Mark Sayre
Mark Sayre joined KTVU in 2022. He brings more than a decade of experience covering the South Bay and the wider Bay Area and was on the front lines of many of the biggest recent stories including the pandemic, the construction and opening of both Levi’s Stadium and the eastern span of the Bay Bridge, the BART extension to Santa Clara County, wildfires, floods, elections and a wide variety of public policy programs and controversies.
Mark previously worked for KPIX, where he also covered the South Bay. He has also worked at KCBS/KCAL in Los Angeles and at two different stations in Las Vegas in a variety of roles including news anchor and investigative reporter. Mark has three individual local Emmy awards and was on the reporting team which won the Radio and Television News Association of Southern California award for best evening newscast in Los Angeles.
Mark is a Bay Area native and graduated from both U.C. Berkeley and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Mark worked in the news department at KALX-FM, the student-run radio station at Berkeley. Mark was also previously a news intern at KTVU.
Mark feels the Bay Area is an amazing place of rich diversity, opportunity and progress yet also has many challenges. He feels lucky to live here and to cover these significant longer-term issues.
Before embarking on his journey as a parent Mark traveled the world and has visited more than 50 countries. Seeing so many different places, cultures, and ways of life has made Mark even more appreciative of what we have here at home. Today he has become somewhat of an expert on traveling to a wide variety of youth sports venues and discovering the best deals at the snack bar during games.
The latest from Mark Sayre
Bay Area farmers face uncertainty as tariff risk looms
Several Bay Area counties have significant agricultural industries. Prices could go up, but some farmers say there is also potential for local farmers to capture more of the domestic market.
VTA drivers set to strike: All bus, light rail service expected to shut down Monday
VTA drivers and light rail operators plan to go on strike on Monday. VTA said it expects all service could be suspended efftective at 12:01am on Monday morning.
Unhoused San Jose residents could face citations, arrest for refusing shelter under mayor's proposal
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan will introduce a proposal which will allow for citations, and possible jail time, for unhoused residents who refuse offers of shelter at least 3 times over an 18 month period.
Stanford scientists work to create a high-definition movie of the cosmos
Scientists at Stanford are working on a new under-construction observatory in Chile which, when complete, will be used to create what is being called "the greatest movie of the universe ever made."
Nvidia uses AI to make it easier to learn sign language
Santa Clara-based Nvidia on Thursday announced a new AI platform, with the goal of making it easier to learn sign language. Nvidia is partnering with the American Society for Deaf Children to create a new teaching tool called "Signs."
Wild, wet and windy weather strikes the Bay Area
As expected, the Bay Area took a pounding of wet and windy weather overnight and into Thursday from the latest winter storm to hit the area.
Fremont passes 1st-of-a-kind ordinance tackling homelessness
The ordinance has activists worried that it could be used against aid workers trying to help the unhoused.
Bay Area schools training staff in case ICE shows up on campus
Schools around the Bay Area are on alert after President Trump said he would allow federal immigration agencies to carry out deportations in areas once considered safe, such as schools, churches, and hospitals.
Trump gloats about California dam water release, critics call it wasteful and reckless
President Trump on Monday again claimed that he is making California safer by ordering unscheduled water releases from two dams in the Central Valley. Water experts say this was not a wise move.
Santa Clara County rejects artificial turf ban
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors late on Tuesday afternoon rejected a ban on artifical turf. The ban would have applied to all county-owned property and could have prevented the construction of new turf sports fields and required existing turf facilities to switch to grass at the time the existing turf needed to be replaced. Both versions of the ordinance were rejected by county supervisors.