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San Francisco’s Redistricting Disaster
Redistricting is a once-in-a-decade opportunity to redraw a city’s political map. It’s an important yet arcane process that should ultimately lead to…
4 years, 2 months ago
Why Does Uber Want to Team Up with Taxis?
The rise of Uber in San Francisco a decade ago marked the beginning of the end for much of the taxi industry. Taxi companies went bankrupt and driver…
4 years, 2 months ago
Support for Mutual Aid Came and Went, But the Need is Still There
In 2020 call outs for mutual aid donations flooded social media, and people responded with an abundance of money, food and time. Two years later, int…
4 years, 2 months ago
A Mass Shooting in Downtown Sacramento
It may feel a little far from the Bay Area, but Sacramento is home to our state Capitol. And just a stone’s throw away from that building, in the dow…
4 years, 2 months ago
‘It’s Like Groundhog Day’: Another Year of Drought
The rainy season is over. But it didn’t feel like much of a rainy season at all. And now, California is in another year of drought. In the Bay Area, …
4 years, 2 months ago
Bay Curious: The History of the Bay’s 425 Shellmounds
Before the Emeryville shoreline was a shopping center and commercial area, it was the site of a sacred burial site belonging to the Ohlone people, na…
4 years, 2 months ago
The ‘Sustained Excellence’ of Stanford Women’s Basketball
When it comes to basketball in the Bay Area, there’s no team that’s done more winning than Stanford’s women’s team.
Since 1990, the Cardinal have won …
4 years, 3 months ago
How BART Removed — and Then Reinstated — Director Lateefah Simon
It’s been a weird month for BART’s Board of Directors. In the span of just 2 weeks, the agency removed — and then reinstated — Director Lateefah Simo…
4 years, 3 months ago
KQED Live: Finding Asylum in California
Landing in a new country is never easy, even if you’re landing in a place like the Bay Area, which is already home to so many immigrants, refugees, a…
4 years, 3 months ago
What Happened at Vallejo's Project Roomkey?
In April 2020, Vallejo became one of the first cities to opt into the state’s Project Roomkey, a program designed to provide hotel rooms for medicall…
4 years, 3 months ago