In her one-woman show "Mimi's Suitcase," actress Ana Bayat draws on her own experience returning to post-revolutionary Iran after growing up in Spain to explore involuntary displacement, immigration, and a search for identity that is uniquely her own but also universally relatable. It's a coming-of-age story in which Bayat plays 27 roles, in four different languages, with just a suitcase, a trenchcoat and two scarves.

In the second part of our conversation with journalist Seth Rosenfeld about his investigation for the San Francisco Public Press about the hidden incident record of the ride-hailing industry, we learn how complaints about a dangerous driver were handled, and how ride-hailing is impacting traffic safety.

When investigative reporter Seth Rosenfeld couldn’t find published data on Lyft and Uber’s safety records in California, he set out to find that information for himself. His new Public Press investigation is the result of months of reporting to uncover at least an outline of safety data the public isn’t allowed to see.

After revealing that a former Police Officers Association president and former consultant in 2018 threatened to publish a city supervisor's husband's disciplinary record as a police officer, journalist Joe Eskenazi unpacks why the story matters in local politics.

Barbara Hale from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission explains why San Francisco was exploring public power long before PG&E's bankruptcy, and how other cities and counties around Northern California are proposing that they could better serve residents.

When Chloe Jackman-Buitrago was pregnant with her son Alonzo, she got word that the building she’d lived in for nine years, 369 3rd Avenue, was for sale. As more details emerged, there was a possibility she might be having a baby and getting evicted at the same time. Instead, the tenants of this building in the Richmond organized to preserve their homes as affordable through acquisition by a nonprofit, the Mission Economic Development Agency.

The San Francisco Police Department held a town hall meeting to share preliminary information about an incident in which two officers shot and injured Jamaica Hampton. Videos were shown that captured his confrontation with police officers on Dec. 7, which ended with Hampton in life-threatening condition and an officer seriously injured. Hampton's friends and family praised his character, and community members voiced their outrage.

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to take up – and will thereby let stand – a ruling that if there aren’t enough shelter beds or housing for homeless people, governments can’t cite them for sleeping or camping in public. Paul Boden, director of the Western Regional Advocacy Project, offers perspective on what the ruling means and how cities have long "criminalized" homelessness.

After police shot and injured 24-year-old Jamaica Hampton, reporters for Mission Local were able to review video of the incident which shows he was not shot while allegedly assaulting an officer. In fact, the reporting indicates, he was attempting to escape. Reporter Julian Mark discusses what new information has come to light.

San Francisco's Outdoor Public Warning System is shutting down for upgrades for up to two years. You probably know it as the siren that sounded every Tuesday at noon. Francis Zamora from the Department of Emergency Management gives some insight into the weekly tests and why they won't be happening for a while.