From the Bronx to the Bay: Chantz Rivera's walk reaches Sacramento
Four pairs of shoes, Colorado lightning and a lot of strangers' kindness later, the 29-year-old has one last stretch to San Francisco.
CBS News Sacramento
Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 324,455 views a day, 782 times a normal first day on this channel (415).
New York man walks nearly 3,000 miles to West Coast, reaches Sacramento
"New York man walks nearly 3,000 miles to West Coast, reaches Sacramento" runs a little over two minutes of evening news on CBS News Sacramento, and its subject has the sole of his shoe to prove it. Chantz Rivera, 29, has gone through four pairs since leaving New York City in May with a tent and a backpack.
The station's banner calls it "From the Bronx to the Bay." Rivera tells the camera he averages "about 20 miles a day. Sometimes more, sometimes less." Before all this, he washed dishes. The decision, as he puts it, was simple: go out there, live life, see the world.
Ashley Williams' report shows the hard parts, lightning and thunderstorms in Colorado, and the gentler ones: photos of people who gave him a place to sleep, support and donations along the way. Rivera admits he thought about quitting a couple of times. What stayed with him instead was this: "Almost everybody I met was so positive and it's like, it made me realize how much love people have for one another."
The station's Shorts usually open with a few hundred views. This one passed 300,000 in under a day, and its comment section filled up where a typical Short gets next to nothing. Plenty of viewers reach for Forrest Gump. Others send greetings from Sacramento, Compton and San Francisco, and a few are already planning to be there when his feet touch the ocean.
When the report aired, he was within a short final stretch of San Francisco and hoping to arrive before Halloween. Williams closes with what Rivera has in mind next: a walk across Europe to Asia.
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What viewers say
Bro pulled the Forest Gump for real
@eugenedantzler4485See it on YouTubeI can't even walk to find the remote to the tv without thinking about it like 4 times lol
@AngelAngel-d9e2xSee it on YouTubecome on Chance! we are waiting at the end to see your feet go into the ocean!
@jaymarx8927See it on YouTube
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I just felt like running, Jenny.
@lukedaniellSee it on YouTubeCongrats from San Francisco.
@Calinotch06See it on YouTubeWelcome to Sac Town, my man!
@IGNANT4LIFESee it on YouTubeI know them feet is torn up. Congrats! I’m proud of him 💪🏾💙
@Deon0202See it on YouTubeNow that is pure freedom!
@tkhcompanySee it on YouTubeWow! So inspiring. And here I am just struggling with walk aerobics at home. Let me get my behind up and be grateful. Thank you young man for inspiring me this morning.
@KimFranklinMBASee it on YouTubewelcome to san francisco! please be safe on the road
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- Channel
- CBS News Sacramento
- Subscribers
- 211,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 1,867,871
- Channel views, pace per day
- 78,331 (on a normal day: 196,734)
- Video published
- October 20, 2026
- Video views so far
- 315,208 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 324,455
The numbers
A news Short that usually draws a few hundred viewers on its first day reached hundreds of thousands this time.
💡 Test your knowledge
Which actor played the title role in Forrest Gump, the film many viewers mention under Rivera's video?
Tom Hanks starred as Forrest Gump in the 1994 film and won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the role.