Bay Current
Touchdown!: Who can afford to go to Super Bowl LVIII?
It’s just about game time in Las Vegas, where the San Francisco 49ers are facing off with the Kansas City Chiefs for the 2024 Super Bowl at Allegiant Stadium. Tickets to the game are almost $10,000, but at a time where it seems everyone is struggling financially, who can even afford to go to thes…
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Is San Francisco a funny city? Yes, and…
The 21st Annual SF Sketchfest is underway in San Francisco, bringing comedians, improv performers, writers and lots of chuckles together for over two weeks of shows: from literal sketches to musical performances and improvised Shakespeare, on stages big and small across the city. But, why San Fra…
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Trump on top: What Iowa means for the 2024 presidential race
Donald Trump did what he expected to do in the Iowa Caucus last night by winning it handily and Ron DeSantis saved his campaign by coming in second over Nikki Haley. DeSantis earned a ticket to New Hampshire, where Haley is heavily favored. For the latest, here's KCBS' Doug Sovern. Produced by Mall…
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Can avalanches be predicted?
It’s been a tragic and harrowing week in the Sierra, where one person died between two avalanches in two days at two adjoining ski areas. The avalanches followed a powerful winter storm in the region, however experts say they didn’t expect anything like this within resort bounds. But can they be…
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The fight to get an ailing incarcerated man back home
An incarcerated man, who was honored in 2022 as a hero for saving the life of a Vacaville woman, is now suffering from Stage 4 kidney failure and dramatic weight loss behind bars. In this episode of Bay Current, KCBS Radio's Mike DeWald finds out what it would take for Darnell Armstrong to live in…
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Behind the efforts to rid Grizzly Peak of its litter
In this episode of Bay Current, KCBS Radio reporter Kris Ankarlo heads to Grizzly Peak to meet the man leading litter clean up efforts at one of the East Bay's most popular (and gorgeous) lookout points and hiking destinations.
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The Gov. Newsom-Gov. DeSantis debate is this week, but what's the point?
Neither California Governor Gavin Newsom nor Florida Governor Ron DeSantis have shied away from feeding the headlines with thoughts on each other’s respective states. And now they’re set to debate this Thursday, November 30 on Fox, moderated by Fox News host Sean Hannity. But, Gov. Newsom isn’t r…
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Wayne Brady, The Wiz & San Francisco, oh my!: A beloved musical returns
The musical The Wiz broke ground in 1975, changing the face of Broadway. Now, almost 50 years later, it’s back on stage with its first limited run, Broadway-bound tour in 40 years, with a run at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Theatre in early 2024. In this episode of Bay Current, KCBS Radio reporter…
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The Bay Area’s role in fostering success for the first Black, female jockey in the U.S.
Cheryl White is an undersung American icon. She was the United States’ first Black, female jockey, standing up to racial segregation and gender discrimination on the back of a horse, even making her mark on tracks up and down the California coast and in the Bay Area. In this episode of “Bay Curre…
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Braving the snowpack: Pacific Crest Trail hikers reach the end of the road
In this episode of Bay Current, KCBS Radio's Kris Ankarlo wraps up his 4-part series by checking in with the hikers who braved the snow pack by trekking 2,650 miles from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail.
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