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It's Time for Our July Break

Giants’ Pride Controversy, Data Center in Pittsburg, and Youth-Backed Improvements to SF Bus Route

Producer Jessica Kariisa Says Goodbye to The Bay

How Will Artists Adapt to AI in the Music Industry?

When We All Get to Heaven: Inside a Queer SF Church During the AIDS Crisis

‘We’re Still Here’: Celebrating Juneteenth in the Fillmore

The South Bay Plays Host to the World Cup

What Will Pacifica Do With Its Iconic Pier?

The Immigrant Youth Finding Safety in Local Soccer Leagues

Why California Takes Forever to Count Ballots

Trans Kids and the People Who Love Them

California’s Primary Results So Far

A Teacher Was Fired for Sexually Harassing Students. Why Did California Let Him Continue Teaching?

Three Recent Graduates Share Their Thoughts on AI

SF's Congressional Race, Local Tax Ballot Measures, and Richmond’s Mayoral Election

These Protesters Could Go to Prison for Blocking the Golden Gate Bridge

The Berkeley Physicist Whose Invention Changed Surfing Forever

At SF Carnaval This Weekend, Freedom and Resistance Take Center Stage

Benicia Wants to Be a Model for Life After an Oil Refinery. Can It?

Homelessness is Down in SF, But Not For Families

Community Childcare Centers on Shaky Ground After Transitional Kindergarten Expansion

The Workers Who Make SFO Go 'Round Want Higher Wages

PG&E Bills Are Going Up. Here’s Why

Can the Valkyries Take It to the Next Level?

Inside Elon Musk and Sam Altman's Battle Over OpenAI

Raising Kids in the Bay? It Comes With Compromises

The Civic Joy Fund Promises to Help ‘Revitalize’ SF. Some Artists Want No Part in It

Oakland Makes It Easier to Sweep Encampments, California Billionaire Tax, and SF Library Weddings

Inside California’s Last Nuclear Power Plant

Medi-Cal Cuts Are Coming. Contra Costa County Is Bracing for Impact

The Governor’s Race Changes Shape — Again

One Way to Keep Teachers in the Bay? House Them

Why Do BART Announcements Sound So Ancient?

The Rise and Fall of Eric Swalwell

Career or Kids? Child Care Costs Force Parents to Choose

Your Stories About Making Friends

An East San José Teacher Reckons With Cesar Chavez’s Legacy

Who Will Replace Nancy Pelosi? Hear 3 of the Candidates Debate

San José Unified Plans to Close 5 Schools

In Alameda, Sea Level Rise Is Happening on All Sides

Foster City Cyberattack, Jury Finds Meta and Google Negligent, and Can SF’s Small Clubs Survive?

‘It’s Inhumane’: After Sunnyvale Father’s Deportation, Family Trauma Lingers

Why California Has the Nation’s Most Expensive Gas

The Lowrider Community’s Long Fight to Ride Freely

Sexual Abuse Allegations Against César Chavez Rock California

AI Is Changing Tech Work. Here’s Why It Matters for the Rest of Us

Your Kitchen Countertop Could Be Making Workers Sick

Alysa Liu’s Bay Area Homecoming

A Crowded Race for California Governor

How Oakland Is Fixing One of Its Most Dangerous Roads

All Aboard the 67, SF's Most Delayed Bus

Iranian Americans React to US-Israel War on Iran

SF Immigration Court’s Death by a Thousand Cuts

Rising SF Rents, a Progressive Rep in CA’s MAGA Corner, and Waymo’s Remote Workers

Tahoe Avalanche Is the Deadliest in Modern California History

The Pay Phone That Lets San Franciscans ‘Call a Republican'

Why Are There So Many Crows in the Bay Area?

Kaiser Strike Enters Its Fourth Week

Why Silicon Valley Got Cozy With the Military

Making New Friends Here: Easy or Hard?

Keeping Venezuelan Culture Alive Through Dance

SF Public School Teachers Go On Strike

San José Mayor Matt Mahan Wants to Be Governor. Here’s A Look Into His Signature Homelessness Program

Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl: Fans Feel Pride, But Also Fears of ICE

How the Super Bowl Will Affect the South Bay

Clipper 2.0’s Rollout Has Been ‘a Hot Mess’

Minneapolis Reactions, Suisun City vs. Rio Vista, and Goodbye to the Westfield Mall

Violent Crime Is Down in Oakland

SF Mayor Daniel Lurie on His First Year in Office

Is AI Coming for Your Therapist’s Job?

As California College of the Arts Closes, So Does a Pathway for Local Artists

What You Need to Know About Filming ICE

As Federal Surveillance Grows, Santa Cruz Axes Powerful License Plate Readers

Felony Trial Begins for Pro-Palestinian Stanford Protesters

Could San Francisco Really Take Over PG&E?

For Marin County, Last Weekend’s Floods Were a Wake-Up Call

'A Lot of Emotions at Play’: Bay Area Venezuelans React to US Attack

Volunteers Help Monitor Street Corners for ICE Activity

Girls’ Flag Football Is Booming

Could Plug-In Solar Take Off in California?

Seeing the Tenderloin Through the Eyes of Neighborhood Kids

A Very Santa Rosa Christmas at Snoopy’s Home Ice

Earthquake Swarms, License Plate Reader Cameras, and Clipper 2.0

Decoding Your PG&E Bill

This Popular Kitchen Countertop Material Is Making Workers Sick

Ukraine’s Surprising Ties to Silicon Valley

SF Passed a New Zoning Plan. How Will It Change the City?

As Immigration Enforcement Escalates, How One South Bay Priest Is Pushing Back

West Contra Costa Teachers and Staff Go On Strike

Why This Berkeley Animal Rights Activist Could Go to Prison

'Love You for You': Trans Kids Talk With Their Loved Ones

Learning to Live With SF's Coyotes

Craving Local Dungeness Crab? You’ll Need to Get It Yourself

Traveling Through SFO Airport? Check Out the Art Museum

Remembering Disability Rights Activist and Author Alice Wong

Inside One Bay Area Business Rocked by Trump’s Tariffs

Fairfax Votes 'No' In Recall Election About Housing

AI-Generated Music Is Here. How Are Artists Adapting?

When the Military Tested a Biological Weapon in S.F.

Can the Esmeralda Land Company Win Over Cloverdale?

Election Recap: Prop. 50, Santa Clara County's Measure A, and Nancy Pelosi's Retirement

‘Everybody Needs Food’: How a Solano County Food Pantry Is Dealing with SNAP Delays

Why San Mateo County Removed Its Sheriff

SNAP Benefits, Uber Enters the Robotaxi Race, and the Condor Comeback

Visiting Yosemite During the Government Shutdown

Gov. Newsom on Prop. 50, the Democratic Party, and DOJ Election Monitors

Federal Immigration Agents in the Bay: What We Know and Don’t Know

A Tough Harvest Season for Wine Country

Should California Redraw Congressional Redistricts to Resist Trump?

