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
Oakland Ballers being sued by neighbor for property damage
The Oakland Ballers are being sued by a neighbor who says balls being hit out of the park have caused significant damage to property over the past several years.
2 Fremont friends ID'd after being swept out to sea while sleeping
The coroner has identified two young Fremont women – both university students in the Bay Area – who died after they were swept out to sea in Santa Cruz County while sleeping on a sunny afternoon.
San Jose soccer fans go wild for Team Mexico win
San Jose's San Pedro Square was a sea of green on Thursday, during the FIFA World Cup kickoff match as Mexico took on South Africa – the first soccer game airing on a large TV screen for anyone to see.
Decade-long dream becomes reality with new soccer field in Oakland's Fruitvale district
Dozens of Oakland middle and high school students now have a new place to develop their soccer skills.
Man dies, woman injured in shooting outside San Jose Kaiser
A man died, and a woman was critically injured in a shooting Monday morning outside a Kaiser Permanente medical facility in San Jose, authorities said.
Bay Area officials say region ready for World Cup
Bay Area officials say they are prepared to safely manage hundreds of thousands of visitors as the region prepares to host its first FIFA World Cup matches in just over a week.
San Francisco officer injured in shootout, and suspect arrested, identified
KTVU has learned through multiple sources the name of the San Francisco Police Department officer injured in a shootout with a robbery suspect Sunday night. In addition, police have named the suspect who was arrested.
East Bay pastor says rideshare drivers refuse service over guide dog
An East Bay clergyman says he has faced repeated discrimination from rideshare drivers who refused him service because he travels with a guide dog.
Live updates: Los Gatos 'Party Mom' sentenced to more than 30 years
A Los Gatos mother convicted of holding alcohol-fueled sex parties for teens was sentenced in Santa Clara County Superior Court to over 30 years.
Judge: 13-year-old responsible for murder following Santana Row stabbing
A Santa Clara County juvenile justice court judge on Friday ruled that a then-13-year-old boy is responsible for second-degree murder following the deadly 2025 stabbing of another boy at Santana Row on Valentine's Day.