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
Fear of ongoing ICE raids impacting coastal farming communities
Migrant workers in the Northern California town of Half Moon Bay said they feared being targeted by ICE agents, amid a nationwide crackdown on undocumented workers by the Trump administration.
Emissions rollback: Bonta files 23rd lawsuit against Trump Administration
California has 48% more electric vehicle chargers than it does gas nozzles, and a new lawsuit from the state Attorney General is fighting to keep it that way.
Hiker missing in India, San Francisco family desperate to find him
A Bay Area family is frantic after their 44-year-old son disappeared while hiking in India's Dharamsala region, where there are glaciers late last week.
Unhoused people could face fines, arrest if they don't use San Jose shelter resources
In a majority vote, San Jose's City Council voted to approve a new measure aimed at curbing unhoused encampments in that city: the "Responsibility to Shelter" ordinance would require people living on the street or along creek beds to use city sheltering resources or face fines.
Dozens storm South Bay ICE office in defense of community migrants
Dozens of South Bay community members and migrant rights supporters marched and then rallied at an ICE office in South San Jose, demanding the office be closed permanently.
SJPD catches man wanted for 2 sex assaults on popular trail
San Jose police on Thursday evening announced via social media the arrest of a man wanted in connection with two sexual assaults along the Los Gatos Creek Trail.
VTA employees voting on a new contract to end stalemate
Hundreds of union VTA employees are voting on a new contract proposal from the transit agency.
Bracing for the heat: Santa Rosa announces wildfire season has begun
On the heels of a 20-acre grass fire that threatened an RV encampment, the Santa Rosa Fire Department on Monday announced the official start of fire season in the region.
Man allegedly sexually assaults woman sleeping at home: SJPD
San Jose police on Wednesday announced the arrest of a man who they said broke into a sleeping woman's home and sexually assaulted her while muffling her cries.
Bags don't fly free anymore; Southwest abandons long-standing perk
It's the end of an airline industry mainstay: Southwest Airlines had touted its no-baggage fees for decades. But all of that is coming to an end.