Podcasts by The Bay

Support for Mutual Aid Came and Went, But the Need is Still There from 2022-04-11T09:00

In 2020 call outs for mutual aid donations flooded social media, and people responded with an abundance of money, food and time. Two years later, interest and support has waned while the needs have...

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Why Some Seniors Are More Resilient During the Pandemic from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

We've heard a lot about how older people are vulnerable during this pandemic. And it's true that they're more vulnerable to the virus and that loneliness and depression among seniors has been risin...

With Prop. 22 Approved, Regulating Gig Companies Just Got A Lot Harder from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

California Proposition 22 was a big win for tech companies. Its passage allows a handful of corporations — like Uber and Lyft — to create a new "gig" contractor category for their workers that does...

What Measure P in Sonoma County Says About Police Accountability from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The Bay Area passed a number of local measures related to civilian oversight of police this election. This means an increase in access for what citizens get to know, and get to do, about issues wit...

Laughing Through the Tears With Luna Malbroux from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Things are still really stressful right now. But comedian Luna Malbroux navigates that stress but choosing laughter and joy in a time of extreme anxiety.Today, we're sharing an interview with Luna ...

How Voting Went Down in the Bay Area from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Voting in the Bay Area seemed to go smoothly on Tuesday, thanks in part to California's efforts to get people to vote early and by mail. That says a lot, in an election where there's been so much m...

The Poll Workers Who Made Election Day in the Bay Area Possible from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

California may have mailed all voters a ballot, but a lot of people still chose to cast their ballots in person. And thousands of people worked long hours to make sure voters could do just that. To...

The Generational Political Divide in South San Francisco from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The killing of George Floyd led to protests in South San Francisco, and the creation of a youth-led activist group called Change SSF. These last few months have also exposed a generational divide a...

The Seeds of Activism in Martinez from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Martinez isn't known for its activism. But after George Floyd was killed, and after a white couple defaced a Black Lives Matter mural in Martinez, many residents decided it was time for that to cha...

The Police Shooting That Motivated Walnut Creek Residents to Run for City Council from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Miles Hall was shot and killed by Walnut Creek police a year before many residents joined national protests supporting Black lives this past summer. The Hall family and friends have been showing up...

What It's Like to Have Parents Who Are Essential Workers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Bela Gonzalez and Louie Licea are 15. Both of their parents are essential workers and need to leave the house every day. It's all pretty stressful. And it's also brought more responsibility: while ...

The Beginnings of San Quentin's COVID-19 Outbreak from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

On Tuesday, a California court ruled that officials at San Quentin State Prison have to either transfer or release half of the facility's population. That's because the outbreak at San Quentin got ...

What Would it Mean to Make Housing a Human Right? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Housing is not a human right in the United States. But more people are saying it should be. That growing movement has roots here in the Bay Area, where it's been nearly a year since the mothers beh...

Armenians Came to SF to Escape Genocide. Now, Fears of That History Are Resurfacing from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Generations of Armenians and descendants of those who escaped the Armenian Genocide have found refuge in San Francisco. That’s the epicenter of a robust church community center and where Armenian A...

What Mutual Aid Means — And Why It’s Worth Protecting from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Community fridges have been popping up all over the Bay since the pandemic began as a form of mutual aid, which has deep roots here. There's a long history of this kind of community care, especiall...

Is Prop 25 California's Best Chance to End Cash Bail? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Proposition 25 is the culmination of a long fight over the bail system in California. A win for the "Yes" vote would uphold a law that abolishes cash bail and replaces it with a system that uses "r...

The Digital Divide for Latino Immigrant Families in Oakland from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Distance learning is hard enough. And once you get past acquiring the technology needed to make it happen, there’s an additional step for many immigrant families and Indigenous-language speakers: f...

A Bay Curious Guide to Statewide Propositions from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Bay Curious is exploring the 12 statewide ballot propositions with its Prop Fest series. Today, we're sharing their guides to Props 16 and 17, which make big decisions on affirmative action and vot...

Immigrant Workers Make ‘Wine Country’ Possible. Now Many Have Evacuated. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Latino and immigrant workers keep the economy of "wine country" going. And while many in the Bay Area sheltered in place at the start of the pandemic, farmworkers in Napa and Sonoma counties contin...

South Asian Activist Kala Bagai Was Once Driven Out of Berkeley. Now There's A Street Named After Her. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Berkeley recently renamed a street after a South Asian activist Kala Bagai. But her story isn’t the typical one you hear about people who get streets or monuments named after them. Nearly 100 years...

The North Bay Journalist Providing Vital Fire Information for Her Neighbors from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

North Bay journalist Sarah Stierch has become a resource for locals looking for critical fire information, down to their specific block. That’s because when the North Bay was burning in 2017, she k...

The Final Push to Count Everyone in the Bay from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

There are still Californians who need to be counted for the 2020 Census. Here in the Bay Area, there’s the extra challenge of making sure we count people who don't have housing and families whose h...

More Than A Million Californians Are Still Waiting for Unemployment Benefits from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

California wasn’t ready for the spike in unemployment since the pandemic. And one big reason is because the agency that handles unemployment benefits has had a lot of problems: dated technology, la...

Gov. Newsom Wants to Ban Gas-Powered Car Sales by 2035. Is This A Big Deal? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This week, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that the state plans to eliminate the sale of gas-powered cars by 2035 in order to keep cutting California's greenhouse gas emissions. Many environmentalists ...

We Still Need to Solve Our Housing Crisis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Before the coronavirus, orange skies from wildfires, and huge protests against police violence, housing was the issue in California. But still, even with multiple crises happening at once, so much ...

The District Attorneys Pushing Back on 'Tough on Crime' Politics from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Since the 90s, law enforcement groups like police unions, correctional officer unions, and sheriffs' associations have had a huge influence on policing and criminal justice legislation, both in Was...

'These Communities Have the Knowledge That Will Save Us': Building Climate Resilience with Youth of Color from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

After the Tubbs Fire in 2017, Lil Milagro Henriquez felt she had to do more than just tell her students to mask up for the smoky air. She wanted to empower her students to face the challenges of cl...

The Bay Area Teen Who's Been Trying to Save TPS (And Isn't Backing Down Now) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Sixteen year-old Crista Ramos was in her high school Zoom class when her family got some stressful news: A federal court ruled in favor of ending the humanitarian protection known as Temporary Prot...

A Hunger Strike in Antioch — And What it Says About the Changing Suburbs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Suburbs are some of the most diverse spaces in America. It's one reason why — more and more — they’ve become the backdrop of tensions between police and communities of color. That friction is at th...

Photographing Orange Skies and a Historic Year from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

When KQED photojournalist Beth LaBerge woke up to orange skies in San Francisco Wednesday morning, she rushed out the door to document the extraordinary moment. In a year with the coronavirus pande...

California’s Going All In On Vote By Mail. Will Some People Get Left Behind? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The pandemic has set off a chain of events that will make this year’s election in California different from years past. For one, the state can’t bet on its most reliable poll workers — older Califo...

'Healing Through Resistance' with Uncle Bobby X from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Uncle Bobby Johnson, also known as the People’s Uncle, has been standing up to police brutality ever since his nephew Oscar Grant was shot by a BART police officer in 2009. He's also spent a lot of...

Why The Latest Battle Between California And Gig Companies Is A Big Deal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

For the last eight years, Uber and Lyft have successfully beaten state and local attempts to change its core labor model: treating drivers as independent contractors instead of employees with benef...

California Had an ‘Eviction Moratorium.’ Thousands of People Were Evicted Anyway from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Soon after the pandemic started and Californians began to lose their jobs, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued what he called an 'eviction moratorium' to protect those who couldn’t make rent because of COVID-...

'Megafires' Don’t Have to be Our New Normal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Fire season doesn't have to be this bad. There are lots of things we can do to prevent more and more extreme wildfires. It'll take a big shift in the way we do things. California has spent decades ...

The ‘Brittle’ System of Incarcerated Firefighters from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

California is low on firefighters at a really bad time. It’s partially because the state released thousands of incarcerated firefighters to prevent the spread of Covid-19. But it’s also because thi...

What A WeChat Ban Would Mean for Organizing in San Francisco's Chinatown from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Earlier this month, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that could ban WeChat, the popular Chinese messaging app, from operating in the United States.  But this potential ban would als...

The Grassroots Group Helping Oakland Mask Up (Again) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Back in 2017, Quinn Jasmine Redwoods saw a long line of people at a food distribution center in Oakland. Nobody in line had a mask, even though the most deadly and destructive wildfires in Californ...

California’s Overloaded Power Grid from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

People across the state lost power with almost no warning over the weekend, and there’s a risk it could happen again soon. The California Independent Systems Operator instituted rolling power shuto...

The Pandemic Feels Like Déjà Vu For Some Survivors of the HIV/AIDS Crisis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jesus Guillen overheard a woman ask why those being held on the Grand Princess cruise ship docked at the Oakland Port with COVID-19 couldn’t just be sent ...

COVID-19 Has Made ICE Detention Centers Even More Dangerous from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered a privately-run immigrant detention center in Bakersfield to stop transferring people to the facility and to provide weekly COVID-19 tests to those insi...

How San Francisco Shaped VP Nominee Kamala Harris from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Sen. Kamala Harris will be the first Black woman and person of Indian descent to run for Vice President on a major party ticket. Many Americans got to know her when she ran for president last year....

Older and Overlooked: What One Fire Tells Us About the Vulnerability of Senior Care Homes from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Many senior care homes in the Bay Area are in fire risk areas, according to a KQED investigation. These facilities are supposed to have emergency plans for disasters like wildfires in order to evac...

How Will Pandemic ‘Learning Pods’ Impact Our Public Schools? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Almost all Bay Area schools are required to start the school year remotely to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 this fall. In response, many families are starting their own small, in-person "l...

How Open Vallejo Uncovered the Story of Bent Police Badges from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A secret clique of Vallejo police officers commemorate killings by bending the tips of their star-shaped badges — and the city’s top leaders did nothing about it. That's according to Open Vallejo, ...

The Cost of Amazon's Drive For Speed from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Last week, Congress questioned leaders of four of the largest tech companies in the world - Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple - about just how much power they’ve gained over the years. Today, we'r...

A Rec From The Bay: Catching Babies With a Go-To Doula For Black Parents from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Some doulas are seeing an uptick in business during the pandemic. Hospitals are limiting the number of people who can be present at births, and many families are looking for options outside of trad...

The Moral Case Behind 'Housing Is a Human Right' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

From November of 2019 to January of 2020, two Black mothers occupied a vacant West Oakland property without permission from the company that owned the house, Southern California-based Wedgewood Pro...

'We're Still Here': Remembering the 1969 Native American Occupation of Alcatraz from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

On October 14 of last year, Native people from across the West Coast gathered in San Francisco for a ceremonial canoe journey to Alcatraz Island. Each canoe represented a territory, tribe, communit...

A Rec from The Bay: How Learning Emotional Skills Can Help Boys Become Men from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Ashanti Branch started Ever Forward Club because he wanted the young men in his classroom to have what he didn't have as a student: a safe place to be themselves. After Ashanti gave them that, he s...

'Yes, Asians Go To Jail Too' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Jason Mai didn’t know why his father was taken to jail when he was 12 years old. As a kid growing up in the Bay Area, he was told by his Chinese family to avoid má fan, which meant burdening or inc...

The Bay's Birthday Field Trip from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

We've produced more than 300 stories about the Bay Area. Today, we're taking a break from the headlines to revisit a show from March (before shelter in place orders) where we traveled to three of o...

Part III: How Did Things Get So Bad Between Vallejo and Its Police from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

At one point in Vallejo, the city was paying so much money in salaries and pensions for its police and firefighters that the city went bankrupt. It’s not just police shootings that have led to a de...

Part II: One Night in Vallejo, Two Narratives from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In 2017, Vallejo Police shot and killed Alicia Saddler's brother, Angel Ramos, in their mother's backyard. What began as a family gathering was quickly warped by police, whose narrative of the fata...

Part I: The Life And Death of Willie McCoy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Before Sean Monterrosa was shot and killed by Vallejo police on June 2, VPD officers killed Willie McCoy. Police fired 55 shots into McCoy's vehicle as it was parked in a Taco Bell drive thru where...

How We Got Here, Part 5: Meaningful Work from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Gig work is often marketed as 'flexible work.' But it's also precarious and unprotected work, and today gig workers are continuing to put themselves at risk because they struggle to earn the income...

How We Got Here, Part 4: Disempowerment and Debt from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Many Americans are in deep debt. Household debt has reached an all time high at over $14 trillion. This means many workers have to do a lot more just to get by. They work longer hours, have second ...

How We Got Here, Part 3: The Road to Shareholder Capitalism from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Big companies spend more of their profits on enriching shareholders and executives than they do on increasing compensation for employees. Today, we talk about how this kind of capitalism became nor...

How We Got Here, Part 2: The Attack on Worker Power from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Only 1 in 10 workers in America are part of a union. And for many people, having one would make it a lot easier to advocate for better pay and protections during this pandemic. But worker power has...

How We Got Here, Part 1: The 'Great Risk Shift' From Companies To Workers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Tens of millions of people in the US are either out of a job or still working without meaningful protections, benefits, or wage increases. And if something goes wrong, workers mostly have to figure...

Workers Have Lost Benefits, Power, And Protections from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

On Monday, we're airing the first in a special five-part series by KQED reporter Sam Harnett and editor Alan Montecillo. It digs into how workers in the US have lost benefits, power, and protection...

The People of Color Tasked With 'Fixing' Silicon Valley's Race Problem from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Tech companies in Silicon Valley are turning to Black employees and other workers of color to help them respond to Black Lives Matter protests nationwide. While some employees feel good about havin...

Why Are Bay Area Hospitals Still Struggling To Get Personal Protective Gear? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

New records obtained by KQED show local Bay Area hospitals have reported supply chain problems and the need for support and equipment from public agencies to deal with the coronavirus pandemic sinc...

