San Francisco’s Summer Streets festival program kicked into high gear with a ten block long closure of Valencia Street in the City’s Mission district. Change can often be hard, and in the City of Santa Cruz many people are grappling with it as more and more high-rise buildings pop up in the downtown core. AI enabled robotic dogs at Stanford Medicine health are helping to support children's. 

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

Some see San Francisco as in the midst of a doom loop, but others are more optimistic, they see a golden opportunity. San Francisco is getting busier with tourists and visitors coming into the city. Office vacancies in the Silicon Valley are at record highs.

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

In other news; a resolution to strengthen free speech protections for elected officials could soon be considered in San Jose. It was all aboard for Caltrain riders in San Jose today with a block party and open house to offer a first glimpse at its new electric trains. Getting down to “Zero Waste” takes a lot more than bringing your own bag to the grocery store, although that is a good start. 

Mega star Taylor Swift hits the stage tonight for the 2nd of two sold out shows in the Bay Area. Billboard Boxscore, a company that compiles concert tour attendance data and sales, estimates The Eras Tour will gross 590 million dollars on the US leg of the tour alone. So what could the windfall look like in the Bay Area?

For more on what's become known as “Swiftonomics,” Liz Saint-John spoke with Felix Salmon, Chief Financial Correspondent for Axios.

Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated anticipated Eras Tour is finally here. Meanwhile... hotels around the city of Santa Clara are feeling the love from Taylor Swift fans this weekend.

San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf is in the market for some new tenants. Ocean temperatures around the world are setting records this summer, but the waters along the California coast remain cooler than normal.

KCBS Radio's Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising guide you through this afternoon's edition of the KCBS All Local Podcast. 

In today's headlines, police have three suspects in custody following a series of carjackings in the Oakland Hills, and the city is working on a plan to help fight back against these crimes.

Alameda County’s DA is facing a recall, and last night, she faced off against some members of the public as well.

And as Taylor Swift's "Eras" Tour arrives for the first of two nights at Levi's Stadium, fans are hoping to score last-minute tickets and are lining up hours early to score coveted merchandise.

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

Taylor Swift’ fans started lining up early at Levi’s Stadium. The Bay FC women's professional soccer team will kick off its inaugural season at San Jose's PayPal Park, but that hasn't stopped Bay Area cities from showing interest in becoming the team's permanent home.

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

Today on KCBS, an officer involved shooting in Bayview-Hunters point results in one fatality, the police have launched an investigation into the incident. 

KCBS reporter Mike Dewald visits San Quentin for an update on it's transformation. Following Governor Newsom's directive to transform the prison and focus on preparing inmates for the workplace. 

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

Post-pandemic Downtown San Francisco has not made a comeback, especially when compared to traffic patterns in other major cities. San Jose State is offering Greek wildfire researchers training in predictive fire risk,  as blazes rage across Greece.

For all this and more, KCBS Radio's Bret Burkhart and Patti Resing guide you through this afternoons edition of the KCBS All Local Podcast. 

In other news, Berkeley is finally getting automatic license plate readers. Many cities its size already have them to help police fight vehicle theft. The Berkeley City Council voted last night to install the automatic cameras throughout the city. More than 100 narcotics cases in San Francisco are at risk of being dismissed as questions mount over the credibility of an officer involved in the investigations. The City of Novato is in closed-door talks over possibly selling a mobile home park that houses nearly 400 people, most of them seniors.  

House leaders today are trying to learn more about UAP's, previously-known as UFO's, saying "the truth is out there," it just needs to be released. Bipartisan lawmakers in the House Oversight Committee are holding a hearing right now looking into why reports about these sightings from hundreds of pilots haven't been shared with the public. For more on this, Margie Shafer spoke with Seth Shostack, Senior Astronomer and Director at the Center for SETI Research.

The Richmond firefighters union is calling for the city’s fire chief to step down, and have unanimously agreed to a “no confidence" vote in Chief Angel Montoya.

BART officials say police and outreach workers on the transit system are fighting the opioid epidemic and saving people's lives. But the SF Standard reports that seven people have died from overdoses on the system so far this year.

The Capitola City Council will be talking this week about what to do with its storm ravaged wharf after it was nearly destroyed by the storms that brought President Biden to the Central coast.

Those living along the Russian River say the hot weekends are bringing increasingly drunken and belligerent crowds, and volunteers are taking to kayaks to clean up the mess.

Get these stories and more in this afternoon's edition of the KCBS All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio news anchors Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising.