))
KQED's statewide radio news program, providing daily coverage of issues, trends, and public policy decisions affecting California and its diverse population.
Our series of of daily listener commentaries since 1991.
KQED Public Media for Northern CA
KQED hourly newscast
Forum tells remarkable and true stories about who we are and where we live. In the first hour, Alexis Madrigal convenes the diverse voices of the Bay Area, before turning to Mina Kim for the second hour to chronicle and center Californians’ experience. In an increasingly divided world, Mina and Alexis host conversations that inform, challenge and unify listeners with big ideas and different viewpoints. Want to call/submit your comments during our live Forum program Mon-Fri, 9am-11am? We'd lo ...
KQED Public Media for Northern CA
KQED’s award-winning team of science reporters explores climate change, water, energy, toxics, biomedicine, digital health, astronomy and other topics that shape our lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a trusted news source, KQED Science tackles tough questions facing humanity in our time with thoughtful and engaging storytelling.
A monthly video of the coolest art in the Northern California's hottest galleries.
A special series from KQED's "The California Report" providing in-depth coverage of climate-related science and policy issues from a California perspective.
KQED Science explores science and environment news, trends and events from the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond with its award-winning features and reporting on television, radio and the Web.
Spark is about San Francisco Bay Area artists and arts organizations -- it is a weekly television show on KQED 9, an educational outreach program and a Web site at www.kqed.org/spark. The Spark Podcast includes segments from the show and is released weekly.
Today honors Cesar Chavez, but to Erik Olvera, his family and friends, every day is a day to honor the farmworker hero.Bởi KQED
U.S. lawmakers are debating a series of proposals that would ban the deeply popular video app TikTok or otherwise curtail its reach, a week after a House panel grilled TikTok CEO Shou Chew about the platform’s perceived threat to national security and ties to the Chinese government. An outright ban would represent “uncharted territory” for the U.S.…
K
KQED's Forum
1
Climate Fix: California Looks to Remove Massive Amounts of Carbon from Atmosphere to Meet Climate Goals
55:31
55:31
Nghe Sau
Nghe Sau
Danh sách
Thích
Đã thích
55:31
California has laid out ambitious goals of becoming carbon neutral by 2045. That means not just limiting emissions, but also removing about 100 million tons of carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere. It’s not easy to extract and contain carbon once it’s emitted, but a small crop of Bay Area startups are working on technologies to do just that. So…
K
KQED's The California Report
1
Shasta County Switches To Hand Counting Of Election Ballots
11:39
11:39
Nghe Sau
Nghe Sau
Danh sách
Thích
Đã thích
11:39
The Shasta County Board of Supervisors will replace voting equipment targeted by former President Trump and others, promoting the lie that the 2020 election was stolen. The county is now going to be hand counting ballots. Reporter: Scott Shafer, KQED Housing advocates say landlords have been taking advantage of a loophole in California’s Tenant Pro…
K
KQED's Perspectives
1
Leslie Smith: The Story of Timo the Pitbull
2:52
2:52
Nghe Sau
Nghe Sau
Danh sách
Thích
Đã thích
2:52
The cute puppies are adoption favorites at animal shelters, but older dogs with ailments and a story deserve loving homes, too. Leslie Smith has this Perspective.Bởi KQED
K
KQED's Forum
1
In Transit: Self-Driving Taxis and Trucks Take the Wheel
55:34
55:34
Nghe Sau
Nghe Sau
Danh sách
Thích
Đã thích
55:34
In San Francisco, self-driving taxis with no human operator are accelerating around city streets day and night. Google-owned Waymo expanded to L.A. last month, and General Motors’s Cruise has applied to widen its testing to cities across California. There’s a magic to seeing a steering wheel turn on its own, and many in the transit world are excite…
K
KQED's Forum
1
Ramadan, A Time To Fast, But Also A Time to Celebrate Food
55:34
55:34
Nghe Sau
Nghe Sau
Danh sách
Thích
Đã thích
55:34
During Ramadan, observant Muslims who are able to fast from sunrise to sunset, eating and drinking nothing. It is not a surprise then that food takes on a special, and often celebratory, meaning during this month-long spiritual reset. And in the Bay Area, the food prepared during Ramadan, whether it’s suhoor, the pre-sunrise meal before the fast be…
K
KQED's The California Report
1
Flooding This Year Could Be A Precursor To Future Climate-Related Disasters
11:28
11:28
Nghe Sau
Nghe Sau
Danh sách
Thích
Đã thích
11:28
The experience of climate-fueled storms since the turn of the year is lodged into the minds of Californians — levee failures displaced thousands, blizzard conditions trapped people in their homes, hundreds of thousands lost power and a vast inland California lake appeared. Climate scientists say the storms and flooding are just a fraction of what’s…
Using the ‘calm mom voice’ is tough in stressful situations – like when a giant tree falls right in front of you and the kids. Laura Smith Borrman has this Perspective.Bởi KQED
K
KQED's Forum
1
Lizzie Stark Celebrates the Egg in Its Multitudes
55:32
55:32
Nghe Sau
Nghe Sau
Danh sách
Thích
Đã thích
55:32
The egg, writes Lizzie Stark, is a "universe in a shell." It’s an ingenious piece of tech that contains everything a developing embryo needs, and it’s a symbol of the cosmos in creation myths across cultures. It’s been a tool of political protests, the target of wildlife poachers and the center of a Gold Rush-era territorial war on the Farallon Isl…
