according to authorities. Drone footage captured the sideshow activity. Cars could be seen circling the General Warehouse parking lot before being Richmond police patrol cars arrived and gave chase.