Mark Tamayo
Mark has worked at KTVU since 2009. Some of the biggest events he has covered have been the 2014 Napa Earthquake and the 2017 North Bay Fires.
Mark’s career has solely been focused in California. His first job was at KVIQ in Eureka. He then ventured south to work at KSBW in Salinas. He eventually returned to the Bay Area to work at KRON.
Mark grew up in the Bay Area. His family called Corte Madera home for many years.
Mark studied journalism at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. After graduation, he decided to pursue a meteorology degree at San Francisco State University.
While working at KTVU, Mark provided continuous breaking news coverage following the 2014 Napa Earthquake. He also provided critical weather information during the 2017 North Bay firestorm.
Mark loves the infinite adventures that can be found in the Bay Area. Those adventures could be a road trip to a small town and talking to the locals, discovering a running trail, or salmon fishing in the ocean. He enjoys surfing at a local beach, riding his mountain bike on Mt. Tamalpais, and taking his young daughter to the neighborhood park with his wife.
The latest from Mark Tamayo
Bay Area storm to intensify into powerful bomb cyclone
The Bay Area saw heavy rain over the weekend, with showers lingering into early this week. However, a bomb cyclone developing in the Pacific now brings the threat of damaging winds to the region.
The link between the super moon and extreme tides
The extreme tide cycle and December’s full super moon are linked.
Coastal hazard warning issued for Bay Area coastline
The National Weather Service issued a beach hazard statement for the Bay Area's coast that will take effect at 4 p.m. Thursday and continue through next Monday night.
Bay Area hit twice by the same storm system; new cold front arrives tonight
A storm system is expected to bring moderate to heavy rain and gusty winds to the Bay Area starting Sunday night.
San Francisco weather: Roaring wind and rain knocks out power
Gusts of wind ripped through the Bay Area on Wednesday, as rain also began pelting down early in the morning before the sun came out.
When is it going to rain? First storm system on the way to the Bay Area
Rainfall could range from one inch to an inch-and-a-half in San Francisco, to up to two inches of rain in areas such as Santa Cruz.
Is rain coming to the Bay Area?
A pattern change is developing that could boost shower chances in parts of the Bay Area for the upcoming week.
Bay Area surfing program supports inner-city youth's mental health
A caravan of surf vans arrived at the Stinson Beach parking lot on a quiet morning in August. The excitement, pouring out of the vans, will soon mesh with the Pacific. This camp brings surfing to a level that soars beyond just riding waves.
Bay Area sea lions sick with deadly bacterial disease transmissible to humans, pets
Sausalito's Marine Mammal Center is sounding the alarm on the risk the outbreak poses for pets and beach-goers.