Jana Katsuyama
Jana Katsuyama has been with the KTVU news team since 2007, reporting for the Ten O'Clock News and covering events as far away as wildfires in Southern California and the 2011 Touhoku earthquake and Fukushima nuclear disaster, where she reported from Tokyo. She has received multiple Emmy awards and nominations, as well as honors from the Associated Press. She previously worked at WDTN in Dayton, Ohio and KBJR in Duluth Minnesota. She has been an active volunteer, emceeing and working for more than a dozen Bay Area community and non-profit organizations, as well as her alma mater Oberlin College. She is a member of the Asian American Journalists Association and a former board member of the National Association of Television Arts and Sciences Northern California and Ohio chapters.
The latest from Jana Katsuyama
Even with deal, tension escalates between SF district and teachers union
The educators' union said they have lost faith in the district negotiators and are calling for a mediator.
State might allow more Bay Area counties to move into less restrictive virus tiers
At the Chick N Coop restaurant in Daly City Monday, there was hope that they might resume indoor dining and fill booths that now sit empty.
Governor Newsom’s plan for California’s vaccine shipment delay
Gov. Newsom announces plan starting March 1st, to reserve 10% of first COVID vaccines doses for teachers, school staff and childcare providers.
Winter storm disrupts vaccine shipments to the Bay Area
Winter storms across the nation are causing delays in COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to Bay Area vaccine distribution sites. Some places are having to reschedule vaccine appointments or temporarily close mass vaccination sites because they don't have enough doses.
Amid pandemic, San Francisco Bay Area sports bars alter Super Bowl viewing
The Patio Bar and Grill owner Megan Kawkab says she'll be following county guidelines for preventing the spread of COVID-19: Up to six people per table from the same household and tables 10 feet apart.
San Francisco yoga studio owner sued by landlord over rent ordinance dispute
Ngan Pham says her dream business the Yoga Phamily studio opened in San Francisco's Mission District in 2019, but a year later, with the pandemic she was unable to keep up with her $6,000-a-month rent.
California weighs in on Biden's reopening school plan
The president is calling on Congress for $130 billion in additional aid for K-12 schools, and another $350 billion in state and local relief to help school districts reopen.
Biden sends 15 executive orders and 2 actions on Day One
Professor Henry Brady, dean of UC Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy, said that Biden's 36 years of experience in the Senate and eight years as vice president will let him hit the ground running.
Treasured family Bible to play role in Kamala Harris’ inauguration
Family and lifelong friends of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris brought one priceless item from the Bay Area to Washington, D.C. for Wednesday's historic Inauguration Day ceremony.
Bay Area businesses honor Oakland's Kamala Harris with ice cream, dishes
At Oakland's Jack London Square, the Home of Chicken and Waffles restaurant is doing a special called "the Kamala," a home-style dinner named for their favorite hometown politician. San Francisco-based Smitten Ice Cream also wanted to honor Harris's work to help other women, with their MVP special that stands for Madam Vice President.