This is Ask An Expert, where every weekday at 9:20 am, KCBS Radio is giving you direct access to top experts in various fields.

This week, a group of six Democratic lawmakers with military and intelligence backgrounds released a video, reminding military members of their right to refuse illegal orders.

The video caught the ire of the White House and comes amid rising tensions over domestic deployment and the U.S. strikes on alleged cartel boats in Venezuela.

To help us understand the definition of illegal military orders, KCBS's Steve Scott spoke with Rachel Vanlandingham, Retired Air Force Lt. Colonel. She is a national security and military law expert and law professor at the Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles.

An equipment problem is being blamed for another BART shut down this morning in parts of the East Bay and South Bay.

Add another name to the growing list of hopefuls looking to become the next Governor of California.

It's going to take a thorough inspection and a 30 day quarantine but boaters may finally be able to use the San Pablo and Camanchee Reservoirs next season.

The busiest travel season of the year is upon us as Americans hit the roads for the Thanksgiving holiday rush.

A week after a father and his 7 year old daughter died after being swept out to sea by rough surf near Big Sur, the National Weather Service is warning of another powerful swell up and down the Bay Area coastline.

Players from both Gotham FC and the Washington Spirit fielded questions from the press during Media Day for the upcoming National Women's Soccer League Championship.

All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan.

This is Ask An Expert, where every weekday at 9:20am on KCBS we're giving you direct access to top experts in various fields.

The American workforce spans six distinct generations, and we're tracing the latest trends as the labor market is re-shaped by artificial intelligence.

To help us break it all down, KCBS Radio anchor Steve Scott spoke with Jeff LeBlanc, Author and Lecturer at Bentley University.

With Thanksgiving only a week away, there’s a holiday hotline open to answer questions about all things turkey.

A hunting tradition going back decades begins once again today in the East Bay.

The City of San Jose is rolling out the red carpet as the National Women's Soccer League arrives in town for this weekend’s championship game at PayPal Park.

All this and more, on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio anchor Margie Shafer.

Bay Area cities and counties are opening cold-weather shelter beds and urging un-housed residents to come indoors from the rain and chilly temperatures.

Despite some opposition from labor, San Francisco isn't slamming the door on the possibility of DoorDash starting early testing of its drone delivery program in the city.

Two Golden Gate Ferry boats are out for repairs so trips between Larkspur and San Francisco are taking longer than usual.

All this and more on this edition of the Bay Area All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio News Anchor Steve Scott.

The investigation into a former top aide to Governor Newsom reportedly included the FBI looking at the communications of both current and former members of the administration.

It may not be the end of a controversial plan to expand Oakland's network of surveillance and license plate reading cameras which failed to pass a public safety committee.

There's been a second incident of hate-filled and violent vandalism at San Jose State University in as many weeks.

City leaders in San Francisco are hoping to maintain progress on public safety, by launching a new initiative to protect holiday season shoppers.

It took 33 days, but an Eaton Fire survivor has walked all the way from Altadena where his house burned down in January, over 500 miles to the fire recovering town of Paradise.

Continuing the legal tug-of-war between California and the White House, the Department of Justice is challenging a pair of newly-signed state laws putting restrictions on federal law enforcement.

The man accused of murdering beloved Coach John Beam made his first court appearance in an Oakland courtroom on Tuesday.

Students are reacting to word that a man almost died during an off-campus fraternity party last week near UC Berkeley.

All this and more, on this edition of the Bay Area All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio anchor Margie Shafer.

Justice for Coach John Beam. The man accused of killing the beloved coach faces the judge later today.

Government food benefit money is again going out to hungry people in the Bay Area.

A major announcement regarding healthcare in the Silicon Valley.

All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio anchor Steve Scott.

It’s free sandbag season in San Francisco, and in many other parts of the Bay Area.

The Alameda County District Attorney is formally filing charges against the man accused of fatally shooting Laney College football coach & athletic director John Beam.

A highway construction project in the East Bay that's been going on for a decade is finally finished.

For three months straight, San Francisco has seen a decline in the number of people dying from an overdose in the city.

Some 135 people will have a place to call home as of Monday in San Jose.

The man accused of shooting and killing Laney College football coach and athletic director John Beam last week is now formally charged in the case.

Starting Monday the FAA is doing away with the mandated cancellations at the nation’s 40 largest airports tied to the government shutdown.

All this and more with KCBS News Anchor Margie Shafer

San Francisco's public safety strategy takes aim at fentanyl in an effort to reduce drug overdose and it's related crimes.

More than 600 people have died from overdose in the last year, and to tell us more KCBS's Steve Scott spoke with Brook Jenkins, San Francisco District Attorney on this edition of the Bay Area all local.