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).
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SJFD 'boot camp' hopes to recruit more women firefighters
The San Jose Fire Dept. is readying for its 5th annual Boot Camp. The day-long even is open to women, including those non-binary, gender-non-conforming, and trans women. Officials hope the experience will lure more women to this type of work.
South Bay's largest water provider seeks ban on unhoused encampments near waterways
A new ordinance that would ban unhoused encampments near 295 miles of waterways in Santa Clara County is being pushed by Valley Water. Officials said the encampments cause environmental harm, and are a quality of life issue for residents, but San Jose's mayor says any such legislation needs to include solutions to house the homeless.
Pro-Palestine advocates confronted while hanging banners on Peninsula overpass
While the region celebrated Cinco de Mayo just days ago, a profanity-laced tirade was recorded as it took place on the same day, thus becoming the latest instance of disunity in the community.
Elevated carbon dioxide levels send San Jose middle school students to hospital
The San Jose Fire Department said they were called to Sunrise Middle School on Wednesday morning after they received "reports of multiple patients with difficulty breathing."
11-year-old girl dies after alleged DUI in Cupertino
An 11-year-old girl died days after she and three other children were hit by the driver of a silver Mazda pickup in a suspected DUI case in Cupertino, the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office said on Monday.
2 San Jose police officers injured in shootout at hotel
Two San Jose police officers were wounded by gunfire while responding to a disturbance at a hotel on Thursday night.
Lowriders, SJPD preparing for 2 Cinco de Mayo parades this weekend
Lowriders are polishing their cars while San Jose police are putting the finishing touches on their plans to keep Cinco de Mayo celebration attendees safe, and traffic moving.
Supporters say campus protests are effective; experts differ
Chants of "Free Palestine!" continued ringing out across the UC Berkeley campus, Wednesday, as pro-Palestinian protests continued around the Bay Area and nation. Some demonstrators see the current cause as the latest in a long line of civil actions aimed at changing the course of society for the betterment. But some experts say using rallies and campus occupations isn't as effective as it was in the 1980s or 60s.
CA attorney general holds South Bay roundtable on gun violence
California A.G. Rob Bonta held the third in a series of roundtable discussions around the state on the issue of gun violence. He met with community leaders and stakeholders from the Bay Area and Central Coast.
San Jose police union calls for extra security for mayor
The union for San Jose police officers has called for beefed-up security to watch over Mayor Matt Mahan after an incident in which his guard was attacked by a pedestrian.