Lots of New Public Art Is Coming to SF — Whether You Like It Or Not

San José to Consider ICE Mask Ban

With Measure A, Santa Clara County Hopes to Keep Hospitals Afloat

The Cal Lecturer Who Went on a 38-Day Hunger Strike for Gaza

Alameda County Child Care Providers Receive Much Needed Cash

How Trump’s $100,000 H1-B Visa Fee Is Causing Turmoil in Silicon Valley

The Bay Area Feels the Government Shutdown

The Rebirth of Mabuhay Gardens, SF’s Legendary Punk Venue

UC Berkeley Gives Names to the Feds, Valero's Benicia Refinery Closing, and Robotaxis at the Airport

Why Girls’ Flag Football Could Be the Next Big Sport

A Reporter Gave Tenderloin Kids Disposable Cameras. This Is What They Showed

As Small Farms Face Federal Cuts, Local Food Banks Will Take a Big Hit

Meet Misa James, Winner of the KQED x Good Compenny Bay Area Music Showcase

Trump Directs National Parks to Erase Histories That ‘Disparage Americans’

Surviving Suicide Loss in Palo Alto

Meet the Valkyries' DJs Whose Job Is to Make Ballhalla Go Wild

SF’s Newest Park Could Cost This Supervisor His Job

‘It Just Felt Like the World Was Burning’: Remembering the 2020 Fires

Volunteers Monitor for ICE Activity to Support Day Laborers

Silicon Valley Embraces the Military

Yosemite’s Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in the Era of Climate Change

The Pickett Fire, BART’s ‘Tap and Ride', and Local Artists Leaving Spotify

‘Not Even AI Can Save Me’: Students and Teachers on ChatGPT in the Classroom

Why Does Gun Violence Happen? This San Quentin Program Asks the People Behind the Gun

How Fremont Became a Hub for Afghan-Americans

'We Have Got to Meet Fire With Fire': Why Your Congressional District Could Soon Change

The Relaunch of Casual Carpool

What Happens to Your Trash at Outside Lands

Solar on Your Apartment Balcony? These Folks Want to Make It Happen

Are AI Companion Chatbots Safe for Teenagers?

Displaced Russell City Residents Set to Receive Reparations

Inside Santa Clara County’s ICE Rapid Response Network

The Families Living in San Francisco’s Homeless Shelters

‘Deadhead Disneyland’: SF Celebrates 60 Years of The Grateful Dead’s Music

We're Still Here

The Bay Is Taking a Break in July

A New Home For Women’s Sports, Stanford Scales Back Trans Care for Minors, and Why Some SF Malls Are Thriving

Why Local Theater Is in 'Free Fall'

Oakland’s Wood Street Shelters to Close on June 30

A Queer Elder Reflects on SF Pride

How the Bay Area Shaped Hip-Hop

Berkeley Offered Cash to People Living in RVs. Did It Work?

Suisun City Could Grow by 9 Times Its Current Size

For Immigrant Youth, Local Soccer Leagues Are a Rare Safe Space

The UC Berkeley Students Who Want a Central American Studies Department

How RFK Jr.’s Message Took Root in a Small Marin Town

Shelter or Arrest: A Controversial Plan for San José's Unhoused

Martinez Refinery Fire in February Caused by Human Error

SF’s Love-Hate Relationship With Coyotes

Are California’s AI Rules in Jeopardy? Plus, New Data on Oakland’s Non-Police Response, and the Bay Area’s Ruby Ibarra Wins NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest

Trump Administration Ends Temporary Protected Status for Afghans

$100 Million for Deep East Oakland

KQED Live: My Wildest Bay Area Story with Fools Circle

Stanford Hunger Strike for Gaza Enters Its Second Week

Daniel Lurie Taps SF’s Elite to Fund Downtown Revitalization

The Golden State Valkyries Begin Their First Season

The Fate of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Bike Lane

A New York Investment Firm Just Bought Sonoma County's Local Newspaper

How Your Local Arts Nonprofit Could Suffer from Federal Grant Cancellations

In Point Reyes, Cattle Ranching As We Know It Is Ending. What Now?

Why Private Schools Are So Popular in the Bay Area

How San José Became Home for Vietnamese Americans

A Nailbiter in San José, Trump’s Tariffs Hit SF Chinatown, and New Fire Prevention Rules in the Berkeley Hills

Head Start Changed Her Life. Now She’s Watching Trump Slash the Program

A Peek Into the Lives of Four Bay Area Teens

Check out KQED's Hyphenación

Barbara Lee Will Be Oakland's Next Mayor

Valero Announces Plans to End Operations at Benicia Refinery

Can 'Virtual Power Plant' Tech Help Our Power Grid?

SF Opened Its Newest Park. Not Everyone Is Happy About It.

Waymo Robotaxis Are Everywhere. How Do We Feel About That?

California Students Sue Trump Administration Over Visa Cancellations

How Trump’s Tariffs Are Impacting Local Businesses

The A’s Promised Coliseum Workers Help. Some Haven’t Gotten Any

A Generation of Black Men Is Being Lost to Overdoses in San Francisco

Inside a Self-Defense Class for Trans People

Marin School Board Backlash, Another Roadblock for La Pulga, and Eid Festival in the Tenderloin

SF Rolls Out Speed Cameras. Will They Make Roads Safer?

It’s Time to Pick Oakland’s Next Mayor

For Immigrant Day Laborers, Hiding Is Not a Viable Option

Vallejo Reacts to Death of Unhoused Man in Trash Cleanup

San José's District 3 Is Picking a New City Councilmember — and the Stakes Are High

Ranked Choice Voting For...Best Karaoke Performance?

Celebrating 1000 Episodes of The Bay

South Bay Transit Workers Go On Strike

Layoffs Hit the Beloved National Park Service

The Bay Is Celebrating 1000 Episodes! Send Us a Voicemail

Why California’s Homeless Shelters Are a ‘Bridge to Nowhere’

Check Out KQED's Newest Show, Close All Tabs

SF and Oakland Schools Brace for Layoffs

San José’s Plan to Bus Some Homeless Residents Out of the City

Trump Targets SF’s Presidio, FasTrak Scam Texts, and Missing Peregrine Falcons

Can SF's New Triage Centers Help Solve the Addiction Crisis?

The Origins of SF's Sanctuary Policies

Are Cuts At Sonoma State A Sign of What’s To Come for CSU’s?

Fremont Passes California’s Most Extreme Encampment Ban

Black Churches Are ‘Seeding’ Climate Change Solutions

What It’s Like to Date in the Bay Area

How the Bay Area’s AI Boom Is Fueling a Dirty Energy Dilemma

How Anti-Trans Politics Made San Jose State’s Volleyball Team a National Target

Fear and Anger in Martinez After Another Refinery Incident

Alameda County's New District Attorney

Japanese Americans Draw on WWII Trauma to Resist Trump

Threats Against Immigrants, More Walgreens Closures, and Budget Cuts at Sonoma State

‘It’s a Mixed Feeling’: Palestinian Americans React to the Gaza Ceasefire

What’s the Deal With All Those Old Military Bases?

What’s Dating in the Bay Area Like? Call Us.

The Indictment of Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao

What Big Tech Sees in Donald Trump

Trump Takes Office Again

Incarcerated Firefighters Seeking Work After Release Still Face Barriers

Can Speed Cameras Help Reduce Traffic Deaths?

‘A Tragedy Waiting to Happen’: Oakland Shutters 2 Fire Stations

To Tackle Addiction, Medi-Cal Now Covers Native Healing Practices

Immigrants With Temporary Protected Status Brace for Trump 2.0

Vallejo’s New Mayor Wants to Turn ‘Potential Into Progress’

An Exit Interview with San Francisco Mayor London Breed

Best of 2024: The A's Last Game in Oakland

Best of 2024: An Evening at San Jose’s Story Road Night Market

Best of 2024: The Student Journalists Covering Pro-Palestine Protests on College Campuses

Reflecting on ‘One Beautiful Thing’ From 2024

Snoopy’s Home Ice: A Santa Rosa Holiday Tradition

How Three Coastal Cities Are Tackling Sea Level Rise

Trump Has Promised Mass Deportations. Can California Fight Back?

In Downtown SF, Hotel Workers Have Been Striking for Months

SF Supervisor Faces a Recall Campaign Over Great Highway Closure

A Tsunami in the Bay Area?

How Anti-Trans Politics Loomed Over SJSU's Volleyball Season

Oakland’s Lead Funding Sits Untouched As Residents Face Exposure

The Sacred History of Indian and Mortar Rocks in Berkeley

Reflecting on the Fight for Marriage Equality

Want Fresh Local Crab for Thanksgiving? You'll Have to Get It Yourself

Prop Fest Roundup!

SF Muni Could Face Devastating Cuts

Omar Torres Resigns From San José City Council, Is Arrested

Oakland Has Recalled Mayor Sheng Thao. Now What?

Attorney General Rob Bonta on Fighting Trump 2.0

Daniel Lurie Is San Francisco's Next Mayor

The Bay Area Reacts to Trump’s Win

Behind the Scenes on Election Day

Why Many Eligible Voters in Jail Can’t Cast a Ballot

Santa Clara County Is About to Elect Its First Vietnamese American Supervisor

SF Mayoral Race Update, Hotel Worker Strike, and Oil Industry Campaign Spending in…Belmont?

How Local Churches Are Becoming Hubs for Climate Solutions

Could the Oakland Hills Burn Again?

SF School Closures Are on Pause – For Now

Sonoma County's Measure J Could Reshape Farming

An Evening at San Jose’s Story Road Night Market

Two Big Recall Elections in the East Bay

Close All Tabs: The Evolution of Online Campaigning

$100 Million Is Coming to Deep East Oakland

Explaining Ranked Choice Voting

'It's Been a Year. This Must End.'

Prop. 36: Increase Penalties for Certain Theft and Drug Crimes

Prop. 35: Changes to the MCO Tax for Medi-Cal Funding

Prop. 34: Prescription Drug Spending (But Also...Rent Control?)

Prop. 33: Removing Limits on Local Rent Control

Prop. 32: Raising the Minimum Wage to $18 an Hour

The A’s Last Game in Oakland

Prop. 6: Abolishing Involuntary Servitude in Prisons

Prop. 5: Should It Be Easier to Pass Local Bonds for Affordable Housing and Infrastructure?

Prop. 4: A $10 Billion Bond to Address Climate Change

Prop. 3: Enshrining the Right to Marry for Same-Sex Couples

Prop. 2: A $10 Billion Bond to Repair School Facilities

KQED Live: San Francisco Mayoral Debate

‘It’s Just Killing Me’: The Palestinian Americans Trying to Get Family Out of Gaza

The Oakland Coliseum Has Been Sold. What Now?

SF Mayoral Candidates Court Chinese American Voters

Inside a Community For Farmworkers and Low-Income Families Near Half Moon Bay

The Golden Gate Bridge’s Suicide Prevention Net

‘Right to Repair’ Communities Help Consumers Fix Their Own Stuff

Child Care Relief Is Finally Coming to Alameda County

How Scarlot Harlot Fought for Sex Worker Rights in SF

The Bay’s August News Roundup

In Oakland and Berkeley, 16 and 17-Year Olds Can Now Vote for School Board

California Forever Pulls Ballot Measure to Build New City in Solano County — For Now

How the Black Panthers Changed American Schools

Richmond’s $550 Million Deal with Chevron

California Democrats Flock to Chicago for DNC

Are We Ready for More EVs?

Bay Area Schools Face Sea Level Rise Threat

Once-Rising Star in SF Politics Charged with Sexual Assault

South Bay Doctor Returns to Gaza

SF Promises ‘Very Aggressive’ Homeless Sweeps

How Bay Area Politics Shaped Kamala Harris

Why Millbrae Voters Recalled 2 City Councilmembers

Bay Area Reactions to Biden Dropping Out

It's Time For Our July Break

FBI Raids Home of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, a State Budget Deal, and Wildfire Season

A Bay Farewell to the Rightnowish Podcast

‘This is Where My People Are’: A Queer Person’s Journey to the Bay

A Tribute to Willie Mays, the ‘Say Hey Kid’

In Sunol, A School Board Recall Divides the Town

San Francisco’s First Mayoral Debate

A Conversation With Banko Brown’s Chosen Family

For High Schoolers in the South Bay, Silicon Valley Looms

Inside Sutro Baths In Its Prime

What Should We Do About AI?

Applying For Student Aid Was Supposed to Be Easier This Year. It Wasn’t

Advocates Protest Planned Closure of East San Jose Trauma Center

A Chevron Tax(?), More Farmworker Housing, and Berkeley’s Baby Falcons. Plus, a Visiting Journalist From the Republic of Georgia

A Morning with BART’s Crisis Intervention Specialists

D Sharp: The DJ Behind the Warriors Games

Fate of Uber, Lyft Workers’ Benefits Now Up to the State Supreme Court

How SF Hopes to Make This Critical Opioid Addiction Treatment More Available

Silicon Valley’s Deep Ties With Israel

Displacing People for “Progress": The Origins of BART

'I Am Still Haunted': Women Accuse Rising SF Political Star of Rape and Abuse

Naatak Theatre, A Staple of Indian American Life in the South Bay

Berkeley Schools Chief Testifies Before Congress on Antisemitism

Billionaire-Backed Bid for New Solano County City Inches Closer to the Ballot

How The Bay Gets Made

The Student Journalists Covering Pro-Palestine Encampments

Nursing Home Staff Shortages Leave Patients Waiting in Hospitals

April News Roundup: Berkeley’s Newest Councilmember, Reviewing Death Row Sentences, and Pandas in S.F.

The Bay Area’s Stakes in SCOTUS Homelessness Case

Silicon Valley House Seat Race Gets a Recount

Why Renaming Oakland’s Airport is a Big Deal

Half Moon Bay is Making Progress on Farmworker Housing

Feds Shut Down Infamous Women's Prison in Dublin

How Aaron Peskin Shakes Up S.F.’s Mayoral Race

Poetry in Service of Politics: A Conversation with Darius Simspon

A’s to Play Their Next Season in Sacramento

Why are There So Few School Buses in California?

Hope and Loss in Gaza: A Bay Area Doctor Reflects on His Aid Mission

A Toxic Dust Threatens Salmon. Can We Do Something About It?

Oakland’s Queer Nightlife Renaissance is Here

March News Roundup: Street Spirit Lives On, MACRO Oakland, and Aaron Peskin for SF Mayor?

Babies With Developmental Delays Are Entitled to Care. Many Aren’t Getting It

Prop. 1 Passes...Barely

A New Pro Women’s Soccer Team Kicks Off

Defending Against Deportation in Contra Costa County

At This Women’s Prison in Dublin, Sexual Abuse is Pervasive

US Navy Acknowledges Toxic Groundwater Threat in Bayview-Hunters Point

A Roundup of Local Alameda County Election Results

San Francisco Moderates Win Big

Rep. Adam Schiff and Steve Garvey Advance in U.S. Senate Race

Most People Don’t Vote in Primaries. How Can We Change That?

Call Us: Are You Voting in the March Primary? Why Or Why Not?

Breaking Down Napa County’s Board of Supervisors Election

How the Racial Justice Act Could Shake Up California’s Criminal Court System

February News Roundup: A Silicon Valley Assembly Race, Oscar Grant’s Mother Gets His Phones Back, and Fast Food Politics

A Growing ‘Right to Repair’ Culture

Will S.F. Voters Expand Police Powers in This Election?

‘I Feel Like the Palestinian Issue is a Queer Issue”

How AI Could Threaten Our Elections

A ‘Decisive Victory’ for Cutting Air Pollution

Loving and Losing a Mural in the Mission

Bay Curious Breaks Down Proposition 1

Let's Go Niners!

Why Were There So Many Power Outages?

Were You Affected By the Storms? Call Us.

How San Francisco Counts Unhoused Residents

How Oakland’s Marquee Gun Violence Prevention Program Broke Down

January News Roundup: Tech’s Role in Media Layoffs, San Mateo County Criminalizes Camping, SF’s District Attorney Race

What to Know About California’s Senate Race

How a Mass Shooting Changed Half Moon Bay, One Year Later

In California, Anti-Abortion Centers Outnumber Abortion Clinics

After Cruise’s Implosion, What’s Next for Robotaxis?

California Forever Unveils Ballot Measure Plans for Its New City

A Safety Net Under the Golden Gate Bridge

Rightnowish: Boots Riley on Art, Oakland, and Labor Movements

San Francisco Approves Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution

Will UC Berkeley Finally Win the Battle Over People’s Park?

What’s Next in the Recall of Progressive DA Pamela Price

With Climate Change, What is the Future of Bay Area Fog?

Forum: Reclaiming Our Relationship With Time in 2024

Best of 2023: A Queer Elder’s Reflection on SF Pride

Best of 2023: A Music Class is Helping Farmworkers Heal in Half Moon Bay

Best of 2023: Finding Community in Pickleball

The Couple Who Helped Overturn California’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban

Connecting Climbers with the Native History of Indian and Mortar Rocks

Housing or Wetlands? Newark Faces a Difficult Choice

When Disaster Strikes in English Only

How We Grieve a Changing California

An Interview with the CEO of PG&E

Cal State Faculty Hold a Series of One-Day Strikes

Inside Oakland's Largest Housing Megaproject

Can Silicon Valley Investors Win Over Solano County?

San Francisco Bans Vending Along Mission Street

November News Roundup: Transit Funding, Prison Wages, and Tupac Shakur Way

Why Your PG&E Bill is About to Go Up

Public Libraries Are Sacred Spaces

What It Takes to Give Land Back

A Personal Story from Ericka

Here’s Where Bay Area Electeds Stand on Israel’s Siege of Gaza

A Music Class is Helping Farmworkers Heal in Half Moon Bay

Sold Out: The Oakland Block That’s Ditching Natural Gas

How APEC Will Affect Daily Life in San Francisco

South Bay Conservatives Are Trying to Gain a Foothold on Local School Boards

A Palestinian-American Elected Official Speaks Out

California Lifts Decades-Old Ban on Lowrider Cruising

Should Some Drug Dealers Be Charged With Murder?

KQED Live: Listening to Young Elected Leaders

The Bay’s October News Roundup: Richmond Stands With Palestine, Cruise Suspended in SF, A Win For Child Care Workers

Can the State Force Vallejo PD to Change?

On X, Misinformation About the Israel-Hamas War is Spreading

100 Years of Mystery at the Winchester House in San Jose

Sorrow, Fear, and Rage: Local Reactions to the Israel-Hamas War

Are We Burning Enough ‘Good Fires’?

Most People Seriously Injured, Killed by San José Police are Mentally Ill or Intoxicated

The Untold Story of Richard Oakes’ Killing, Part 2

The Untold Story of Richard Oakes' Killing, Part 1

More Than 22,000 Bay Area Kaiser Permanente Workers Are On Strike

Hyphy Kids Got Trauma

Dianne Feinstein’s San Francisco Legacy

Distrust in Martinez, Decriminalizing Psychedelics, and a New WNBA Team

Should Farmworkers Be Allowed to Pick Wine Grapes in Wildfire Evacuation Zones?

Theft and Vigilante Justice in the Oakland Estuary

Saving SF’s Ferry Building from the Sea

A New Home for La Pulga?

California is On the Verge of Banning Caste Discrimination

BART’s Plan to Win Us Over

Tell Us How You Feel About BART

Nancy Pelosi is Running Again. Should She Step Aside?

How Santa Clara County is Fighting Wage Theft

You’re Not Imagining It: COVID Cases Are Up Again

‘I Think of Him Every Day’: A Conversation With Banko Brown's Trans Family

Are the Redwood Trees OK?

A Group of Tech Billionaires Want to Build a New City in Solano County

S.F.’s Encampment Sweep Debate

Belmont Students Honor Classmate’s Life After Fentanyl Overdose

Our August News Roundup

How Silicon Valley Ate Hollywood

‘All That’s Old is New Again’: OPD’s Long Road to Reform

How a Coffee Boycott Helped End a Civil War

Get Ready For More Robotaxis in S.F.

College-Bound Californians Prepare For Abortion Bans Out of State

‘The Bay Area Was Hip-Hop Before There Was Hip-Hop’

San Jose City Workers Are About to Go on Strike

In Martinez, More Residents Want to Hold the Refinery Accountable

Why California’s Salmon Season Was Canceled

A Campaign to Recall Alameda County’s Progressive DA Kicks Off

Bay Listeners, We Want to Hear From You!

Baycation: It’s Time For Our July Break

California Now Has a Reparations Proposal

A Queer Elder’s Reflections on SF Pride

Growing Up With Gun Violence

Saving Downtown San Francisco

Mayors Want to Get Unhoused People Off the Streets Faster

South Berkeley’s Black History Walking Tour

Oakland Event Series Aimed at Gun Violence Prevention Returns for Summer 2023

Armed Security Guards Are Taking On More Responsibility. California Wants to Train Them Better

Finding Community in the Oakland Pickleball Scene

One Neighborhood’s Strategy For Curbing Homelessness? Turn Off the Library Wi-Fi

The Ethics of Photographing Addiction in the Tenderloin

Caste Has Hit a Nerve in South Asian Communities

The Headache of Catalytic Converter Thefts

San Francisco Prepares to Roll Out CARE Court

Rightnowish: Protecting Sacred Land in the South Bay

The A’s Are One Step Closer to Leaving Oakland

Workers Accuse an East Oakland Popeye’s of Child Labor Violations

East San Jose is Ready to ‘Welcome the Stranger’

Sean Moore’s Mother Waits for Justice

The End of the Oakland Teacher Strike

Child Care is Getting More Affordable in S.F.

Banko Brown's Killing is 'a Tragedy of San Francisco's Making'

The Hetch Hetchy Reservoir Turns 100. How Will Climate Change Affect Its Future?

Living with Long COVID

Oakland Public School Teachers Go On Strike

San José Plans to Build More Temporary Housing Sites. But Housed Neighbors Are Pushing Back

BART Director Lateefah Simon is Running for Congress

The End of Alameda County’s Eviction Moratorium

One of the Nation’s First Asian American Bookstores is Closing

How an Antisemitic Propaganda Group Started in the Bay

‘I Need to Feel Safe More Than I Need Forever’: Poet Antmen Pimentel Mendoza

Call The Bay! We Want to Hear Your Thoughts About the Oakland A’s

'I've Been Contributing': The Push to Extend Unemployment Insurance to Undocumented Workers

The Antioch Police Department's Racist Text Messages

Sactown vs. The Bay

A New Bill Could Help Get Teens Closer to Recovering From Addiction

‘I’m Literally Not Going to be Able to Eat:' CalFresh’s Pandemic Benefits Expire This Month

The Oakland Program Helping Khmer Rouge Survivors Heal

An End of an Era for Oakland's Wood Street Commons

Tech Boom? What About A Carbon Removal Boom?

S.F’s Iconic Castro Theatre is in Limbo

As a Therapist, I See the Damage of Anti-Trans Hate Firsthand

These Proven Schizophrenia Treatments Work. Why Won't Insurance Companies Cover Them?

We Don’t Know Whether Most of the Bay’s Levees Are Safe

These Affordable Housing Projects Are Affected by Silicon Valley Bank’s Collapse

In East San Jose, One District is Seeing Success with Universal Preschool

Alameda County’s Answer to Black Maternal Mortality is Working

In Monterey County, the Town of Pajaro Has Flooded

The Success of S.F’s Mobile Opioid Treatment Clinics

The Oakland Tech Girls Basketball Team’s ‘Mini Dynasty’

Bay Area Men Sentenced for Plot to Blow Up Democratic Party HQ

Dianne Feinstein’s San Francisco Roots

BART is Staring Down a Fiscal Cliff

How Alameda Became the First Bay Area City to Set Its State Housing Goals

Getting Ready for the Big One

An Uphill Battle to Unionize at One of the Bay’s Oldest Nonprofits

California’s COVID Emergency Ends Feb. 28

Tracing Hip Hop’s Beginnings in the Bay With Davey D

In Deep Blue California, Anti-Abortion Centers Outnumber Abortion Clinics

Brooke Jenkins Plans to Drop Charges Against SFPD Officer Who Killed Keita O’Neil

Did Chevron Fire Workers in Richmond for Going on Strike?

