KSBW Action News 8 and Weather

Horrible! Long commercials before all videos, most articles are videos only, always days behind current events, and poor local news reports.

Can't watch news videos, the commercials come in just fine.

Awsome

I rarely use this app because there's too many commercials and there's no way to get rid of them if they come up with a way to get rid of the ads like all the other apps do I would use it more but because every time you want to see something you have to watch a commercial I don't use it that much sorry that's just the truth I live here in the KSBW area and it's just too many commercials

Good content except for the excessive numerous blocks of advertisements which I consider intrusive and toooooo frequent...every paragraph end has a big advertisement - Too much! Hence the three streets rating. Lose some of the advertisements and I'll consider a re-install and re-rate. Gaaaahh!

I have the app close on me due to all the gif and video ads

It sucks

Horrible. Locked up phone. Forced reboot. Cant exit full screen. Doesn't show the actual news. Just a blue screen.

It used to say a lot about my local area for example Salinas now it has new of other places that any related to my local area not like it used to be

Promises breaking news. Huge fire in downtown right now. Nothing on app except yesterday's news.

Too many alerts that aren't applicable "news alerts". And if you see a news alert and click on it, the general app opens up, not the news alert you were trying to read up on. Sometimes I can't even find the news alert I wanted to read about and have to Google it to find the news article elsewhere

This is by far the worst news app ..it shows the same news for weeks..you realy need to keep it fresh ..uninstaled today

So bad. Most if not all "articles" are videos. If there is an article, its like a paragraph or two long but they space it out so its longer. So many ads! REALLY BAD layout.

Used to love this app. Would just check up on the news at break. However now it seems like you have to watch a 15 second add to watch a video every time.

I have had both the older version of this app and the newest one and it seems to be getting worse. Visually it's very confusing. You scroll and scroll and there's adverts in the middle of stories, which feels like the story has reached its end. They should only put the advert at the beginning and end of the story, in my opinion. Also, there's no way to just see a complete list of headlines. Each headline should lead to a post, but it doesn't work that way. Some lead to a post, some a video, some you can only read in the scrolling view. It's very annoying how inconsistent it is. I never know what I'm going to get. Just seems like a really bad app design. I would rather use the KSBW website in my phone browser, rather than this app. Although, the KSBW website has its own set of design problems. Ultimately, I've been getting more of the headlines from local Facebook groups and then I just Google the headline and view it on the best news site. It's annoying that our local news website and app is so poorly designed.

Instant weather video is very helpful and informative

When I get story notifications, and whenever I click on it, it never brings up the story you were notified of. It is so aggravating to me that I am about to delete this app.

Videos don't play after the intro. Deleted and reinstalled and still no video. Deleting again. Not to reinstall

Videos never load after the introduction/advertisement. Not cool.

Piece o zhit videos won't play stories disappear

KSBW said I could stream the Olympics on my phone. Can't. Am I doing something wrong?

News

BEST NEWS APP , ALWAYS UPDATED EVERY SECOND

Always keeping us informed up to the minute.

Up to the minute News

Could be better. Crashes occasionally. Annoying. Miss meteorologist Jim Vanderzwaan.

Keeps me up with local stuff because I cannot always be home at 5

Lifetime Resident glad you guys are out there !!!

The comments by the owner are outstanding.

Seems ok

Love the fast updates

Great app!!.

THIS IS ME NEWS APP

Great news app

I live in Monterey and watch KSBW news on TV when I can. When I can't watch it on TV, I thought it would be a nice idea to stream the live broadcast to my new Android OS Samsung tablet. Too bad the app doesn't work. It stops randomly, changes screen size randomly, loses the picture randomly, fails to resume after the ad break (regularly), and is basically unwatchable. I have reinstalled the app,, cleared browser cache, and done other equally useless things to try to make it work. Other streaming apps on my tablet work just fine, including Fox's KTVU app on the same device during prime viewing hours, so it's not a general connectivity or bandwidth problem, and these other apps are working full screen and at a reasonably high resolution, which the KSBW app typically fails to do. I'd love to use it, but until they figure out how to make it work, I guess I'll be watching KTVU. Not my first choice, but my only viable option for now.

But it doesn't open for diff. Topics. It just doesn't work to good

I like getting all the news quickly. I just liked the old format better since it was easier to navigate.

Videos areblack screens with loud uncontrollable volume for about 15 seconds before they stop, then a stopped app note appears before app crashes. Galaxy note 10.1 current op sys.

It keeps me updated on current news in my area.

The site is fine for reporting local news. It just has some really annoying pop up ads. One blinks a warning that your phone is in danger.