NBC Bay Area: News & Weather

just updated the app and the live news video doesn’t work. hopefully it’ll be fixed - I put it in every morning before I leave for work!

The local news provided here is timely and informative, but what’s with the clickbait “articles” following the actual articles? This is a news app! The stories following the news articles should be other news and information, not internet trash. If you need revenue, go with ads from reputable companies. Using clickbait makes the whole thing seem shady and unreliable. Weather is often inaccurate for Mill Valley area.

I am subtracting two stars. Both for annoying navigation problems. When I open the app to see a weather alert, I can never exit out of the weather page. There is no easy link back to the home page. That’s an app 101 first rule of design. Easy navigation. The app also tends to not navigate to the alert when I click the alert and see the article. Instead, it puts me to the main article rather than the alert. The problem here is, the behavior never acknowledges the alert has been seen, making the

I have some reason to open this app every day. If not for temps and weather for anywhere, local and national news.

Are all these news apps white backgrounds because they think they need to simulate a newspaper? KPBS does it best, easy on the eyes.