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April 18, 2025 Can 'Virtual Power Plant' Tech Help Our Power Grid?
Picture an all-electric home with smart appliances that talk to each other via WiFi to figure out when to pull power from the grid. That’s the idea behind something called ‘virtual power plant’ technology. While it’s not new, the technology’s advocates hope it will power many more homes in the coming years. KQED’s Laura Klivans takes us inside one such home in north Richmond.

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19 min
April 16, 2025SF Opened Its Newest Park. Not Everyone Is Happy About It.
On Saturday, San Francisco officially opened Sunset Dunes Park on the city’s west side. It replaces a 2-mile section of the Great Highway, 5 months after voters approved a citywide measure to permanently close it to motor vehicles.

But many residents, still furious about the decision to close the road, haven’t given up. Some are even campaigning to recall their local supervisor.

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Sunset Dunes: San Francisco's Controversial New Park Officially Opens
SF Supervisor Faces a Recall Campaign Over Great Highway Closure

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20 min
April 14, 2025Waymo Robotaxis Are Everywhere. How Do We Feel About That?
Self-driving Waymo robotaxis are now commonplace on the streets of San Francisco. Feelings about these autonomous vehicles vary — from excitement, to amusement, to outright hostility. Some have even gone so far as to vandalize the cars.

In this episode from KQED’s Close All Tabs podcast, Morgan Sung speaks with Bloomberg journalist Ellen Huet and law professor Ryan Calo to explore the rise of Waymo vandalism, and its roots in our collective anxiety over AI.

Links:
Waymo’s Expansion Provokes Anxieties of AI Takeover – Ellen Huet, Bloomberg
The next big robotaxi push is almost here — Harri Weber, Quartz
The Courts Can Handle the Deadly Uber Self-Driving Car Crash. But that doesn’t mean the law is ready for autonomous vehicles. — Ryan Calo, Slate
Good Robot, Bad Robot: Dark and Creepy Sides of Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles, and AI — Jo Ann Oravec, Professor at the University of Wisconsin

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32 min
April 11, 2025California Students Sue Trump Administration Over Visa Cancellations
The Trump administration has revoked hundreds of student visas across the country, claiming many have participated in ‘pro-Hamas’ activism on college campuses. Now, two international students at California colleges are suing the federal government after their student visas were revoked and their records in a federal database were terminated, effectively stripping them of their ability to continue studying in the U.S.

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California Students, Blindsided by Visa Cancellations, Sue Trump Administration
What Should International Students on Visas and Green Cards Know Right Now?

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18 min
April 09, 2025 How Trump’s Tariffs Are Impacting Local Businesses
President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on imports go into effect today, and businesses around the Bay Area are already feeling the impact. Some worry that the costs will trickle down to consumers and discourage businesses already struggling to afford operating in the Bay Area.

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20 min
April 07, 2025The A’s Promised Coliseum Workers Help. Some Haven’t Gotten Any
As the A’s begin their first season in Sacramento, KQED found that some Coliseum workers promised financial assistance from the A’s ahead of the team’s transition out of Oakland haven’t gotten anything.

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Some Oakland Coliseum Workers Say They Never Received Assistance From A’s Farewell Fund

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21 min
April 04, 2025A Generation of Black Men Is Being Lost to Overdoses in San Francisco
In San Francisco, Black men born between 1951 and 1970 accounted for 12% of overdose deaths between January 2020 and October 2024, despite representing less than 1% of the city's population. The disparity in San Francisco is greater than any other major city.

Today, we hear from Richard Beal, director of recovery services at the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, about his personal story of addiction and recovery, and later talk with The San Francisco Standard’s David Sjostedt about what’s behind this trend of Black overdose deaths in the city.

Links:
SF is losing a generation of Black men to overdoses. It’s worse here than anywhere

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26 min
April 02, 2025Inside a Self-Defense Class for Trans People
President Donald Trump’s executive orders and rhetoric have created a climate of fear in queer and transgender communities, including here in the Bay Area. KQED’s Bianca Taylor reports on a self-defense class in San Francisco’s Transgender District that teaches people skills to protect themselves while also building community.

Links:
Amid Rising Threats, Transgender Community Builds Bonds at This SF Self-Defense Class
Where LGBTQ+ people can find self-defense classes in the Bay Area

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15 min
March 31, 2025Marin School Board Backlash, Another Roadblock for La Pulga, and Eid Festival in the Tenderloin
In this month’s edition of The Bay’s monthly news roundup, Alan, Jessica, and Ericka talk about what happened when a Marin County school board member questioned the term “toxic masculinity,” delays in finding a new site for San Jose’s iconic flea market, and an Eid festival coming to San Francisco’s Tenderloin. Plus, we discuss threats to public media funding.

Links:
Watch: NPR, PBS Heads Answer Lawmakers' Allegations of Bias
A Marin School Board Questioned the Term ‘Toxic Masculinity.’ Then Came the Backlash
State law blocks potential San Jose flea market site
San Francisco’s Tenderloin Is Bringing a New Eid Festival to Its Streets

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21 min
March 28, 2025 SF Rolls Out Speed Cameras. Will They Make Roads Safer?
This month, San Francisco rolled out speed cameras at dozens of locations throughout the city. After seeing one of SF's deadliest years on the road, advocates hope the cameras will make walking and driving in San Francisco safer.

This episode first ran on Jan 15, 2025.

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20 min

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Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra talks with local journalists about what’s happening in the greatest region in the country. It’s the context and analysis you need to make sense of the news,…