We now know who will be taking the field for San Francisco’s women’s professional baseball team when the league launches next year. Many people across the Bay Area are preparing to travel by air for the Thanksgiving holiday, but you might be confronted with delays as early as the start of next week. The dogs and cats are back at the Macy’s in Union Square. Airports are mighty busy today, but other Thanksgiving holiday travelers are hitting the roads and the rails on Friday.
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. This week, a group of six Democratic lawmakers with military and intelligence backgrounds released a video, reminding military members of their right to refuse illegal orders. The video caught the ire of the White House and comes amid rising tensions over domestic deployment and the U.S. strikes on alleged cartel boats in Venezuela. To help us understand the definition of illegal military orders, KCBS's Steve Scott spoke with Rachel Vanlandingham, Retired Air Force Lt. Colonel. She is a national security and military law expert and law professor at the Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles.
An equipment problem is being blamed for another BART shut down this morning in parts of the East Bay and South Bay. Add another name to the growing list of hopefuls looking to become the next Governor of California. It's going to take a thorough inspection and a 30 day quarantine but boaters may finally be able to use the San Pablo and Camanchee Reservoirs next season. The busiest travel season of the year is upon us as Americans hit the roads for the Thanksgiving holiday rush. A week after a father and his 7 year old daughter died after being swept out to sea by rough surf near Big Sur, the National Weather Service is warning of another powerful swell up and down the Bay Area coastline. Players from both Gotham FC and the Washington Spirit fielded questions from the press during Media Day for the upcoming National Women's Soccer League Championship. All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan.
With Thanksgiving only a week away, there’s a holiday hotline open to answer questions about all things turkey. A hunting tradition going back decades begins once again today in the East Bay. The City of San Jose is rolling out the red carpet as the National Women's Soccer League arrives in town for this weekend’s championship game at PayPal Park. All this and more, on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio anchor Margie Shafer.
Bay Area cities and counties are opening cold-weather shelter beds and urging un-housed residents to come indoors from the rain and chilly temperatures. Despite some opposition from labor, San Francisco isn't slamming the door on the possibility of DoorDash starting early testing of its drone delivery program in the city. Two Golden Gate Ferry boats are out for repairs so trips between Larkspur and San Francisco are taking longer than usual. All this and more on this edition of the Bay Area All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio News Anchor Steve Scott.
The investigation into a former top aide to Governor Newsom reportedly included the FBI looking at the communications of both current and former members of the administration. It may not be the end of a controversial plan to expand Oakland's network of surveillance and license plate reading cameras which failed to pass a public safety committee. There's been a second incident of hate-filled and violent vandalism at San Jose State University in as many weeks. City leaders in San Francisco are hoping to maintain progress on public safety, by launching a new initiative to protect holiday season shoppers. It took 33 days, but an Eaton Fire survivor has walked all the way from Altadena where his house burned down in January, over 500 miles to the fire recovering town of Paradise.
Continuing the legal tug-of-war between California and the White House, the Department of Justice is challenging a pair of newly-signed state laws putting restrictions on federal law enforcement. The man accused of murdering beloved Coach John Beam made his first court appearance in an Oakland courtroom on Tuesday. Students are reacting to word that a man almost died during an off-campus fraternity party last week near UC Berkeley. All this and more, on this edition of the Bay Area All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio anchor Margie Shafer.
Justice for Coach John Beam. The man accused of killing the beloved coach faces the judge later today. Government food benefit money is again going out to hungry people in the Bay Area. A major announcement regarding healthcare in the Silicon Valley. All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio anchor Steve Scott.
It’s free sandbag season in San Francisco, and in many other parts of the Bay Area. The Alameda County District Attorney is formally filing charges against the man accused of fatally shooting Laney College football coach & athletic director John Beam. A highway construction project in the East Bay that's been going on for a decade is finally finished. For three months straight, San Francisco has seen a decline in the number of people dying from an overdose in the city. Some 135 people will have a place to call home as of Monday in San Jose. The man accused of shooting and killing Laney College football coach and athletic director John Beam last week is now formally charged in the case. Starting Monday the FAA is doing away with the mandated cancellations at the nation’s 40 largest airports tied to the government shutdown. All this and more with KCBS News Anchor Margie Shafer
San Francisco's public safety strategy takes aim at fentanyl in an effort to reduce drug overdose and it's related crimes. More than 600 people have died from overdose in the last year, and to tell us more KCBS's Steve Scott spoke with Brook Jenkins, San Francisco District Attorney on this edition of the Bay Area all local.
Starting today, the FAA is doing away with the mandated cancellations at the nation’s 40 largest airports tied to the government shutdown. A new report from DoorDash suggests the city is leading the nation in recovery. A new study out of UC Berkeley finds almost half of Latino Republicans do NOT support deporting long time immigrant residents compared to 30 percent of White Republicans. Whether it’s restaurants or hotels, the World Cup next year in the Bay Area is expected to be an economic boon. Dozens of a people affected by car versus pedestrian incidents met at City Hall last night for the 11th annual World Remembrance Day... The Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to allow airlines to STOP having to pay passengers for delays. All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio News anchor Steve Scott.