The COVID-19 Outbreak At San Quentin State Prison from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Within one week in June, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases at San Quentin State Prison grew more than 700 percent. Prison authorities have now reported that more than 500 incarcerated men have...

Artists Reimagine Where Money Goes in A Police-Free Oakland from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In Oakland, a city that’s seen school closures and a rapid rise in homelessness in recent years, the police budget takes up around 44% of the general fund. Among those calling to defund the police ...

'This Is A Fight For Everyone': Asian Parents And Black Lives Matter from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Growing up, Sarah Mizes-Tan's father encouraged her to always stand up to anti-Asian racism whenever she saw it. That's because he had experienced discrimination in the U.S. since immigrating from ...

Bay Area Dockworkers Continue Decades of Fighting Oppression on Juneteenth from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

You can’t separate labor from the police violence and oppression that’s being called out this Juneteenth - the day that commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. That’s why local Bay Area dockwor...

What One Alternative to Policing Looks Like from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In January, the Anti Police-Terror Project launched a community first responder program in Sacramento called Mental Health First. Throughout the night, Friday through Sunday, Mental Health First vo...

The Mad Dash to Hire 20,000 Contact Tracers in California from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Lisa Fagundes is a San Francisco librarian who also helps track and prevent the spread of COVID-19. As more Bay Area residents leave their homes, the state is hiring thousands of people like Lisa t...

‘Joy, Sadness, Rage, and Passion’ in Santa Rosa’s Streets from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

There have been dozens of Bay Area cities protesting against police violence since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Most of the protests have taken place in the suburbs or smaller Bay Ar...

The Yearslong Movement To Get Police Out Of Oakland's Public Schools from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Oakland Unified is the only school district in Alameda County with its own police force. And for nearly a decade, activists with the Black Organizing Project have tried to get police out of Oakland...

Reflections From Vallejo Families Seeking Justice for Police Killings from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Vallejo Police killed another person of color last week. Sean Monterrosa of San Francisco was shot after police say they mistook a hammer for a gun. Days later, California Attorney General Xavier B...

The Layers Of Protections for Police Who Use Violence from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Californian police officers are rarely disciplined, even internally, when they do something wrong. That's what KQED reporters have learned by looking at records released under a law passed in 2018....

It’s Been More Than 10 Years Since Oscar Grant — And Not Enough Has Changed from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

On Jan. 1, 2009, Oscar Grant was shot and killed by a BART police officer. The killing was recorded and the video went viral. There are so many other names here in California, too: Oscar Grant, Mar...

'The Weight of Living in a Racist World': Finding Emotional Support as a Black Man from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This past week has been a lot. Several Bay Area cities joined other communities across the country protesting the police shooting of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Most of the demonstrations were pea...

What Disability Justice Activist Stacey Park Milbern Taught Us from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Stacey Park Milbern was an expert at organizing people. A self-identifying queer disabled woman of color, Stacey organized to help her move from North Carolina to the Bay Area so that she could liv...

What We Can Learn From Stockton’s Universal Basic Income Experiment from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Since early 2019, 125 random Stockton residents have been receiving $500 a month to spend however they want. And while the final data hasn't been released yet, we're starting to learn a little more...

One Bay Area Filipina Nurse's Long History of Caring for People from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

When Evelyn Legarte migrated from the Philippines to the Bay Area in 1980, she was part of a growing number of Filipinos that now make up nearly 20% of nurses in California. Many of them are on the...

What Isolation During Ramadan Has Meant for Bay Area Mosques from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Ramadan is an important time for mosques to receive donations that help them operate throughout the year. But fundraising is hard when people can't attend mosques to pray, be with people, and donat...

Campaigning And Voting In A Pandemic from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This time of year is a critical point in the run up to the November elections. Normally, campaigns would spend the next few months organizing rallies, town halls and gathering signatures for ballot...

People In Senior Care Homes Are Still Vulnerable Right Now from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

More than half of confirmed COVID-19 deaths in California come from senior care homes. And for family members and workers at these facilities, the situation hasn't gotten any less stressful. Guests...

How Virtual Learning Exposed Inequities In Education from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Around 1.2 million California students lack adequate access to the internet right now, despite the fact that public schools have moved classes online. That's created a tough scenario for teachers w...

How Will The Pandemic Affect Our Response To The Climate Crisis? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Thanks to shelter-in-place orders, we car-lovin’ Californians are driving 75% less, according to one recent estimate from UC Davis. That's good for the environment in the short-term, but it's not a...

'My Mom Is Beyond A Superwoman': Mother's Day While Locked Up from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Pedro Archuleta and his mother, Connie Archuleta, have gotten closer since Pedro's incarceration in 2002. But the COVID-19 pandemic has cast a shadow of worry over both of them. Connie worries abou...

70,000 Wildfire Survivors Are Voting On A Settlement From PG&E — And It's A Mess from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

PG&E needs to reach a settlement agreement with nearly 70,000 survivors of the 2017 North Bay fires and the 2018 Camp Fire. The deal needs a two-thirds majority to pass and must be approved by May ...

The Future Of The Bay Area’s Restaurant Industry from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This pandemic has upended the Bay Area’s restaurant industry. Huge numbers of people have been laid off, restaurants have closed, and the businesses that are still open are trying to make it work t...

'It's Not Enough': What Help Is There For California’s Undocumented Immigrants? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

An estimated 2 million Californians are undocumented. And whether they're essential workers or have recently lost employment, none of them are eligible for federal aid right now, including the stim...

'It's Pretty Clear Who's Responsible': Activist Shot in Philippines Recovering in San Francisco from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Brandon Lee is paralyzed from the chest down and recovering at his parent’s home in San Francisco’s Sunset District. Lee had been working as an environmental activist in the Philippines when he bec...

Gun Violence in the Bay Was Decreasing. Then the Pandemic Happened. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

It takes a lot of hard work to curb gun violence at the community level. For the past few years, those efforts in Richmond and Oakland were paying off. But then the pandemic happened, and a lot of ...

The Bay Live! What Will Living in the Bay Area Be Like in 2021? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In our first virtual live event of 2021, we invited KQED reporters to share what stories they’ll be looking out for this year. We want to share this conversation and ask what matters to you as the ...

By the People: How the Last Four Years Changed KQED from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

KQED wasn't alone in struggling to cover former President Trump. These last four years changed how many journalists think about their responsibilities to the public. It's also forced more members o...

Introducing: A Series On Creators From the Bay Area, From Rightnowish from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

It’s been a week. So now, music. We’re bringing you the first episode of a new series from our friends at Rightnowish that shines a light on all sorts of creators this year. In this episode, Pendar...

By The People: A New Presidency and A ‘Window’ of Opportunity for the Iranian Diaspora from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

It's Inauguration Day in the U.S. The end of the Trump administration, and the beginning of the Biden administration is a monumental moment for the country –and for the rest of the world. Today, we...

Social Media Giants Banned Trump, But They Still Have Lots of Problems from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Silicon Valley giants like Facebook, Twitter and Google have long struggled to deal with violent language and misinformation on their platforms. But after the attack on the U.S. Capitol last week, ...

Why California’s Vaccine Rollout Has Been So Slow from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

On Monday, California’s COVID-19 death toll reached 30,000. Gov. Gavin Newsom and health officials are relying on mass vaccinations to slow the spread, but there’s a lot of reason to believe accomp...

By The People: You’ve Protested, Voted, and Donated. Cat Brooks on What’s Next from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

It takes a lot of work to undo white supremacy. For many who have been committed to this work, it’s a lifetime of protests, campaigning, donating, and showing up. And sometimes, it can feel like an...

The California Republicans Who Helped Enable Wednesday's Attack on the Capitol from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

California is a state run by Democrats. But we have elected officials who have either ignored or enabled President Trump through the years — including on Wednesday, when a pro-Trump mob violently t...

It’s Not Easy to Unionize at Tech Companies. But Google Employees Are Doing It. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This week, 200+ employees at Google announced that they've formed a union. The Alphabet Workers Union, which is supported by Communications Workers of America (CWA), is the first of its kind at Goo...

By The People: Oakland’s Longtime City Clerk On How to Make Use of City Council Meetings from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

If you want to get involved in local politics, your city council meeting can be a good place to start. But it can also be a lot. It's where your elected representatives make decisions that directly...

We Remember Our Favorite Episodes of 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This year in news has changed us all in so many ways. And as we wrap up 2020 with our final episode of the year, we thought we'd take some time to reflect on the stories that have stuck with us the...

We're Missing A Lot of Information About the COVID-19 Outbreaks at Foster Farm Plants from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In August, a Foster Farms poultry processing plant in Livingston was temporarily shut down because of a a COVID-19 outbreak where at least 392 workers tested positive and 9 workers died. Now, Foste...

By The People: The Plight of Farmers in India Hits Home for Thousands in the Bay from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This is the fourth episode of By The People, The Bay podcast’s new series highlighting the way democracy shows up in the places around us, and how we can all plug in. It's been called one of the bi...

A Transgender Asylum Seeker's Quest to Come to the Bay Area from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The Bay Area has a long history of providing refuge to migrants seeking asylum. And for some, like Luna Guzmán, a transgender woman who left Guatemala at 22, places like San Francisco are one of th...

Why Parents, Doctors and Lawmakers Pushed Back Against Playgrounds Closing from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Over the weekend, another surge in COVID-19 cases once again led to playgrounds being closed in many communities across California and in five Bay Area counties. But some parents felt like this par...

By The People: How Black Activists Transformed Voting in Oakland from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This is the third episode of By The People, The Bay podcast’s new series highlighting the way democracy shows up in the places around us, and how we can all plug in. A vote in Oakland today goes fa...

Why California Is Factoring in Historical Social Injustice in the Vaccine Rollout from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

California is planning its rollout of a coronavirus vaccine. Healthcare workers have already been prioritized, but figuring out who comes next and how that decision will be made is now in the hands...

Charges Have Been Filed Against Police Officers in The Bay This Year. Why Just Now? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

It's always been difficult to charge a police officer after they've killed someone while on the job. But in the Bay, it's happened a few times within the last three months. For example, in Septembe...

By The People: Shakirah Simley's Journey From Activist to Local Government from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This is the second episode of By The People, The Bay podcast's new series highlighting the way democracy shows up in the places around us, and how we can all plug in. Many activists work their whol...

A Filipino Nurse and The Patients She Won’t Forget from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

When Evelyn Legarte migrated from the Philippines to the Bay Area in 1980, she was part of a growing number of Filipinos that now make up about 20% of nurses in California. As the holidays approach...

By The People: Young, Queer Candidates of Color are Changing the Bay Area Political Scene from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

One way to change your hometown? Run for office. That’s what Alex Lee, James Coleman, and Lucy Shen decided to do in the 2020 elections. All three are among a number of young, queer candidates of c...

Some Hotels for Unsheltered People Are Closing. Where Will They Go? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

When the pandemic hit, thousands of unsheltered people were moved into hotels under a plan known as Project Roomkey. Gov. Gavin Newsom said the goal was to eventually move people into permanent hou...

'It's Pretty Clear Who's Responsible': Activist Shot in Philippines Recovering in San Francisco from 2020-04-29T10:00

Brandon Lee is paralyzed from the chest down and recovering at his parent’s home in San Francisco’s Sunset District. Lee had been working as an environmental activist in the Philippines when he bec...

'It's Pretty Clear Who's Responsible': Activist Shot in Philippines Recovering in San Francisco from 2020-04-29T10:00

Brandon Lee is paralyzed from the chest down and recovering at his parent’s home in San Francisco’s Sunset District. Lee had been working as an environmental activist in the Philippines when he bec...

'It's Pretty Clear Who's Responsible': Activist Shot in Philippines Recovering in San Francisco from 2020-04-29T10:00

Brandon Lee is paralyzed from the chest down and recovering at his parent’s home in San Francisco’s Sunset District. Lee had been working as an environmental activist in the Philippines when he bec...

'It's Pretty Clear Who's Responsible': Activist Shot in Philippines Recovering in San Francisco from 2020-04-29T10:00

Brandon Lee is paralyzed from the chest down and recovering at his parent’s home in San Francisco’s Sunset District. Lee had been working as an environmental activist in the Philippines when he bec...

'It's Pretty Clear Who's Responsible': Activist Shot in Philippines Recovering in San Francisco from 2020-04-29T10:00

Brandon Lee is paralyzed from the chest down and recovering at his parent’s home in San Francisco’s Sunset District. Lee had been working as an environmental activist in the Philippines when he bec...

'It's Pretty Clear Who's Responsible': Activist Shot in Philippines Recovering in San Francisco from 2020-04-29T10:00

Brandon Lee is paralyzed from the chest down and recovering at his parent’s home in San Francisco’s Sunset District. Lee had been working as an environmental activist in the Philippines when he bec...

'It's Pretty Clear Who's Responsible': Activist Shot in Philippines Recovering in San Francisco from 2020-04-29T10:00

Brandon Lee is paralyzed from the chest down and recovering at his parent’s home in San Francisco’s Sunset District. Lee had been working as an environmental activist in the Philippines when he bec...

'It's Pretty Clear Who's Responsible': Activist Shot in Philippines Recovering in San Francisco from 2020-04-29T10:00

Brandon Lee is paralyzed from the chest down and recovering at his parent’s home in San Francisco’s Sunset District. Lee had been working as an environmental activist in the Philippines when he bec...

'It's Pretty Clear Who's Responsible': Activist Shot in Philippines Recovering in San Francisco from 2020-04-29T10:00

Brandon Lee is paralyzed from the chest down and recovering at his parent’s home in San Francisco’s Sunset District. Lee had been working as an environmental activist in the Philippines when he bec...

'It's Pretty Clear Who's Responsible': Activist Shot in Philippines Recovering in San Francisco from 2020-04-29T10:00

Brandon Lee is paralyzed from the chest down and recovering at his parent’s home in San Francisco’s Sunset District. Lee had been working as an environmental activist in the Philippines when he bec...

'It's Pretty Clear Who's Responsible': Activist Shot in Philippines Recovering in San Francisco from 2020-04-29T10:00

Brandon Lee is paralyzed from the chest down and recovering at his parent’s home in San Francisco’s Sunset District. Lee had been working as an environmental activist in the Philippines when he bec...

'It's Pretty Clear Who's Responsible': Activist Shot in Philippines Recovering in San Francisco from 2020-04-29T10:00

Brandon Lee is paralyzed from the chest down and recovering at his parent’s home in San Francisco’s Sunset District. Lee had been working as an environmental activist in the Philippines when he bec...

'It's Pretty Clear Who's Responsible': Activist Shot in Philippines Recovering in San Francisco from 2020-04-29T10:00

Brandon Lee is paralyzed from the chest down and recovering at his parent’s home in San Francisco’s Sunset District. Lee had been working as an environmental activist in the Philippines when he bec...

'It's Pretty Clear Who's Responsible': Activist Shot in Philippines Recovering in San Francisco from 2020-04-29T10:00

Brandon Lee is paralyzed from the chest down and recovering at his parent’s home in San Francisco’s Sunset District. Lee had been working as an environmental activist in the Philippines when he bec...

'It's Pretty Clear Who's Responsible': Activist Shot in Philippines Recovering in San Francisco from 2020-04-29T10:00

Brandon Lee is paralyzed from the chest down and recovering at his parent’s home in San Francisco’s Sunset District. Lee had been working as an environmental activist in the Philippines when he bec...

'It's Pretty Clear Who's Responsible': Activist Shot in Philippines Recovering in San Francisco from 2020-04-29T10:00

Brandon Lee is paralyzed from the chest down and recovering at his parent’s home in San Francisco’s Sunset District. Lee had been working as an environmental activist in the Philippines when he bec...

'It's Pretty Clear Who's Responsible': Activist Shot in Philippines Recovering in San Francisco from 2020-04-29T10:00

Brandon Lee is paralyzed from the chest down and recovering at his parent’s home in San Francisco’s Sunset District. Lee had been working as an environmental activist in the Philippines when he bec...

'It's Pretty Clear Who's Responsible': Activist Shot in Philippines Recovering in San Francisco from 2020-04-29T10:00

Brandon Lee is paralyzed from the chest down and recovering at his parent’s home in San Francisco’s Sunset District. Lee had been working as an environmental activist in the Philippines when he bec...

'It's Pretty Clear Who's Responsible': Activist Shot in Philippines Recovering in San Francisco from 2020-04-29T10:00

Brandon Lee is paralyzed from the chest down and recovering at his parent’s home in San Francisco’s Sunset District. Lee had been working as an environmental activist in the Philippines when he bec...

'It's Pretty Clear Who's Responsible': Activist Shot in Philippines Recovering in San Francisco from 2020-04-29T10:00

Brandon Lee is paralyzed from the chest down and recovering at his parent’s home in San Francisco’s Sunset District. Lee had been working as an environmental activist in the Philippines when he bec...

'It's Pretty Clear Who's Responsible': Activist Shot in Philippines Recovering in San Francisco from 2020-04-29T10:00

Brandon Lee is paralyzed from the chest down and recovering at his parent’s home in San Francisco’s Sunset District. Lee had been working as an environmental activist in the Philippines when he bec...

What’s the Path Forward for Bay Area Public Transit? from 2020-04-27T10:00:58

Leaders at the Bay Area's public transit agencies are dealing with a massive fiscal crisis that happened seemingly overnight.

How San Francisco’s Chinatown Avoided Covid-19 Panic from 2020-04-24T10:00:57

Chinatown community leaders were taking steps to prepare for the coronavirus in early February.

‘I Don’t Want Anything to Happen to Them:’ Being Children of Essential Workers from 2020-04-22T10:00:58

For the kids of essential workers, saying goodbye to their parents each workday brings its own kind of stress.

Apple and Google Want to Help Track the Coronavirus — Using Your Phones from 2020-04-20T10:00:12

Health officials have been trying to trace where COVID-19 came from and where it’s going. In some countries, including China, South Korea, Singapore and Israel, they’ve used cellphones and apps to ...

Most Artists Have Lost Their Income. What’s Next? from 2020-04-17T10:00:30

Many artists are still making creative work. But without live events, they're still in big financial trouble.

Remembering San Francisco Lesbian Rights Activist Phyllis Lyon from 2020-04-15T10:00:55

Phyllis Lyon's activism throughout the years helped lay the groundwork for the LGBT rights movement to come.

Why We Need Race, Ethnicity and Language Data to Beat COVID-19 from 2020-04-13T10:00:43

Anyone can get sick from the coronavirus, but it's having an unequal impact on communities of color.

‘There Isn’t A Lot I Can Do:’ Protecting Loved Ones In Senior Care Homes from 2020-04-10T10:00:43

Jonathan Hirsch is one of many people worrying about a loved one in a Bay Area senior care home.

Can You Get Shelter Right Now If You Don’t Have A Home? It Depends. from 2020-04-08T10:00:08

Hotel rooms, RVs, and other shelter spaces are being made available. But it's going to take a lot more to keep people experiencing homelessness safe from the coronavirus.

How KQED Is Making Radio During the Coronavirus Pandemic from 2020-04-06T10:00:16

News outlets are considered 'essential' businesses. Here's how we're (still) bringing you stories.

Why Local News Is Suffering When People Need It Most from 2020-04-03T10:00:29

The San Francisco Examiner and SF Weekly are cutting the pay and hours of their journalists by 40 percent.

The Confusing ‘Patchwork’ of Renter Protections from 2020-04-01T10:00:22

How much help do you have right now if you can't make rent? It depends on where you live.

Inside a Bay Area Courtroom During Shelter in Place from 2020-03-30T10:00:32

Courts are considered "essential," but it doesn't mean a jury trial is a safe place for people to gather right now.

Tracking the Latest Chapter of Anti-Asian Racism in America from 2020-03-27T10:00:10

Asians and Asian-Americans are being harassed by people who think looking Chinese means you have the coronavirus. Three California organizations have created a tracker in order to document these in...

‘The Rest of Our Season Got Canceled’ from 2020-03-25T10:00:43

Students may be taking online classes, but their extracurriculars have been canceled.

The Bay Area Photojournalist Taking Portraits From a Distance from 2020-03-23T10:00:45

Jessica Christian wants to take photos of where the people are.

Even Before the Coronavirus, Working Class People Were Barely Getting By from 2020-03-20T10:00:21

The new coronavirus is highlighting just how precarious life has been for many workers and contractors.

When People Can’t Go to Their Houses of Worship from 2020-03-18T10:00:51

Religious communities are trying to stay connected while also staying safe from the coronavirus.

Will Daly City’s Only Hospital Survive? from 2020-03-16T10:00:35

Seton Medical Center is in financial trouble. But closing the hospital could put many vulnerable people at risk.

Don’t Panic: Your Questions Answered About the Coronavirus in the Bay Area from 2020-03-13T10:00:27

News about the coronavirus in the Bay Area is changing every day. Schools are closing, white collar workers are working from home and officials are trying to keep up. It can be overwhelming to know...

Working From Home? Not an Option for Gig Workers from 2020-03-11T10:00:55

Lots of workers, including gig workers, can't work from home to stay safe during the coronavirus outbreak.

The ‘Disease Detectives’ Tracing the Spread of the Coronavirus from 2020-03-09T10:00:27

Reported cases of the new coronavirus are increasing, and it's up to public health officials to try and figure out where those cases came from.

The Bay’s Birthday Field Trip from 2020-03-06T11:00:09

To celebrate The Bay turning two, the team went on a little field trip.

Sanders Won California, But Hella Votes Are Still Being Counted from 2020-03-04T11:00:17

The AP called California for Bernie Sanders, but we won't know the full results for a while.

Volunteering for Sanders and Warren in the Bay When Politics Is Personal from 2020-03-02T11:00:25

Most people don't volunteer for presidential campaigns. So we spoke to two volunteers, to learn about what led them to spend their free time helping their candidates in the Bay Area.

There’s a Familiar Distrust in West Oakland After Contaminated Water Closes McClymonds High from 2020-02-28T11:00:44

Groundwater contamination has forced McClymonds High School in West Oakland to temporarily close.

How Do Mobile Homes Fit Into Mountain View’s Rent Control Debate? from 2020-02-26T11:00:11

Mountain View could make changes to its rent control policy on March 3. But no matter what happens, mobile home renters will continue to be left out of the debate.

What Companies Know About KQED’s Silicon Valley Editor from 2020-02-24T11:00:27

Californians can now request their personal data from companies that have them. So KQED's Rachael Myrow tried it out.

The A’s Are Abandoning Local Radio – And Oakland’s In Its Feels from 2020-02-21T11:00:12

Baseball on the radio is special to many longtime fans. So some of them aren't thrilled that the A's are dropping their local English-language broadcast.

‘That’s Where I Grew Up’: The Wuhan Natives Organizing Aid From The Bay from 2020-02-19T11:00:42

Thousands of college graduates from Wuhan live in the Bay Area. Some of them have formed a non-profit to help their hometown fight the coronavirus.

Reckoning With Sexual Assault at Berkeley High School from 2020-02-17T11:00:02

Why protesters at Berkeley High School say they're fed up with how their school responds to allegations of sexual assault.

The Story of Change in Oakland Through the Old Capwell Building from 2020-02-14T11:00:45

The building in Oakland now known as Uptown Station has a long history. And if you follow that history, you can see just how much the city has changed.

San Francisco’s Man-Made Taxi Medallion Crisis from 2020-02-12T11:00:04

In 2010, San Francisco started selling taxi medallions. Now, some drivers are in so much debt that the stress causes physical pain.

A Black Chef’s Dream of Returning to the Fillmore from 2020-02-10T11:00:38

Fernay McPherson has built up her business, piece by piece, for six years. Today, you can find Minnie Bell's Soul Movement at the Emeryville Public Market. But Fernay's biggest professional dream ...

‘Fui Muy Afortunado’: How One Asylum-Seeker Made It to the Bay Area from 2020-02-07T11:00:15

It’s been about one year since the Trump administration changed how seeking asylum works at the U.S-Mexico border. The so-called “Remain in Mexico” policy means that tens of thousands of migrants f...

To Be Asian With a Face Mask During the Coronavirus Outbreak from 2020-02-05T11:00:42

When Santa Clara University's provost sent an email reminding people to be aware of their racial biases around the coronavirus, Sherry Wang, a professor in the school's Department of Counseling Psy...

Why One of California’s Biggest Housing Bills Failed from 2020-02-03T11:00:51

SB 50 would have made big changes to the way housing in California gets built. So why did it fail?

The ‘Casual Corruption’ of San Francisco’s Mohammed Nuru from 2020-01-31T11:00:30

Mohammed Nuru has been in San Francisco city government for a long time. He was appointed to the Public Works department in 2000 by then-Mayor Willie Brown and eventually became the director of tha...

Is Your Food Delivery Order Legit? from 2020-01-29T11:00:36

What happens when food delivery apps add local restaurants without the owners' permission?

What ‘American Dirt’ Gets Wrong from 2020-01-27T11:00:43

Many Latinx writers, including here in the Bay Area, have expressed frustration with American Dirt, a new book by Jeanine Cummins that has been called the next great American novel. Oprah even sele...

A Six-Year Journey to Find a Home from 2020-01-24T11:00:03

Eddie Thomas lost his housing when he was 55 years old after working at Intel for five years. He's part of a growing trend of people becoming homeless later on in life. Eddie was lucky enough to h...

What It Takes to Help ‘Newcomer’ Immigrant Students in Oakland from 2020-01-22T11:01:56

Many local leaders in the Bay Area have made it a point to say that their communities are welcoming places for new immigrants, including those who are undocumented, are seeking asylum or are refuge...

Indie Artists Vs. The Frida Kahlo Corporation from 2020-01-17T11:00:24

You can find Frida Kahlo's image all over the Bay Area. The Mexican painter lived in San Francisco for a little bit in the '30s and '40s with her husband, Diego Rivera. She became even more famous...

The Anonymous Companies That Buy Up Homes from 2020-01-15T11:01:21

Even if you can afford to buy a home in the Bay Area, you might get outbid by an anonymous shell company paying cash.

‘Unapologetic’: Jerry Brown’s Legacy in Oakland from 2020-01-13T11:00:34

Oakland feels a lot different today than it did when Jerry Brown was elected mayor in 1998. That’s because he had a lot to do with how the city changed. The unapologetic and sometimes controversia...

What Does Safety For Trans People In Prison Look Like? from 2020-01-10T11:00:19

Prison can be a brutal place for anyone. But for trans people who are incarcerated, it's even more dangerous. A new bill in California's state legislature is aimed at making conditions safer. If p...

For Many Immigrants With Advanced Degrees, It’s ‘Sink Or Swim’ from 2020-01-08T11:00:16

When Dr. Wilmer Garcia Ricardo came to the U.S. from Cuba he couldn't find work as a physician, and he had to figure out the licensing process almost entirely on his own. He's not the only one. An...

One Iranian-American’s Identity In This Moment from 2020-01-06T11:00:52

There are 180,000 people who claim Iranian ancestry living across California, according to the most recent census data. Many left Iran around the time of the revolution in 1979. SF Weekly's Ida Moj...

An Unspoken Guide to Riding BART from 2019-12-30T11:00:35

When our new editor Alan Montecillo moved to the Bay Area earlier this month he noticed that people loved talking about BART. It's one of the few spaces where people from all over the Bay Area are ...

Can PG&E Be Forced To Change? from 2019-12-20T11:00:44

This week, PG&E took a big step towards emerging from bankruptcy after a judge approved billions of dollars in settlements with fire survivors and insurers. But the company also has to convince the...

