Episode Details

In this edition of The Bay’s monthly news roundup, KQED California politics and government senior editor Molly Solomon joins us to talk about how Kamala Harris tells her life story to a national audience — and why she might be reluctant to mention Berkeley. Also, we discuss a lead water crisis at Oakland schools, and why some journalists are dismayed with a deal Google just reached with state lawmakers to pay millions of dollars to support local news.

Links:

• As Kamala Harris Claims Oakland, Berkeley Forgives
• ‘OUSD has failed at its most basic job’: Families, teachers demand answers on lead
• California tried to make Google pay news outlets. The company cut a deal that includes funding AI

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