The Soaring Cost of Electricity for PG&E Customers in California
It’s been a tumultuous time for Californians and their electric bills. Since the start of this year alone, PG&E customers have seen one rate hike after another. Now, a fixed fee is being brought into the mix, leaving many wondering: how did we get here and is there any way to make sure California’s…
Was California's Project Roomkey Successful?
Project Roomkey, Governor Gavin Newsom’s initiative that turned hotel and motel rooms across the state into temporary shelters for the homeless during the height of the covid pandemic, is the subject of a recent independent evaluation. The goal of this report is to figure out if Project Roomkey wa…
What is the State of San Francisco? Part Two
We are continuing KCBS’s State of San Francisco conversation this week and seeking to answer the question of what will it take to ensure that San Francisco thrives in the years to come? Is it workers returning to offices? Does the city need more financial investment? Or should the focus be on bui…
What is the State of San Francisco? Part One
It’s a question that’s been pondered ever since we emerged from the covid pandemic: what is the state of San Francisco? Some say that San Francisco has been spiraling into a ‘doom loop’ ever since the pandemic passed as once thriving businesses and hotspots are now languishing. Others say that San…
A Conservation Conversation, Part Two: Environmental work at the San Francisco Zoo and what the future holds
Last week, KCBS Radio looked at the state of the environment. We touched on how cities are responding to the rising tides and the extreme effects of climate change. We looked at the change in how we get around the Bay Area - EVs, bikes, and more - and how young people are stepping up to take on cli…
A Conservation Conversation, Part One: What is the state of the San Francisco Zoo?
KCBS Radio has been taking a closer look at the state of the environment in the Bay Area - from extreme weather and rising sea levels to what people are doing to try and make the world around us better. But how is the San Francisco Zoo faring with all these environmental changes? What are their co…
What can be done to solve the student housing crisis in California?
The housing crisis is widespread in California and it has become especially dire for college students, as rents go ever higher and competition increases for whatever apartments are available. A 2022 UCLA survey found that student homelessness ranges from anywhere 5 to 20% across California’s colle…
The effects of climate change on the lives of migrating birds
It’s a part of the passing of wintertime and moving into spring: you open up the windows or you step outside, and you hear them - birds singing. And perhaps you hear the sounds of the male western tanager, a songbird that migrates thousands of miles once the seasons begin to change, heading to the…
Taking a closer look at environmental justice in Bayview-Hunters Point
Every place carries a history, from forests and wildlife to the eventuality of roads, buildings, and all the communities of people who lay claim to a space and call it home. For those who have called - and continue to call - Bayview-Hunters Point in southeast San Francisco home, that history comes…
I'm Listening: Men, Military, and Mental Health
On this episode of In Depth, we turn to Audacy’s I’m Listening: Talk Away the Dark, a limited series where conversations cover grief, loss, and suicide. Audacy’s David Glover will be speaking about men and mental health with Victor Armstrong, vice president of health equity and engagement for the …