After 161 Years, an Era of Local News Ends in Martinez from 2019-12-18T11:00:36

The paper will print its final issue this Sunday, ending a 161-year run covering the county seat of Contra Costa.

Welcome to Oakland’s Indigenous Red Market from 2019-12-16T11:00:12

In the late fifties, the U.S. government promised Native Americans good jobs and stable housing if they left reservations for urban centers, including Oakland. Those promises were never realized. B...

How Maria Isabel Bueso Beat Back the Trump Administration from 2019-12-13T11:00:45

Maria Isabel Bueso and her family have waited months to learn whether they could stay in the country. Bueso has lived in the Bay Area for 16 years under a special immigration status in order to get...

An Audio Journey Through Our Turbulent Decade from 2019-12-11T11:00:32

The Giants’ first World Series win in 56 years, the Occupy Oakland protests, and the Ghost Ship warehouse fire are just a few moments from the last decade that shaped and changed the Bay Area. With...

To Be Filipino, Gay, And HIV Positive in San Francisco from 2019-12-09T11:00:51

Jaime Geaga moved to San Francisco in 1981. He was ready to start a new chapter of his life when he tested positive for HIV. Among Asian Americans, Filipino men were some of the most affected by HI...

The Problem With Police Neck Holds from 2019-12-06T11:00:32

A Petaluma man named David Ward died last week shortly after a sheriff’s deputy put him in a neck hold, according to the Sonoma County sheriff's office. Neck restraints came into national conscious...

The Cost of Amazon’s Drive For Speed from 2019-12-04T11:00:04

When you order from Amazon in the Bay Area, your order is probably coming from a fulfillment center in Tracy. The serious injury rate for employees at that facility has nearly quadrupled since the ...

San Francisco Debates How to Honor Women With Monuments in the Era of Toppling Statues from 2019-12-02T11:00:30

San Francisco's Arts Commission wants a public monument honoring poet Maya Angelou. It's part of an effort to fix the fact that just 2 percent of public sculptures in the city honor women. But the ...

Why Did Fresno Police Create an ‘Asian Gang Task Force’ to Solve a Crime With No Clear Connection to Gangs? from 2019-11-27T11:00:48

After the mass shooting in Fresno earlier this month, police responded by creating an Asian Gang Task Force. Yet so far, police have provided no evidence linking the shooting to gang activity. Now ...

‘We Don’t Want Shelter, We Want Homes’ from 2019-11-25T11:00:59

The fight over housing rights took a turn recently when two homeless moms occupied a vacant three-bedroom home in West Oakland with their children. Their group, Moms 4 Housing, wants the city to ma...

What Makes BART Such A Politicized Space? from 2019-11-22T11:00:40

Steven Foster was detained and cited by BART police for eating a sandwich on a train platform. This isn't the first time BART has been the backdrop of significant social and political conversations...

The Thinking Behind KQED’s Mass Shooting Coverage from 2019-11-20T11:00:13

Since the days of Columbine, America's reference point for mass shootings has shifted over and over again. These shootings have happened at schools, movie theaters and night clubs. But there are al...

Why San Francisco’s New District Attorney Chesa Boudin is a ‘Leap of Faith’ from 2019-11-15T11:00:40

Chesa Boudin wants to shake up San Francisco's criminal justice system. Boudin comes from an unconventional background: His parents were jailed for participating in a robbery that led him to a care...

From the Bay to the Supreme Court: A Doctor’s Fight for DACA from 2019-11-13T11:00:40

Jirayut "New" Latthivongskorn immigrated to the United States with his family as a kid. They settled in the Bay Area, where they spent years living in the shadows as undocumented immigrants. They a...

Who Owns Silicon Valley? from 2019-11-08T11:00:18

Stanford has more property value than Apple, Google and Intel combined. And right now in the Bay Area, everyone is watching how these big property owners choose to use their land. So what role shou...

Let’s Talk About Race and the Orinda Shooting from 2019-11-06T11:00:46

Why has the "mass shooting" element of this tragedy been largely overlooked?

Olympic Legends for Black Power Salute, Now Hall of Famers from 2019-11-04T11:00:56

John Carlos and Tommie Smith were shunned after their infamous Black Power salute on the podium at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. The were kicked out of the Olympics and lost their track and field ...

The Tiny Radio Station Relaying Critical Kincade Fire Information in Indigenous Languages from 2019-11-01T10:00:15

During the 2017 North Bay fires, bilingual radio station KBBF in Santa Rosa became a lifeline for many Spanish speakers in Sonoma County. At the time, emergency alerts and information were poorly t...

How the 2017 North Bay Fires Prepared Sonoma County for the Kincade Fire from 2019-10-30T10:00:32

It's been one week since the Kincade Fire started in Sonoma County, but this time residents say the county is more prepared.

A Bay Farewell to Editor Erika Aguilar from 2019-10-28T10:00:59

Some bittersweet news from The Bay team: Our editor Erika Aguilar is leaving to head KQED’s new Housing and Affordability Desk. Erika is a founding member of The Bay and helped launch the podcast i...

Living Between Fires and Blackouts from 2019-10-25T10:00:37

PG&E said there were failures on one of its high-voltage transmission lines just minutes before the Kincaid Fire erupted in Sonoma County. It's renewed concern that PG&E equipment is implicated. T...

San Francisco’s Car-Free Market Street Makeover from 2019-10-23T10:00:12

Starting in January, San Francisco will ban private cars from Market Street as part of a major overhaul to make the city’s main thoroughfare safer for pedestrians, cyclists and public transit. The ...

Why the S.F. District Attorney’s Race Matters and What You Need to Know from 2019-10-21T10:00:48

This year’s race for San Francisco district attorney has been a doozy. The four-way race to replace George Gascón is wide-open. The Nov. 5 election took on some extra controversy this month when Ga...

Shaky Shaky Shaky: How to Prepare for the Next Earthquake from 2019-10-18T10:00

This week, the Bay Area felt a series of earthquakes in less than 24 hours. Thursday marked the 30th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake. That prompted KQED Science reporter Peter Arcuni to c...

‘We’re Still Here’: Canoe Journey to Alcatraz to Remember the Native American Occupation 50 Years Ago from 2019-10-16T10:00:19

On Monday, Native people from across the West Coast gathered in San Francisco for a ceremonial canoe journey to Alcatraz Island. Each canoe represented a territory, tribe, community or family. They...

KQED’s Podcast #Rightnowish Tackles How Art Shapes the Bay from 2019-10-14T10:00:15

Bay Area artists have a tendency to embed politics and messages for society into their creative work. KQED's newest podcast Rightnowish highlights those artists -- and how what they make is shapes ...

In Paradise, Power Shutoffs and PG&E’s Unreliability Feel Like the New Normal from 2019-10-11T10:00:57

PG&E shut off the lights to 800,000 customers in Northern California, including 141,000 in the Bay Area. The utility company says the goal is to reduce the risk of wildfires. These latest shutdowns...

Should San Francisco Force People With Mental Illness Into Treatment? from 2019-10-09T10:00:32

San Francisco is moving forward with a conservatorship program that would force people experiencing chronic homelessness, substance abuse and severe mental illness to get treatment even if they don...

How Nancy Pelosi’s Beginnings Prepared Her to Lead Democrats on Impeachment from 2019-10-07T10:00:51

Although Nancy Pelosi didn’t run for elected office until she was 47, politics is in her blood. Born into a prominent Baltimore political family, Pelosi learned at a young age the chess-maneuvering...

How the Fair Pay to Play Act Could (Finally) Lead to a Profitable Future for Female Athletes from 2019-10-04T10:00:08

Female athletes in the Bay Area are at a disadvantage when it comes to opportunities to play at the professional level. There are no professional women's sports teams in the Bay, compared to seven ...

What Boulders Say About San Francisco’s Inability to Find a Solution to Homelessness from 2019-10-02T10:00:22

Residents with a place to live on Clinton Park, a street in San Francisco, pooled their money together to buy boulders for the neighborhood's sidewalks.* The residents have complained that people l...

Why Berkeley’s Gourmet Ghetto Is a Problem (For Some) from 2019-09-30T10:00:08

North Berkeley’s “Gourmet Ghetto” is considered the birthplace of California cuisine. It’s where the original Peet’s Coffee is located, and the neighborhood is home to Alice Waters’ Chez Panisse. F...

When Should Vallejo Officers Be Required to Test for Drugs or Alcohol? from 2019-09-27T10:00:52

Vallejo residents attended a city council meeting this week wearing bright yellow stickers that read "Coked Cops Kill." They opposed efforts by the police union to delete a section of its contract ...

Unplugged: PG&E Shuts Down Power In Several Northern California Cities from 2019-09-25T10:00:05

It’s hot. It’s dry. And your power might get shut off. PG&E has been making daily decisions this week on whether to shut off power to wildland areas in Northern California that are at risk of fire....

The Voice Behind ‘I Got 5 On It’ from 2019-09-23T10:00:25

Mike Marshall has a voice you've probably heard before. He was the vocal on the 90s anthem I’ve Got Five On It. More recently, Marshall covered San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) ...

Ordered Out But Fighting for Her Life to Stay from 2019-09-20T10:00:57

Maria Isabel Bueso immigrated to the United States from Guatemala 16 years ago so she could receive treatment in the Bay Area for a rare genetic disease. Her family has been able to stay here legal...

Housing is Healthcare: One Doctor’s Prescription for Solving Homelessness from 2019-09-18T10:00:53

President Trump and HUD Secretary Ben Carson visited the Bay Area on Tuesday. Trump attended a fundraiser but made time to call attention to the state's housing and homeless crisis. Carson toured a...

Living With Parents (Cause the Rent is Too Dang High) from 2019-09-16T10:00:58

In California, living with parents has become necessary for many young adults trying to save money on rent. Around 37 percent of young people ages 18 to 34 are living with their parents, according ...

The Gig is Up: Lawmakers Pass AB 5 to Protect Gig Workers from 2019-09-13T10:00:17

Tech companies like Lyft and Uber have introduced America to a new way of working. They've touted a flexible, be-your-own boss work model -- though without benefits or worker protections. This week...

Out of the Blocks Takes Us On A Listening Tour Through West Oakland from 2019-09-11T10:00:37

Heritage and gentrification intersect in West Oakland's Lower Bottoms neighborhood. That's the historical headquarters of the Black Panther Party, and the last train stop in the East Bay before ...

The Conception Had An Excellent Reputation. One Bay Area Diver Asks ‘What Happened?’ from 2019-09-09T10:00:36

The tragedy of the Conception boat fire off the Santa Barbara coast has rippled throughout the diving community. Several of the 34 people who died on Labor Day were from the Bay Area. The boat and ...

‘I’m in Shock’: What the Ghost Ship Verdict Means to Those Who Survived from 2019-09-06T10:00:18

The Ghost Ship trial is over, for now. The jury acquitted Max Harris, one of the two men accused of involuntary manslaughter for his role in the 2016 warehouse fire that killed 36 people. The other...

Local Officials Calling to Bring Home SF Activist Shot in Philippines from 2019-09-04T10:00:42

Brandon Lee remains in critical condition after he was shot outside his home in the Philippines last month. The San Francisco native warned that the Philippine government had been intimidating him ...

‘There’s a Lot of Mistrust and Fear on Both Sides.’ Vallejo Residents React to Police Violence from 2019-08-30T10:00:08

Our reporting on deadly police shootings that have happened in Vallejo has struck a nerve with listeners, especially those who live in the city. A police shooting will ripple throughout a community...

My Kid Has Anxiety. Can Their Schools Help? from 2019-08-28T10:00:02

Brianna Sedillo is a student at El Cerrito High School in the East Bay. After her grandfather passed away, the pressures of high school intensified for her. Her depression and anxiety kicked into h...

The Oakland Property Owners Who Chose Ethics Over Money from 2019-08-26T10:00:18

When the Cabellos listed their Oakland property for sale, they got offers from developers and corporate businesses. The property sits in the gentrified Temescal neighborhood, which is part of the r...

How Did Things Get So Bad Between Vallejo and Its Police? from 2019-08-23T10:00:15

This isn’t the first time Vallejo has experienced a cluster of high profile police shootings and incidents that have caused residents to demand changes. The current pleas and fight for police accou...

One Night, Two Narratives from 2019-08-21T10:00:20

The recent wave of protests for police accountability in Vallejo started back in 2017. That’s when Angel Ramos, 21, was fatally shot by an officer who thought he was stabbing another person during ...

The Life and Death of Willie McCoy from 2019-08-19T10:00:26

Willie McCoy had a hard childhood, but his dreams of making music professionally kept him alive until he was shot 55 times by Vallejo police in February after he was found unconscious his car. His ...

There’s Something Wrong in Vallejo from 2019-08-16T10:00:53

In February, Vallejo police officers shot a young black man 55 times after he was found unconscious in his car. Another was killed last year after an officer tried to stop him for riding a bike wit...

Bay Area Filipinos Stand Up For Activist Shot in the Philippines from 2019-08-14T10:00:05

A San Francisco native was shot in the Philippines earlier this month in what friends and family believe was an attempted extrajudicial assassination by the Philippine government. Brandon Lee becam...

The Long, Hard Search for a Missing and Homeless Loved One from 2019-08-12T10:00:53

More than 34,000 people are homeless in the Bay Area. There's not enough housing or resources to help them all. Some have friends or family who have been searching for their loved ones to bring the...

From El Paso to the Bay: Latinos Look for Community After Shootings from 2019-08-09T10:00:24

Latinos this week have expressed fear, anger and unity after a gunman shot and killed 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. The suspect wrote a racist manifesto blaming immigrants and Hispanics...

Young People Fighting For Gun Control Want to Know: What Will It Take? from 2019-08-07T10:00:24

The three victims from the Gilroy Garlic Festival were young -- ages 6, 13 and 25. Many of the victims from the shootings in El Paso and Dayton were also young. And it was children, teenagers and y...

