Bay Area All Local

Santa Clara County Health is taking dental care on the road with a new program geared towards veteran. San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has appointed the first Fillipina-American to the city's board of supervisors. VTA officials are poised to approve a half million dollars for a program to help businesses in East San Jose affected by the construction from the light rail to BART extension. Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi's career was full of historic achievements. Now as she announces her retirement, we take a look back. With federal food aid on hold, supermarkets are supercharging their food rescue efforts. The San Francisco Public Defender's Office says it doesn’t have enough staff to deal with its increasing caseload. Thousands of dollars worth of ROSES are gone from Oakland's 8 acre Rose Garden. The San Francisco Police Department is once again bringing holiday cheer to children in need. All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio news anchor Margie Shafer.

This is Ask An Expert, where every weekday at 9:20am on KCBS we give you direct access to top experts in various fields. Today we're exploring the historic political legacy of Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, who announced her retirement this morning. For more on this, KCBS Radio news anchor Steve Scott spoke to Marc Sandalow, KCBS political analyst and author of Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi's Life, Times, and Rise to Power, as well as Deborah Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics, a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University.

Following months of speculation, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi is making it official saying she plans to retire from Congress at the end of her current term. Right now there are two main candidates already declared for retiring Nancy Pelosi's Congressional Seat. Air travelers are bracing for chaos as the FAA proposes massive flight reductions across the U.S. San Francisco's newest supervisor is totally green when it comes to politics. SF physician, Dr. Nasser Mohamed, is suing Waymo. Thousands of dollars worth of ROSES are gone from Oakland's 8 acre Rose Garden. For the past decade, Dr. Priscilla Chan, along with her husband Mark Zuckerberg, have focused part of their philanthropy on a lofty goal. A retired Fairfield firefighter has died of cancer related to his job. 7 years ago, the 150 thousand acre Camp Fire incinerated the town of Paradise in Butte County. The FAA is preparing to slash air traffic at forty of the nation's busiest airports due to the ongoing government shutdown. San Francisco's adopt-a-drain program is going strong almost a decade after it began. Data centers some say we need them now more than ever to power this AI boom. The San Francisco Public Defender's Office says it doesn’t have enough staff to deal with its increasing caseload. All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan.

Starting Friday morning, the FAA will be reducing air traffic across the country by 10% to deal with staffing shortages caused by the continued government shutdown. The lights are coming back on for the thousands of PG&E customers that had their power knocked out by this latest powerful storm. The man allegedly responsible for sexually assaulting a child in a Golden Gate Park restroom last month was arraigned in court today. Two new grocery stores with an emphasis on lower prices are opening in the South Bay today. Tax increases are a hard sell to voters these days, but Measure A appears to be passing in Santa Clara County. Industry leaders in AI companies Google, Anthropic, and Open AI — usually competitors — are teaming up for once to help one South Bay City improve AI literacy for all its residents. All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio news anchor Margie Shafer.

This is Ask An Expert, where every weekday at 9:20 am, KCBS Radio is giving you direct access to top experts in various fields. Today: We're exploring how GLP-1 weight loss drugs are transforming the weight loss and wellness landscape in America. For more, KCBS's Steve Scott spoke with Dr. Scott Kahan, Director of the National Center for Weight and Wellness.

Many Bay Area commuters this morning are battling the wind and rain of our latest storm system moving through the region. The ongoing shutdown continues to have a very real impact on the nation's poor and hungry. The US travel Association and hundreds of travel organizations are pushing Congress to do something about the government shut down before the holiday travel season. Tax increases are a hard sell to voters these days, but Measure A appears to be passing in Santa Clara County. The California Republican Party not wasting any time by filing a federal lawsuit to invalidate the passage of Prop 50, the ballot measure to overhaul the state’s congressional district boundaries. Some California Republicans worry that as with the passage of Prop 50 could portend the beginning of an even harder time for their party in California. All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan.

San Francisco police say they’ve arrested the suspect responsible for sexually assaulting a minor at a Golden Gate Park restroom last week. Already facing a tough industry climate, two Petaluma duck and egg farms are again responding to an outbreak of the avian flu. While many companies are laying off employees, one of the biggest employers in the Bay Area is expanding its workforce. All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio anchor Holly Quan.

It's time now for Ask An Expert. Every weekday at 9:20 AM on KCBS we're giving you direct access to top experts in various fields. Today, we're exploring the debate over AI-generated "deepfakes" of our political figures. While "deepfake" videos have become a staple of our social media feeds, they also make misinformation and disinformation more accessible than ever. For more on how AI misinformation is testing our democracy in new ways, KCBS Radio anchor Steve Scott spoke with Maya Kornberg, Senior Research Fellow and Manager in the Elections & Government Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law.

The latest casualty of the ongoing government shutdown looks to be funding for food assistance programs, with SNAP benefits set to lapse at midnight tonight. It could end up being another battle: local officials in Santa Cruz county are pushing back on the Trump administration’s plan to open ocean waters for oil drilling leases. It's Halloween, time for ghosts, goblins and trick-or-treating. But when did it all start? All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio anchor Matt Bigler.

New San Francisco Giants Manager Tony Vitello today put on orange and black for the first time as the team officially introduced him to fans. We are learning more about the FBI raid and arrest of nine suspected gang members in Oakland Wednesday. The number of whales getting entangled in fishing lines off the U.S, coastal waters has spikes. All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio anchor Megan Goldsby.

It's time now for Ask An Expert. Every weekday at 9:20 AM on KCBS we're giving you direct access to top experts in various fields. Today, we're speaking with San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan. He's recently launched a statewide push to help California's government respond more effectively to housing, homelessness, and crime. For more on the "Back to Basics" Agenda in California, we're joined by San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan.

More than one thousand historical objects, some of them priceless, are missing after a devastating burglary targeting the Oakland Museum of California. Police in San Francisco say they're closer to figuring out who was behind the alleged sexual assault of a child in a public restroom in Golden Gate Park. The latest poll shows Prop 50, California's redistricting proposal, with 60 percent voter support. All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio anchor Steve Scott.

San Mateo needs a new Sheriff and the county is now accepting applications to fill the role. The Bay Area will be hosting a few huge sporting events next year with the Super Bowl and the World Cup, and that typically means a significant increase in human trafficking. Hundreds of kids living in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood were treated to their very own pumpkin patch. All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio anchor Megan Goldsby.

California health officials are sounding the alarm over the spread of a more severe strain of mpox, formerly known as "monkey pox." Two Bay Area tech giants are joining forces to enter the world of autonomous robotaxis. The Bay Area is home to some of the most influential Artificial Intelligence startups. But, while the industry continues to grow, gender disparities at the top of these AI companies are growing too. All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio anchor Steve Scott.

It's time now for Ask An Expert. Every weekday at 9:20 AM on KCBS we're giving you direct access to top experts in various fields. Today, we're breaking down the steady stream of high-profile mass layoffs that seem to be coming from every industry across the economy. This comes as forecasting the future of the economy has become difficult in the absence of government data on the labor market. For more, KCBS Radio anchor Steve Scott spoke with Martha Gimbel, executive director of The Budget Lab at Yale University.

More than three decades in the making, a major seismic renovation on the Golden Gate Bridge is one step closer to completion. San Jose's new affordable housing development will prioritize artists in the application process. The debate over a plan to create a massive new California city shows no signs of calming. All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio anchor Margie Shafer.

It's time now for Ask An Expert. Every weekday at 9:20 AM on KCBS we're giving you direct access to top experts in various fields. Today, the return to office work and the influx of AI workers have created a red-hot housing market in the Bay Area. Right now, San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland are all on the list of ten U.S. cities where homes are selling the fastest. For more, KCBS Radio anchor Steve Scott spoke with Patrick Carlisle, chief market analyst for the San Francisco Bay Area at COMPASS.

Food banks and local nonprofits are gearing up as CalFresh food benefits are expected to be suspended in a matter of days. About twenty percent of San Francisco’s water pipes are at least one hundred years old, and many of the city’s water mains are nearing the end of their working life. Despite issuing warnings for years, CalFire says people are still flying drones over wildfires. All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio anchor Steve Scott.

We’re learning more about the new Women’s Professional Baseball League team coming to San Francisco starting next year. The crowd of protestors at Coast Guard Island in Alameda has obviously dwindled but hasn’t disappeared. A day after announcing Federal agents are standing down, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie carried on with business as usual. All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio anchor Margie Shafer.

It's time now for Ask An Expert. Every weekday at 9:20 AM on KCBS we're giving you direct access to top experts in various fields. Today, the Social Security Administration announced its 2026 cost of living adjustment, or "COLA," which aims to help the program's 75 million beneficiaries keep up with inflation. The COLA percentage is increasing to 2.8 percent next year, which marks the first increase in four years. For more, KCBS Radio anchor Steve Scott spoke with Larry Kotlikoff, professor of economics at Boston University, president of Economic Security Planning, and a New York Times best-selling author.