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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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Mabuhay Gardens was a Filipino restaurant, nightclub, and music venue that was essential to San Francisco's punk scene before its closure in 1987. Now, a group of local investors and North Beach neighbors are working to bring it back.
You can find out about upcoming shows on the venue's Instagram page.
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Legendary SF Punk Club Mabuhay Gardens Is on the Verge of Reopening
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In this edition of The Bay’s news roundup, Ericka, Jessica, and KQED political correspondent Guy Marzorati discuss UC Berkeley’s decision to hand over more than 150 names to the Trump administration as part of a federal investigation into antisemitism. Plus, the Valero refinery in Benicia is on track to close, and Waymo's driverless cars could be en route to the San Francisco and San Jose airports soon.
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UC Berkeley turns over personal information of more than 150 students and staff to federal government
Major Bay Area refinery on track to close, city official says
Waymo wins approval to pick up passengers at SFO, its robotaxis will start with human drivers
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Girls’ flag football is exploding in popularity at high schools across the Bay Area, especially since the sport was officially sanctioned by California in 2023. It coincides with the rise of professional women’s sports teams like the Golden State Valkyries and Bay FC, cementing the Bay’s status as a leader in women's sports.
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How the Bay became the new capital of women’s sports
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San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood has the highest concentration of children in the city. But stories about the Tenderloin often overlook this fact.
Reporter Cami Dominguez worked with a local nonprofit to give kids in the neighborhood disposable cameras for a week. Today, we talk about what the photos show.
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Photos Capture SF’s Tenderloin Through the Eyes of Kids Who Live There
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Local food banks are about to lose a key source of fresh, local produce after the Department of Agriculture ended the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program or LFPA. The program was a key source of revenue for small, local farms that played a major role in keeping people fed during the pandemic.
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Small Farms Fed the Bay Area During COVID. But Now Face Federal Cuts
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Earlier this summer, KQED in partnership with LaRussell and Good Compenny hosted a Bay Area Music Showcase in Vallejo. After more than 200 submissions, five artists from the Bay Area were selected to compete for real recognition.
Today, first place winner Misa James talks with us about his music, being an artist in San Jose, and his hopes after his win.
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Listen to Misa James’ Music
LaRussell, Ruby Ibarra, Souls of Mischief, Misa James and more perform in San Jose Sunday Sept. 21
Watch Misa James perform at the KQED x Good Compenny Bay Area Music Showcase
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Earlier this Spring, the Trump Administration issued an Executive Order telling U.S. National Park Service staff, including those in California, to scrub parks of any materials that “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living.” Advocates and park workers say following through has been confusing and chaotic, and many worry that a true record of California’s history is at stake.
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As Trump Targets National Parks that 'Disparage Americans,’ Advocates Warn California History Is At Stake
What’s Going on With the Muir Woods Exhibit Removal?
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In the early to mid-2000s Palo Alto was rocked by a cluster of teen suicides. For Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, we’re airing a documentary from audio reporter and producer I-Yun Chan, who traveled to Palo Alto to help her understand her own loss, and what it means to live on after someone losing someone to suicide.
This story was edited by Shereen Marisol Meraji and was made in the audio program at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. It was engineered by Chris Hoff.
This episode discusses suicide. If you are experiencing thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
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The Golden State Valkyries’ first season has been a huge success. Next week, they’ll be the first WNBA expansion team to appear in the playoffs.
The Valkyries aren't just good; they're fun to watch. Part of their appeal is the community around the team, which embraces women and LGBTQ people. This is also reflected in the team's official DJs, whose job it is to set the mood at Chase Center, AKA Balhalla.
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Meet the DJs Bringing the Pride and the Party to the Valkyries’ Ballhalla
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There's another recall election in the Bay Area. This time, it's in San Francisco's Sunset District on the city's west side.
Voters in District 4 have until Tuesday, Sept. 16 to vote in a special recall election for Supervisor Joel Engardio, who faces backlash from constituents after supporting Prop. K, which closed a portion of the Great Highway for a new park.
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Your Guide to the Special Recall Election of San Francisco Supervisor Joel Engardio
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In August 2020, a dry lightning storm kicked off an unprecedented siege of wildfires. These firestorms lasted for months, destroyed 9,000 structures and killed 31 people. Millions of residents throughout the region breathed in toxic smoke as the sky turned orange and the pandemic raged on.
As we mark five years since the sky turned orange, we’re bringing you stories from people who lived through the 2020 fires, in their own words.
