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Displacing People for “Progress": The Origins of BART
Back in the 60s, BART was just a plan in the making. And located through its path were communities of mostly low income people of color. But thanks t…
1 year, 7 months ago
'I Am Still Haunted': Women Accuse Rising SF Political Star of Rape and Abuse
Jon Jacobo was a rising star in the progressive wing of San Francisco politics when a colleague publicly accused him of rape in 2021. At that time, h…
1 year, 7 months ago
Naatak Theatre, A Staple of Indian American Life in the South Bay
This Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage month, we’re replaying this look back at a thriving Indian American theater company in the South Bay.
Th…
1 year, 7 months ago
Berkeley Schools Chief Testifies Before Congress on Antisemitism
On Wednesday, Berkeley Unified School District Superintendent Enikia Ford Morthel testified before Congress on the district’s handling of antisemitis…
1 year, 8 months ago
Billionaire-Backed Bid for New Solano County City Inches Closer to the Ballot
California Forever, the billionaire-backed group behind an effort to build a city from scratch in Eastern Solano County, is plowing ahead in its camp…
1 year, 8 months ago
How The Bay Gets Made
Making this podcast is a lot of work, but we do it because we care. Help us keep it going by becoming a KQED member. Today, we take you behind the sc…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Student Journalists Covering Pro-Palestine Encampments
Pro-Palestine protests have popped up on college campuses nationwide, with some becoming the epicenters of violent counter-protests and arrests by po…
1 year, 8 months ago
Nursing Home Staff Shortages Leave Patients Waiting in Hospitals
Some of the state’s sickest patients are stranded in hospitals for weeks, months, and even years as they wait to be moved into nursing homes and psyc…
1 year, 8 months ago
April News Roundup: Berkeley’s Newest Councilmember, Reviewing Death Row Sentences, and Pandas in S.F.
In this edition of The Bay’s monthly news roundup, Ericka, Maria and Alan talk about Berkeley’s newest (and youngest) District 7 city councilmember, …
1 year, 8 months ago
The Bay Area’s Stakes in SCOTUS Homelessness Case
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, in what’s been described as the most significant ca…
1 year, 8 months ago