Think of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid meeting Eyewitness News.

CNN: ONE MAN'S WAR ON SLEAZE

With the addition of the 27.5 hours of HD Eyewitness News per week, CBS 5 now originates 30 hours of local HD programming per week.

ENGADGET: San Francisco's CBS affiliate (KPIX) flips newscasts to HD

Accounts of the deadly attacks last fall in Mumbai, India, the May 2008 earthquake in China and last week's plane crash show what used to be just a virtual gathering place to communicate pet peeves or plans for the weekend has evolved into a go-to spot for eyewitness news -- sometimes even before mainstream media has had time to crack the story.

CNN: Social-networking sites share breaking news

An eyewitness told ABC News that many people sought higher ground after the earthquake struck.

BBC: Strong earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea

"It's massive - half the hillside's on fire, " an eyewitness told BBC News.

BBC: Massive gorse blaze near Okehampton

"He was just running back and forth stabbing people, " one eyewitness was quoted as saying by the AP news agency.

BBC: Knifeman kills two in Guam attack