After 6 Years, South Berkeley's Here/There Encampment Closes

Oakland’s Police Chief and the Long Road to Police Reform

Her Murder Conviction Was Overturned. ICE Still Wants to Deport Her.

‘Under the Radar’: Half Moon Bay and the Vulnerability of Farmworkers

A Layoff Spree At Bay Area Tech Companies

Why Sewage Flooded the Bay

Oakland's Lunar New Year Parade

7 Farmworkers Killed in Half Moon Bay Mass Shooting

The Great Soaking is Over. What Now?

Alameda County’s New DA Wants to Shake Things Up

‘You’re Taking On A Lot of Risk’: Rain and Recovery in the Santa Cruz Mountains

Blues Town: Remembering Russell City

A ‘Rare’ Archive of Angela Davis’ Life On Display At OMCA

Rain and Eviction Loom Over Oakland’s Wood Street Encampment

Oakland Swears in Mayor Sheng Thao

Storms Pummel the Bay Area With More to Come

Matt Mahan Begins His First Year As San Jose’s New Mayor

The Bay’s Favorite Episodes of 2022

Is Vallejo Rushing Its Police Oversight Commission?

tbh: The Problem With The 'Clean Girl Aesthetic'

When the Tenderloin's Addiction Crisis Goes Viral

Will Casual Carpool Ever Come Back?

A Frantic Job Hunt for H-1B Visa Holders in Tech

In the Bay, Hundreds Are Coming Out to Support Chinese Protesters

Got Climate Anxiety? Here’s How to Deal With It

Oakland Plans to Return 5 Acres to East Bay Ohlone

Thousands of UC Academic Workers Are on Strike

Twitter's Implosion is Hurting Local Charities

A Settlement in the Vallejo Police Killing of Angel Ramos

How California Voted on the 7 Statewide Ballot Measures

Election Night in the Bay

Oakland's Measure S Would Open the Door to Noncitizen Voting in School Board Elections

Who Will be Oakland’s Next Mayor?

'It’s a Despicable Act’: Rep. Jackie Speier on the Attack on Paul Pelosi

‘Making Something That’s Our Own’: Día de Los Muertos in the Bay

For the First Time in 24 Years, Santa Clara County Will Have a New Sheriff

A Sanctuary State for Gender Affirming Care

California's Only Gubernatorial Debate

San Francisco’s District Attorney Race

In Benicia’s City Council Race, Valero is on People’s Minds

KQED Live: A San Jose Mayoral Candidates Forum

A Rise in Catalytic Converter Thefts

‘Who Are We Here For? Iran!’

Preventing Gun Violence Through Arts and Culture

Prop. 31: Banning Flavored Tobacco

Prop. 30: Green Infrastructure

Prop. 29: Dialysis Clinics

Prop. 28: Arts and Music Education Funding

Props 26 and 27: Sports Betting

Prop. 1: Reproductive Freedom

Pushing to Make BART Safer for Women and Girls

San Jose Sweeps One of Its Largest Homeless Encampments

Black Women Are Changing California's Victim System

Poetry, Burritos, and The Border: Meet Our Producer, Maria Esquinca!

Last Week’s Historic Heat Wave

'Welcome Black to the Land'

Naatak Marks 100 Productions of Indian American Theater in the Bay Area

In Sonoma County, Cities Are Banning New Gas Stations

‘It’s an Unimaginable Number of Fish’

How Safe Injection Sites Can Help Address Our Addiction Crisis

Taking Your Eviction to Court

California Will Phase Out New Gas-Powered Cars by 2035

The Future of Street Vending at the 24th Street Mission BART Plaza

S.F's Noncitizen Voting Law Was Struck Down. What's Next?

How We Talk About Wildfires

A Year Later, One Afghan Family’s Resettlement in the Bay

High School in the Shadows of Silicon Valley

SFUSD Teachers (Still) Haven’t Been Fully Paid

Project Roomkey is Closing Its Doors

Remembering Joy: A Personal Story from ECG

A Standoff Over People’s Park in Berkeley

What's Going On with Monkeypox?

Why Cleaning Up Bayview-Hunters Point is an Issue of Reparations

A Message From The Bay: We’re Taking July Off!

‘We Will Continue to Be Here’: Accessing Abortion Services After Roe

'I Knew It Was Coming, But I Still Can't Believe It'

Black, Queer, and Searching for Safe Spaces

The Story Behind the National AIDS Memorial Grove in San Francisco

He Designed a Garden at UC Santa Cruz from Death Row. Now Students Want Him Free

Dub Nation Against the World

Organizing a Gun Buyback in San Mateo County

Chesa Boudin Has Been Recalled. So What Does it Mean?

We Need to Talk About Wage Theft

Will ‘CARE Court’ Help People Dealing with Mental Illness and Homelessness?

Attacks on Asians in SF Shook the Community and Went Viral. What Happened Next?

San Jose is Choosing a New Mayor

Solano County’s Race for District Attorney

Mindshift: Community, Trauma, and Helping Children Heal

Your Biggest Ideas on How to Solve the Housing Crisis

The Workers’ Right to COVID Sick Pay in California

An Extremist Plot to Blow Up the California Democratic Party HQ

Activists Lobbied for a New, Diverse District. An Old White Congressman is the Frontrunner

SFPD’s Former Comms Director is Now on the Board of Supervisors

A New Wave of COVID is Hitting the Bay. How’s it Different?

KQED Live: An Interview with Chesa Boudin

In Sebastopol, Students Want Adults to Do More About Racist Bullying

Even in California, Abortion Services Can Be Hard to Find

Letting go of La Pulga

Bay Curious: Oakland’s 16th Train Station Helped Build West Oakland and the Civil Rights Movement

‘Love me Before the City Disappears’: Poet Nijla Mu’min

An Immigrant Visa Problem is Hitting Silicon Valley

Masks Are Optional. But Not For the Medically Vulnerable.

San Francisco is Limiting What Police Can Do With Your DNA

Could Schools Be Held Accountable in Court for How They Handle Sexual Assault?

San Francisco’s Redistricting Disaster

Why Does Uber Want to Team Up with Taxis?

Support for Mutual Aid Came and Went, But the Need is Still There

A Mass Shooting in Downtown Sacramento

‘It’s Like Groundhog Day’: Another Year of Drought

Bay Curious: The History of the Bay’s 425 Shellmounds

The ‘Sustained Excellence’ of Stanford Women’s Basketball

How BART Removed — and Then Reinstated — Director Lateefah Simon

KQED Live: Finding Asylum in California

What Happened at Vallejo's Project Roomkey?

A Strike at Chevron’s Richmond Refinery

Paying for Gas as a Ride Service Driver

Many SF Teachers Haven't Been Getting Their Paychecks

Finally, California's Unemployment System Adds More Language Support

Remembering the Atlanta Spa Shooting — And How We Move Forward

Rightnowish: Self Love is a Communal Act

Students, Growth, and Housing at UC Berkeley

SF Students Are Still Pushing for a Reckoning With Sexual Abuse

How the War in Ukraine is Affecting Former Soviet Immigrants

For 15 Years, Valero’s Benicia Refinery Released Toxic Chemicals — And No One Knew

Remembering the Fight for Japanese American Reparations

Reacting to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

How Disaster Planning Leaves Out Queer People

The SF School Board Recall Won in a Landslide. Now What?

SOLD OUT: A Suburb with an Eviction Problem

California Will Close Death Row at San Quentin. The Next Steps Are More Complicated

'You Think You Can Just Close My School Down? No.'

Have You Felt 'COVID Shame?'

Is ‘Uber for Nurses’ Coming to California?

An Example of 'Land Back' in Northern California

The SF School Board Recall is Motivating First-Time Chinese Voters

San Francisco’s School Board Recall Election

‘Crowchella’ in Sunnyvale

‘There’s an Element of Risk No Matter Where I Go’

Santa Clara's County Sheriff is Being Investigated

Why Are There So Many Driverless Cars in San Francisco?

‘I Hope a Lawyer Will Answer’

San José Considers Expanding the Vote to Noncitizens

A Chaotic Return to School

RIP Traxamillion, an Architect of the Hyphy Movement

Examining January 6 with Rep. Zoe Lofgren

Keeping Up With California's COVID Testing Surge

The Cost of Crossing Bay Area Bridges, And Who Pays the Most

The Bay Looks Back at 2021

When a Covid Expert Gets Covid

Vallejo Plans to Fire the Cop Who Killed Sean Monterrosa

Rightnowish: A Bay Area Rollerskating Legend

Abortion Services Are Still Hard to Find for Rural and Low Income Californians

When Police Need PR Help, Many Turn to One Firm in Vacaville

A Second Pandemic Holiday Season for Food Banks

Omicron: What We Know (and Don't Know)

For Afghan Artists in the Bay, It’s a Painful Time

Meeting My Husband During the Pandemic

A Win For Indian Farmers and Their Bay Area Supporters

'That Walgreens Was Essential'

How to Overcome Climate Anxiety

Remembering the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz

The California Latinos at COP26

COVID-19 Vaccines Are Rolling Out for Kids Ages 5-11

Drawing the Bay Area's New Political Maps

Our New Host

The SFUSD Board Recall Election is Set. We Revisit Student Voices

Oscar Grant, Rob Bonta, and Upcoming Police Reforms

An Investigation Into COVID-19 Outbreaks at Foster Farms

The Struggle to Hold Chevron Accountable

The ‘Invisible’ HelloFresh Workers Trying to Unionize in Richmond

Rain!

30 Years Ago, the Oakland Hills Burned. Could it Happen Again?

Vallejo's 'Participatory Budgeting' Process

‘40 Acres and a Tesla’? California Considers Reparations for Black Americans

Unpacking the Rise in Gun Violence

How Tahoe Protected Itself From the Caldor Fire

Sonoma County Vineyard Workers are Demanding More Protections

California Can Soon Strip Badges from Cops for Serious Misconduct

What’s the Deal with COVID-19 Booster Shots?

An Intergenerational Welcoming for Afghan Refugees

The Immigrant Renters the Eviction Moratorium Didn't Protect

How Two Wineries are Dealing With Climate Change

California Passed a Law to End Single-Family Zoning

Will Oakland Require COVID-19 Vaccinations for Public School Students?

Mountain View's Mobile Home Parks Could Have Rent Control Soon

Where Our Water Comes From

Gov. Gavin Newsom Easily Defeats the Recall

Two Latino Families on the Recall Election

What Could A Republican Governor Do?

Many Communal Housing Residents in SF's Chinatown Want More Distance Learning

Why Was Angelo Quinto’s Death Ruled an Accident?

What’s at Stake as the Caldor Fire Threatens Lake Tahoe

Benicia Breaks with Solano County on Masks

A Farewell to Our Host, Devin Katayama

Meet the Top 6 Recall Election Candidates

Some Santa Clara County Leaders Want the Sheriff Out

Our Fire Conversation Needs to Change

An ‘All-Hands-on-Deck’ Moment for Afghan Refugee Resettlement

A Bay Curious Guide to Gov. Newsom’s Recall Election

Some Families Still Want Virtual Learning This Fall

Getting Ready to Teach in Person Again

Bay Area Students Are Going Back to School. Are Families Ready?

The Youth Making BART Safer for Women and Girls as Service Increases

The Race Against Time to Stop the Delta Variant in the Bay

Eating Inside? This Restaurant Requires Proof of Vaccination

We’re Taking a Break in July

On Our Watch: The Brady Rule

California Extended Its Eviction Moratorium (Again). Now What?

‘We Don’t Want to See a Drop Wasted'

Tips on How to Address Your City Council (Also, It’s Our 500th Episode!)

From AIDS to COVID-19, Gay Activists in San Francisco Have Been Organizing in Public Health for Decades

A Pivotal Moment for Regulating Oil Companies in the Bay

The Uncertain Future of La Pulga in San Jose

Live Events Are Coming Back, But Challenges Remain for Arts Workers and Venue Owners

Why Some Fully Vaccinated Californians Will Keep Wearing Masks After June 15

One Native American Tribe in Lake County is Creating Housing for Homeless Members

Can California's 'Red Flag Law' Stop Gun Violence Before it Happens?

The ‘Golden State Stimulus’ Includes Undocumented Californians, But Many Can’t Access Their Checks

Why The Vote to Recall Gov. Gavin Newsom Could Happen Sooner Than You Think

Fentanyl Overdoses are Claiming Younger People’s Lives in Santa Clara County

The #VTAfamily is Mourning the Loss of Friends and Co-Workers

The Black and Brown Families in Oakland Reimagining Education for Their Kids

South Hayward’s Trailing Vaccination Rate — and What’s Being Done About It

San Francisco’s ‘Guaranteed Income’ Pilot for Artists Starts Today. But Some Arts Groups are Unhappy with the Process So Far

After Nearly A Year, California’s New AG Will Investigate Vallejo Police Killing of Sean Monterrosa

PPP Loans Were Meant to Help Businesses, But Many in Bay Area Communities of Color Didn’t Get Them

The California Republicans Who Are Still Enabling Trump's Election Lies

The PG&E Fire Victim Trust Owes Billions to Survivors — and Most Are Still Waiting

Are More Hate Crime Charges A Solution to Anti-Asian Violence?

A New Generation of Filipinx Organizers is Building on the Legacy of Stockton’s Little Manila

As Pandemic Slows in the Bay, Diaspora Turns Attention to India

Sea Levels Are Rising in the Bay — and East Palo Alto is on the Front Lines

What’s Next for Public Transit in the Bay Area?

The Lasting Impact of COVID-19 in San Quentin State Prison

Rob Bonta Supports Police Accountability. Now He’s California’s Attorney General

What Derek Chauvin's Conviction Means for the Bay Area’s Ongoing Anti Policing Work

A Quick Message From The Bay on George Floyd

Amid SFUSD Controversies, Where Are the Student Voices?

Nursing Home Residents Are Finally Starting to See Their Loved Ones

Uncle Bobby X on Supporting Families Who’ve Lost Loved Ones to Police Violence

A Grandmother’s Fight to Keep Her Home — From a Corporation Paying in Cash

What California’s June 15 ‘Reopening’ Goal Means

Will Anti-Asian Violence Lead to More Policing in Oakland’s Chinatown?

California’s Unemployment System Still Isn’t Working for Many People Who Need It the Most

Strategies for Finding a COVID-19 Vaccine Appointment — Now That Everyone 16+ Will Be Eligible April 15

How the Bay Area Shaped Mills College (and Vice Versa)

The Long Fight Against Ableism and Ageism During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Oakland and Marin County Are Starting ‘Guaranteed Income’ Pilot Projects

With Calls to #StopAAPIHate, Specificity Matters

Tracking Anti-Asian Hate Through Stories and Stats

Bay Curious Asks How This Year of COVID-19 Has Changed Us

Local School Boards Have a Lot of Power. Will the Pandemic Change That?

