Bay Current

In his annual State of the State address on Tuesday night, Governor Gavin Newsom laid out a plan to help Californian's deal with high gas prices.  But it sounds like more of a goal than a plan.  KCBS politics reporter Doug Sovern joins Matt Pitman discussing how much help could be on the way and when you might see it.

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KCBS Radio's Sydney Fishman speaks with Dr. Russell Jeung, chair and professor of the Asian American Studies Department at San Francisco State, and the co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate, a coalition formed in March 2020, to record incidents of violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States. Jeung was recently named TIME magazine's 100 most influential people in the world for 2021. 

Fishman also speaks with Carl Chan, the president of the Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, also known as the "mayor" of Oakland's Chinatown, about his experience with assault in Downtown Oakland. 

To report an incident, or to learn more about the Stop AAPI Hate movement, visit their website. 

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KCBS Radio's Matt Bigler joins Matt Pitman to discuss how Bay Area food banks are adjusting - or trying to adjust - to rising gas prices, with no sign of relief in sight.

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KCBS Radio insider Phil Matier joins Matt Pitman about more warnings for Bay Area and California democrats running for office this mid-term election year.  Warnings which were clearly heard in President Biden's State of the Union address this week.

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KCBS political reporter Doug Sovern joins Matt Pitman to break down President Biden's State of the Union address.  Will President Biden's 'Unity Agenda' and strong words against Russia calm American's concerns over inflation and rising gas prices?

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Are Russians the reason for rising cryptocurrency prices?  KCBS Radio Moneywatch editor and foreign affairs analyst Jason Brooks explains why crypto could be the last safe haven to hide Russian wealth from global sanctions as the war in Ukraine continues.

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Dwight Taylor Sr. is an Amazon #1 best belling author & Ted Talk speaker.  As a success coach he shares his message with young people across the country, but his roots are firmly planted in the Bay Area.

Today's episode is co-hosted and co-produced by Amani Grant-Pate.

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KCBS Radio's "Moneywatch" editor and foreign affairs analyst Jason Brooks joins host Matt Pitman for an in depth look at the battle underway in Europe, after Russia began it's long anticipated invasion of Ukraine.  Why is Russia acting now?  What is are U.S. and other leading countries doing about it?  And what happens next? 

Jason Brooks also hosts the Crisis Next Door podcast for KCBS Radio.

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The Bay Area is fortunate to have so much of America's proud black history take place and reside here.  We visit Oakland with our sister podcast, Connect The Dots, for a visit with history.

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One of the Bay Area's largest homeless encampments is located just south of the runway near the San Jose airport.  But soon, the unhoused living there will have to relocate as the city makes way for - among other things - a disc golf course.  

KCBS Radio's Matt Bigler covered the story and shares details and why birds may be to blame.

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