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"From Victim to Actor": What Ballroom Dance Means for Asian Seniors

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Thank You For Listening

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San Francisco Drug Arrests Are Surging. Here’s What That Means.

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Political activist, TV host and author Van Jones

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A Celebrated Food Hall Closes in the Tenderloin

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The Price of Fighting California’s Wildfires

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The Controversial Plan to Save California's Giant Sequoias

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"What Help?" Lessons From California's Largest Homeless Study in Decades

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A Cautionary Tale on American Fascism from Rachel Maddow

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Food Banks Helped the Bay Area Get Through the Pandemic. Now They're Struggling

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In Phoenix, Robotaxis Roam Free From Protest

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Tell Us How Local Politics Is Affecting Your Personal Life

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Former Poster Child for Accused Men Now on Trial for Murder

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S.F. Parking Officers Have Been Ticketing Stolen Cars Instead of Recovering Them

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After a ‘Miracle’ Water Year, New Usage Limits for Californians

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Soon-to-be Champions? Expectations are High for New Golden State WNBA Team

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Lessons for ‘California Forever’ from the Town Built from Scratch

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Richard Oakes Led the Alcatraz Occupation — And Was Killed in His Prime

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The Country’s Leaders are Getting Older. Some Say That’s a Problem

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Fifth & Mission LIVE: How Frontline Workers Would Solve the Overdose Epidemic

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What a San Francisco Psychiatrist Learned Talking with Mentally Ill People on the Street

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Introducing Laphonza Butler, California's New Senator

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In Oakland, Calls for Law and Order are Coming from the NAACP

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'It's what I'm meant to do': How tragedy shaped Dianne Feinstein

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New Civil Court Program Promises Care for Mentally Ill — Can it Deliver?

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Will Diners Bite on Lab-Grown Meat?

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The Millionaire Philanthropist Seeking to Unseat S.F.’s Mayor

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SF Program Offers Help for Priced-Out Renters: Roommates

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San Francisco Has a Reparations Proposal. Now What?

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‘There's Shootings Every Night’: Oaklanders Want Answers on Public Safety

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California Lawmakers Passed 900 Bills. Which Will Newsom Sign?

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The Building Drama at 33 Tehama

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An Existential Threat for California Fishers

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What a Violent Tenant-Landlord Confrontation Says About Bay Area Housing

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What You Need to Know About the New COVID Vaccine

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Dreamforce is Packing Downtown S.F. Could it Be the Last Time?

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San Francisco Drug Arrests Are Surging. Here’s What That Means.

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A Sexual Abuse Reckoning for Bay Area Schools

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The Stud Returns: How an LGBTQ Icon Made Its S.F. Comeback

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Inside San Francisco's Staffing Crisis

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Unpacking Albany High's Racist Instagram Scandal

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Can San Francisco Come Back from This? Pittsburgh Did.

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Car Break-Ins: A San Francisco Criminal Tradition?

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A Real Estate Mystery Begins to Unravel

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Is This AI Boom the Win San Francisco Needs?

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A Celebrated Food Hall Closes in the Tenderloin

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The Price of Fighting California’s Wildfires

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Why San Francisco's Streets are Even Harsher for Homeless Women

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Battle Over Encampment Sweeps Draws Courthouse Protest

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California Schools Grapple With Anti-LGBTQ Hostility

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S.F. Diocese’s Bankruptcy Filing Puts Child Abuse Lawsuits On Hold

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Maui Fire Renews Urgency to Upgrade San Francisco’s Sirens

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From Grief to Burnout: Voices of the Bay Area Overdose Crisis

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San Francisco Is Aiming High With Its Housing Targets. So Far, It’s Falling Short

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New Lawsuit From Sen. Feinstein Makes Messy Last Term Even Messier

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A Fungus is Infecting Californians — Climate Change May Be Growing its Territory

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Fortitude and Frustration in the Wake of Maui Wildfires

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Policing Is Costing SF Taxpayers Millions — in Court

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‘We Need to Sound the Alarm’: Is the Curtain Closing on Bay Area Theaters?

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Should Hayes Valley’s ‘Community Living Room’ Turn into Affordable Housing?

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Kids Are Back At School, But Where Are the Teachers?

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The Controversial Plan to Save California's Giant Sequoias

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Women's Sports Are Going Mainstream. When Will Bars Get Onside?

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Pamela Price: Another Bay Area Progressive DA Recall?

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What Witnessing an Assisted Death Taught One Chronicle Columnist

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Will Mayor Breed's Tough-on-Crime Approach Get Her Re-Elected?

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Downtown U? Here's How College Students Could Revitalize San Francisco

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What It's Like to Ride Valencia's New Center Bike Lane

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Taylor Swift Weekend in the Bay Area: "... Ready For It?"

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Andrew Yang Ditched the Democrats and Started His Own Party. What’s Next?

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Would You Stop Flying to Fight Climate Change?

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Meet Laura Wenus, Fifth & Mission's New Co-host

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The Private Business Dominating Health Care in California Jails

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Why Downtown San Francisco Shouldn't Define the City

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Stanford Scandal: How Student Journalism Uncovered It

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CongressGPT: Could A.I. Make Governments Work Better?

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What San Francisco's Algebra Wars Tell Us About CA's New Math Framework

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Unused Land Presents Dilemma for School Districts

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Beer Death Experience: Goodbye, Anchor Steam

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“All I See Is Things to Celebrate”: Brooke Jenkins on Her First Year as D.A.

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Why We Should "Extend Grace" to Bad Restaurant Service

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What Flying Down Dolores Hill Means for Skateboarders

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Bay Bridge Murals and 49ers Logos Adorn This Honduran Village. Why?

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Where California's Wildfire Risks Stand Now

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It’s Unhappy Hour for Bay Area Bar Culture

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ChatGPT in the Classroom: Tool for Cheating or Learning?

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The Many Near Deaths of Tom Stienstra

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Happy 50th Birthday, Sutro Tower!

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"Meritocracy Has Always Been a Myth": The Impact of Affirmative Action on Asian Americans

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This Rising Democrat Star Could Pave the Way to a House Majority

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Losing Your Taste and Smell As a Food Professional

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A Taxi Ride Through San Francisco — Driver Not Included

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What California Can Teach Us If SCOTUS Bans Affirmative Action

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The S.F. Doctor Who Became an Arab LGBTQ Icon

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SF is Cracking Down on Drugs. Is it Working?

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"What Help?" Lessons From California's Largest Homeless Study in Decades

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How California Could Weed Out 3,000 Bad Cops a Year

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Live With W. Kamau Bell: "It’s Not About Hashtags"

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Relocating the Oakland A's: "This is a Real Betrayal"

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The million-square-foot question on Market Street: What's next for the Westfield mall?