A shooting at Oakland's Laney College led to a lockdown today. We are tracking the effects of the stormy weather caused by the atmospheric river moving over the Bay Area. North Bay State Senator Mike McGuire this morning is announcing a run for California's newly redrawn 1st Congressional District to unseat longtime Republican Congressman Doug LaMalfa. Starting next month, people living on Bay Farm Island in Alameda will have to head to the mainland to fuel up their cars. DoorDash wants to help local Mom and Pops flourish. After nearly 50 years, the Alameda Food Bank finally has a permanent facility to call home. MUNI is saying goodbye to a line of street cars that’ve been serving the city for three decades now. The government shutdown might be ending soon, but the pause in SNAP benefits could have a lasting impact through the holidays.
Today we're seeing rising rates of incoming college students with math skills below the middle-school level. The report out of UCSD calls grade inflation and standardized tests into question. To help break it all down, KCBS News Anchor Steve Scott spoke with Dr. Mark Schneider, senior fellow with the American Enterprise Institute.
A tense, hours-long standoff at the BART maintenance yard in Hayward has concluded safely. The government shutdown may be over, but the pause in SNAP benefits could have a lasting impact through the holidays. MUNI is saying goodbye to a line of street cars that’ve been serving the city for three decades now.
After months of controversy and turmoil, San Mateo County has a appointed a new Sheriff. Officials in San Francisco say a newly announced program is aimed at curbing violence that’s long plagued the city’s Tenderloin neighborhood. An East Bay bakery is finding a sweet way to give back to the community during the government shutdown. If you see a driverless Waymo on a San Francisco freeway today it didn’t get lost. That atmospheric river you've been hearing about is almost here and we're already seeing the effects. A food bank in the Santa Clara Valley is seeing a troubling trend: thousands of people showing up at their door for services. 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, KCBS Radio is giving you direct access to top experts in various fields. Today: Gene-editing technology allows scientists to work with DNA in unprecedented ways, but there are larger scientific and ethical questions around the concept of a genetically engineered baby. That isn't stopping the super-rich of the startup world from pursuing it, and to help us break it all down, KCBS's Steve Scott spoke with Katie Hasson, Executive Director of the Center for Genetics and Society.
Brace for another challenging commute come Thursday morning as the next atmospheric river arrives in the Bay Area. In a push to clear its sidewalks and public spaces of open drug use, Sam Francisco's Mayor is launching a new sobering center that will allow police to pick up users and drop them off at a center to get sober and hopefully cleaned up. Sonoma County egg farmers are bracing for another outbreak of Avian Flu. The feds are now investigating so called "violent protests" outside the Turning Point USA event at UC Berkeley this week. Governor Newsom is in Brazil attending a UN summit on climate change as a new study sheds light on its increasing impact in the Amazon. This is the busiest time of the year for many Bay Area bakeries, as folks begin putting in orders for Thanksgiving pies. Italian pasta could become unaffordable for many in the US if tariffs proposed by President Trump come to fruition. All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio News anchor Steve Scott.
Now that this year's election is over, with the focus on Proposition 50, all eyes in California are turning to the 2026 Governor's Race. San Francisco Chinatown has long been considered an Internet desert. Old buildings and poor infrastructure means it’s hard to connect. But now, city leaders say they’re rolling out a plan that blankets most of the neighborhood with free WiFi. With SNAP benefits still on hold for many families, some Bay Area cities are asking residents to help by donating essential items. The start of November typically offers a bit of reprieve for drivers and their wallets, but that's not be the case this year... Today, project managers from BART and the VTA updated the progress of the BART to Silicon Valley Project. 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, KCBS Radio is giving you direct access to top experts in various fields. Today: U.S. airlines have already cut hundreds of flights, as the FAA implements a 10% cut across major airports. Past the obvious impact on passengers, there's also significant problems if flight crews and cargo fall behind schedule and to tell us more, KCBS Radio news anchor Steve Scott spoke with Capt. Ross "Rusty" Aimer, CEO of Aero Consulting Experts.
What is now the longest government shutdown in history continues to plague air travel and the Bay Area is feeling it. As the government shutdown continues, a food crisis is getting worse in the Bay Area and across the nation as SNAP benefits are still in limbo. In Contra Costa County, families will soon be issued local debit cards to buy groceries. The recent atmospheric river has made its way out of the Bay Area, but the rainy season has just begun. The town of Paradise has about 40% of its homes rebuilt as it looks towards tomorrow's seventh anniversary of the devastating Camp Fire. The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors is not wasting any time in holding public interviews for the search for a new Sheriff. They're still counting votes in Santa Clara county, but Measure A, the sales tax measure, is expected to pass, All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan.