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The Bay

Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra talks with local journalists about what’s happening in the greatest region in the country. It’s the context and analysis you need to make sense of the news, with help from the people who know it best. New episodes drop Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings.

After 161 Years, an Era of Local News Ends in Martinez

14 mins; December 18, 2019

Welcome to Oakland’s Indigenous Red Market

15 mins; December 16, 2019

How Maria Isabel Bueso Beat Back the Trump Administration

25 mins; December 13, 2019

An Audio Journey Through Our Turbulent Decade

20 mins; December 11, 2019

To Be Filipino, Gay, And HIV Positive in San Francisco

35 mins; December 09, 2019

The Problem With Police Neck Holds

13 mins; December 06, 2019

The Cost of Amazon’s Drive For Speed

13 mins; December 04, 2019

San Francisco Debates How to Honor Women With Monuments in the Era of Toppling Statues

15 mins; December 02, 2019

What's Up With Fresno's Asian Gang Task Force?

14 mins; November 27, 2019

‘We Don’t Want Shelter, We Want Homes’

13 mins; November 25, 2019

What Makes BART Such A Politicized Space?

13 mins; November 22, 2019

The Thinking Behind KQED’s Mass Shooting Coverage

15 mins; November 20, 2019

‘Yes, Asians Go To Jail Too’

16 mins; November 18, 2019

Why San Francisco’s New District Attorney Chesa Boudin is a ‘Leap of Faith’

18 mins; November 15, 2019

From the Bay to the Supreme Court: A Doctor’s Fight for DACA

18 mins; November 13, 2019

Who Owns Silicon Valley?

15 mins; November 08, 2019

Let’s Talk About Race and the Orinda Shooting

20 mins; November 06, 2019

Olympic Legends for Black Power Salute, Now Hall of Famers

13 mins; November 04, 2019

Covering the Kincade Fire in Indigenous Languages

12 mins; November 01, 2019

'We’re Way More Prepared Now'

12 mins; October 30, 2019

A Bay Farewell to Editor Erika Aguilar

15 mins; October 28, 2019

Living Between Fires and Blackouts

12 mins; October 25, 2019

San Francisco’s Car-Free Market Street Makeover

15 mins; October 23, 2019

Why the S.F. District Attorney’s Race Matters and What You Need to Know

17 mins; October 21, 2019

Shaky Shaky Shaky: How to Prepare for the Next Earthquake

13 mins; October 18, 2019

‘We’re Still Here’: Canoe Journey to Alcatraz to Remember the Native American Occupation 50 Years Ago

16 mins; October 16, 2019

KQED’s Podcast #Rightnowish Tackles How Art Shapes the Bay

13 mins; October 14, 2019

In Paradise, Power Shutoffs and PG&E’s Unreliability Feel Like the New Normal

15 mins; October 11, 2019

Should San Francisco Force People With Mental Illness Into Treatment?

16 mins; October 09, 2019

How Nancy Pelosi’s Beginnings Prepared Her to Lead Democrats on Impeachment

14 mins; October 07, 2019

How the Fair Pay to Play Act Could (Finally) Lead to a Profitable Future for Female Athletes

13 mins; October 04, 2019

What Boulders Say About San Francisco’s Inability to Find a Solution to Homelessness

14 mins; October 02, 2019

Why Berkeley's Gourmet Ghetto is a Problem (For Some)

13 mins; September 30, 2019

When Should Vallejo Officers Be Required to Test for Drugs or Alcohol?

17 mins; September 27, 2019

Unplugged: PG&E Shuts Down Power In Several Northern California Cities

13 mins; September 25, 2019

The Voice Behind ‘I Got 5 On It’

16 mins; September 23, 2019

Ordered Out But Fighting for Her Life to Stay

17 mins; September 20, 2019

Housing is Healthcare: One Doctor’s Prescription for Solving Homelessness

18 mins; September 18, 2019

Living With Parents (Cause the Rent is Too Dang High)

12 mins; September 16, 2019

The Gig is Up: Lawmakers Pass AB 5 to Protect Gig Workers

14 mins; September 13, 2019

Out of the Blocks Takes Us On A Listening Tour Through West Oakland

13 mins; September 11, 2019

The Conception Had An Excellent Reputation. One Bay Area Diver Asks ‘What Happened?’

11 mins; September 09, 2019

‘I’m in Shock’: What the Ghost Ship Verdict Means to Those Who Survived

11 mins; September 06, 2019

Will Lawmakers Help Bring Activist Brandon Lee to the U.S. for Care?

17 mins; September 04, 2019

Your Thoughts on Vallejo Police Shootings

14 mins; August 30, 2019

My Kid Has Anxiety. Can Their Schools Help?

15 mins; August 28, 2019

The Oakland Property Owners Who Chose Ethics Over Money

17 mins; August 26, 2019

'The Only Way to Not See it is to Close Your Eyes'

27 mins; August 23, 2019

One Night, Two Narratives

32 mins; August 21, 2019

The Life and Death of Willie McCoy

27 mins; August 19, 2019

There’s Something Wrong in Vallejo

4 mins; August 16, 2019

Bay Area Filipinos Stand Up For Activist Shot in the Philippines

14 mins; August 14, 2019

The Long, Hard Search for a Missing and Homeless Loved One

16 mins; August 12, 2019

From El Paso to the Bay: Latinos Look for Community After Shootings

20 mins; August 09, 2019

Young People Fighting For Gun Control Want to Know: What Will It Take?

16 mins; August 07, 2019

When The Media Descended On Gilroy

13 mins; August 05, 2019

Banning RV Life in the Heart of Silicon Valley

16 mins; June 28, 2019

How Gay Activists in San Francisco Educated the World About AIDS

17 mins; June 26, 2019

A Mural That Doesn’t Age Well: The Debate Over the George Washington Murals in S.F.

16 mins; June 24, 2019

A Migrant’s Journey from El Salvador to the Bay Area

20 mins; June 21, 2019

The Woman Who Kept Juneteenth Alive in San Francisco

13 mins; June 19, 2019

The Price of Owning the Power Grid

15 mins; June 17, 2019

From Quentin to the Kitchen: Preparing for Life After Prison in the Bay Area

15 mins; June 14, 2019

Why San Francisco Wants to Stop Charging Inmates for Phone Calls

13 mins; June 12, 2019

A ‘Surreal’ and Emotional Graduation for Paradise High

19 mins; June 10, 2019

Teachers Strike Close to Graduation Leaves Students in Limbo

13 mins; June 07, 2019

The Exploitation of Creative People and Their Passions

14 mins; June 05, 2019

Mental Healthcare for All?

13 mins; June 03, 2019

The New Resistance to Vallejo Police Violence

17 mins; May 31, 2019

A Prescription Your Doctor Can’t Write: Housing as Health Care

18 mins; May 29, 2019

Why We Need ‘Truth Be Told’: A New KQED Advice Podcast About Race for People of Color

16 mins; May 24, 2019

Why San Jose Ain’t San Jose Without the Sharks

9 mins; May 22, 2019

Why Is My Restaurant Server Always White?

13 mins; May 20, 2019

PG&E Blamed For Sparking Deadly Camp Fire. Now What?

19 mins; May 17, 2019

San Francisco Bans Facial Recognition Technology

12 mins; May 15, 2019

Would You Stop Driving Through Downtown San Francisco if You Had to Pay to Do It?

15 mins; May 13, 2019

Should SF’s Chinatown Muni Station Be Named After Rose Pak?

17 mins; May 10, 2019

In Silicon Valley, the Color of Your Badge Is A Status Symbol

15 mins; May 08, 2019

Oakland Ghost Ship Trial: What We Learned From Opening Statements

16 mins; May 06, 2019

Why Are There No Filipina Disney Princesses? #YouthTakeoverKQED

15 mins; May 03, 2019

Basically, Nothing in the Bay Area is Affordable to Someone Making $64,000

13 mins; May 01, 2019

The Bay Live: Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

53 mins; April 29, 2019

Why You Can’t Talk About Food Without Talking About Identity, According To S.F. Food Critic Soleil Ho

17 mins; April 26, 2019

Report Validates Women’s Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against S.F. Yoga Guru

14 mins; April 24, 2019

#Rightnowish: KQED’s Newest Show Spotlights Artists With a Message

14 mins; April 19, 2019

Will High-Speed Rail Ever Make It to the Bay Area?

18 mins; April 17, 2019

The Fight Over Building a Homeless Navigation Center on San Francisco’s Embarcadero

13 mins; April 15, 2019

How Screwed is the Bay Area Because of Tech IPOs?

12 mins; April 12, 2019

Does East Bay Presidential Candidate Eric Swalwell Stand a Chance?

13 mins; April 10, 2019

Watching Yosemite’s Lyell Glacier Die

13 mins; April 08, 2019

It’s Baaack! Controversial Housing Bill SB 50 Passes First Test

14 mins; April 05, 2019

SF’s Transgender Nightclub Closes: ‘If Divas Wasn’t There, I Wouldn’t Be Here’

10 mins; April 03, 2019

These Are the Bays of Our Lives

15 mins; April 01, 2019

It’s Expensive to Keep Juvenile Detention Centers Open, Especially When They’re Nearly Empty

16 mins; March 29, 2019

More than 30 Newsrooms Join KQED’s Police Records Project

21 mins; March 27, 2019

Can’t Park Here. Berkeley Votes to Ban RV Parking Overnight

10 mins; March 25, 2019

Apple Gets A Cool Image, What Do Artists Get?

13 mins; March 22, 2019

A Parking Spot for the Homeless: Oakland Churches Open Their Lots

10 mins; March 20, 2019

Corporate Influence on the Bay Area’s Music Scene

11 mins; March 18, 2019

What Bay Area Students Think About the #CollegeAdmissionScandal

12 mins; March 15, 2019

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