When The Media Descended On Gilroy from 2019-08-05T10:00:57

After the shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival on July 28, a local newspaper photographer criticized how media quickly descended on the small city in south Santa Clara County in ways we've seen ...

Banning RV Life in the Heart of Silicon Valley from 2019-06-28T10:00:30

Google pledged $1 billion earlier this month to help ease Silicon Valley's housing crisis. That crisis is playing out in Google's home city of Mountain View, where city leaders want to ban RVs from...

How Gay Activists in San Francisco Educated the World About AIDS from 2019-06-26T10:00:36

A San Francisco nurse named Bobbi Campbell was the first person to publicly announce he had a cancer associated with AIDS in 1981. Around this time, he convinced a Castro drugstore to display pictu...

A Mural That Doesn’t Age Well: The Debate Over the George Washington Murals in S.F. from 2019-06-24T10:00:07

Can an artist’s original intentions withstand the test of time and modern sentiment? A mural at George Washington High School in San Francisco that intended to depict America's founding father in t...

A Migrant’s Journey from El Salvador to the Bay Area from 2019-06-21T10:00:01

President Trump on Monday announced that federal immigration officers were gearing up for deportations next week. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf responded by urging her community to be prepared. It’s u...

The Woman Who Kept Juneteenth Alive in San Francisco from 2019-06-19T10:00:41

San Francisco's Juneteenth, a commemoration of the end of slavery, is one of the largest gatherings of African Americans in California every year. This year's Juneteenth parade was named in honor o...

The Price of Owning the Power Grid from 2019-06-17T10:00:18

Environmental activists in San Francisco have long called for the city to have its own public power system. The idea never took off until PG&E went bankrupt, again, in January. The private utility ...

From Quentin to the Kitchen: Preparing for Life After Prison in the Bay Area from 2019-06-14T10:00:14

Formerly incarcerated people who can’t find work after prison face a 50 percent chance of returning to prison. Those who do find work have a better chance of staying out. San Quentin State Prison, ...

Why San Francisco Wants to Stop Charging Inmates for Phone Calls from 2019-06-12T10:00:52

The cost of going to prison is both personal and financial. That’s exacerbated by the price of phone calls from the inside. In San Francisco, a 15-minute phone call can cost $2.10. Other jails char...

A ‘Surreal’ and Emotional Graduation for Paradise High from 2019-06-10T10:00:33

"Surreal" is the word Paradise High School seniors used over and over again to describe their graduation months after the deadly Camp Fire that leveled most of the town. Most of the students lost h...

Teachers Strike Close to Graduation Leaves Students in Limbo from 2019-06-07T10:00:21

The teachers strike at the New Haven School District in Union City and South Hayward has been going on for two weeks now. Unlike more recent teachers strikes around the Bay Area, New Haven’s comes ...

The Exploitation of Creative People and Their Passions from 2019-06-05T10:00:24

It’s hard enough to live, work and survive in the Bay Area. But people whose work is their passion often make additional sacrifices to do what they love. Many of you shared stories of “passion expl...

Mental Healthcare for All? from 2019-06-03T10:00:59

It's not uncommon to see people struggling with mental health in San Francisco. People experiencing the trauma of homelessness often have their worst days unfold on city streets. San Francisco supe...

The New Resistance to Vallejo Police Violence from 2019-05-31T10:00:13

A series of police shootings in Vallejo over the last few years has mobilized residents to city hall in protest. This week, the families of Angel Ramos, Willie McCoy, and Ronnell Foster -- three me...

A Prescription Your Doctor Can’t Write: Housing as Health Care from 2019-05-29T10:00:55

When Bay Area cities clear homeless encampments, proponents of such plans often say they're trying to fix a public health issue, or that encampments have become too unsafe or unhealthy. But some ar...

Why We Need ‘Truth Be Told’: A New KQED Advice Podcast About Race for People of Color from 2019-05-24T10:00:16

When Tonya Mosley thinks about conversations she's had with friends and family about race, she's usually asking for advice. Now, there's a podcast for that -- and Tonya is hosting it. Truth Be Told...

Why San Jose Ain’t San Jose Without the Sharks from 2019-05-22T10:00:26

San Jose has undergone dramatic change since the Sharks first came to the city in 1993. The population has spiked to more than 1 million, the median home price is $1 million, and the SAP Center (Sh...

Why Is My Restaurant Server Always White? from 2019-05-20T10:00:42

When you get your check at a restaurant, there’s a good chance your server is white. There’s an even better chance that the cooks and dishwashers in the back of the house are POC who get considerab...

PG&E Blamed For Sparking Deadly Camp Fire. Now What? from 2019-05-17T10:00:45

It's confirmed: A PG&E transmission line sparked the deadliest and most destructive fire in California history last November in Butte County. Cal Fire announced Wednesday the result of its investig...

San Francisco Bans Facial Recognition Technology from 2019-05-15T10:00:44

We use facial recognition technology to unlock our cell phones, doors, and find friends on social media apps. But there's a real fear about how tech companies and government is recording our faces ...

Would You Stop Driving Through Downtown San Francisco if You Had to Pay to Do It? from 2019-05-13T10:00:18

Driving through downtown San Francisco has always been hell (good luck getting across Market Street). Traffic has gotten worse with job growth and the advent of ride-hailing apps like Lyft and Uber...

Should SF’s Chinatown Muni Station Be Named After Rose Pak? from 2019-05-10T10:00:32

The legacy of Rose Pak returns to San Francisco. A proposal to name a future Muni rail station after the late Chinatown activist provoked a protest at City Hall this week, and debates over how to r...

In Silicon Valley, the Color of Your Badge Is A Status Symbol from 2019-05-08T10:00:21

Uber drivers are planning to strike Wednesday by turning off their apps ahead of the company's public offering, which is expected to be the largest of the new tech IPOs this year. Drivers say they ...

Oakland Ghost Ship Trial: What We Learned From Opening Statements from 2019-05-06T10:00:59

A new narrative surfaced about what could have caused the deadly Oakland warehouse fire in 2016 that killed 36 people. Defense attorneys have introduced the possibility that the fire was caused by ...

Why Are There No Filipina Disney Princesses? #YouthTakeoverKQED from 2019-05-03T10:00:40

Filipinos are huge part of life and culture in the Bay Area. But the spotlight rarely falls on them, especially in media. El Cerrito High School senior Rachel Manila doesn't remember seeing anyone...

Basically, Nothing in the Bay Area is Affordable to Someone Making $64,000 from 2019-05-01T10:00:21

We all know it's expensive to live in the Bay Area. But just how unaffordable is it? Reporters with the Mercury News and the East Bay Times looked at how high rents and mortgages have climbed since...

The Bay Live: Should I Stay Or Should I Go? from 2019-04-29T10:00:29

High rent. Long commutes. Expensive food. Childcare. Sea level rise. Gentrification. These are just some of the challenges of living in the Bay Area. Many are asking, should I stay or should I go?...

Why You Can’t Talk About Food Without Talking About Identity, According To S.F. Food Critic Soleil Ho from 2019-04-26T10:00:07

The San Francisco Chronicle's newest food critic has been on the job for about three months now. Since starting, Soleil Ho has written about ethical eating in the age of #MeToo, and how much we're ...

Report Validates Women’s Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against S.F. Yoga Guru from 2019-04-24T10:00:18

More women came forward after KQED published an investigation last year showing sexual misconduct allegations against Manouso Manos, a prominent international yoga teacher based in San Francisco. T...

#Rightnowish: KQED’s Newest Show Spotlights Artists With a Message from 2019-04-19T10:00:09

There are a ton of artists, creators and thinkers in the Bay Area who have messages for society. KQED's newest radio show Rightnowish highlights them. Author and KQED Arts writer Pendarvis Harshaw ...

Will High-Speed Rail Ever Make It to the Bay Area? from 2019-04-17T10:00:49

California’s bullet train project was designed to get people from San Francisco to Los Angeles in less than three hours. But after years of legal and financial battles, the future of that full proj...

The Fight Over Building a Homeless Navigation Center on San Francisco’s Embarcadero from 2019-04-15T10:00:18

Neighbors of San Francisco's Embarcadero waterfront community were fired up when the city proposed building a 225-bed navigation center for the homeless. First, competing Go Fund Me pages were set ...

How Screwed is the Bay Area Because of Tech IPOs? from 2019-04-12T10:00:36

First it was Lyft. Next is Pinterest. Eventually, Uber, Slack, Airbnb and Postmates. All these tech companies are expected to go public this year. There's wide speculation that these IPOs are going...

Does East Bay Presidential Candidate Eric Swalwell Stand a Chance? from 2019-04-10T10:00:28

U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell doesn’t have the name recognition or the money that the other presidential candidates have. As the 18th Democratic candidate entering the race, he's starting a little behind...

Watching Yosemite’s Lyell Glacier Die from 2019-04-08T10:00:36

As a geologist, Greg Stock never imagined he'd witness the death of a glacier. The Lyell Glacier is Yosemite National Park's largest ice mass, and Stock has been researching it for more than a deca...

It’s Baaack! Controversial Housing Bill SB 50 Passes First Test from 2019-04-05T10:00:32

Unlike its epic failure last year, SB 50 passed its first test this week in the state Senate Housing Committee hearing. The bill introduced by San Francisco Senator Scott Wiener would allow develop...

SF’s Transgender Nightclub Closes: ‘If Divas Wasn’t There, I Wouldn’t Be Here’ from 2019-04-03T10:00:53

Divas celebrated 31 years of serving the trans community before closing its doors for good on March 30. Some trans people say the club represented a space of inclusion and community in a city that’...

These Are the Bays of Our Lives from 2019-04-01T10:00:25

The Bay Area bubble is real. Sometimes living in the bubble means have tunnel vision on how the rest of the country lives. So today, we thought we'd leave this bay and visit some others. Travel wit...

It’s Expensive to Keep Juvenile Detention Centers Open, Especially When They’re Nearly Empty from 2019-03-29T10:00:24

An investigation by the San Francisco Chronicle found juvenile detention centers across California were nearly empty but the costs to run these facilities have skyrocketed. In San Francisco, it cos...

More than 30 Newsrooms Join KQED’s Police Records Project from 2019-03-27T10:00:25

Dozens of reporters across California have been working to obtain records from police departments on misconduct and accountability under a new state law, SB 1421, that went into effect this year. B...

Can’t Park Here. Berkeley Votes to Ban RV Parking Overnight from 2019-03-25T10:00:52

When a group of RVs was forced to leave Berkeley’s marina last year, many moved to West Berkeley, near Gilman Street where RVs line the sidewalks. Business owners and residents complain that the wh...

Apple Gets A Cool Image, What Do Artists Get? from 2019-03-22T10:00:55

Local bands and artists are being asked to perform at San Francisco's Apple store in Union Square. As payment they get Airpods, Apple TV, or a watch. Not money. It's a story that KQED Arts music e...

A Parking Spot for the Homeless: Oakland Churches Open Their Lots from 2019-03-20T10:00:39

Nearly a quarter of the people experiencing homelessness in Oakland are living out of a car, truck or some type of vehicle. That's why four Oakland churches announced a new plan this week to allow ...

Corporate Influence on the Bay Area’s Music Scene from 2019-03-18T10:00:24

The Bay Area’s eccentric reputation is built from its arts and culture. Music is a centerpiece. So it’s no wonder some in the music scene worry about the impact of large national promoters on indep...

What Bay Area Students Think About the #CollegeAdmissionScandal from 2019-03-15T10:00:55

Many people were not surprised that 13 of the 50 people charged in the college admission scandal this week are from the Bay Area. Among those not surprised that money and power impact who gets into...

Berkeley’s ‘Welcome’ Signs Acknowledge Ohlone Land and the Bay Area’s Original People from 2019-03-13T10:00:14

Berkeley unveiled new city limit signs this week that say “Welcome to the City of Berkeley - Ohlone Territory.” Colonizers have wiped away much Native American history in the Bay Area, but a few bu...

NIMBY. YIMBY. Now PHIMBY? The Housing Debate’s Newest Slogan from 2019-03-11T10:00:34

Fights over housing policies in the Bay Area often include these two sides: The NIMBYs (not in my backyard) and the YIMBYs (yes in my backyard). Let me introduce you to the PHIMBYs, who are bringin...

No Charges For Officers Who Shot Stephon Clark. Will There Ever Be? from 2019-03-08T11:00:04

People are outraged that two Sacramento police officers will not face criminal charges for killing 22-year old Stephon Clark last year, an unarmed Black man holding a cell phone. The state attorney...

It’s The Bay’s One-Year Anniversary! from 2019-03-06T11:00:03

The Bay officially launched on March 6, 2018. Since then, we’ve covered some of the biggest Bay Area stories: elections, ICE raids and all kinds of housing laws. Plus, we've had some real conversat...

Oakland Teachers Strike Ends, But Not Everyone Is Happy from 2019-03-04T11:00:14

The Oakland teachers strike is over. Teachers and other educators approved an agreement Sunday night to end the seven-day strike and give parents a reason to send their kids back to school. The agr...

In the Bay Area, Deadly Heat Waves Are For Real from 2019-03-01T11:00:52

It’s cold in the Bay Area now. But in 2017, two heat waves killed 14 people in the Bay Area. KQED reporting has found that most of those people who died started getting sick from the heat while ins...

Three Taser-Related Deaths and San Mateo Activists Demand Changes from 2019-02-27T11:00:43

Chinedu Okobi died last October after being tased by San Mateo sheriff deputies. His death was one of three that happened last year involving tasers and police officers from different departments. ...

‘Unwavering Belief in Justice’: San Francisco’s Public Defender Jeff Adachi Dies from 2019-02-25T11:00:19

Jeff Adachi died suddenly Friday night. While details of how he died are still under investigation, many are remembering Adachi and his tireless efforts as a public defender who provided fair legal...

Empty Halls and Picket Lines: Oakland Teachers Strike from 2019-02-22T11:00:03

It's Day 1 of the Oakland Unified school teacher strike. Teachers, parents and students began picketing Thursday for more pay, support, and smaller class sizes. The strike directly affects thousand...

Skimming Off the Tips: InstaCart Changes Its Tipping and Pay for App Shoppers from 2019-02-20T11:00:49

Lots of gig workers earn tips. So, when InstaCart started paying its full-service shoppers and deliverers on a sliding scale based on how many tips they got, the workers were pissed off. They took ...

Can PG&E Be Trusted to Not Start a Fire This Summer? from 2019-02-15T11:00:38

PG&E is under pressure to not spark a wildfire this summer. A federal judge overseeing the investor-owned utility's probation case is demanding they take prevention measures. This week, PG&E presen...

Meth on Monday, Heroin on Friday: San Francisco Sees A New Drug Wave from 2019-02-13T11:00:54

The opioid crisis has dominated the news, but there is growing evidence that methamphetamine has made a return to San Francisco. Overdoses from meth have more than doubled and about half the people...

#10YearChallenge: What Has Changed in the Bay Area? from 2019-02-11T11:00:47

Ten years is a lot of time. For the Bay Area, it's meant more money, new problems, and getting more serious about climate change. Today on the podcast, we apply the #10YearChallenge to the Bay Area...

No More Ridin’ the Rails at 4 A.M. — BART Ends Early-Morning Service from 2019-02-08T11:00:48

BART will stop offering its 4 a.m. train service on Feb. 11 in order to retrofit the Transbay Tube to better withstand major earthquakes. Workers will install a new liner in the 3.6-mile underwater...

Hyphy Music Legend Keak Da Sneak Says Prisons ‘Have No Compassion’ For Disabilities from 2019-02-06T11:00:43

East Bay rapper Keak Da Sneak is credited with pioneering the Hyphy style. This Thursday he has to turn himself in to serve a 16-month state prison sentence. Since being shot in 2017, he’s confined...

A Teen’s Fight to Save TPS for Her Family from 2019-02-04T11:00:05

High school freshman Crista Ramos had no idea her mom was living under Temporary Protected Status, a federal humanitarian program that allows about 260,000 immigrants from El Salvador to lawfully l...

How the Camp Fire Made Chico’s Housing Problem Even Worse from 2019-02-01T11:00:45

Chico is bursting at the seams right now. The ripples of displacement from the Camp Fire, which killed at least 86 people and destroyed about 14,000 homes, are far from over as people cram into Chi...

Oakland Unified’s Hella Hard Week Dealing With School Closures from 2019-01-30T11:00:59

School closures. Teacher strike. Budget cuts. It hasn’t been a great week for Oakland Unified. The school board voted to close Roots International Academy and will be deciding soon whether to merge...

Bye, Bye Vinnee and Good Luck! from 2019-01-28T11:00:46

If you're a fan of The Bay, you can thank Vinnee Tong. She helped launch the podcast last year and has helped shape the shows from choosing what we cover and how we talk about it, especially around...

How S.F. Helped Make Kamala Harris from 2019-01-25T11:00:58

Kamala Harris announced this week she’s running for president. She's certainly not the first Californian to be groomed by Bay Area politics for the national stage. Harris has had to walk a line bet...

CASA and the Push for a Regional Housing Solution from 2019-01-23T11:00:06

What if we looked at solving the Bay Area's housing crisis from a regional lens? Could we come up with solutions that actually work? It's often said that solving the housing crisis requires a regio...

Can Gavin Newsom Broker a Deal Between Gig Workers, Tech and Unions? from 2019-01-18T11:00:46

The debate over whether gig workers are employees or contractors has been a slow, messy conversation. Now, California’s new governor, Gavin Newsom, is trying to help broker a deal between the two s...

PG&E’s Road to Bankruptcy from 2019-01-16T11:00:18

PG&E says it has no choice but to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and that it's going to file papers around Jan. 29. A lot of things led to this: from deregulation in the 1990's, to the fata...

Big Oil, Small Town: Valero’s Election Influence in Benicia’s Politics from 2019-01-14T11:00:23

Valero spent $200,000 in last year's Benicia city council election to help elect two candidates who were less critical of the company than others. That's created tension between the oil refiner and...

How Housing Prices Are Hurting Salinas Schoolkids from 2019-01-11T11:00:53

About 40 percent of students in the Salinas City Elementary School District are considered homeless. This can mean living in a shelter or living in an overcrowded home, like multiple families co-ex...

Documents Show Fired Police Officer Asked for Sex From Woman He Arrested from 2019-01-09T11:00:25

The San Mateo County district attorney is looking to reopen an investigation against a fired Burlingame police officer. The cop was accused by three women of asking them for sex in exchange for hel...

Why S.F. Chronicle’s New Food Critic Is Focusing on Race and Identity from 2019-01-07T11:00:19

Food says a lot about who we are. It can identify where we come from and what we like. In some cases, it may even let us know when we’re being racist. In a way, that’s a starting point for the San ...

Bay Area Leading Fight to Make Police Records Public from 2019-01-04T11:00:07

Getting access to police records has never been easy. Especially when the records involve allegations of police wrongdoing. A new California law - SB 1421 - introduced by a Bay Area state senator, ...

Happy New Year! From The Bay from 2019-01-02T11:00:41

See ya, 2018. What up, 2019! We’ve produced almost 150 episodes of The Bay covering all kinds of local news from e-scooters, to housing policies and #GrillingWhileBlack. Today, we want to pause a m...

Oscar Grant: A Killing That Changed How We View Police Shootings from 2018-12-31T11:00:11

Ten years ago, in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day, Oscar Grant was shot and killed by Bart police officer, Johannes Mehserle. This was one of the first police shootings caught on cell pho...

New Bay Area Bridge Tolls Begin Jan. 1. Here’s What That Means from 2018-12-28T11:00:13

We jump into a stranger's car and take a ride over the Bay Bridge in the "casual carpool lane" to talk about higher bridge tolls. Our carpool driver and rider join in on a discussion about Regional...

Remember Oakland’s Response to #GrillingWhileBlack? Electric Slide from 2018-12-26T11:00:25

#WhileBlack was a popular hashtag in 2018. This year we watched several videos on social media that included white people harassing black people doing just about everything. Oakland had a couple of...

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Is What A Lot of People Have Been Waiting For in 2018 from 2018-12-24T11:00:46

This was a big year for people of color in lead movie roles — especially for culture, language and accents that are not English or American. One of those films was Crazy Rich Asians, which resonate...

Who Created the Bay Area’s Mess? One Urban Planner’s Argument from 2018-12-21T11:00:30

What happens when the people most invested in trying to make the Bay Area a better place decide to LEAVE entirely? Gabriel Metcalf is the outgoing president of the Bay Area think tank SPUR, and he'...

Two Years Later, Still No Answers for Mission District Double Killing from 2018-12-19T11:00:33

In December 2016, Lindsay McCollum and Eddie “Tennessee” Tate were shot and killed in San Francisco’s Mission District. The two were homeless and living together. Lindsay's mother, Carrie McCollum,...

What Electric Scooters and Shopping Carts May Soon Have in Common from 2018-12-17T11:00:44

Mention electric scooters and people usually react with an eye roll. It's associated with the newness of the tech culture of the Bay Area. Some see scooters as a "micro-transit" tool; others simply...

Oakland Parents Want ‘Opportunity Tickets’ If Schools Close from 2018-12-14T11:00:36

Oakland is considering closing 24 schools. Most of these schools are likely in East Oakland, where many of the poorest students live. A group of parents is demanding that if Oakland Unified closes ...

‘No Section 8’ from 2018-12-12T11:00:19

Most landlords in San Jose don't take Section 8 housing vouchers. And housing advocates see the vouchers as a proxy for race, or keeping out people of color. As a possible remedy, the San Jose city...

Waiting in Pinole: A Mother’s and Son’s Migrant Caravan Journey to the Bay Area from 2018-12-10T11:00:49

Veronica Aguilar crossed the U.S.-Mexico border seeking asylum from El Salvador earlier this year. She's staying with a host family in Pinole while she waits for an immigration court hearing. Today...

Homes on Top of Buses from 2018-12-07T11:00:31

Here’s a new one: stacking homes on top of a city bus yard. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency wants to build housing on top of its Potrero bus yard right across the street from KQED...

SB 827 Revived: A Failed Housing Bill Gets a Second Try from 2018-12-05T11:00:15

We need homes near transit. But the first time state Sen. Scott Wiener introduced a bill, SB 827, that would have required cities to approve dense housing near transit corridors, it died a quick de...

A $220 Million Google ‘Village’ in the Bay Area’s Largest City from 2018-12-03T11:00:30

This isn't supposed to be your traditional tech campus. Google says it wants to build a village inside San Jose that will be open to the public, different from how most tech campuses operate. It's ...

Homelessness in San Francisco: ‘It Doesn’t Take Miracles … It Takes Money’ from 2018-11-30T11:00:36

San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff announced a $6 million donation he is making to subsidize five years of rent for formerly homeless residents who will move into a re...

Homeless Oaklanders Take Over City-Owned Lot from 2018-11-28T11:00:45

The city of Oakland wasn't pleased when a group of homeless people moved to a vacant lot in East Oakland in October. After the city posted a notice to vacate, the homeless residents went to court t...

‘You Got To Give Them Hope,’ Harvey Milk’s Lasting Words, 40 Years Later from 2018-11-26T11:00:04

Harvey Milk and the city of San Francisco gives many people the "permission" they need to fight for gay rights in other places. The Castro became a symbol of this permission and Milk's legacy has s...

Waiting in the Rain: What Paradise Fire Victims Need In Addition to Shelter from 2018-11-21T11:00:47

When rain begins to fall on Butte County this week, some will be sleeping on the streets. The Camp Fire displaced tens of thousands of people, many of whom are struggling to do basic things: find s...

What Silicon Valley Could Lose If Trump Revokes H-1B Spousal Work Visas from 2018-11-19T11:00:19

A small number of people -- spouses of H1B visa holders -- were given the right to work under a special type of visa created under President Obama in 2015. Now President Trump wants to eliminate th...

Trauma Before and After the Camp Fire from 2018-11-16T11:00:12

Paradise was a city where a lot of people already carried more than their share of trauma from childhood. Now, as many work to piece their lives back together they have the added weight of trauma f...

Paradise Prepared for Fire — But It Wasn’t Enough from 2018-11-14T11:00:23

After two fires burned right up to the edge of town in 2008, the town of Paradise made a plan. It divided itself into evacuation zones. It went so far as to hold a mock evacuation during morning ru...

For Here or To Go? The Rise of Food Delivery Apps in SF from 2018-11-12T11:00:40

Caviar, Postmates, Uber Eats…the Bay Area’s tech family gave us food delivery apps. And there are plenty of gig workers willing to drive us this food. These delivery apps allow us to hole up in our...

Bay Curious: How Do You Define the “Bay Area?” from 2018-11-09T11:00:52

People from the Bay Area or those who live here are a proud bunch. But how do you define this magical place? Do you use geography to draw the boundaries? Maybe it’s about sports teams and their fan...

Bay Voters Bring Outrage and Hope to Midterms from 2018-11-07T10:44:20

Resistance. That's been the call of many, including those in the Bay Area who have led the country in resisting President Trump’s attacks on marginalized people and the state’s liberal ideals. We'l...

Voters Love School Bonds. But Should They? from 2018-11-05T11:00:49

School bond measures almost always pass. More money for schools – and by extension, kids – seems like an obvious yes. But less attention is given to how that bond money gets spent and who is on the...

Google Employees Say ‘Time’s Up’ for the Patriarchy from 2018-11-02T10:00:30

About 1,000 Google employees walked out of work Thursday and staged a rally on the company's main Mountain View campus. The impetus was a New York Times report published last week about dozens of s...

Silicon Valley Is Trying To Prevent Hate Speech. Is It Working? from 2018-10-31T10:00:26

Gab.ai is like Twitter without any restrictions. Gab is also where a man named Robert Bowers posted comments before allegedly shooting and killing 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue. Today: what S...

How Much Do You Get Paid? *Crickets* from 2018-10-29T10:00:59

Are you embarrassed to share your salary? Yeah, a lot of us are. Software engineer Jackie Luo makes the case that we can’t improve the pay gap (for women or people of color) in industries like tech...

A Building Burns. Oakland Suspects Arson. from 2018-10-26T10:00:34

A big construction site of new housing went up in flames early Tuesday morning, and people immediately suspected arson. Some Oaklanders say it's motivated by anger against gentrification. The five-...

Priest Abuse and an Exorcism: One Santa Clara Woman’s Story from 2018-10-24T10:00:31

We don't often hear about priests abusing their adult parishioners. As advocates renew calls for accountability for priests accused of abusing children, we hear the story of a woman in Santa Clara ...

Should S.F.’s Big Businesses Be Taxed to Pay for Homelessness? from 2018-10-22T10:00:24

A Twitter fight between two of San Francisco's biggest, and wealthiest, tech leaders says a lot about the city's problem with homelessness. Proposition C calls for taxing the city's most profitable...

A Raised Arm and a Clenched Fist at the 1968 Olympics from 2018-10-19T10:00:44

John Carlos and Tommie Smith both won medals in the same track event at the 1968 Olympic games in Mexico City. On the medal stand, both raised clenched fists in a salute to Black power. The backlas...

Who Has Power and Who Doesn’t: Changes at PG&E from 2018-10-17T10:00:15

Power is important. Both the kind that lets us switch on the lights and the kind that gives people the ability to make decisions for us. Tens of thousands of Northern California residents lost powe...

Fighting Homelessness in Oakland, One Vacant Lot at a Time from 2018-10-15T10:00:52

Oakland sure has a lot of vacant properties, despite being in the middle of a housing crisis. In November, voters will decide whether the city should tax owners of those properties to help raise mi...

