The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/10/01/more-frank-somerville-trouble-as-hes-charged-with-battery-over-alleged-drunken-2024-incident/Yet another troubling incident involving former KTVU anchor Frank Somerville, as we’re learning of a November 2024 incident over which he’s now charged with battery, and the story sure is similar to what got him arrested again last month. We really want to root for former KTVU news desk anchor Frank Somerville, who’s been in recovery from alcoholism after some deeply embarrassing incidents where he was slurring his words on the air, seemingly was fired from KTVU, racked up a couple DUIs, and was sometimes arrested multiple times in a single evening. And while Somerville says he’s now nine months sober, and we do want to take him a

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