‘A Big First Step’: Bay Area Cities Are Rethinking Single-Family Zoning

Why the Attempt to Recall Gov. Gavin Newsom Has Gained Traction

Navigating This Fragile and Hopeful Moment in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Will Angelo Quinto’s Death Lead to Police Reforms in Antioch?

What Students Think About Reopening Schools

'All Eyes Should Be on Marin': A Racial Reckoning in the Bay’s Whitest County

'Our People Are Not Disposable': How East San Jose is Coping with the Pandemic

The Hosts of ‘SOLD OUT’ Update Us on the Housing Crisis

Why It’s Hard to Stop Chevron From Polluting the Bay

We’re Learning the Wrong Lessons from the Tuskegee Experiment. That Matters for Vaccinating Black Americans.

How the Pandemic Opened the Door for Organizing Bay Area Strippers

Helping Oakland's Chinatown From the Street Level

The Asian Americans Reclaiming Traditional Medicine in the Bay

The Messy Path to Reopening Public Schools

‘There Would Be No Black Panther Party Without the Women’

There's Rising Toxic Groundwater in the Bay. But It's Not Too Late to Address it.

California’s COVID-19 Vaccine Information Void

Are You Really Protected From Evictions? Depends On Your Local Government.

Gun Violence in the Bay Was Decreasing. Then the Pandemic Happened.

The Bay Live! What Will Living in the Bay Area Be Like in 2021?

By the People: How the Last Four Years Changed KQED

Introducing: A Series On Creators From the Bay Area, From Rightnowish

By The People: A New Presidency and A ‘Window’ of Opportunity for the Iranian Diaspora

Social Media Giants Banned Trump, But They Still Have Lots of Problems

Why California’s Vaccine Rollout Has Been So Slow

By The People: You’ve Protested, Voted, and Donated. Cat Brooks on What’s Next

The California Republicans Who Helped Enable Wednesday's Attack on the Capitol

It’s Not Easy to Unionize at Tech Companies. But Google Employees Are Doing It.

By The People: Oakland’s Longtime City Clerk On How to Make Use of City Council Meetings

We Remember Our Favorite Episodes of 2020

We're Missing A Lot of Information About the COVID-19 Outbreaks at Foster Farm Plants

By The People: The Plight of Farmers in India Hits Home for Thousands in the Bay

A Transgender Asylum Seeker's Quest to Come to the Bay Area

Why Parents, Doctors and Lawmakers Pushed Back Against Playgrounds Closing

By The People: How Black Activists Transformed Voting in Oakland

Why California Is Factoring in Historical Social Injustice in the Vaccine Rollout

Charges Have Been Filed Against Police Officers in The Bay This Year. Why Just Now?

By The People: Shakirah Simley's Journey From Activist to Local Government

A Filipino Nurse and The Patients She Won’t Forget

By The People: Young, Queer Candidates of Color are Changing the Bay Area Political Scene

Some Hotels for Unsheltered People Are Closing. Where Will They Go?

California's COVID-19 'Emergency Brake'

Why Some Seniors Are More Resilient During the Pandemic

With Prop. 22 Approved, Regulating Gig Companies Just Got A Lot Harder

What Measure P in Sonoma County Says About Police Accountability

Laughing Through the Tears With Luna Malbroux

How Voting Went Down in the Bay Area

The Poll Workers Who Made Election Day in the Bay Area Possible

The Generational Political Divide in South San Francisco

The Seeds of Activism in Martinez

The Police Shooting That Motivated Walnut Creek Residents to Run for City Council

What It's Like to Have Parents Who Are Essential Workers

The Beginnings of San Quentin's COVID-19 Outbreak

What Would it Mean to Make Housing a Human Right?

Armenians Came to SF to Escape Genocide. Now, Fears of That History Are Resurfacing

What Mutual Aid Means — And Why It’s Worth Protecting

Is Prop 25 California's Best Chance to End Cash Bail?

The Digital Divide for Latino Immigrant Families in Oakland

A Bay Curious Guide to Statewide Propositions

Immigrant Workers Make ‘Wine Country’ Possible. Now Many Have Evacuated.

South Asian Activist Kala Bagai Was Once Driven Out of Berkeley. Now There's A Street Named After Her.

The North Bay Journalist Providing Vital Fire Information for Her Neighbors

The Final Push to Count Everyone in the Bay

More Than A Million Californians Are Still Waiting for Unemployment Benefits

Gov. Newsom Wants to Ban Gas-Powered Car Sales by 2035. Is This A Big Deal?

We Still Need to Solve Our Housing Crisis

The District Attorneys Pushing Back on 'Tough on Crime' Politics

'These Communities Have the Knowledge That Will Save Us': Building Climate Resilience with Youth of Color

The Bay Area Teen Who's Been Trying to Save TPS (And Isn't Backing Down Now)

A Hunger Strike in Antioch — And What it Says About the Changing Suburbs

Photographing Orange Skies and a Historic Year

California’s Going All In On Vote By Mail. Will Some People Get Left Behind?

'Healing Through Resistance' with Uncle Bobby X

Why The Latest Battle Between California And Gig Companies Is A Big Deal

California Had an ‘Eviction Moratorium.’ Thousands of People Were Evicted Anyway

'Megafires' Don’t Have to be Our New Normal

The ‘Brittle’ System of Incarcerated Firefighters

What A WeChat Ban Would Mean for Organizing in San Francisco's Chinatown

The Grassroots Group Helping Oakland Mask Up (Again)

California’s Overloaded Power Grid

The Pandemic Feels Like Déjà Vu For Some Survivors of the HIV/AIDS Crisis

COVID-19 Has Made ICE Detention Centers Even More Dangerous

How San Francisco Shaped VP Nominee Kamala Harris

Older and Overlooked: What One Fire Tells Us About the Vulnerability of Senior Care Homes

How Will Pandemic ‘Learning Pods’ Impact Our Public Schools?

How Open Vallejo Uncovered the Story of Bent Police Badges

The Cost of Amazon's Drive For Speed

A Rec From The Bay: Catching Babies With a Go-To Doula For Black Parents

The Moral Case Behind 'Housing Is a Human Right'

'We're Still Here': Remembering the 1969 Native American Occupation of Alcatraz

A Rec from The Bay: How Learning Emotional Skills Can Help Boys Become Men

'Yes, Asians Go To Jail Too'

The Bay's Birthday Field Trip

Part III: How Did Things Get So Bad Between Vallejo and Its Police

Part II: One Night in Vallejo, Two Narratives

Part I: The Life And Death of Willie McCoy

How We Got Here, Part 5: Meaningful Work

How We Got Here, Part 4: Disempowerment and Debt

How We Got Here, Part 3: The Road to Shareholder Capitalism

How We Got Here, Part 2: The Attack on Worker Power

How We Got Here, Part 1: The 'Great Risk Shift' From Companies To Workers

Workers Have Lost Benefits, Power, And Protections

The People of Color Tasked With 'Fixing' Silicon Valley's Race Problem

Why Are Bay Area Hospitals Still Struggling To Get Personal Protective Gear?

The COVID-19 Outbreak At San Quentin State Prison

Artists Reimagine Where Money Goes in A Police-Free Oakland

'This Is A Fight For Everyone': Asian Parents And Black Lives Matter

Bay Area Dockworkers Continue Decades of Fighting Oppression on Juneteenth

What One Alternative to Policing Looks Like

The Mad Dash to Hire 20,000 Contact Tracers in California

‘Joy, Sadness, Rage, and Passion’ in Santa Rosa’s Streets

The Yearslong Movement To Get Police Out Of Oakland's Public Schools

Reflections From Vallejo Families Seeking Justice for Police Killings

The Layers Of Protections for Police Who Use Violence

It’s Been More Than 10 Years Since Oscar Grant — And Not Enough Has Changed

'The Weight of Living in a Racist World': Finding Emotional Support as a Black Man

What Disability Justice Activist Stacey Park Milbern Taught Us

What We Can Learn From Stockton’s Universal Basic Income Experiment

One Bay Area Filipina Nurse's Long History of Caring for People

What Isolation During Ramadan Has Meant for Bay Area Mosques

Campaigning And Voting In A Pandemic

People In Senior Care Homes Are Still Vulnerable Right Now

How Virtual Learning Exposed Inequities In Education

How Will The Pandemic Affect Our Response To The Climate Crisis?

