Jesse Gary
Jesse Gary is a senior KTVU reporter based in the station’s South Bay Bureau, in Downtown San Jose.
Originally from the New York City suburbs, Gary began his broadcast career after graduating from the University of Texas at Dallas. His first full-time TV news reporting job was in Lafayette, Louisiana, where he worked as a reporter and camera person.
After a few years, and a short stint as a junior reporter in Dallas, Gary landed a job at KWTV in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Gary was the first reporter broadcasting from the scene of the Murrah Federal Building domestic terrorist bombing in 1995. During the course of the following year, he was part of a team of reporters who profiled each of the 168 people who were killed that day.
After Oklahoma City, Gary worked in Philadelphia and then the Bay Area for 10 years. He left KTVU to accept a job working in Los Angeles, before returning to Philadelphia for the birth of his son. He returned to the Bay Area and KTVU in 2016.
Gary is the recipient of multiple regional awards, including two Emmy Awards, multiple Emmy nominations, and one Peabody award (team coverage).
The latest from Jesse Gary
Fremont debate students raise funds for coach stricken with cancer
A group of Fremont debate students have launched a GoFundMe account to raise funds for their beloved teacher, who was recently diagnosed with leukemia.
Video shows rat dropping from ceiling of Union City high school
A parent shared cell phone video of the incident, showing the small critter walking on the ceiling, then losing its grip and falling to the floor below.
Good Samaritans credited with saving survivors of deadly Marin County crash
A small army of good Samaritans tried to help a car full of teenage girls on Friday night in Marin County, where four died and two survived, devastating their families and school community.
Hundreds rally in South Bay against Trump's cuts to Medicaid
At the Santa Clara County building on Thursday, dozens of politicians, health care providers, and activists joined voices as part of a battle calling for the protection of Medicaid funding.
Bay Area rallies around high school football player injured in diving accident
Many Lafayette residents are coming together in a show of solidarity for the family of an Acalanes High School student injured in an accident at Stinson Beach Sunday.
Warriors, fans prepare for tournament Play-in game
Work crews on Tuesday at Chase Center in San Francisco readied the arena for an NBA Tournament Play-in game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Golden State Warriors.
Morning fire in Downtown Berkeley prompts evacuations
The fire broke out in the area of Addison and Milvia streets, a few blocks away from the UC Berkeley campus.
Trump immigration policies roil Bay Area migrants worried about deportation
There are renewed concerns in some migrant communities that a federal judge's ruling could make it easier to track those in the country illegally.
DA charges 12 for felony vandalism at Stanford during pro-Palestinian protest
The Santa Clara County District Attorney on Thursday charged 12 people with felony vandalism following a pro-Palestinian event at Stanford University last summer, where protesters stormed the president's office and destroyed property on the Palo Alto campus.
San Jose candidates make last appeals ahead of special election to replace Omar Torrez
More than a half dozen candidates vying for the San Jose city council Dist. 3 seat spent Monday connecting with voters, ahead of a special election slated for Tuesday.