Today is the deadline to enter the race for Congress to succeed retiring Representative Anna Eshoo, and it’s a crowded field. There are about a dozen people running to represent parts of the Peninsula and Silicon Valley in the 16th District in Congress in a really compressed campaign; they had to decide to run within the last two weeks, and there are just twelve weeks until the primary in March when the top two will survive and move on to November. We’ve already interviewed three of these new candidates on this program, and today and tomorrow we will talk with two more.

In today's edition of The State of California, KCBS Radio news anchor Megan Goldsby and KCBS political reporter Doug Sovern spoke with Peter Dixon of Portola Valley, a 40-year-old Marine Corps veteran and Silicon Valley entrepreneur who served in the State Department under Hillary Clinton and is one of the candidates for Rep. Eshoo's seat.

Oakland Police gave updates on their efforts to cut down on crime in the city’s Fruitvale neighborhood. As KCBS Radio’s David Welch reports, after a little more than a month, the department is reporting positive trends.

For children being treated for life-threatening illnesses, the holidays can be an especially hard time to be away from home. KCBS Radio reporter Shannon Golden tells us how a Pro Football Hall of Famer and a world champion pizza tosser are teaming up to help brighten the season.

Requests for bulletproof glass are on the rise in Oakland as the city struggles with a wave of violent crime and shootings. KCBS Radio reporter Matt Bigler has more from East Oakland.

Get these stories and more in this afternoon's edition of the KCBS Bay Area All Local podcast, anchored by Megan Goldsby.

San Francisco police officers responded to calls about a truck that had crashed into an Outer Richmond neighborhood CVS to steal it's ATM machine. The city’s massive cleanup efforts around APEC are just about three weeks old, and business leaders in the city’s Tenderloin see a glimmer of hope.

East Bay MUD is trying to turn your water into power. Small businesses in the Fruitvale district have launched a campaign asking residents to shop Local and Latino this holiday season.

For all this and more, KCBS Radio's Patti Reising guides you through this afternoon's edition of the KCBS All Local Podcast.

The Oakland Unified School District faces some of the toughest urban challenges: struggling test scores, teacher shortages and low graduation rates. But last month came word that one if its recent graduates was just awarded one of the most prestigious opportunities in academia: a Rhodes scholarship. Eleanor Wikstrom graduated from Skyline High School in 2020, in the middle of the pandemic. She boasts an impressive academic and extracurricular resume and is "very, very proud" to be a product of OUSD.

KCBS Radio's Holly Quan has more on Eleanor's impressive achievements and her path to the Rhodes scholarship.

The East Bay is home to the newest state champions, with the Acalanes Dons bringing home the state title for their division this past Friday. In what is a first for this school since opening, players and coaches alike are relishing the big win.

For more on this, KCBS Radio news anchors Eric Thomas and Margie Shafer spoke to Acalanes High School's head football coach Floyd Burnsed.

Attention all BART riders: that fare is about to get a little higher.

For more on the coming price hikes, KCBS Radio news anchors Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas spoke with KCBS insider Phil Matier.

Caltrain is trying to electrify riders with new details of what the next iteration of service will look like. KCBS Radio's Kris Ankarlo has the look ahead at the diesel-free future.

Nurses worried about cuts to their own health care plans are expected to picket outside Seton Medical Center in Daly City this morning. KCBS Radio's Matt Bigler joins us from the scene with more.

BART is still struggling to bring back riders and deal with inflation, and that means the agency is raising fare prices again in the new year. But as KCBS Radio's Megan Goldsby reports, it won’t be as bad as it could have been.

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

Keeping San Francisco's eateries and entertainment venues in business is crucial to the city's continued pandemic recovery.

This can look like simplifying permitting and policy, and the Board of Supervisors is set to vote on reforms for live entertainment today to do just that.

Meanwhile some businesses in the city's downtown are asking for compensation after suffering major losses from APEC.

To tell us more about addressing these issues, KCBS Radio's Patti Reising spoke with San Francisco Mayor London Breed. 

The Golden Globes nominations came down, with Barbie and Oppenheimer dominating the movie list just like they did at the box office.

And this time around, the companies behind the show are hoping the 81st annual Globes will mark a turning point as high-level reorganization has put things on shaky ground. 

For more on this, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan spoke with Jason Squire, Host of The Movie Business Podcast and Professor Emeritus, USC School of Cinematic Arts.

A new poll shows that Bay Area residents do not want to foot the bill for the region's transit agencies including BART.

For more, KCBS Radio's Margie Shafer spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier.