KQED Public Media for Northern CA
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KQED Public Media for Northern CA
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KQED's statewide radio news program, providing daily coverage of issues, trends, and public policy decisions affecting California and its diverse population.
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Our series of of daily listener commentaries since 1991.
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Trusted local news in real time. With updates all day long, The Latest brings you the Bay Area and California stories you need to know as they happen. Hosted by KQED’s Bianca Taylor and featuring reporting from the award-winning KQED newsroom. Hear breaking news on your schedule, in 20 minutes or less.
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KQED Public Media for Northern CA
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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 ...
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KQED Public Media for Northern CA
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A monthly video of the coolest art in the Northern California's hottest galleries.
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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.
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A special series from KQED's "The California Report" providing in-depth coverage of climate-related science and policy issues from a California perspective.
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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.
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Daytime edition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesDi KQED
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Evening edition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesDi KQED
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Yasmelin Velazquez has waited 10 months for her immigration court date. But a last-minute hospitalization and confusion over Trump's changing immigration policies lead to more hurdles and anxiety.Di Elize Manoukian
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In California, an army of smartphone- and internet-connected home appliances is already helping with power grid reliability. How far can it go?Di Laura Klivans
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Kayla Ling shares why we shouldn't criticize other people's bodies.Di KQED
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Off the coast of Sausalito lies one of the nation’s oldest unhoused communities. Known as “anchor-outs,” residents live aboard makeshift boats moored in the bay, carving out a precarious existence. For nearly a decade, author Joe Kloc immersed himself in their world, documenting their struggles and growing tensions with shoreline residents determin…
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The U.S. economy has been rattled by back-and-forth tariff policies, a seesawing stock market, and concerns about inflation continuing to rise. Americans are worried about their job security, retirement funds, and the rising costs of goods from groceries to SUVs. We talk with financial experts to help us make sense of the economic uncertainty and h…
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The United States is seeing a boom in professional soccer, especially in California. The state is already host to four Major League Soccer teams and three teams in the National Women’s Soccer League. There is also a crop of minor league teams sprouting up throughout the state, in both big cities and small towns. We’ll … Continue reading Small Calif…
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The United States is seeing a boom in professional soccer, especially in California. The state is already host to four Major League Soccer teams and three teams in the National Women's Soccer League. There is also a crop of minor league teams sprouting up throughout the state, in both big cities and small towns. We'll take to you to the Southern Ca…
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The rise of Waymo vandalism, and its roots in our collective anxiety over AI.Di Alan Montecillo
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When it comes to board games, Karan Gupta wants to make sure they are accessible to everyone.Di KQED
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Bay Area economic justice advocates worry that the Trump administration's decision to cancel the social security numbers of 6,300 immigrants, and possibly more, will drive more people into the financial shadows.Di Farida Jhabvala Romero
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With Tuesday’s Oakland mayoral special election just days away, Marisa and Guy are joined by Oakland resident and KQED Forum co-host Alexis Madrigal. Madrigal is the author of a new book, “The Pacific Circuit: A Globalized Account of the Battle for the Soul of an American City,” about how the port of Oakland and global … Continue reading The Port, …
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National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann says he chooses what to write about based on what he most wants to know. His latest novel “Twist” springs from his fascination with the underwater cables, no thicker than a garden hose, that carry some 95% of the world’s telecommunications. McCann’s protagonist is a journalist who goes asea to investi…
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“An artist is an ordinary person who can take ordinary things and make them special,” said San Francisco artist Ruth Asawa. From her studio in her home in Noe Valley, Asawa created crocheted wire sculptures whose shadows are just as evocative as the art itself. But as the mother of six, Asawa was also passionate about arts education and teaching. A…
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Finding Invisible Toxins After the Eaton Fire; A Youth Leader Offers Hope to Abuse Survivors: “You’re Not Alone”
Listen to this and more in-depth storytelling by subscribing to The California Report Magazine podcast. The Eaton Fire Hit Caltech Scientists Close to Home. Now, They’re Studying the Toxic Aftermath It’s been a few months since wildfires devastated Los Angeles, and some people are just now starting the long process of repairing and rebuilding their…
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As Trump Targets Schools for Deportation Sweeps, Undocumented UC Berkeley Students Call For More Support
Here are the top stories this morning for Friday, April 11th, 2025: President Trump says he will not limit the scope of his deportation efforts, going so far as to say schools across the country will also be targeted in sweeps and raids by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents. That looming threat has undocumented students … Continue reading …
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As Trump Targets Schools for Deportation Sweeps, Undocumented UC Berkeley Students Call For More Support
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President Trump says he will not limit the scope of his deportation efforts, going so far as to say schools across the country will also be targeted in sweeps and raids by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents. That looming threat has undocumented students attending UC Berkeley calling on the university to issue a strong statement of support …
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‘You’re Not Alone’: An LA County Youth Commissioner and Child Sexual Abuse Survivor Fights for Change
As a teen in Los Angeles, Brittianna Robinson survived sexual abuse and trafficking and now advocates for other survivors of commercial child sexual exploitation and those going through the juvenile justice system.Di Suzie Racho
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Karina Moreno shares how she is able to find purpose and meaning in the simple things in life.Di KQED
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Wall Street breathed a sigh of relief Wednesday when President Trump backtracked and announced a 90-day pause on the sweeping tariffs he unveiled last week, dropping the duty rate to 10% for most countries. But it’s little reprieve for California farmers who export crops like almonds and pistachios to China. Trump has raised the taxes on imports fr…
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Viet Thanh Nguyen came to the United States as a 4-year-old refugee after the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. His family eventually settled in San Jose. Nguyen went on to become a Pulitzer Prize-Winning novelist and memoirist whose books center the experience of Vietnamese people. As we approach the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, w…
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In early January, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents from El Centro near San Diego launched a deportation raid in Kern County, more than six hours from their usual area of operation. The man behind the effort is Gregory Bovino, head of CBP's El Centro sector. He claimed the operation targeted criminals that were illegally in the US, but …
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Stewart Florsheim reflects on his parents' journey to the US and how this country benefits from immigration.Di KQED
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Four of California’s largest home insurers are knowingly using faulty data to set coverage limits, according to a new San Francisco Chronicle investigation. It means that wildfire survivors who thought they’d be made whole after losing their homes are discovering they can’t afford to rebuild. We talk to the reporters behind the investigation and he…
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San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is scaling back a key part of the city’s harm reduction strategy: the free distribution of clean foil pipes and plastic straws in public settings. These supplies are typically used to smoke fentanyl or methamphetamines. We talk to addiction specialists about how this policy change might impact drug use in the city. …
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California is aiming to make the entirety of its electricity production zero-carbon by 2045. One of the key areas that state leaders are looking to help the state reach its clean energy goals is the Mojave Desert. Since 2014, the desert has been home to one of the largest solar power plants in North America. However, California's zero-carbon effort…
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