The Bay
Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra talks with local journalists about what’s happening in the greatest region in the country. It’s the context and analysis you need to make sense of the headlines, with help from the people who know it best. New episodes drop Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings.
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Who Has Power and Who Doesn’t: Changes at PG&E
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 power over the weekend after PG&E cut electricity for safet...
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Fighting Homelessness in Oakland, One Vacant Lo...
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 millions of dollars for homeless services.
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Should We Rebuild Where Fire Could Happen Again?
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 comes, including firefighters who live there.
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Struggling to Return Home After the Fire
Kayla Swaim's home was destroyed a year ago in the Tubbs Fire. She lost everything, including her sense of safety.
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Proposition 5: Extending Tax Breaks for Homeowners
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 a few others,
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Live Event: The Bay Interviews Pulitzer-Winning...
Tap on The Fire Tapes to watch the full special taped on Sept. 22 in San Francisco.
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One Crack Too Many for SF’s Salesforce Transit ...
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 (called by some the Grand Central Station of the West)...
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Yosemiteland! El Capitan With a Latte
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 Yosemiteland,
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‘I Believed He Was Going to Rape Me:’ The Heari...
Visit KQED.org to see full coverage and the complete Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
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Judge To Decide Whether Mario Woods Civil Case ...
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 later, as the civil case is being prepared for trial,
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From $250,000 to $0: Taxi Medallions in S.F.
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 service companies were getting started.
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How the SF Schools ‘Lottery’ Failed
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 the so-called "lottery" and try something new. -
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Can Oakland Out-Regulate S.F. on Scooters?
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 city that need more transit options and that people wi...
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A Dark History of Silicon Valley
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 new monument in Mountain View celebrates Shockley's work...
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Are Electric Cars Too Uncool?
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 greenhouse gas emissions,
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Yoga and #MeToo: ‘I Trusted Yoga, So I Trusted ...
You can read Miranda's full story #MeToo Unmasks the Open Secret of Sexual Abuse in Yoga.
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The Whitening and Erasure of the Asian-American...
Read Iris' personal essay from The Atlantic, The 'Whitening' of Asian Americans.
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The Bay’s 100th Episode. What?!
The Bay is teaming up with Snap Judgment to present The Fire Tapes, a night of live stories about the Northern California wildfires. Tickets available now for the Sept. 22 show.
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The Drug With No Street Name: Fentanyl
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 mixed into all types of drugs from heroin to cocaine and m...
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Bay Area Women Candidates and ‘The Long Run’ Fo...
The KQED special series The Long Run is about women running for office this November including Bay Area candidates and their experiences on the campaign trail. - The Bay is teaming up with Snap Judgement to present a live show about the one year anni...
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Bay Curious: Hetch Hetchy Water’s Epic Journey,...
Subscribe to KQED's Bay Curious podcast.
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MindShift: Can Inviting Teachers Over to Your H...
Subscribe to KQED's MindShift podcast.
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Q’ed Up: The West Oakland Teacher Everyone Knows
Take The Bay's feedback survey ! Subscribe to KQED's Q'ed Up podcast. Read Vanessa Rancaño's full story on LuPaulette Taylor here .
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Verizon Squeezes the Internet Hose on Firefight...
Read Jon Brodkin's full story here. Plus, an update about what Verizon is doing since the story came out.
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‘Cover the Important Bits’: Alameda Schools Cha...
Read Jill Tucker's story on Alameda's new dress code. - And please take a few minutes to help us make The Bay better by taking our short survey.
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