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
Outpouring of support for family struggling in their battle against COVID-19
California Governor Gavin Newsom said Wednesday that the state has more than 9,800 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 215 people have died from the new coronavirus. Governor Newsom said 774 COVID-19 patients are in intensive care units, a 16% increase from the previous day.
San Francisco signs leases for 300 hotel rooms for COVID-19 quarantine patients, vulnerable people
San Francisco’s normally bustling hotels are quiet. The city's tourism and travel industries have been dealt a devastating blow with the coronavirus pandemic. Many hotel workers are out of work.
Congress to negotiate coronavirus stimulus package through the weekend
As Senate leaders met in Washington, negotiating over the proposed $1 trillion coronavirus relief bill, Americans struggling to survive stay-at-home orders and social distancing said they need help soon.
Santa Clara county officials are investigating how a 65 year-old woman contracted coronavirus
Dr. Sara Cody, the director of the Santa Clara County Co.health department, announced Friday that the patient is a 65-year-old woman who had no travel history overseas or contact with anyone known to have the virus.
Many governor proposed homeless housing sites in Bay Area
Not far from the bright city lights, people without stable housing are sleeping wherever they can.
Community meeting hastily called over McClymonds campus contamination
California EPA officials told community members Thursday that they will do extensive testing after a chemical linked to cancer was found in groundwater underneath McClymonds High School in West Oakland.
San Francisco undecided voters say Nevada debate helps narrow choices
California voters are coming down to decision day with the Democratic March 3rd primary less than two weeks away and eight candidates still in the race for the presidential nomination.
Bloomberg qualifies for Democratic debate
Bloomberg received a last minute boost Tuesday in a national poll that allowed him to qualify for the Democratic primary debate Wednesday in Nevada.
Democratic presidential candidates turn attention to California
The Democratic candidates for president are turning their focus toward the West this week. Nevada holds caucuses on February 22nd and California voters are already voting early leading up to the Golden State's March 3rd primary.
Friday Dem Debate draws large crowd to Mission District watch party
The field is narrowing with seven candidates qualifying for the February 7th televised debate and another four candidates who did not qualify but are still in the race.