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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Video shows man attack child at Hayward middle school
Surveillance video provided to Fox 2 shows an adult suspect assaulting a child at a Hayward middle school Dec. 11. Hayward police said Julies Monroe was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault. Investigators said the victim suffered non-life threatening wounds.
Well-known San Jose soup kitchen looking for new home
A well-known South Bay non-profit that routinely feeds tens of thousands of hungry and unhoused residents each year is looking for a new home itself.
San Jose soup kitchen looking for new digs to call home
Martha's Kitchen, a popular San Jose soup kitchen that has been in the Alma neighborhood since President Ronald Reagan was sworn into office, says it has outgrown its current home and needs to move.
Mission San Jose HS takes down wrestling memorabilia, conflict ensues
In a small section of the wrestling mini gym at Mission San Jose High School sits, "The Wall." Or at least it did, until it went back into the history it was meant to preserve.
Scotts Valley recovers after rare, damaging tornado touchdown
Amid a downpour on Monday, crews in Scotts Valley continued cleanup efforts from weekend storms, helping the small town of 11,000 residents inch toward normalcy.
3 hurt after fire breaks out above Brookdale post office
Two children and an adult are recovering from injuries after an apartment fire broke out in a century-old building in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Driver, passenger killed after crashing into tree, house in Fremont
The driver of a BMW sedan crashed into a tree in a Fremont neighborhood, which then hit a house causing “catastrophic" damage, firefighters said.
Luigi Mangione: Societal support for alleged criminals isn't unprecedented
Experts said on Wednesday that social media attention and support for accused UHC shooter Luigi Mangione is not a new phenomenon. Americans were similarly fascinated by mobster Al Capone and bank robbers "Bonnie & Clyde."
Newark school gets new owners, 2nd lease on education mission
A Newark-based school that was closed for a short-term, and had its future in doubt celebrated the end of the first trimester.
Man with Bay Area ties charged with murder in UnitedHealthcare CEO's killing: court records
He was taken into custody at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Penn., which is about 300 miles outside of New York City, after police got a tip that he’d been spotted.