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May 31, 2025 In Song and Self: How Queer Pinay Duo AstraLogik Finds Belonging Through Music
The Bay Area duo explores what it means to be Filipinx in the diaspora and how music can bring people together.
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14min
May 31, 2025 California Democrats Descend on Anaheim as the Governor’s Race Heats Up
The 2026 governor’s race is still more than 500 days away, but there is already a crowded field of candidates. On the Democratic side, they’re all waiting to see if Vice President Kamala Harris decides to jump in. KQED’s Marisa Lagos and Guy Marzorati are joined remotely by San Francisco Chronicle Senior Political Writer Joe … Continue reading California Democrats Descend on Anaheim as the Governor’s Race Heats Up →
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30min
May 30, 2025 California Pelicans Experience Third Starvation Event In Four Years
California’s Pelicans Are Once Again Starving. This Year, It’s the Babies
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10min
May 30, 2025 How a Ford Plant Changed Milpitas; AstraLogik’s Music For Healing
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A Ford Factory Changed Milpitas, Then It Bacame a Mall
The Great Mall of Milpitas, in Santa Clara County, wasn’t always a mall; it used to be a massive Ford auto factory. The San Jose Assembly Plant opened in 1955, after relocating from Ford’s outdated Richmond location. The new factory put Milpitas on the map, transforming a sleepy agricultural town into a thriving city. The factory’s opening also sparked historic social change: the construction of one of the first planned racially integrated neighborhoods in the U.S.. Gabriela Glueck brings us this story from KQED’s Bay Curious podcast.
In Song and Self: How Queer Pinay Duo AstraLogik Finds Belonging Through Music
Charito Soriano and Chen Conlu were solo artists before they came together as AstraLogik. The queer Filipina duo creates music about healing and acceptance, something they found as they created a relationship that went beyond performing together. Reporter I-Yun Chan tells us how they found community and belonging through music, and each other.

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31min
May 30, 2025 Are California’s AI Rules in Jeopardy? Plus, New Data on Oakland’s Non-Police Response, and the Bay Area’s Ruby Ibarra Wins NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest
On this month’s edition of The Bay’s news roundup, we talk about a proposed 10-year ban on state AI regulations that the House of Representatives passed as part of President Trump’s budget bill. Plus, Oakland’s MACRO program – a non-emergency alternative to police – releases new data, and the Bay Area’s very own Ruby Ibarra wins NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest.
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28min
May 30, 2025 San Francisco’s Joaquin Torres Talks Taxes, Theater and his 12 Years of Leading the Housing Authority
As San Francisco’s elected assessor-recorder, Joaquin Torres’ office decides the value of property in San Francisco, and tells you how much you owe in taxes. But he’s also spent the last dozen years as president of the San Francisco Housing Authority Commission, which oversees the city’s public housing developments as well as its Section 8 … Continue reading San Francisco’s Joaquin Torres Talks Taxes, Theater and his 12 Years of Leading the Housing Authority →
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31min
May 29, 2025 Cybersecurity Experts Urge DC Lawmakers to Take Stronger Action Against Threats
At Stanford’s Hoover Institution, the House Committee on Homeland Security heard from experts who argue escalating threats highlight the need to modernize cyberdefenses.
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3min
May 29, 2025 Newsom, Local Leaders Scuffle Over Homelessness Solutions
Governor Newsom is pointing the finger at local leaders when it comes to homelessness.
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11min
May 29, 2025 What Is the PayPal Mafia?
A group of tech innovators who formed PayPal have quietly amassed a lot of power in Silicon Valley and in the U.S. government.
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33min
May 28, 2025 Ethiopian Woman Flees Torture, But Still Facing Deportation
The Trump administration has quietly dismantled access to the United Nations Convention Against Torture.
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9min

FAQs about KQED News:

How many episodes does KQED News have?

The podcast currently has 158 episodes available.