This collection of pieces by KCBS Radio reporters came from the week of February 17-21, 1986, when historic rainfall inundated Northern California. Reporters include Barry Simmons, Mike Sugerman, Ken Bastida, Jerry Wilcox, Lynn Jimenez, and Wayne Jordan.

A special edition of the "KCBS NewsMagazine", hosted by Michael Dixon. This remote broadcast in the summer of 1983 originates from the Santa Clara County Fair in San Jose. Al Hart and Harvey Steiman, who host the "KCBS Kitchen", have joined Dixon for this broadcast. Segment includes local newsbreak anchored by Al Helmso and a portion of a CBS hourly newscast anchored by Douglas Edwards.

During his 1987 visit to the United States and Canada, Pope John Paul II spent two days in Northern California. KCBS Radio reporters stayed with the pontiff during those two days, covering a Papal Mass at Laguna Seca Raceway, visits to the Basilica of the Mission of San Carlos in Carmel and Mission Dolores in San Francisco, a event at Saint Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, and his final stop, a Papal Mass at Candlestick Park. This recording is a "telescoped" set of highlights from the coverage.

A winter freeze in early 1991 severely damaged millions of dollars’ worth of California crops. But there was also a human toll. On May 29, 1991, KCBS Radio broadcast a special report, “Bleak Harvest”, examining the plight of farmworkers whose lives were made worse by the freeze. KCBS Radio’s Rebecca Corral reported from the Salinas-Watsonville agricultural area.

The anchor lead-in read: “Mention last winter’s freeze to any Californians and the strongest memory you’re likely to trigger is a jump in the price of produce at the grocery store. But many of California’s farmworkers still live with the freeze every day. Acre after acre of destroyed crops have pushed the unemployment rate among field hands to a staggering 25 percent. That Depression-era unemployment rate is making life even more difficult for people who already struggle just to scratch out a living. KCBS Newsradio’s Rebecca Corral spent some time in one farmworker community, the Salinas Watsonville area…for this special report, ‘Bleak Harvest’.”

In 1968, attorney Roy Cohn sat down for an interview with KCBS Radio anchor Frank Knight. At that time, Cohn was less than twenty years removed from his roles in the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg case and the Army-McCarthy hearings, and his work with clients like Aristotle Onassis and Donald Trump was still in the future.

On July 26, 1993, a railroad car being unloaded at the General Chemical plant in Richmond began to leak.  A massive toxic cloud of sulfuric acid soon spread for miles, sending thousands of people for medical treatment.  Eventually, 60,000 people would file claims and lawsuits against General Chemical. KCBS Radio anchors Lois Melkonian, Al Hart  and Bob Price are heard on this reel of excerpts from the station’s coverage. Reporters on the story included George Harris, Dave Padilla, Bob Melrose and Ron Lyons.

The legendary broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite was interviewed for the weekly KCBS Radio series "In Depth" by Rebecca Corral and Ed Cavagnaro in a segment that originally aired on February 16, 1997

After the jury verdict acquitting four Los Angeles Police officers of criminal charges in the Rodney King beating, rioting claimed more than 60 lives, did over a billion dollars in damage, and led to more than 12,000 arrests.

On June 26, 1992, KCBS Radio broadcast a special report called "Beyond the Anger", looking at the issues of inner-city hopelessness and poverty, as well as signs of positive movement.  Reporters Mike Sugerman, Jerry Wilcox and George Harris contributed.

The winter of 1986 saw two weeks of non-stop rain inundate Northern California. The wettest day of that stretch was Monday February 17th, when 10 weather stations scattered across northern California reported 24-hour rainfall totals of more than 10 inches. This segment is captured as KCBS Radio began its 9 p.m. hour. Wayne Jordan is anchoring, with reporters Bob Melrose and Lynn Jimenez contributing.

In 1985, KCBS Radio reporter Barbara Taylor, a longtime San Francisco City Hall reporter, produced a 28-minute "KCBS Reports" segment on the mayoral administration of Dianne Feinstein. By then, Feinstein had already been an elected official in San Francisco for 16 years.