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Back to SearchCan PG&E Be Trusted to Not Start a Fire This Summer?
PG&E is under pressure to not spark a wildfire this summer. A federal judge overseeing the investor-owned utility's probation case is demanding they take prevention measures. This week, PG&E presente…
Published on 6 years, 10 months ago
Meth on Monday, Heroin on Friday: San Francisco Sees A New Drug Wave
The opioid crisis has dominated the news, but there is growing evidence that methamphetamine has made a return to San Francisco. Overdoses from meth have more than doubled and about half the people a…
Published on 6 years, 10 months ago
#10YearChallenge: What Has Changed in the Bay Area?
Ten years is a lot of time. For the Bay Area, it's meant more money, new problems, and getting more serious about climate change. Today on the podcast, we apply the #10YearChallenge to the Bay Area a…
Published on 6 years, 10 months ago
No More Ridin’ the Rails at 4 A.M. — BART Ends Early-Morning Service
BART will stop offering its 4 a.m. train service on Feb. 11 in order to retrofit the Transbay Tube to better withstand major earthquakes. Workers will install a new liner in the 3.6-mile underwater s…
Published on 6 years, 10 months ago
Hyphy Music Legend Keak Da Sneak Says Prisons ‘Have No Compassion’ For Disabilities
East Bay rapper Keak Da Sneak is credited with pioneering the Hyphy style. This Thursday he has to turn himself in to serve a 16-month state prison sentence. Since being shot in 2017, he’s confined t…
Published on 6 years, 10 months ago
A Teen’s Fight to Save TPS for Her Family
High school freshman Crista Ramos had no idea her mom was living under Temporary Protected Status, a federal humanitarian program that allows about 260,000 immigrants from El Salvador to lawfully liv…
Published on 6 years, 10 months ago
How the Camp Fire Made Chico’s Housing Problem Even Worse
Chico is bursting at the seams right now. The ripples of displacement from the Camp Fire, which killed at least 86 people and destroyed about 14,000 homes, are far from over as people cram into Chico…
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
Oakland Unified’s Hella Hard Week Dealing With School Closures
School closures. Teacher strike. Budget cuts. It hasn’t been a great week for Oakland Unified. The school board voted to close Roots International Academy and will be deciding soon whether to merge t…
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
Bye, Bye Vinnee and Good Luck!
If you're a fan of The Bay, you can thank Vinnee Tong. She helped launch the podcast last year and has helped shape the shows from choosing what we cover and how we talk about it, especially around r…
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
How S.F. Helped Make Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris announced this week she’s running for president. She's certainly not the first Californian to be groomed by Bay Area politics for the national stage. Harris has had to walk a line betwe…
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago