Bay Current

The FDA relaxes blood donation rules for gay men but that doesn't mean they can sign up right away. The idea is to broaden the pool of donors, so why aren't more people coming in?  

In February, KCBS Radio launched #KCBSCares, a donation campaign with the American Red Cross. Now that it’s Red Cross Month, KCBS Radio’s Holly Quan caught back up with Justin Mueller, Northern California Red Cross Regional Executive for Donor Services.

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Last week, a 16-year old student was killed, and another student was injured after a fight inside a classroom full of students at Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa.

Following the fatal altercation, there’s been renewed debate over the need for police department school resource officers on campuses. 

KCBS Radio reporter Jeffrey Schaub gets some insight from Josie Sanguinetti, a recently retired school resource officer for the Marin County Sheriff's Department.

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The state of California took a gigantic step this past week by leaving its emergency declaration for COVID-19 in the past. 

But what does the end of this emergency declaration even mean for California? What’s going to happen to testing and access to vaccines?

To get some answers, and to hear about the crucial industries still struggling three years later, KCBS Radio’s Mallory Somera caught up with KCBS Radio Reporter, Keith Menconi, producer and host of KCBS Radio’s In Depth.

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Black History Month has come to a close, but Black history is important every day of the year, and it continues to be written in real time. 

In the Bay Area, a region teeming with Black history, stories of diaspora, the exploits, struggles and the successes alike, February was full of events to remind us why it matters. 

KCBS Radio’s Mallory Somera sat down with Fredrika Newton--widow of Huey P. Newton, President of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation and former Black Panther Party member--and Dr. Xavier Buck--Executive Director of the foundation and manager of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Center for Research & Action--to talk about the significance of the center’s location and what Black history has to do with the future.

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True Crime is far and away the most popular podcast genre out there.  One of the heavy hitters is the Bear Brook podcast, hosted by Jason Moon.  KCBS Radio's own True Crime podcaster Natalia Gurevich, host of The Sausage King and the recently released Bitter Academia, talks to Jason about the success of Bear Brook, and why so many of us are obsessed with True Crime.

How do you tell the story of an unsolved murder that is 118 years old?  That was one of the challenges for KCBS Radio's Natalia Gurevich when she set out to create Bitter Academia, the new original podcast about the unsolved murder of Stanford University founder Jane Stanford in 1905, and the cover-up that followed.

The Oakland Police Department has now lost its seventh Chief in a matter of years due to an alleged cover up of police misconduct. 

On Wednesday, February 15th, new mayor Sheng Tao announced she was firing Chief LeRonne Armstrong. 

But was anyone surprised? What will his next move be? And what does this mean for Oakland’s future?

To dig more into this, KCBS Radio reporter Mike Dewald caught up with KCBS Radio insider Phil Matier.

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As part of the #KCBSCares campaign, KCBS Radio has partnered with the American Red Cross on a blood and platelet drive from Valentine's Day through the end of March to help celebrate the opening of a new facility in Oakland's Rockridge neighborhood.

KCBS Radio's Kris Ankarlo rolled up his sleeves and took a trip to the new facility.

Head over to this link to find out how to donate.

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Advertising space for this Sunday’s Super Bowl showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles has sold out to the tune of $7 million for a mere 30 second TV spot. 

But in the age of streaming, why do these commercials matter so much? Why are they so expensive? And are they really worth the money?

To get some answers, KCBS Radio’s Mallory Somera spoke with Alicia Jessop, Associate Professor of Sport Administration at Pepperdine University and Founder of Ruling Sports, a media platform at the intersection of business and sports. 

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The death toll continues to climb in Turkey and Syria following the tragic and catastrophic 7.8 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes on Monday.

But as relief efforts and mutual aid begin to flow abroad from California and the Bay Area, many are wondering whether similar quakes will have the same impact here.

In this episode of Bay Current, we chat with KCBS Radio reporter Kris Ankarlo, who got some answers from Keith Porter, Chief Engineer at the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction and Ross Stein, CEO of Temblor, a seismic risk app.