Michael Alexander Konczal

Michael A. Konczal, a resident of San Jose, passed away on January 2, 2026. Michael was a resident of San Jose since 1975 when he moved with his family from Milwaukee Wisconsin at the age of 16. Michael attended Silver Creek high school and received his Bachelors of Arts degree in Journalism from San Jose State in 1982. His first job out of college was with channel 36, KICU, where he worked for approximately two years. Michael then began working at KPIX Channel 5, the CBS affiliate in the Bay Area, as an Assignment Editor, where he worked until his death on Friday. As an assignment editor for KPIX, he received four Emmy awards, and associated press award and the Reuben Salazar award for his coverage of an ongoing story. Michael had many friends and was loved by everyone who met him He and his sister, Dorene, were best of friends and lived together their entire lives with their mother, Lois, who passed away 2 1/2 years ago. Michael enjoyed traveling to Paso Robles for wine tasting and going to Los Angeles to visit friends. Around 2004 Michael went with then Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Hank Platte from CBS to Israel. Michael loved barbecue parties in the backyard with his friends, making a killer margarita, enjoying his wine club memberships, watching the Green Bay Packers and the Milwaukee Brewers.

Michael was preceded in death by his father, Felix Konczal in 1993 and his mother Lois Konczal in 2023.