Journalists for three Bay Area papers are in contract negotiations and organized a rally on Tuesday, Nov. 19 to call attention to the practices of an company that owns newspapers around the country, including several Bay Area papers. It's a New York-based hedge fund that has a reputation for taking over papers and gutting them to increase profits.

For every one older adult, there were once five people under the age of 15. Now the ratio is almost one to one. In response to this demographic shift, Governor Gavin Newsom has called for a master plan on aging to ensure elders have the care and support they need to age with dignity. Jeannee Parker Martin, CEO of Leading Age California, has long pushed for such a plan, and shares some insight into what its priorities could be.

Two of the producers of the audio series "Uncuffed," from Solano and San Quentin state prisons, share how they became journalists, what it's like to make radio inside prison walls, and how the series offers incarcerated men an opportunity to express themselves.

Now that city leaders have agreed on a compromise policy to revamp San Francisco's mental health system, we talk with Mark Salazar, executive director of the Mental Health Association of San Francisco, about what services are available today, and what comes next.

Now that definitive results are in, we recap the results of the local election with independent reporter Nuala Sawyer Bishari

In What's New & What's Next, the Civic team offers a roundup of San Francisco news and a look at what's ahead on the city's calendar. This week: Election results are in and victories claimed. Also, city bodies are set to consider a number of large mixed-use developments.

Mission Local reporter Julian Mark discusses his reporting on a white paper that offers revelations about the work SFPD officers did as part of a Joint Terrorism Task Force with the FBI.

With preliminary results in, we discuss takeaways from votes so far in the close races and ballot measure contests with USF professor of Politics James Taylor.

In 2004, state voters approved a $3 billion bond to fund stem cell research. Another, bigger ask, for $5.5 billion, is coming in 2020. Its backers say the most promising research might just fade away if it isn't funded again. What came out of the first bond, and what's being promised to voters this time around?