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The backlash from the Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion to Politico on the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade – which would end federally sanctioned abortion rights – has not been quiet. 

While the draft is not final and published yet, and California Governor Gavin Newson has already vowed to build a “firewall” for abortion rights, outraged people and activists are taking to the streets across the country in protest, including in San Francisco, where Mayor London Breed spoke out.

Mallory Somera spoke with protestors and organizers during an emergency rally and march from the Phillip Burton Federal Building up Market Street.

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A leaked draft opinion obtained by POLITICO, indicates the U.S. Supreme Court has voted to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which grants women the right to abortion.  KCBS Radio political analyst Doug Sovern joins Matt Pitman to discuss both the historic leak of Supreme Court deliberations and the overturning of a 49 year old judicial precedent.

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In March, San Francisco Mayor London Breed traded her Clipper Card for her passport, and boarded a plane to Europe. Besides being on a mission to lure tourists back to the city, she also took a bike tour through Paris, which aims to be 100% "cyclable" by 2026. 

What can Mayor Breed learn from Paris’ pandemic-era bike lane initiatives? And what makes biking in the Bay Area so intimidating? 

Producers Mallory Somera and Sydney Fishman spoke with Marcel Moran, an urban planning PhD candidate from UC Berkeley who researched Paris’ bike network, and Emeryville Mayor John Bauters, a biking enthusiast who’s making it his mission to make commuting by bike less dangerous in the East Bay. 

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Elon Musk is buying Twitter for $44 billion dollars. But why? KCBS Radio's Moneywatch Editor Jason Brooks joins Matt Pitman to discuss the blockbuster news that could reshape the tech industry.

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A recent YouGov poll shows 52% of Americans disapprove of Vice President Kamala Harris.  That's more than the 43% who disapprove of President Joe Biden.  But why?

KCBS Radio Insider Phil Matier joins Matt Pitman to explain why voters feel this way about Harris, and how it doesn't bode well for Democrats in this November's mid-term elections, or 2024.

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North Bay Jobs with Justice, a coalition centered out of Santa Rosa, has organized a series of protests to pressure the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors to fulfill a list of demands that would ensure safety for farmworkers during wildfire season. 

On Monday, producer Sydney Fishman attended the coalition's event in Santa Rosa, "Voices from the Frontline," to understand how farmworkers are advocating for themselves.....and how they will prepare for California's wildfire season. 

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This year, the annual 4/20 celebration is back on at Golden Gate Park's "Hippie Hill,"  where cannabis smokers from far and wide come together on April 20th every year to honor the herb.

But after two years off due to the pandemic, the rules have changed and the event is more commercial than it's ever been. Event vendor Tajai Massey – co-founder of cannabis-based delivery service Calibaba and founding emcee of rap groups Souls of Mischief and Hieroglyphics – spoke with Mallory Somera to explore the normalization of weed.

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Dr. Monica Gandhi, Professor of Medicine and Associate Division Chief of the Division of HIV and Infectious Diseases at UCSF joins Matt Pitman to discuss thee recent rollbacks of masking requirements, and discusses if it's time to safely just completely do away with the need to mask.

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116 years ago today, 80% of San Francisco was in ruins and days later would be in ashes after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake rocked the city and the Bay Area at 5:12 am.  It set off a series of fires that leveled virtually the entire city, leaving more than half of its more than 400,000 residents homeless.

KCBS Radio's Matt Bigler and Matt Pitman look back at the great quake and fire, and how the city commemorated the 106th anniversary. 

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Veteran KCBS Radio politics reporter Doug Sovern joins Matt Pitman to discuss the blockbuster reporting by the San Francisco Chronicle about the growing concern over the mental acuity of 88 year old, five-term U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, and her fitness to serve the remainder of her term in office.

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