KCBS Radio In Depth

The process of reopening has been moving forward slowly and steadily for more than a month now, but a recent surge in Covid-19 cases taking place across the country is forcing some counties to reassess their plans. On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we take a closer look at the troubling rise in the Bay Area’s own Covid case numbers and consider what they could mean for reopening. 

Guests: 

Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, professor of pediatrics and epidemiology, Stanford University School of Medicine

Dr. Nicholas Moss, acting director for the Division of Communicable Disease Control & Prevention, Alameda County Public Health Department

Host:Keith Menconi

Weeks of demonstrations against police brutality have thrust police reform into the center of the national conversation, but just how deep will those reforms go? On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we consider the growing calls to defund police as well as the stiff push back against them. 

Guests:

Shamann Walton, San Francisco supervisor who has been among the city’s leading voices for police reform

Tony Montoya, president of the San Francisco Police Officers Association, which recently joined with other big city police unions to release a full page newspaper ad outlining their own reform proposals 

Host:Keith Menconi

Weeks of demonstrations against police brutality have thrust police reform into the center of the national conversation, but just how deep will those reforms go? On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we consider the growing calls to defund police as well as the stiff push back against them. 

Guests:

• Shamann Walton, San Francisco supervisor who has been among the city’s leading voices for police reform
• Tony Montoya, president of the San Francisco Police Officers Association, which recently joined with other big city police unions to release a full page newspaper ad outlining their own reform proposals 

Host: Keith Menconi 

It was nice while it lasted, but those empty Bay Area roads are filling up again pretty quickly as lockdown orders ease and residents begin heading back to work. An awful lot has changed though over the past few months: public transit agencies are now facing major budget challenges as they contend with low ridership, and, meantime, many commuters have gotten quite used to working from home and may just keep on doing so. So just what will the transit picture look like in a post-lockdown world? We discuss on this edition of KCBS In Depth. 

Guest: Randy Rentschler, the director of legislation and public affairs for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Host: Keith Menconi 

It was nice while it lasted, but those empty Bay Area roads are filling up again pretty quickly as lockdown orders ease and residents begin heading back to work. An awful lot has changed though over the past few months: public transit agencies are now facing major budget challenges as they contend with low ridership, and, meantime, many commuters have gotten quite used to working from home and may just keep on doing so. So just what will the transit picture look like in a post-lockdown world? We discuss on this edition of KCBS In Depth. 

Guest:Randy Rentschler, the director of legislation and public affairs for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Host:Keith Menconi

The killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police has ignited waves of heated demonstrations that have swept across the Bay Area and the country. Of course protests against police brutality and calls for reform are nothing new, but many believe this moment is different. So on this edition of KCBS In Depth we consider what could be done to meet the demands of those who have been taking to the streets, from reforming police departments, to pushing for broader social changes outside of police work. 

Guests: 

Rev. Jethroe Moore II, president of the San Jose Silicon Valley NAACP

Richard Corriea, director of the University of San Francisco International Institute of Criminal Justice Leadership

Host:Keith Menconi

The killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police has ignited waves of heated demonstrations that have swept across the Bay Area and the country. Of course protests against police brutality and calls for reform are nothing new, but many believe this moment is different. So on this edition of KCBS In Depth we consider what could be done to meet the demands of those who have been taking to the streets, from reforming police departments, to pushing for broader social changes outside of police work. 

Guests: 

• Rev. Jethroe Moore II, president of the San Jose Silicon Valley NAACP
• Richard Corriea, director of the University of San Francisco International Institute of Criminal Justice Leadership

Host: Keith Menconi

As the weather warms the great outdoors is beginning to beckon, and California’s much-loved parks, campgrounds and beaches are starting to fill up. But with Covid-19 still circulating and lockdown orders still in place, are these outdoor excursions really safe? 

On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we get the view from both a virologist and an outdoors expert as to how all this fun in the sun can be enjoyed responsibly. 

Guests: 

Tom Stienstra, KCBS and San Francisco Chronicle outdoors editor

Paula Cannon, professor of microbiology and immunology with the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California

Host:Keith Menconi

As the weather warms the great outdoors is beginning to beckon, and California’s much-loved parks, campgrounds and beaches are starting to fill up. But with Covid-19 still circulating and lockdown orders still in place, are these outdoor excursions really safe? 

On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we get the view from both a virologist and an outdoors expert as to how all this fun in the sun can be enjoyed responsibly. 

Guests: 

• Tom Stienstra, KCBS and San Francisco Chronicle outdoors editor
• Paula Cannon, professor of microbiology and immunology with the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California

Host: Keith Menconi 

It’s been a long slow journey, but it’s looking a lot like the Bay Area has indeed managed to bend the curve on this pandemic, but the question now is, what’s going to happen as we begin to reopen?

On this edition of KCBS In Depth we consider the work that's been done to step up preparedness since the lockdown began -- from boosting hospital capacity, to buying up protective gear, to expanding testing and tracing -- and then ask how far that effort has gone toward making us safer. 

Guests: 

Dr. John Swartzberg, emeritus professor of public health at UC, Berkeley’s Division of Infectious Disease 

Dr. Amesh Adalja, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

Host:Keith Menconi