K
KQED's Forum
1
Bay Area Starbucks Workers Join Nationwide Push to Unionize
51:06
51:06
Nghe Sau
Nghe Sau
Danh sách
Thích
Đã thích
51:06
Last week, workers at the Starbucks at Embarcadero Cove in Oakland were among the latest in the Bay Area to try forming a union at their store. They join workers at close to 300 Starbucks locations nationwide who have petitioned or voted to form unions since December of 2021 when a store in Buffalo New York successfully formed Starbucks Workers Uni…
K
KQED's The California Report
1
Governor Newsom's Bill On Regulating Oil Industry Quickly Approved By State Lawmakers
11:34
11:34
Nghe Sau
Nghe Sau
Danh sách
Thích
Đã thích
11:34
State lawmakers have approved Governor Gavin Newsom's bill, which is attempting to increase transparency of the oil industry in the state. It would allow the California Energy Commission to impose penalties, through a regulatory process, if the agency believes oil companies are making excessive profits from gas prices. California's crisis support c…
Many hard-working families are just one illness or bad break away from poverty. When it happened to high schooler Si Yan, he stepped up and learned the value of selflessness along the way.Bởi KQED
K
KQED's Forum
1
Journalist and Musician Ari Shapiro Recounts 'A Life Spent Listening'
55:33
55:33
Nghe Sau
Nghe Sau
Danh sách
Thích
Đã thích
55:33
Ari Shapiro has been the host of NPR's "All Things Considered" since 2015 and has reported from all over the world, including Iraq, Ukraine and Israel. His journalism has won him many accolades, including two Edward R. Murrow awards – one for his reporting on Breonna Taylor and another for his coverage of asylum policies on the US-Mexico border. On…
The statistics on poverty in the U.S. are shocking and shameful: one in 9 Americans lives in poverty and one in 18 lives in “deep” poverty, defined in 2020 as annual income below roughly $13,000 for a family of four. More than a million public schoolchildren are homeless; more than 2 million Americans live in homes without running water or toilets.…
K
KQED's The California Report
1
Pajaro Community Begins To Clean-Up After Being Allowed Back In Their Homes
11:28
11:28
Nghe Sau
Nghe Sau
Danh sách
Thích
Đã thích
11:28
Water is back on, but it's still not drinkable in the Monterey County community of Pajaro, which was hit by massive flooding a few weeks ago. Residents are being allowed back in their homes to assess the damage, and start the process of cleaning up their property. Reporter: Jonathan Linden, KAZU Over 5 million people around California use CalFresh,…
Objects are just objects, until they become part of a story, and then they’re not just an object anymore. CJ Hirschfield has this story about her father’s typewriter.Bởi KQED
K
KQED's The California Report
1
Oakland Teachers Plan Walk-Out; LA Educators Head Back To Classroom
11:12
11:12
Nghe Sau
Nghe Sau
Danh sách
Thích
Đã thích
11:12
Oakland teachers at 14 middle and high schools are planning a walkout on Friday. But, the teachers union has not sanctioned a strike. Meanwhile, LA educators are back in the classroom today after reaching an agreement late Thursday. Communities in the San Bernardino Mountains, east of Los Angeles, are once again struggling to dig out of more snow f…
K
KQED's Forum
1
Pooja Lakshmin Says ‘Real Self Care’ Goes Far Beyond Meditation Apps
55:30
55:30
Nghe Sau
Nghe Sau
Danh sách
Thích
Đã thích
55:30
Meditation apps, expensive spa retreats and other staples of the self-care industry claim to offer relief from the ongoing stress of work and family obligations so many of us feel. But they fall short, according to psychiatrist and women’s mental health specialist Dr. Pooja Lakshmin, because they do nothing to address underlying causes. In her new …
K
KQED's Forum
1
How Asking ‘What If?’ For One Year Transformed Alisha Fernandez Miranda’s Life
55:34
55:34
Nghe Sau
Nghe Sau
Danh sách
Thích
Đã thích
55:34
When people refer to “the one that got away,” they are usually talking about a romantic partner. For Alisha Fernandez Miranda, that phrase applied to a list of jobs and dreams she never pursued. As she reached her late 30s she found herself feeling stuck, burnt out and unhappy even though she seemingly had it all –a thriving family, CEO position, a…
K
KQED's Perspectives
1
Kathrine Thompson: Flexing for Trans Youth
2:59
2:59
Nghe Sau
Nghe Sau
Danh sách
Thích
Đã thích
2:59
Katherine Thompson says that the Bay Area culture is providing the kind of uplifting empathy and support for trans youth that others do not.Bởi KQED
K
KQED's California Politics Podcast
1
CalChamber CEO Jennifer Barrera On ‘Job Killer’ Legislation and Navigating Culture Wars
29:38
29:38
Nghe Sau
Nghe Sau
Danh sách
Thích
Đã thích
29:38
Hours after the state Assembly passed Gov. Gavin Newsom’s legislation to create new oversight for the oil industry, Scott and Marisa discuss the proposal and its evolution since last fall. They also chew over this week’s Los Angeles school strike — and what it means for new L.A. Mayor Karen Bass. Then, California Chamber of Commerce President and C…
K
KQED's Forum
1
Affordable California-Branded Insulin to Enter National Market
55:28
55:28
Nghe Sau
Nghe Sau
Danh sách
Thích
Đã thích
55:28
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Saturday a 10-year partnership with nonprofit drug company Civica Rx to manufacture the state’s own supply of insulin. Part of the state’s new CalRx program, the move is only the first step in California’s ambitious plan to produce more affordable generic prescription drugs — like overdose reversal medi…
