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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.

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13:38

New Bay Area Bridge Tolls Begin Jan. 1. Here’s What...

The Bay ·

2018/12/28

We jump into a stranger's car and take a ride over the Bay Bridge in the "casual carpool lane" to talk about higher bridge tolls. Our carpool driver and rider join in on a discussion about Regional Measure 3, which 55 percent of voters approved in the June 5 election that increased tolls on seven state bridges in the Bay Area. Guest: Dan Brekke, KQED transportation editor

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12:59

Remember Oakland’s Response to #GrillingWhileBlack?...

The Bay ·

2018/12/26

#WhileBlack was a popular hashtag in 2018. This year we watched several videos on social media that included white people harassing black people doing just about everything. Oakland had a couple of racist moments at Lake Merritt this year, including one woman who became known as BBQ Becky. The city had its own response too. Guest: Sandhya Dirks, KQED race and equity reporter

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13:58

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Is What A Lot of People Have Been...

The Bay ·

2018/12/24

This was a big year for people of color in lead movie roles — especially for culture, language and accents that are not English or American. One of those films was Crazy Rich Asians, which resonated with the Bay Area, and our host Devin Katayama and our editor Vinnee Tong, as we discuss Asian American identity. Guest: Ricky Yean, writer of Asian-Americans Are Cultural Orphans (aka I hope Crazy Rich Asians isn’t a flop)

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12:31

Who Created the Bay Area’s Mess? One Urban Planner’s...

The Bay ·

2018/12/21

What happens when the people most invested in trying to make the Bay Area a better place decide to LEAVE entirely? Gabriel Metcalf is the outgoing president of the Bay Area think tank SPUR, and he's moving to take a similar job in Sydney, Australia. Metcalf says the Bay Area is one of the world's centers of wealth creation, but has struggled to meet some of the most basic needs. For instance, housing. Guest: Gabriel Metcalf, outgoing CEO and president of SPUR

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15:50

Two Years Later, Still No Answers for Mission...

The Bay ·

2018/12/19

In December 2016, Lindsay McCollum and Eddie “Tennessee” Tate were shot and killed in San Francisco’s Mission District. The two were homeless and living together. Lindsay's mother, Carrie McCollum, reached out to a KQED reporter one year after he went searching for answers himself. The case remains unresolved, but Carrie doesn’t want her daughter to be forgotten. Guest: Peter Arcuni, KQED reporter

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11:58

What Electric Scooters and Shopping Carts May Soon...

The Bay ·

2018/12/17

Mention electric scooters and people usually react with an eye roll. It's associated with the newness of the tech culture of the Bay Area. Some see scooters as a "micro-transit" tool; others simply see them as a nuisance. The city of San Jose thinks it's got the answer to managing them: geofencing. Guest: KQED Silicon Valley Senior Editor Tonya Mosley

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11:30

Oakland Parents Want ‘Opportunity Tickets’ If Schools...

The Bay ·

2018/12/14

Oakland is considering closing 24 schools. Most of these schools are likely in East Oakland, where many of the poorest students live. A group of parents is demanding that if Oakland Unified closes their kids' schools that they be given first dibs of any other school in the district. This includes charter schools, which have been part of the reason why some of the district-run schools have experienced a drop in enrollment. Guest: Julia McEvoy, KQED senior editor

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10:12

‘No Section 8’

The Bay ·

2018/12/12

Most landlords in San Jose don't take Section 8 housing vouchers. And housing advocates see the vouchers as a proxy for race, or keeping out people of color. As a possible remedy, the San Jose city council wants to tweak the law to encourage more landlords to take the vouchers. The proposal has some holes, though. Guest: Emily DeRuy, Mercury News reporter covering San Jose

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20:26

Waiting in Pinole: A Mother’s and Son’s Migrant...

The Bay ·

2018/12/10

Veronica Aguilar crossed the U.S.-Mexico border seeking asylum from El Salvador earlier this year. She's staying with a host family in Pinole while she waits for an immigration court hearing. Today, one family's story of immigration. Guest: Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQED immigration and equity reporter

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11:26

Homes on Top of Buses

The Bay ·

2018/12/07

Here’s a new one: stacking homes on top of a city bus yard. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency wants to build housing on top of its Potrero bus yard right across the street from KQED studios. Their idea is that the housing would help pay for upgrades to the facility. It's kind of a wild idea. Guest: Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez, transportation reporter and columnist for the San Francisco Examiner

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13:14

SB 827 Revived: A Failed Housing Bill Gets a Second Try

The Bay ·

2018/12/05

We need homes near transit. But the first time state Sen. Scott Wiener introduced a bill, SB 827, that would have required cities to approve dense housing near transit corridors, it died a quick death. This week he announced a new version. The bill, SB 50, includes changes that are supposed to help poorer neighborhoods stay more in tact and force housing into places with more wealth. Guest: Dan Brekke, KQED Transportation Editor

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11:54

A $220 Million Google ‘Village’ in the Bay Area’s...

The Bay ·

2018/12/03

This isn't supposed to be your traditional tech campus. Google says it wants to build a village inside San Jose that will be open to the public, different from how most tech campuses operate. It's expected to have public parks, restaurants and other amenities. The plan, if approved, could more than double the population of San Jose’s downtown. The city council takes a big step Tuesday with a vote to sell off 21 acres for $220 million. Guest: Tonya Mosley, KQED Silicon Valley Senior Editor

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11:40

Homelessness in San Francisco: ‘It Doesn’t Take...

The Bay ·

2018/11/30

San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff announced a $6 million donation he is making to subsidize five years of rent for formerly homeless residents who will move into a renovated apartment building in the Tenderloin next year. Benioff used the occasion to push other wealthy Bay residents to pitch in. Guest: Kevin Fagan, reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle Kevin has done a lot of reporting on homelessness in San Francisco. You can read his coverage as part of the SF

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12:47

Homeless Oaklanders Take Over City-Owned Lot

The Bay ·

2018/11/28

The city of Oakland wasn't pleased when a group of homeless people moved to a vacant lot in East Oakland in October. After the city posted a notice to vacate, the homeless residents went to court to stop the eviction. Now a judge must decide if the group of mostly women can stay on city land. Guest: Sandhya Dirks, KQED reporter

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12:45

‘You Got To Give Them Hope,’ Harvey Milk’s Lasting...

The Bay ·

2018/11/26

Harvey Milk and the city of San Francisco gives many people the "permission" they need to fight for gay rights in other places. The Castro became a symbol of this permission and Milk's legacy has since spread across the world. Today, a day before the 40th anniversary of his death, we look at Harvey Milk’s message of hope through the eyes of one man who watched, admired and acted on that message. Guest: Greg Carey, Chief of Patrol for Castro Community on Patrol

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16:46

Waiting in the Rain: What Paradise Fire Victims Need...

The Bay ·

2018/11/21

When rain begins to fall on Butte County this week, some will be sleeping on the streets. The Camp Fire displaced tens of thousands of people, many of whom are struggling to do basic things: find shelter, see a doctor, pay the bills. Today, we'll show you how picking up the pieces is about more than finding a new home. Guests: Raquel Maria Dillon and Peter Arcuni, KQED reporters

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14:13

What Silicon Valley Could Lose If Trump Revokes H-1B...

The Bay ·

2018/11/19

A small number of people -- spouses of H1B visa holders -- were given the right to work under a special type of visa created under President Obama in 2015. Now President Trump wants to eliminate those spousal visas. How doing so threatens Silicon Valley's competitive edge, Bay Area diversity, and immigrant families. Guest: Rachael Myrow, KQED Silicon Valley reporter.

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17:51

Trauma Before and After the Camp Fire

The Bay ·

2018/11/16

Paradise was a city where a lot of people already carried more than their share of trauma from childhood. Now, as many work to piece their lives back together they have the added weight of trauma from the Camp Fire. Our reporter was in Paradise this past summer and tells us about one woman who is now struggling with both kinds of trauma. Guest: Laura Klivans, KQED health reporter Tap here to see pictures of Sabrina and her daughter Aroara.

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13:00

Paradise Prepared for Fire — But It Wasn’t Enough

The Bay ·

2018/11/14

After two fires burned right up to the edge of town in 2008, the town of Paradise made a plan. It divided itself into evacuation zones. It went so far as to hold a mock evacuation during morning rush hour. People knew what they were supposed to do if fire came back. And yet last week's Camp Fire was moving so fast that all the residents fled at once, exit routes clogged, and more people died than in any other fire in state history. Visit KQED.org or SacBee.com to see more wildfire reporting. Guest:

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12:41

For Here or To Go? The Rise of Food Delivery Apps in SF

The Bay ·

2018/11/12

Caviar, Postmates, Uber Eats…the Bay Area’s tech family gave us food delivery apps. And there are plenty of gig workers willing to drive us this food. These delivery apps allow us to hole up in our office, work harder, faster and avoid human interaction. At least, that’s what one tech reporter fears. He says it’s not just consumers who are being conditioned by these apps. It’s the restaurants too. Guest: Sam Harnett, KQED Silicon Valley reporter

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