Jun 14 Biz Stone: Twitter Is Bringing Humanity Together in New Ways In extended interviews with the NewsHour's Spencer Michels, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone discusses the social media service's global impact on humanity and breaking news, and the "young" company's business model and why he says they're not for sale. Continue reading
Apr 06 Watch ‘Hunger’ for Success a Driving Force in Belva Davis’ Storied Journalism Career Belva Davis, the first African-American woman television journalist on the West Coast, speaks with Judy Woodruff about her pioneering -- and sometimes difficult -- career in broadcast news and her new memoir. This story was done in partnership with KQED… Continue watching
Mar 14 Watch In California, a Rescue Mission for ‘Iconic’ Franciscan Manzanita Plant California Works to Rescue Franciscan Manzanita Plant from Extinction… Continue watching
Apr 23 A Love Letter to San Francisco’s ‘La Mission’ By Tom LeGro When Peter and Benjamin Bratt grew up in San Francisco's Mission district in the 1970's, it was a neighborhood of Native American and Latino activists, low rider cars, Peruvian flute players, and vibrant murals that related the local history. Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch Dollar’s Weakness Inspires Modern-day Gold Rush As part of his series Making Sense of the financial crisis, Paul Solman looks at how the dollar's weakness has spurred a new gold rush. Continue watching
Nov 05 Watch Teen’s Rape Leaves California Community Stunned Spencer Michels reports from Richmond, Calif., where a teen girl was gang raped while dozens of people looked on without offering help. Continue watching
Oct 12 Watch San Francisco Ramps Up Care for City’s Uninsured While the U.S. has struggled with an imperfect health care system, San Francisco has launched its own initiative to extend coverage to the more than 60,000 adult residents in the city without insurance. Spencer Michels reports. Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch Politics, Engineering Intersect Over Bay Bridge Political wrangling can often get in the way of critical infrastructure improvements Case in point: The rebuilding of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Spencer Michels reports. Continue watching
Jul 21 Watch Calif. Strikes Deal to Close $26 Billion Budget Gap Lawmakers in California on Tuesday agreed on a plan to close a $26 billion budget gap, ending weeks of stalemate that left the state's chief accountant having to issue IOUs to creditors. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
May 13 Watch New ‘New Deal’ May Help Boost the Arts In partnership with KQED in San Francisco, NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michels reports on the prospect for a new "New Deal" for the arts amid the economic downturn. Continue watching