What happens when the criminal justice system and the Bay Area’s homelessness crisis collide? It’s a question that KCBS Radio Anchor Stan Bunger got to examine firsthand when he received a summons to serve on the jury of a homeless man accused of committing lewd acts on the streets of Berkeley.

The trial and ultimate conviction raised even more questions and inspired a reporting journey that we’ve been presenting under the banner of our Broken Systems series, broadcast in fivepartsover the pastweek. 

So today on this special edition of KCBS In Depth we bring together some of the reporters who contributed to the project for a conversation about what they found when they started turning over the rocks of the Bay Area’s broken systems.

Guests: KCBS Radio reporters Holly Quan and Keith Menconi as well as Broken Systems series executive producer Nic Palmer

Host: KCBS Radio anchor Stan Bunger

Production note: This is an abridged version of the conversation. For the complete program, check out KCBS Radio's Deep Dive Bay Area podcast. 

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We’re in the thick of the holiday shopping season, and this year shoppers are spending in record numbers. But more and more that shopping is happening online, meaning that for many the holiday shopping frenzy is less elbowing through crowds at the mall and more refreshing browser pages on the desktop. 

On this edition of KCBS In Depth we dig into what this past week of record breaking online sales numbers means for the holiday season: First, when the whole world moves online, who gets left behind? We discuss how retail is struggling with and adapting to the new online reality. 

Then, amidst all this holiday shopping, online scammers are out in force too. We’ll take a look at how can you keep your digital purchases safe.

Guests: 

Bill Pearce, assistant dean and chief marketing officer for UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business

Maryo Mogannam, president of the San Francisco Council of District Merchants Associations, which advocates for local small businesses including retailers 

Professor Ahmed Banafa, a cybersecurity expert at San Jose State University

Host: KCBS Radio reporter Keith Menconi 

 

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We’re in the thick of the holiday shopping season, and this year shoppers are spending in record numbers. But more and more that shopping is happening online, meaning that for many the holiday shopping frenzy is less elbowing through crowds at the mall and more refreshing browser pages on the desktop. 

On this edition of KCBS In Depth we dig into what this past week of record breaking online sales numbers means for the holiday season: First, when the whole world moves online, who gets left behind? We discuss how retail is struggling with and adapting to the new online reality. 

Then, amidst all this holiday shopping, online scammers are out in force too. We’ll take a look at how can you keep your digital purchases safe.

Guests: 

• Bill Pearce, assistant dean and chief marketing officer for UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business
• Maryo Mogannam, president of the San Francisco Council of District Merchants Associations, which advocates for local small businesses including retailers 
• Professor Ahmed Banafa, a cybersecurity expert at San Jose State University

Host: KCBS Radio reporter Keith Menconi 

 

The screech of the BART train, the din of restaurant conversations, the rumble pop of rock concerts: We take all this noise for granted -- it's just the soundtrack to modern life after all -- but whether we notice them or not, all these sounds add up, eventually taking a toll on our hearing and our health. 

In this edition of KCBS In Depth we take a look at what the latest emerging science has to tell us about the risks of our ever-loudening world, and also what can be done to help protect the hearing we still have. 

Guest: New Yorker staff writer David Owen. His new book is “Volume Control: Hearing in a Deafening World.”

Host: KCBS Radio reporter Keith Menconi

The screech of the BART train, the din of restaurant conversations, the rumble pop of rock concerts: We take all this noise for granted -- it's just the soundtrack to modern life after all -- but whether we notice them or not, all these sounds add up, eventually taking a toll on our hearing and our health. 

In this edition of KCBS In Depth we take a look at what the latest emerging science has to tell us about the risks of our ever-loudening world, and also what can be done to help protect the hearing we still have. 

Guest: New Yorker staff writer David Owen. His new book is “Volume Control: Hearing in a Deafening World.”

Host: KCBS Radio reporter Keith Menconi

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s the season of giving in the Bay Area, so whether it means volunteering to hand out food or opening up that wallet to make a cash donation, residents throughout the region are stepping up to help out those in need.

On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we learn more about all the ways to give this holiday season, as well as the tremendous need that is out there in this very expensive region we all call home.

Guests: 

• Lou Reda, the executive director of Hands on Bay Area, which helps organize volunteer work events 
• Pat Gallagher, chief development officer for Catholic Charities, which serves Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo counties 
• Annette Pizzo, community relations manager for Sacred Heart Community Service based in San Jose

• Gina Schlocker, WIC director for Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley, one of the agencies that oversees the local Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program (WIC)

Host: KCBS Radio reporter Keith Menconi 

It’s the season of giving in the Bay Area, so whether it means volunteering to hand out food or opening up that wallet to make a cash donation, residents throughout the region are stepping up to help out those in need.

On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we learn more about all the ways to give this holiday season, as well as the tremendous need that is out there in this very expensive region we all call home.

Guests: 

Lou Reda, the executive director of Hands on Bay Area, which helps organize volunteer work events 

Pat Gallagher, chief development officer for Catholic Charities, which serves Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo counties 

Annette Pizzo, community relations manager for Sacred Heart Community Service based in San Jose

Gina Schlocker, WIC director for Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley, one of the agencies that oversees the local Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program (WIC)

Host: KCBS Radio reporter Keith Menconi 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two years ago the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus journeyed outside of San Francisco to tour the nation's southern states. Setting out in the wake of the divisive 2016 election, the group made a point of visiting states that had passed laws restricting the rights of LGBTQ people with the aim of confronting religious and political divides and building bridges through music.

That journey was chronicled in “Gay Chorus Deep South," a documentary film premiering in San Francisco this coming weekend. In this edition of KCBS In Depth we discuss the film and what it took to build those bridges. 

Guests: 

• Tim Seelig, the artistic director and conductor of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus
• David Charles Rodrigues, the film's director 

Hosts: KCBS Radio reporter Keith Menconi and KCBS Radio entertainment reporter Jan Wahl 

Film showings: 

The film opens in San Francisco Friday November 22nd at the Roxie Theater where it will have a limited run. It’s also going to broadcast on MTV next year.

Two years ago the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus journeyed outside of San Francisco to tour the nation's southern states. Setting out in the wake of the divisive 2016 election, the group made a point of visiting states that had passed laws restricting the rights of LGBTQ people with the aim of confronting religious and political divides and building bridges through music.

That journey was chronicled in “Gay Chorus Deep South," a documentary film premiering in San Francisco this coming weekend. In this edition of KCBS In Depth we discuss the film and what it took to build those bridges. 

Guests: 

Tim Seelig, the artistic director and conductor of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus

David Charles Rodrigues, the film's director 

Hosts: KCBS Radio reporter Keith Menconi and KCBS Radio entertainment reporter Jan Wahl 

Film showings: 

The film opens in San Francisco Friday November 22nd at the Roxie Theater where it will have a limited run. It’s also going to broadcast on MTV next year.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the number of high school students playing football in California declines, coaches, trainers and state officials are working to retool the game to make it safer to play. In this edition of KCBS In Depth we speak with some of those carrying out this work to learn what emerging medical science has to teach us about the risks posed to young players' developing brains and how the sport is adapting in the face of those risks.  

Guests: 

• Ron Nocetti, the executive director of the California Interscholastic Federation
• Geoffrey Manley, a professor of neurosurgery at the University of California, San Francisco, and a co-director of the university's Brain and Spinal Injury Center
• Steve Henderson, a football coach at Aragon High School in San Mateo and a senior trainer with The Positive Coaching Alliance

Host: KCBS reporter Keith Menconi