Jun 03 Watch 6:21 Restoring San Francisco Bay’s wetlands one native plant at a time By PBS News Hour The San Francisco Bay’s wetlands are disappearing at an alarming rate due to encroaching development, leaving the local ecosystem at risk. Moreover, the wetlands can store as much carbon as a tropical rainforest, an invaluable asset in the effort to… Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch 8:23 The San Francisco activists who say please build in my backyard By PBS News Hour Job growth in the San Francisco Bay Area has exploded in recent years and many people are being priced out. Blame the NIMBYS, including progressives fighting to protect their quaint neighborhoods by blocking any new construction. Activists battling income equality… Continue watching
Jun 02 The housing shortage and homelessness in San Francisco. Is there a solution? By Duarte Geraldino With diminishing housing options and soaring rents, the city has one of the higher homelessness rates in nation. Continue reading
May 24 Clinton, Sanders head for all-out blitz in California primary By Ken Thomas and Lisa Lerer, Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders dueled for support ahead of California's presidential primary on Tuesday as the Vermont senator showed few signs of backing off. Continue reading
May 21 Watch 3:26 What’s next for San Francisco after its police chief’s resignation? By PBS News Hour Following a string of officer-involved fatal shootings and a racist text scandal within the police department, San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee asked Police Chief Greg Suhr to step down. Suhr handed in his resignation on Thursday. San Francisco Chronicle reporter… Continue watching
Apr 26 After police shooting, San Francisco actors tackle racial profiling By Kelly Whalen and Omid Zoufonoun, KQED On the Hill aims to spark a conversation about racial profiling, police shootings and the rapid displacement of Latinos from San Francisco. Continue reading
Apr 24 Contesting bail to take on racial disparities in San Francisco jails By Kamala Kelkar San Francisco's Public Defender has assembled a team to help contest the bail of nearly every client in the system. Continue reading
Apr 18 Reliving the earthquake that changed earthquake science By Julia Griffin In the early hours of April 18, 1906, a magnitude 7.7 to 7.9 earthquake shook San Francisco awake. Buildings crumbled, water mains ruptured and fires broke out across the city. Those fires fueled a massive inferno would raged through San… Continue reading
Apr 05 San Francisco now the first U.S. city to require paid parental leave By Joshua Barajas San Francisco became the first U.S. city to pass a measure that required employers to provide six weeks of fully paid parental leave for new parents. Continue reading
Mar 01 Meet the R2D2 of hospital technology By Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News These R2D2-esque robots ferry carts of stuff around the vast hospital complex — food, linens, medications, medical waste and garbage. And they do it more efficiently than humans. Continue reading