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November 14, 2025AI-Generated Music Is Here. How Are Artists Adapting?
AI-generated music and artists are now getting record deals and top spots on Billboard charts, with big implications for labor in the music industry. So how are human artists adapting to this rapidly changing landscape?
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AI Is Coming for the Music Industry. How Will Artists Adapt?

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24 min
November 12, 2025When the Military Tested a Biological Weapon in S.F.
Today, we bring you an episode from our friends at Bay Curious about a secret biological weapons test — in San Francisco. 75 years ago, the U.S. military sprayed bacteria over the city. The test team thought it was harmless, but several people got sick and one person died. KQED’s Katherine Monahan reports on the history and impacts of this operation on one man's family.
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The True Story of the Military's Secret 1950 San Francisco Biological Weapons Test | KQED

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20 min
November 10, 2025 Can the Esmeralda Land Company Win Over Cloverdale?
On Wednesday, executives from a group called the Esmeralda Land Company will present their plans to officials in Cloverdale, a small city of roughly 9,000 residents in northern Sonoma County.
The project, titled Esmeralda, is led by Devon Zuegel, a tech worker who hopes to build a hotel, new housing, and a park on a 266-acre piece of land in the southern end of the city. She describes the planned development as a “mini college campus,” reminiscent of the small resort town of Chautauqua, NY.
Some residents, including local officials, are excited about the project and impressed with Esmeralda’s outreach to the community. Others worry that the development will prioritize wealthy Silicon Valley tech-types over Cloverdale residents.

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27 min
November 07, 2025Election Recap: Prop. 50, Santa Clara County's Measure A, and Nancy Pelosi's Retirement
California voters overwhelmingly approved Prop. 50, which will redraw our Congressional maps in an effort to push back against President Donald Trump. In Santa Clara County, voters also passed a sales tax measure to partially make up for federal funding cuts.
Today, we break down how Prop. 50 will change U.S. House districts in the Bay, Santa Clara County’s Measure A, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s retirement announcement after nearly 40 years representing San Francisco.
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How Proposition 50’s Win Reshapes California’s 2026 Elections | KQED

Nancy Pelosi Retiring After 38 Years Representing San Francisco in Congress | KQED

Santa Clara County Sales Tax Measure Appears Poised to Pass Amid Federal Cuts | KQED

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22 min
November 05, 2025‘Everybody Needs Food’: How a Solano County Food Pantry Is Dealing with SNAP Delays
The ongoing federal government shutdown has reduced and delayed SNAP benefits this month. As a result, food banks in the Bay Area are bracing for an even greater surge in demand. We join Heather Pierini, the executive director of ⁠Food Is Free Bay Area⁠, on a donation day at the Solano County Fairgrounds.
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The Bay Area restaurants offering free meals to families using CalFresh

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19 min
November 03, 2025Why San Mateo County Removed Its Sheriff
On Oct. 14, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors removed first-term Sheriff Christina Corpus. For more than a year, her office was mired in allegations of retaliation, misconduct, and abuse of power, largely stemming from an alleged relationship with her former chief of staff, Victor Aenlle. KQED reporter Brian Krans joins us to break down this long and bitter chapter in San Mateo county politics.
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San Mateo County Sheriff Is Ousted in Historic Final Vote by Supervisors | KQED

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29 min
October 31, 2025SNAP Benefits, Uber Enters the Robotaxi Race, and the Condor Comeback
In this October edition of The Bay’s monthly news roundup, we discuss the impact of the federal government shutdown on hunger in the Bay Area, and how local governments are responding. We also discuss Uber’s plans to enter the driverless vehicle market, and how the California condor is making a comeback after near-extinction. Plus, we pay tribute to KQED transportation editor Dan Brekke, who is retiring after nearly 50 years in Bay Area journalism.
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Contra Costa County plans to give CalFresh recipients food money if SNAP is paused

San Francisco Will Cover SNAP Benefits for November Amid Federal Shutdown

With SNAP Benefits Delayed, Restaurants Step Up to Feed Bay Area Families

Uber will challenge Waymo’s robotaxi dominance in San Francisco

For a century, they were gone. But California condors are making a comeback in these parts of the Bay Area

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24 min
October 29, 2025 Visiting Yosemite During the Government Shutdown
There have been mixed reports of the situation at Yosemite National Park since the federal government shutdown began on Oct. 1. Some say the park is rife with unruly visitors, trash, and illegal behavior, while others say it’s perfectly normal. So KQED reporter Sarah Wright went to go see for herself.

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20 min
October 27, 2025Gov. Newsom on Prop. 50, the Democratic Party, and DOJ Election Monitors
Gov. Gavin Newsom is accusing the Trump Administration of “rigging” California’s special election after the Department of Justice announced its plans to send election monitors to California polling places this November. Gov. Newsom sits down with KQED’s Political Breakdown podcast in this wide-ranging interview at our studios in San Francisco.
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Watch this interview on YouTube

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41 min
October 24, 2025Federal Immigration Agents in the Bay: What We Know and Don’t Know
Update Friday Oct. 24, 2025 12:43 p.m.: After bracing for a surge of federal immigration actions, Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said Friday afternoon that border patrol operations have been cancelled for the entire Bay Area, including Oakland.
The Bay Area started bracing for federal troops Wednesday night after the San Francisco Chronicle first reported that nearly 100 federal agents, including from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, would be coming to the U.S. Coast Guard Island in Alameda for a major immigration enforcement operation in the region. Then on Thursday morning, Mayor Daniel Lurie announced that President Donald Trump had called off the “surge” in San Francisco.
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Federal Agents Injure Activists at Coast Guard Base During Immigration Crackdown

Lurie: Trump Is ‘Calling Off’ Plans to Send Federal Troops to San Francisco

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21 min

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