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 news, with help from the people who know it best. New episodes drop Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings.
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One Night, Two Narratives
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 a fight. But no knife was found near him. Since then,
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The Life and Death of Willie McCoy
On Feb. 9, Vallejo police fired 55 bullets at Willie McCoy, who appeared to be asleep in his car at a Taco Bell. His name became the latest behind a police accountability movement in the East Bay city.
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There’s Something Wrong in Vallejo
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 without a safety light.
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Bay Area Filipinos Stand Up For Activist Shot i...
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 became an activist through San Francisco State University's ...
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The Long, Hard Search for a Missing and Homeles...
More than 34,000 people are homeless in the Bay Area, according to this year's annual point-in-time count. 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 them ...
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From El Paso to the Bay: Latinos Look for Commu...
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 for economic changes in the U.S.
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Young People Fighting For Gun Control Want to K...
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 young adults who joined the debate for gun control,
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When The Media Descended On Gilroy
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 too many times: cameras, lights satellite trucks,
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Banning RV Life in the Heart of Silicon Valley
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 parking overnight on city streets.
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How Gay Activists in San Francisco Educated the...
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 pictures of his lesions to educate other gay men in the city...
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A Mural That Doesn’t Age Well: The Debate Over ...
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 some have described as degrading; others have called it historic — will be obscured from public vie...
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A Migrant’s Journey from El Salvador to the Bay...
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 unclear whether the federal government is even capable o...
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The Woman Who Kept Juneteenth Alive in San Fran...
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 of Rachel Townsend,
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The Price of Owning the Power Grid
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 company owns most of the power grid that delivers the c...
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From Quentin to the Kitchen: Preparing for Life...
Formerly incarcerated people who can’t find work within the first year of their release face a 52 percent chance of returning to prison. Those who do find work have a better chance of staying out. - "Coming out,
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Why San Francisco Wants to Stop Charging Inmate...
The cost of going to jail is both personal and financial. That’s exacerbated by the price of phone calls from the inside.
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A ‘Surreal’ and Emotional Graduation for Paradi...
"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 homes in the fire,
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Teachers Strike Close to Graduation Leaves Stud...
The New Haven Teachers Association rejected an offer Thursday from district leaders hoping to put an end to a 14-day teachers strike at the East Bay school district.
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The Exploitation of Creative People and Their P...
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 exploitation” after KQED Arts published an article in March...
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Mental Healthcare for All?
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 supervisors plan to introduce a November ballot proposal th...
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The New Resistance to Vallejo Police Violence
This month, Vallejo Police released body camera footage from the February 2018 shooting death of Ronnell Foster. Vallejo police fatally shot Foster after attempting to stop him for a minor traffic infraction.
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A Prescription Your Doctor Can’t Write: Housing...
When Bay Area cities clear homeless encampments, proponents of such plans often say they're trying to fix a public health issue. But some are making the case that treating housing as an issue of public health is more effective.
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Why We Need ‘Truth Be Told’: A New KQED Advice ...
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 is a show about race created for people of color,
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Why San Jose Ain’t San Jose Without the Sharks
So much has changed in San Jose since the Sharks first came to the city in 1993. Its population has spiked to more than 1 million, the median home price is around $1 million, and the SAP Center (aka the Shark Tank) isn't the only development getting at...
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Why Is My Restaurant Server Always White?
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 considerably less money,
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