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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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Evening edition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesKQED
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Marisa and Scott talk to two Golden State politicians representing California in Washington, D.C. First, they’re joined by Republican Congressman Kevin Kiley, who represents the state’s third congressional district, which spans most of the California-Nevada border. Kiley is an ally of the president and shares his perspective on Trump’s agenda inclu…
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Ellis Island might have been a welcoming place for many immigrants to the United States, but Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay tells a more troubling history of immigrant detention. Starting next month, the Oakland Ballet will premiere “Angel Island Project,” a dance production highlighting the stories of immigrants, primarily from China, who w…
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President Trump may have taken a softer tone in his meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney this week, but whether that will quell the anger and bring Canadians back to the U.S remains to be seen. California tourism experts cite Trump’s trade policies and nationalist rhetoric for a projected 9% drop in international travelers this summer, …
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Five former directors of the National Weather Service released a joint letter on Friday warning about the impact of major cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that they say will result in less accurate weather reports and storm warnings that could put lives at risk. NOAA is just one scientific organization facing widespread c…
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Daytime edition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesKQED
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A church community in Los Angeles County discovers what it means to rebuild after this year’s wildfires.Steven Cuevas
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More and more California residents are turning to purchasing tiny homes, resulting in a production boom.Riley Palmer
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A bill introduced in the state legislature by Sacramento Democratic Assembly member Maggy Krell aims to increase penalties for loitering to solicit minors for sex. But a provision specifically aimed at soliciting 16- and 17-year olds has divided state Democrats, and given Republicans a political opportunity to criticize their opponents. Reporter: L…
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Bay Area Democrats Decry Trump Administration’s ‘Outrageous’ Plan to Use Military Base for Immigration Detention
In a letter this week to U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, two Bay Area Democrats — who represent the area that includes Travis Air Force Base — said they were “gravely concerned” over reports of the proposed use.Tyche Hendricks
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Levi Strauss and Tadich Grill are two San Francisco businesses that have been around as long as the city. Here’s their history.Katherine Monahan
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Jude Yuen raises concerns over seeing his peers participating in sports betting.KQED
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When political advisor Chloe Dalton found an injured newborn hare near her home in the countryside, she decided to nurse it back to health. The two quickly formed a bond of quiet companionship. We talk to Dalton about what the hare taught her about trust, attention, preparing for loss and the ordinary magic of engaging closely with the natural worl…
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Trump has never hid his disdain for California. In his first hundred days in office, the President has gone on offense against the state on a number of key issues, from immigration to education. Scott Schafer and Marisa Lagos from KQED’s politics team are spending the week in D.C. talking with California’s elected officials. We check in about how s…
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Here are this morning’s headline stories: For a long time, California’s Central Valley has been a bastion of conservative political support; the red spot in a state that’s awash in blue. However, there are signs that support for the right could be wavering, as President Trump’s policies on trade and immigration are impacting livelihoods in … Contin…
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For a long time, California's Central Valley has been a bastion of conservative political support; the red spot in a state that's awash in blue. However, there are signs that support for the right could be wavering, as President Trump's policies on trade and immigration are impacting livelihoods in the Central Valley; and some of the biggest progre…
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We explore the history of government surveillance in American protest movements, and why today’s moment feels different.Morgan Sung
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After a decadeslong fight, the majority of ranching along the Point Reyes National Seashore will end by next yearEricka Cruz Guevarra
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For Aditi Desai, books have served as a way to stay grounded and make new friends.KQED
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The Political Breakdown team is reporting from Washington D.C. all this week. Today, Scott and Marisa sit down with Senator Alex Padilla at his office building on Capitol Hill to discuss the Trump administration’s actions on deportations and immigration, including the recent appearance of ICE agents at two elementary schools in Los Angeles. Then, t…
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NASA Space Exploration Projects Face Potential Federal Budget CutsAmberly
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Public media outlets say they will fight President Trump’s executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to end its financial support for NPR and PBS. Public media leaders and executives question the order’s legality and say a loss of federal funding endangers the broader network of public media programming. We look at the poten…
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In his new book “Sex is a Spectrum: The Biological Limits of the Binary,” Princeton biological anthropologist Agustin Fuentes makes the case that among animals, including humans, sex variation and reproductive biology is far more complex and fluid than we think. We discuss why many of the assumptions about male and female differences are more cultu…
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Last week, the Trump administration announced its goal of cutting $6 billion from NASA or nearly a quarter of the space agency's budget. Science programs would be hit especially hard, like the work done by NASA facilities in California. Guest: Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy, Planetary Society Three people are dead, four have received medical a…
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Gray wolves are regaining territory in northern regions of the state, with pack activity reported in Shasta, Lassen and Plumas counties. Ranchers say livestock losses are mounting.Saul Gonzalez
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Susannah Brouwer shares about taking care of her autistic son and why the stigma needs to end.KQED
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Tariffs on many of China’s imports into the United States now stand at 145%; most U.S. imports into China face tariffs of 125%. While President Trump and senior U.S. officials insist a trade deal is within reach, China’s Commerce Ministry has stated that it will not engage in talks until U.S. tariffs are lifted. With Trump’s trade war threatening t…
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Last month, Oil Giant Valero announced it would “restructure, or cease operations” at its Benicia refinery by the end of April 2026, as California transitions away from fossil fuels. The news left city officials, workers and residents scrambling to figure out what to do next. Valero is the city’s largest employer and a significant taxpayer, but als…
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