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The Summer That Changed California Forever
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Hundreds of people are signing up to 'adopt' street corners near where day laborers gather to find work. Their goal? To keep an eye out for ICE agents.
KQED labor correspondent Farida Jhabvala Romero takes us to one intersection in East Oakland to meet some of these volunteers.
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Volunteers ‘Adopt’ Street Corners To Monitor For ICE Activity
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A decade ago, most major tech companies swore off working with the U.S. military. Google, Meta and OpenAI even once had policies banning the use of AI in weapons.
But times have changed, and now Silicon Valley is fully embracing contracts and collaborations with the military. Sheera Frenkel, tech reporter with the New York Times, explains how and why this shift occurred.
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The Militarization of Silicon Valley
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For the last 102 years, the Hetch Hetchy reservoir in Yosemite National Park has supplied millions of Bay Area residents with some of the cleanest water in the country. But climate change has made it harder to manage the reservoir.
This episode originally aired on May 10, 2023.
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On this edition of The Bay’s monthly news roundup, Ericka is joined by The Bay’s senior editor Alan Montecillo and KQED associate arts and culture editor Nastia Voynovskaya. We talk about the Pickett Fire currently burning in Napa, scheduling and payment changes to public transit across the Bay, and why some local artists have decided to take their music off Spotify.
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Pickett Fire
Did ‘escaped control burn’ cause Napa County’s Pickett Fire? Dispatch records raise questions about blaze’s origin
Starting This Week, You Can Tap Onto BART With a Credit Card — Here’s How
SF Band Ditches Spotify Over CEO’s $700M Military AI Investment
Bay Area transit’s latest Big Sync improves transfers, saving riders up to 20 minutes per trip
Bay Area artists turn down S.F. Boiler Room show, throw their own party instead
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Artificial intelligence inside California schools feels a lot like building the plane as it's flying. Students who are familiar with tools like ChatGPT are using it faster than teachers and administrators can regulate it. Jesse Dukes, co-host of the Homework Machine podcast, talked with dozens of students and teachers across the country about their thoughts on AI in the classroom.
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TeachLab Presents: The Homework Machine
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In the Arms Down program at the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, formerly San Quentin State Prison, “firearm addiction” is treated like an alcohol addiction. Its founders, all of whom are currently incarcerated men, say that talking about why perpetrators of gun violence carry guns in the first place is their contribution to gun violence prevention from behind bars.
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The revolutionary prison program where men help each other put down their guns: ‘Don’t end up like me’
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Fremont is the fourth largest city in the Bay Area and it’s also home to one of the largest populations of Afghans in the U.S. Today, we’re running an episode from our friends at Bay Curious that traces the history of the Afghan community in Fremont over 40 years. We meet Afghan refugees and learn what makes”Little Kabul” unique.
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After pressure from President Donald Trump, Texas Republicans unveiled a new map redrawing the state’s congressional districts 5 years early, in order to win more GOP seats in next year’s midterm elections.
We talk with KQED's Guy Marzorati about how California Democrats are clapping back with their own redrawn maps. If the state legislature approves this new map, voters will have the final say in a special election this November.
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California Redistricting Plan May Swing on This Sonoma County Shakeup
Find out if your vote could be affected by Newsom’s redistricting plans
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Before the pandemic, casual carpool was a completely organic system of pickup spots and patient passengers looking for a quick, comfortable way to head into San Francisco.
Casual carpool collapsed when the pandemic hit. But now it’s been relaunched.
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awesome podcast thank you !!!
what an amazing wonderful informative high quality podcast !!! thank you soooo much !!!!
this episode is not about green infrastructure
this episode is not about banning flavored tobacco
Listened to this tonight and I just want to say I am grateful for nurses like her. Her story of the AIDS patient she stood by meant a lot. That’s such strong and stalwart kindness in a time when fear and ignorance around the last massively scary disease happened in the US. We stayed away from family because of COVID. Hearing her story only amplified who needs us to stay extra cautious right now—the nurses and doctors and EMTs who are going to be by our bedside if we don’t.
I love this podcast! I listen to it every morning using my Alexa. I’ve even gone to a few of the community events they’ve held and met the creators. I love how passionate they are about reporting from the people who are effected by the news. Great local show!
Typical Berkeley: love the poor, until you have to look at them 🙄 How about increasing housing supply so the rates arent astronomical and people dont have to live in fucking RVs? Oh that would affect the "character" of the neighborhood? I guess the poor just dont deserve housing, how progressive