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
Double homicide in San Jose commercial building; neighbor heard arguing
San Jose police said two men were shot to death inside a commercial building, in a case where they were still working on a motive for the violence.
Flock surveillance cameras will stay in San Jose, but vote enacts revisions
San Jose City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to revise the city's automated license plate reader program that scales back some aspects of the surveillance system amid growing privacy concerns that have led other Bay Area cities to abandon the technology altogether.
Swalwell staffer flies to Colombia to give hearing aid to deported deaf boy
U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell on Monday held a press conference to say that a member of his staff flew to Colombia to bring a hearing aid for a six-year-old deaf son of a mother who was not allowed to bring the device to her home country when federal officials removed the family from the country last week.
SJ Earthquakes launch program to teach soccer fundamentals to Bay Area kids
The "Beautiful Game Assembly Program," intends to impart to youths from across the South Bay fundamental soccer skills ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Jury finds Los Gatos 'Party Mom' guilty on most underage drinking, sex counts
The jury began deliberating on Feb. 24 at the San Jose Hall of Justice. The trial lasted about four months.
San Jose Sharks' star Macklin Celebrini back on the ice
Back from Europe and back on the ice on Wednesday, Macklin Celebrini and his San Jose Sharks teammates were practicing tape-to-tape precision at Sharks Ice in the Alma section of San Jose.
Los Gatos mom awaits jury verdict, accused of hosting alcohol, sex parties for underage teens
The jury began deliberations Tuesday in the high-profile trial of the Los Gatos mother, accused of hosting parties with alcohol and allowing underage teens to drink and engage in sexual conduct.
Man, woman found shot to death in San Jose parking lot
A man and a woman were found shot to death late Tuesday morning in a San Jose parking lot, authorities said.
Santa Cruz surfing legend Kurt Van Dyke killed in Costa Rica home invasion
Kurt Van Dyke, a Santa Cruz surfing legend who later settled in Costa Rica, was killed Saturday during a home invasion in Limón province, authorities said.
San Jose florist’s Valentine’s Day sales threatened by ICE fears
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, a San Jose floral shop is bracing for one of its busiest — and most critical — weekends of the year.