Changes are coming in the new year for how California authorities penalize those selling fentanyl.

For more on these changes, KCBS Radio news anchors Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas spoke with KCBS insider Phil Matier.

BART service has resumed between Walnut Creek and Oakland following a rare train car derailment on New Year's Day that sparked a fire and sent several passengers to the hospital. KCBS Radio reporter Matt Bigler joins us from the Walnut Creek BART station with more.

Cleanup continues on the coast after last week's powerful swell wreaked havoc on residents  and local businesses. KCBS Radio's Jennifer Hodges reports from Santa Cruz county, where construction is expected to resume along a popular walking path and roadway.

California is trying to transform Medi-Cal, but behavior service providers in the South Bay say its methods for change are not working. KCBS Radio reporter Mary Hughes has the details.

Get these stories and more in this morning's edition of the KCBS Bay Area All Local podcast, anchored by Eric Thomas and Margie Shafer.

If you're packing your bags and checking them twice this morning, you're not alone: over 100-million Americans are expected to travel for the holidays this season.  

The family of an ailing incarcerated man is hoping Governor Newsom will allow him to spend his last days at home. The man is credited with saving a woman's life while in State Prison in Solano County.

All this and more on the KCBS All Local, hosted by Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas. 

A judge in San Francisco is criticizing federal prosecutors for cutting a plea deal with two suspected drug dealers, saying deporting them without having them spend time behind bars would serve as a great recruiting tool for the cartels. These plea deals were part of a fast-track approach federal prosecutors have been using for cases involving drug dealers in the Tenderloin.

KCBS Radio news anchors Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising spoke with KCBS insider Phil Matier for more.

Oakland police have increased night patrols after a rash of commercial burglaries. As KCBS Radio’s Megan Goldsby reports, the special enforcement effort started just this week and has already resulted in two arrests.

In the last three years, a global pandemic and nationwide demand for civil criminal justice reform contributed to some of the lowest recorded jail population levels in the Bay Area. But KCBS’s Shannon Golden tells us why the numbers are rising again, and if it should be cause for concern.

Oakland Police are removing at least a dozen abandoned boats from the Oakland Estuary today. As KCBS Radio's Matt Bigler reports, some of the derelict vessels have been and continue to be used as homeless housing.

Get these stories and more in this afternoon's edition of the KCBS Bay Area All Local podcast, anchored by Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart.

A Bay Area man is among the 10 Americans released in a prisoner exchange between the United States an Venezuela.

A young man on break from delivering pizzas was shot and killed last night in the East Bay. Police are still searching for a gunman and a getaway driver.

All this and more Bay Area stories on the KCBS All Local, hosted by Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas. 

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has been a leader in funding the fight for climate change for years, and for over a decade under the leadership of CEO Larry Kramer.

Now he's stepping down, saying his time at the helm is coming to an end, but first is sharing his thoughts about how to make effective and long-lasting changes in the world through philanthropy.

To answer those questions and more, KCBS Radio's Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas spoke with Larry Kramer, President of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation for the past 15 years. 

New research from robotaxi company Waymo, says the driverless taxi's have a much lower crash rate in the city than cars with human drivers.

For more KCBS Radio's Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier.

A new poll out of Politico shows that half of California's electorate is worried AI is coming for their jobs.

This comes as lawmakers in the state and across the country are scrambling to respond to the rapidly-evolving technology.

For a closer look, KCBS Radio's Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas spoke with Lara Korte, Reporter and Co-Author of the POLITICO California Playbook.

New taller fare gates are going in right now at the West Oakland BART station. The idea is to test out how well they keep people from jumping the current ones. 

Heavy rain could lead to flooding today in some parts of the Bay Area.  The City of San Francisco is facing a lawsuit stemming from the police response to the Dolores Hill Bomb skateboarding event where more than 100 mostly young people were arrested.

For all this and more, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan guides you through this morning's edition of the KBCS All Local Podcast.