'My Mom Is Beyond A Superwoman': Mother's Day While Locked Up

70,000 Wildfire Survivors Are Voting On A Settlement From PG&E — And It's A Mess

The Future Of The Bay Area’s Restaurant Industry

'It's Not Enough': What Help Is There For California’s Undocumented Immigrants?

'It's Pretty Clear Who's Responsible': Activist Shot in Philippines Recovering in San Francisco

What’s the Path Forward for Bay Area Public Transit?

How San Francisco’s Chinatown Avoided Covid-19 Panic

‘I Don’t Want Anything to Happen to Them:’ Being Children of Essential Workers

Apple and Google Want to Help Track the Coronavirus — Using Your Phones

Most Artists Have Lost Their Income. What’s Next?

Remembering San Francisco Lesbian Rights Activist Phyllis Lyon

Why We Need Race, Ethnicity and Language Data to Beat COVID-19

‘There Isn’t A Lot I Can Do:’ Protecting Loved Ones In Senior Care Homes

Can You Get Shelter Right Now If You Don’t Have A Home? It Depends.

How KQED Is Making Radio During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Why Local News Is Suffering When People Need It Most

The Confusing ‘Patchwork’ of Renter Protections

Inside a Bay Area Courtroom During Shelter in Place

Tracking the Latest Chapter of Anti-Asian Racism in America

‘The Rest of Our Season Got Canceled’

The Bay Area Photojournalist Taking Portraits From a Distance

Even Before the Coronavirus, Working Class People Were Barely Getting By

When People Can’t Go to Their Houses of Worship

Will Daly City’s Only Hospital Survive?

Don’t Panic: Your Questions Answered About the Coronavirus in the Bay Area

Working From Home? Not an Option for Gig Workers

The ‘Disease Detectives’ Tracing the Spread of the Coronavirus

The Bay’s Birthday Field Trip

Sanders Won California, But Hella Votes Are Still Being Counted

Volunteering for Sanders and Warren in the Bay When Politics Is Personal

There’s a Familiar Distrust in West Oakland After Contaminated Water Closes McClymonds High

How Do Mobile Homes Fit Into Mountain View’s Rent Control Debate?

What Companies Know About KQED’s Silicon Valley Editor

The A’s Are Abandoning Local Radio – And Oakland’s In Its Feels

‘That’s Where I Grew Up’: The Wuhan Natives Organizing Aid From The Bay

Reckoning With Sexual Assault at Berkeley High School

The Story of Change in Oakland Through the Old Capwell Building

San Francisco’s Man-Made Taxi Medallion Crisis

A Black Chef’s Dream of Returning to the Fillmore

‘Fui Muy Afortunado’: How One Asylum-Seeker Made It to the Bay Area

To Be Asian With a Face Mask During the Coronavirus Outbreak

Why One of California’s Biggest Housing Bills Failed

The ‘Casual Corruption’ of San Francisco’s Mohammed Nuru

Is Your Food Delivery Order Legit?

What ‘American Dirt’ Gets Wrong

A Six-Year Journey to Find a Home

What It Takes to Help ‘Newcomer’ Immigrant Students in Oakland

Indie Artists Vs. The Frida Kahlo Corporation

The Anonymous Companies That Buy Up Homes

‘Unapologetic’: Jerry Brown’s Legacy in Oakland

What Does Safety For Trans People In Prison Look Like?

For Many Immigrants With Advanced Degrees, It’s ‘Sink Or Swim’

One Iranian-American’s Identity In This Moment

The Moral Case Behind ‘Housing Is a Human Right’

An Unspoken Guide to Riding BART

Can PG&E Be Forced To Change?

After 161 Years, an Era of Local News Ends in Martinez

Welcome to Oakland’s Indigenous Red Market

How Maria Isabel Bueso Beat Back the Trump Administration

An Audio Journey Through Our Turbulent Decade

To Be Filipino, Gay, And HIV Positive in San Francisco

The Problem With Police Neck Holds

The Cost of Amazon’s Drive For Speed

San Francisco Debates How to Honor Women With Monuments in the Era of Toppling Statues

Why Did Fresno Police Create an ‘Asian Gang Task Force’ to Solve a Crime With No Clear Connection to Gangs?

‘We Don’t Want Shelter, We Want Homes’

What Makes BART Such A Politicized Space?

The Thinking Behind KQED’s Mass Shooting Coverage

‘Yes, Asians Go To Jail Too’

Why San Francisco’s New District Attorney Chesa Boudin is a ‘Leap of Faith’

From the Bay to the Supreme Court: A Doctor’s Fight for DACA

Who Owns Silicon Valley?

Let’s Talk About Race and the Orinda Shooting

Olympic Legends for Black Power Salute, Now Hall of Famers

The Tiny Radio Station Relaying Critical Kincade Fire Information in Indigenous Languages

How the 2017 North Bay Fires Prepared Sonoma County for the Kincade Fire

A Bay Farewell to Editor Erika Aguilar

Living Between Fires and Blackouts

San Francisco’s Car-Free Market Street Makeover

Why the S.F. District Attorney’s Race Matters and What You Need to Know

Shaky Shaky Shaky: How to Prepare for the Next Earthquake

‘We’re Still Here’: Canoe Journey to Alcatraz to Remember the Native American Occupation 50 Years Ago

KQED’s Podcast #Rightnowish Tackles How Art Shapes the Bay

In Paradise, Power Shutoffs and PG&E’s Unreliability Feel Like the New Normal

Should San Francisco Force People With Mental Illness Into Treatment?

How Nancy Pelosi’s Beginnings Prepared Her to Lead Democrats on Impeachment

How the Fair Pay to Play Act Could (Finally) Lead to a Profitable Future for Female Athletes

What Boulders Say About San Francisco’s Inability to Find a Solution to Homelessness

Why Berkeley’s Gourmet Ghetto Is a Problem (For Some)

When Should Vallejo Officers Be Required to Test for Drugs or Alcohol?

Unplugged: PG&E Shuts Down Power In Several Northern California Cities

The Voice Behind ‘I Got 5 On It’

Ordered Out But Fighting for Her Life to Stay

Housing is Healthcare: One Doctor’s Prescription for Solving Homelessness

Living With Parents (Cause the Rent is Too Dang High)

The Gig is Up: Lawmakers Pass AB 5 to Protect Gig Workers

Out of the Blocks Takes Us On A Listening Tour Through West Oakland

The Conception Had An Excellent Reputation. One Bay Area Diver Asks ‘What Happened?’

‘I’m in Shock’: What the Ghost Ship Verdict Means to Those Who Survived

Local Officials Calling to Bring Home SF Activist Shot in Philippines

‘There’s a Lot of Mistrust and Fear on Both Sides.’ Vallejo Residents React to Police Violence

My Kid Has Anxiety. Can Their Schools Help?

The Oakland Property Owners Who Chose Ethics Over Money

How Did Things Get So Bad Between Vallejo and Its Police?

One Night, Two Narratives

The Life and Death of Willie McCoy

There’s Something Wrong in Vallejo

Bay Area Filipinos Stand Up For Activist Shot in the Philippines

The Long, Hard Search for a Missing and Homeless Loved One

From El Paso to the Bay: Latinos Look for Community After Shootings

Young People Fighting For Gun Control Want to Know: What Will It Take?

When The Media Descended On Gilroy