Tom Vacar is a Consumer Editor and Investigative Reporter for KTVU and KION-TV, focusing on local news in California, particularly in the San Francisco area. With a strong background in investigative reporting, Tom covers a range of topics including economic trends, crime, consumer issues, climate change, and transportation. His work has also been featured on FOX10 Phoenix.
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Tom Vacar's coverage spans a variety of local topics, including government and politics, finance and economy, transportation, crime, and holidays. He often reports on government announcements and utilizes data in his articles.
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Bay Area woman loses over $1 million in crypto scam
The current signed and sealed Coliseum sale deal calls for $63 million to be paid to the city in four installments by the end of next June. But now, Oakland City Councilwoman Janani Ramachandran is expressing deep concerns that the buyer, the African-American Sports and Entertainment group, has missed or delayed a $10 million payment.
Though the vast majority of economists and analysts saw the U.S. gaining about 144,000 new jobs in September, the actual number blew those estimates away at 254,000.
Newsom providing grants to counties that clean up encampments
By: Tom Vacar, Ktvu Fox
The U.S. Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. (U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
Millions of Floridians and visitors are on pins and needles awaiting Hurricane Milton's landfall. The potentially catastrophic storm could be a huge disaster for the Sunshine State, but only time will tell.
Potential power shutoffs and when to expect them in the Bay Area
The Mayor called reporters into Democratic Party Headquarters in Oakland to make an announcement of new appointments who want to serve and oppose the recall effort.
Turmoil boils over in Brentwood as a priest demands an apology for a councilwoman running for re-election, saying a flyer implied an endorsement of her by him.
By: Gloria Okorie, Tom Vacar, Ktvu Fox
BODEGA BAY, Calif. - At least one person is dead and four people are still missing after their boat capsized near Bodega Bay Saturday.
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