Should We Rebuild Where Fire Could Happen Again? from 2018-10-12T10:00:50

New homes are popping up in Santa Rosa one year after the Northern California fires. Some are rebuilding in the exact same spots. Others are worried about losing everything again when the next fire...

Struggling to Return Home After the Fire from 2018-10-10T10:00:11

Kayla Swaim's home was destroyed a year ago in the Tubbs Fire. She lost everything, including her sense of safety.

Proposition 5: Extending Tax Breaks for Homeowners from 2018-10-08T10:00:16

Do you ever wish you had a coupon that would give you a discount on what you pay for your house? Proposition 13 is kind of like that. Now Proposition 5 would give homeowners over the age of 55, and...

Live Event: The Bay Interviews Pulitzer-Winning Fire Reporters from 2018-10-05T10:00:11

Most people run from a fire. Some journalists go toward it. Two reporters at the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, winner of a 2018 Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the North Bay fires, did just that. T...

One Crack Too Many for SF’s Salesforce Transit Center from 2018-10-03T10:00:18

First there was one crack. Then two. Now San Francisco's new $2.2 billion Salesforce Transit Center could be shut down for weeks. In an earlier episode, we covered the opening of the transit center...

Yosemiteland! El Capitan With a Latte from 2018-10-01T10:00:05

Airbnb, caramel macchiatos and luxury dining. Yosemite is starting to feel more and more like the Bay Area. There are more visitors, more traffic, and now a Starbucks. Today, we'll introduce you to...

‘I Believed He Was Going to Rape Me:’ The Hearing That Gripped the Bay Area from 2018-09-28T10:00:16

Christine Blasey Ford’s and Brett Kavanaugh’s testimony riveted Americans to their screens on Thursday. People gathered in Oakland, Palo Alto, San Francisco and elsewhere to watch the historic Supr...

Judge To Decide Whether Mario Woods Civil Case Moves Ahead from 2018-09-26T10:00:56

After a police killing, it can be hard to get a clear picture of what exactly happened. Like the case of Mario Woods, who was shot and killed by San Francisco police in 2015. Nearly three years lat...

From $250,000 to $0: Taxi Medallions in S.F. from 2018-09-24T10:00:34

If you use Uber or Lyft in San Francisco, you're no doubt helping to kill the taxi cab industry. But the city didn't help either when it started charging $250,000 for taxi medallions as the ride se...

How the SF Schools ‘Lottery’ Failed from 2018-09-21T10:00:30

Parents hate it, for sure. But more than that, the schools selection process has created even more segregated student bodies. The goal was the exact opposite. And now there’s a proposal to get off ...

Can Oakland Out-Regulate S.F. on Scooters? from 2018-09-19T10:00:06

First came electric scooters. Then came policies to regulate them. The Oakland City Council passed new rules Monday with an eye on equity, requiring that scooters be made accessible in areas of the...

A Dark History of Silicon Valley from 2018-09-17T10:00:38

Silicon Valley got its start with a man who was regarded as a genius and won a Nobel prize. But William Shockley was also a racist and eugenicist who promoted sterilizations of black Americans. A n...

Are Electric Cars Too Uncool? from 2018-09-14T10:00:16

Your car says a lot about you. It can tell people how much money you have. It can say, "I care about the environment." And while we know that the adoption of electric cars is key to cutting greenho...

Yoga and #MeToo: ‘I Trusted Yoga, So I Trusted Him.’ from 2018-09-12T10:00:31

Imagine attending a yoga class and finding yourself in a situation where your instructor has violated your personal space by sexually abusing you. Today, we'll hear about KQED's on-going #MeToo ser...

The Whitening and Erasure of the Asian-American Identity from 2018-09-10T10:00:51

Writer Iris Kuo knows what it feels like to forget her wallet and still walk out of a fancy department store with a bag full of merchandise: It feels white. Experts predict that some ethnically Asi...

The Bay’s 100th Episode. What?! from 2018-09-07T10:00:38

We can't freakin' believe it! The Bay has produced 100 episodes that represent the moment in time the Bay Area's going through. Today, Devin, Erika and Vinnee (The Bay team) talk about some of thei...

The Drug With No Street Name: Fentanyl from 2018-09-05T10:00:53

Fentanyl is partly to blame for a rise in *drug* overdose deaths, according to a recent Centers for Disease Control report. Officials say the synthetic and undetectable opioid Fentanyl is being mix...

Bay Area Women Candidates and ‘The Long Run’ For Political Office from 2018-09-03T10:00:49

Trump may have been the catalyst for some California women seeking political office, but their campaigns are driven by local issues. The KQED special series The Long Run is about women who are runn...

Bay Curious: Hetch Hetchy Water’s Epic Journey, From Mountains to Tap from 2018-08-31T10:00:59

We know San Francisco cherishes its pristine water source, which comes from the Hetch Hetchy reservoir located in Yosemite. The Bay recently told you about how the city has something in common with...

MindShift: Can Inviting Teachers Over to Your Home Improve How Kids Learn? from 2018-08-29T10:00:58

A teacher visit at home can be intimating - for everyone. Today on The Bay, we're featuring the latest episode of KQED's education podcast MindShift, which launched its third season this week. The ...

Q’ed Up: The West Oakland Teacher Everyone Knows from 2018-08-27T10:00:31

LuPaulette Taylor has worked for decades at McClymonds High School in West Oakland. McClymonds is a school where only around 15 percent of teachers stay on for a third year. So what keeps Taylor ar...

Verizon Squeezes the Internet Hose on Firefighters During Mendocino Fire from 2018-08-24T10:00:30

Imagine fighting the largest wildfire in California history and Verizon says you'd have to upgrade your plan if you want faster internet to get your maps and documents. That's what happened to a co...

‘Cover the Important Bits’: Alameda Schools Change Their Dress Code from 2018-08-22T10:00:36

Midriffs, pajamas, and ball caps are all allowed this year at Alameda schools. A group of middle school students worked for three years to change a dress code that they say unfairly targeted girls....

Fight for Water Makes Strange Bedfellows: Farmers…and San Francisco from 2018-08-20T10:00:53

Green bins, blue bins, black bins. San Francisco is known for being super progressive when it comes to the environment. But some say the city's behind the curve on this one thing: water. This week ...

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Is What A Lot of People Have Been Waiting For from 2018-08-17T10:00:30

Mansions. A multimillion-dollar wedding. Sexy characters in swank settings. The release of Crazy Rich Asians is a cultural event onscreen and off. More so for Asians and Asian-Americans, who make u...

Back to the Future: SF’s New Transbay Terminal from 2018-08-15T10:00:14

There aren't that many people riding buses into San Francisco's new $2 billion transbay terminal. At least not when compared to the city's first terminal that opened in 1939. So how will the new tr...

A Lesson in How to Die from 2018-08-13T10:00:37

Kelly Johnson’s last days were his final act. He was a Bay Area musician, a dancer, a vaudeville act -- a performer for life. Johnson used the End of Life Option Act that has been legal in Californ...

These Fires Break All the Old Rules from 2018-08-10T10:00:12

Fire drip torches, dozers, and prevailing winds – just some of the tools firefighters are using to battle the blazes engulfing California. With fires that start earlier in the year, spark up overni...

One Bay Area City Preps for More Rent Control; Aaand…It’s Berkeley from 2018-08-08T10:00:23

If California voters approve Prop. 10 in November, the debate over rent control will continue. Read more from Guy Marzorati on that debate in the Bay Area.

How the DMV Got Worse from 2018-08-06T10:00:05

Waiting at the DMV can be hell, but you gotta go. Over the last year, wait times at Bay Area DMVs increased 48 percent. We take a trip to the DMV (it's more fun than it sounds) and look at what's c...

Are Democratic Socialists a Thing Now? from 2018-08-03T10:00:48

Some people in the Bay Area paid hundreds of dollars to see a speech by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the new liberal Democratic star from New York. She stumped in the Mission to raise money for her Co...

How a Schoolteacher’s Letter Led to the Creation of Schulz’s ‘Franklin’ Character from 2018-08-01T10:00:56

This week, the first black "Peanuts" cartoon character turns 50, marking the first time that Charlie Brown and Franklin met. It all started with a schoolteacher and mother of three who wrote a lett...

The Conflicted Capitalist: Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky from 2018-07-30T10:00:43

Can big tech companies call themselves progressive? One of Silicon Valley's biggest CEOs says he has identified as progressive. Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says he felt conflicted once about whether to...

The Orwellian Take on San Francisco’s Informal ‘Caste’ System from 2018-07-27T10:00:08

Do you work in tech? Have you bought a home recently? Use Uber? Postmates? And you live in San Francisco? Well then, you might be part of the so-called Outer Party, one of the four informal "castes...

How Bay Area Activists Harness the Power of White Privilege in Border Protests from 2018-07-25T10:00:33

No one knows how to run a protest like Bay Area activists. In fact, faith leaders and Black Lives Matter activists from the Bay brought their strategies to the U.S.-Mexico border near San Diego to ...

Fire Clean-Up Mostly Done, but Now It’s Time to Fix Some Mistakes from 2018-07-23T10:00:07

It cost $1.3 billion for the federal government to clean up after the fires that devastated Northern California last October. Through the process, one worker died, others were injured, and many hom...

Oakland Is Having a Moment at the Movies from 2018-07-20T10:00:41

Oakland is having a moment on the big screen. This weekend Blindspotting will be released, the third movie this year featuring the city that is drawing national attention. It follows the releases o...

A Bay Area Newspaper Publisher Uses the N-Word and Then Steps Down from 2018-07-18T10:00:50

A journalist at the East Bay Express wrote about Napa’s BottleRock music festival and criticized it for being by and for white people. Then the paper's publisher took down the stories and used the ...

Raising Sam: A Story of Seizures, Marijuana and American Health Care from 2018-07-16T10:00:44

Sam Vogelstein was having as many as 100 seizures a day. His parents tried more than 20 different medications. Then they stumbled on research showing the benefits of a marijuana-based drug. After t...

East Palo Alto: Bank Desert from 2018-07-12T10:00:44

There are no banks in East Palo Alto – a city surrounded by some of the wealthiest communities in the Bay Area. There is one lone ATM, though. We’ll take you there and meet some people who say bein...

Get to Know London Breed, San Francisco’s New Mayor from 2018-07-11T10:00:01

Learn more about London Breed and how she became the person and politician she is today by reading Jamilah King's article in Mother Jones.

Is This the Beginning of a Tech Worker Revolution? from 2018-07-10T10:00:13

A standing room-only crowd of tech workers from the most iconic Silicon Valley companies met last week in the Mission District of San Francisco. They were there to talk about how to organize agains...

FROM THE ARCHIVE: Why Some Oakland Fans Have a Complicated Relationship With the Warriors from 2018-07-05T10:00:49

The Golden State Warriors have not always been the golden team. Oakland fans supported the Warriors through decades of losing seasons and rode the high toward three NBA Championships. Now as the te...

The History of the Oakland Sideshow (via Bay Curious) from 2018-07-04T10:00:31

The original sideshows were pop-up parties -- part car show, part block party. They first bubbled up in mall parking lots of Deep East Oakland in the 1980s. Over time the sideshows began to change ...

The People Who Work in America’s Most Famous Burrito Shop from 2018-07-03T10:00:18

The lines at La Taqueria in San Francisco’s Mission District are long. Business picked up after getting named the No. 1 burrito in the country back in 2014. But some workers say the company wasn’t ...

Man on the Street: A Story of Homelessness in San Francisco from 2018-06-28T10:00:59

Homelessness in Bay Area has become a common sight; one we even try to avoid. When KQED reporter Dan Brekke interviewed one man named Perry Foster, he didn’t think it would lead him on a search for...

Lake County Hit By Wildfire 4th Straight Year from 2018-06-27T10:00:11

More than a thousand people have evacuated their homes because of the Pawnee Fire in Lake County. The wildfire that started Saturday has destroyed at least 22 buildings. It's a reoccurring nightmar...

Richmond Asks How It Should Alert Residents in Emergency from 2018-06-26T10:00:46

The fire that ignited at the Sims Metal Management scrap yard site in January alarmed a lot of people who live in the city of Richmond. It got them thinking: How do residents get told when there's ...

Trump v. California Over Sanctuary Policy from 2018-06-21T10:00:58

The Trump administration's fight against sanctuary policies is now being litigated in federal court. The first hearing was Wednesday in Sacramento. And the consequences of the court case affects sa...

Leaving the Bay Area: Where People Are Going and Why from 2018-06-20T10:00:24

A recent survey showed nearly half of Bay Area residents say they'll likely leave the region in a few years. KQED wanted to know where you're going, why and how you feel about that. These are your ...

When Oil Refineries Flare, What Happens To The Air? from 2018-06-19T10:00:15

On May 5th, 2017 the power went out at the Valero oil refinery in Benicia. Above the refinery, flares blazed and released thick clouds of black smoke. The surrounding areas were evacuated and nearb...

‘Misleading Statements, Otherwise Known as a Lie’ from 2018-06-14T10:00:27

When ICE raided Northern California cities in February, they arrested more people than they expected. But you wouldn't have known that from the Trump administration's outcry after Oakland Mayor Lib...

Warriors: ‘They Bounce the Ball in Oakland’ from 2018-06-13T10:00:23

The Golden State Warriors have not always been the golden team. Oakland fans have supported the Warriors through decades of losing seasons and rode the high toward three NBA Championships. Now as t...

‘Money Flows North, the Green Goes South’ from 2018-06-12T10:00:47

Huedell Freeman was hauling 47 pounds of marijuana from a farm in Mendocino County to a medical dispensary in Los Angeles when two Rohnert Park police officers pulled him over. They took his weed, ...

San Francisco: 2. Big Tobacco: 0 from 2018-06-08T10:00:20

Flavored tobacco gets booted out of San Francisco. On Tuesday, voters passed Proposition E with 69 percent of the vote, making the city the first in the nation to pass such a comprehensive ordinanc...

Total Recall: Judge Aaron Persky Voted Out from 2018-06-07T10:00:20

#TBT on The Bay: Sixty percent of voters decided to remove Aaron Persky from his judgeship in Santa Clara County. He's the judge who handed a six-month sentence to former Stanford athlete Brock Tur...

Inside the KQED Newsroom on Election Night from 2018-06-06T17:30:10

Hang out with The Bay team as we wait for results from the June 5 primary. It’s time to eat newsroom pizza and hit the refresh button over and over on all our browser tabs. For updated results, fin...

Your Identity, Your Vote from 2018-06-05T10:00:22

The three top candidates running for mayor in San Francisco will have the chance to be the city's "first" in some way. But does a candidate's identity sway people's votes? And how does a voter's id...

Fire Inspections Go Undone: An Investigation by the Bay Area News Group from 2018-06-01T10:00:19

Many of the Bay Area's largest fire agencies are failing to inspect apartment buildings and schools. An analysis by the Bay Area News Group looked at fire inspection records over an eight-year span...

From ‘Just Say No’ to ‘Delay, Delay, Delay’ from 2018-05-31T10:00:03

Billboards adorned with giant pot leaves line Bay Area freeways. This can make it hard for parents to ignore that awkward coming of age conversation about drugs. Our health editor, who's also a par...

Waiting For BART in Antioch from 2018-05-30T10:00:52

Antioch has waited decades for a BART station. The city has seen a population boom led by the Bay Area's housing crisis, which has pushed people farther and farther out. Last weekend, BART official...

Ranked-Choice Voting Explained from 2018-05-29T10:00:17

If you’re voting in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley or San Leandro ... you get three votes! Kind of. Today, we explain how ranked-choice voting works, why some people like it, why some people hate...

Reasonable vs. Necessary: What Keeps the S.F. District Attorney From Prosecuting Officers from 2018-05-25T10:00:16

Two deaths by police. Zero charges. San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón said Thursday that his hands are tied and he won't be prosecuting the officers who killed two men of color in high-...

East Bay Candidates Get A Little Woo-Woo from 2018-05-24T10:00:42

District 15 isn’t your normal district. At a forum in Berkeley, East Bay candidates for State Assembly are asked to do something they almost never do on the campaign trail: validate their opponent'...

Journalists in Carpools Talking Bridge Tolls from 2018-05-23T10:00:53

We jump into a stranger's car on the Bay Bridge in the "casual carpool lane" to talk about raising bridge tolls. Our carpool driver and rider join in on a discussion about Regional Measure 3, which...

‘A Severe Inability to Pay’ Criminal Processing Fees in S.F. from 2018-05-22T10:00:39

The costs of processing crime in San Francisco has left the city’s convicted criminals with millions of dollars in unpaid debt. Many people can’t afford to pay the extra administrative fees that ac...

Can Cultural Districts in San Francisco Really Stop Gentrification? from 2018-05-18T10:00:50

Calle 24. Japantown. The Leather District. These are all neighborhoods in San Francisco that the city has formally recognized as cultural districts. Not so much for tourism as an attempt to save th...

Oakland Loses Battle With Developer Phil Tagami Over Coal from 2018-05-17T10:00:56

Oakland has lost a battle with coal. A judge ruled Tuesday to uphold a contract that lets a developer ship coal through an Oakland port. Developer Phil Tagami had sued the city after the council ha...

Hunter’s Point Gets a Hearing at SF City Hall from 2018-05-16T10:00:02

San Francisco supervisors were not happy with answers they got on Monday from the company accused of falsifying soil data at Hunters Point. In recent weeks, we learned two pleaded guilty to faking ...

Oakland’s Response to #GrillingWhileBlack: Electric Slide from 2018-05-15T10:00:37

Oakland’s Lake Merritt is supposed to be a public space for everyone. But it doesn't feel that way when white residents complain about the way black residents use the park. So how did people respon...

The Toxic Site in Our Backyard from 2018-05-11T10:00:27

For a housing starved San Francisco, Hunters Point might look like a developers dreamland. The area has large plots of land, a waterfront and beautiful vistas. But the land has been making headline...

Black Women Who Code and the Culture That Eats Strategy from 2018-05-10T10:00:52

There are few women in tech. There are even fewer women of color in tech, which can be isolating. At a women's mixer in Mountain View for Google partners, two black women connect over their career ...

What’s So Wrong With Recalling Judges? from 2018-05-09T10:00:09

Judge Aaron Persky is facing a recall election in June after sentencing a former Stanford student-athlete Brock Turner to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious and intoxicated w...

What Does One UC Berkeley Gardener Make? from 2018-05-08T10:00:07

Thousands of University of California union employees are on strike this week amid failed contract negotiations. Among them are gardeners, janitors, nurses aides and food service workers who say th...

Renaming Julius Kahn Playground from 2018-05-04T10:00:32

San Francisco named the Julius Kahn Playground located in the Presidio after the congressman who represented the city in the early 1900s. But his racist past as the politician who disparaged immigr...

Fighting For 80 Square Feet In Chinatown from 2018-05-03T10:00:40

Chinatown is one of the few San Francisco neighborhoods where lower income residents can still afford to make rent. The tenants living in one Single Room Occupancy - where rooms are 80 square feet ...

The ABCs of California’s Gig Economy from 2018-05-02T10:00:52

Working without a boss has its perks. But many gig workers, like those who drive for Uber and Lyft, say they're treated more like employees than contract workers. The California supreme court ruled...

Can You Find the Cameras Above Street Lights? They See You from 2018-05-01T10:00:49

There are license plate readers all over the Bay Area that law enforcement can use to track vehicles coming in and out of a particular area. Many of these devices have hung above street lights for ...

Costa Hawkins: The Housing Law That Renters Hate from 2018-04-27T10:00:16

The debate over rent control is at a new crossroads. Tenant advocates say they've collected enough signatures to ask voters in November to repeal Costa Hawkins, a state law that curbs rent control ...

Golden State Killer Suspect Is Arrested Near Sacramento from 2018-04-26T10:00:01

The so-called Golden State Killer raped more than 50 women and murdered a dozen people. Law enforcement officials said Wednesday that they'd arrested Joseph James DeAngelo, the man suspected of ter...

Teens Get Personal About the Crazy, Rich Bay Area from 2018-04-25T10:00:39

What's it like to be a teenager living through the Bay Area's affordability crisis? Today, as part of KQED's Youth Takeover week -- when we hand the mic to the generation that will save us all -- t...

Straws Upon Request from 2018-04-24T10:00:40

Some Bay Area cities want plastic straws out. Oakland and Berkeley are both considering ordinances on Tuesday that would force people to request plastic straws at restaurants. How Bay Area is that?...

BONUS EPISODE: Elmwood Cafe Closes from 2018-04-21T01:39:31

We published an episode on Friday featuring comedian and CNN host W. Kamau Bell who told us about a racist incident he suffered in 2015 when he was told to leave a Berkeley cafe for being black. Ea...

Race and Coffee from 2018-04-20T10:00

Comedian W. Kamau Bell knows what it feels like to be on the receiving end of some racism. His experience at Berkeley's Elmwood Cafe in 2015 is a prelude to what we saw last week, with the arrest o...

The Big (Hayward) One from 2018-04-19T10:00:33

The Hayward Fault -- geologists warn this Bay Area fault line that runs through several East Bay cities could unbuckle an earthquake more dangerous, more destructive than the widely-feared San Andr...

NSFSchool from 2018-04-18T10:00:41

Some parents in Fremont don't want comprehensive sex ed to be taught to their fourth and fifth graders in schools. They've flooded school board meetings to say the curriculum does not respect their...

Silicon Valley Meets Motor City from 2018-04-17T10:00:46

Long hours, lots of injuries: That's the story some Tesla workers tell about a factory in Fremont. Elon Musk's electric car company says it's fixed its problem and improved worker safety. But a new...

Locked Out from 2018-04-13T10:00:18

Buying a house while black or brown is tough, especially in Vallejo. Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting found that white people are more likely than black people to be approved for ...

Where Were You Last Time? from 2018-04-12T10:00:23

A San Francisco doctor grabbed headlines right after the YouTube shooting last week. Trauma surgeon Andre Campbell took the press to task for showing up that day but not for other shootings in the ...

Scoot Scoot from 2018-04-11T10:00:17

First came dockless bikes. Now -- scooters. These zippy, motorized, human transporters have descended upon San Francisco sidewalks. Local politicians (and some residents) seem annoyed enough to wan...

Black Mirror IRL from 2018-04-10T10:00:16

I know your name. Your face. The way you walk. And what you like. But should I? While Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies in Washington D.C. this week, we turn to some Stanford professors and st...

The Real of Hip Hop from 2018-04-06T10:00:09

How has the Bay Area shaped and defined hip hop? A new exhibit at the Oakland Museum of California looks at the legacy of the music and culture. We take a field trip to the museum, then cross the B...

Coal Dust from 2018-04-05T10:00:45

Oakland has banned coal from being shipped through its East Bay port. But well-known (and well-connected) developer Phil Tagami says he has the right to export what he wants. A federal judge could ...

Active Shooter from 2018-04-04T10:00:39

On Tuesday afternoon there were reports of an active shooter on the campus of YouTube in San Bruno. In the moments after a potential mass shooting it can be hard to know what has happened, even as...

Sanctuary Loophole from 2018-04-03T10:00:44

It's now easier for ICE to arrest immigrants in Contra Costa County. The sheriff's office is making public the names and release dates of inmates inside their jails. Some suspect this new policy ha...

‘Righteous Black Rage’ from 2018-03-30T10:00

Stephon Clark. Family, friends and the Sacramento community buried the 22 year-old who was shot at at least 20 times by police. We talk to one Bay Area activist before she headed to Sacramento on t...

Section 149 from 2018-03-29T10:00:18

The Raiders and Warriors are leaving Oakland. But the A’s say they’re committed to staying. The team is choosing between two locations for a new stadium. We talk to a reporter who happens to be a s...

For Sale (But Not For You) from 2018-03-28T10:00

Buying a home in the Bay sucks. That's why Sally Kuchar is tweeting about it. And her message has gone viral. Here's her story. Guest: Sally Kuchar, editor for Curbed, @sallykuchar

Out of the Fire&Into the Street from 2018-03-27T12:00

A year ago today, a West Oakland fire killed four people, displaced dozens and destroyed a halfway house that was the very last housing option for people living there. We follow one man’s story who...

The Judge Who Wanted To Be Atticus Finch from 2018-03-23T10:00

A San Francisco judge wearing a space tie (yes, outer space) is setting the tone for future climate change court battles. But who is he? We learn about Judge William Alsup. Guests: Sarah Jeong, s...

Sans Driver from 2018-03-22T10:00

Cars without humans are coming. On April 2, California will allow tech companies to test driverless cars that don't have people behind the steering wheel. Should the Bay Area be concerned? Guest:...

Smash and Grab from 2018-03-21T10:00

San Francisco's got a problem with car break-ins. Police have been trying to solve it and the first month of the year is looking good. But the city has a lot more work to do. Today, we hand it off ...

We Reserve The Right from 2018-03-20T10:00

An Oakland coffee shop that refuses to serve uniformed police officers attracts pro-Trump protesters. Coffee shops are often seen as symbols of gentrification. This one is trying not to be that.Gue...

A Taser For Every Cop from 2018-03-16T10:00

San Francisco is one of the last major U.S. cities to arm police officers with Tasers. The city’s Police Commission approved a Taser policy on Wednesday. The fight over this weapon has been ongoing...

‘Not Scared of Guns Anymore’ from 2018-03-15T10:00

What if you saw gun violence all the time? Some Bay Area students do. We check in with high schoolers in Oakland where shootings are common, as other students around the country walkout to protest ...

Eight Stories Tall from 2018-03-14T10:00

The housing bill that could remake Bay Area neighborhoods. SB 827 would make it easier to build higher near transit. It pits city versus state. We break it down from North Berkeley BART. Guest: B...

Invisible Scars from 2018-03-13T10:00

Combat veterans fight invisible but very real battles at the Pathway Home in Yountville. We talk to a reporter who visited the facility months before last Friday’s deadly shooting to see how vetera...

BONUS EPISODE: A ‘Vulture’ in the Newsroom from 2018-03-10T11:00

Journalists cover protests. They don't organize them. So it's rare when they pick a side. That's what a group of Bay Area journalists did this week, to protest the gutting of their newsroom by the ...

‘No Fire Engines Here’ from 2018-03-09T11:00

Delayed evacuations, communication gaps, the North Bay on fire. KQED investigated emergency alerts during the North Bay fires. Today, we trace the first eight hours of October 8. Guest: KQED News...

How DARE You from 2018-03-08T11:00

The U.S. attorney general calls out Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf after filing a lawsuit against California over its sanctuary state laws. During a speech in Sacramento, Jeff Sessions targeted The Tow...

A Lesson in How to Protest Guns from 2018-03-07T11:00

One Bay Area school is preparing students to join a national movement for stricter gun laws following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida. We’ll take you inside a San Francisco classroom where...

What Happens After An ICE Arrest from 2018-03-06T11:00

Immigration officials made mass arrests of hundreds of undocumented Bay Area residents last week. Today, we’ll walk you through an ICE arrest and what happens next.

Two Types of Homeless from 2018-02-27T11:00

The Tubbs Fire in the North Bay created a whole new group of homelessness in Santa Rosa. Since October, those who lost their homes have received most of the attention but many people were already l...

Death of the Taxi Cab from 2018-02-21T11:00

The San Francisco taxi driver is going extinct. And it seems nothing cab companies try is enough to survive the competition of app-based ride hailing services like Uber and Lyft. The recent suicide...

Introducing The Bay from 2018-02-17T01:26

Hey! Welcome to The Bay, KQED’s latest podcast for daily news in the Bay Area. Host Devin Katayama walks you through the biggest story of the day with reporters and newsmakers.