Even the most rigorous social distancers among us will most likely need to venture outside every now and then, so when we do, how can we avoid bringing the virus back inside with us? On this edition of How to Bay Area, we speak with Annelys Roque Gardner -- an infectious disease specialist with UC San Francisco -- who gives us the same advice she’s giving to her friends and family about how to best keep homes clean, safe, and virus free.

Host:Keith Menconi 

Programming note: This edition features an expanded interview from a recent KCBS In Depth program

Even the most rigorous social distancers among us will most likely need to venture outside every now and then, so when we do, how can we avoid bringing the virus back inside with us? On this edition of How to Bay Area, we speak with Annelys Roque Gardner -- an infectious disease specialist with UC San Francisco -- who gives us the same advice she&rsquo;s giving to her friends and family about how to best keep homes clean, safe, and virus free.
Host: Keith Menconi&nbsp;
Programming note: This edition features an expanded interview from a recent KCBS In Depth <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/kcbs-in-depth/staying-safe-during-a-pandemic">program</a>

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Since the pandemic began, state and local officials have been racing against time to get homeless Californians off the streets and into shelter, but after a year of effort, will the progress that's been made last? 

On this edition of How to Bay Area, we're going to discuss how advocates are hoping to build on the momentum of the past year and move closer to ending the region's homelessness crisis once and for all. 

Guests: 
Danny Goddard, formerly homeless San Jose resident
Andrea Urton, chief executive officer, HomeFirst Services of Santa Clara County
Margot Kushel, professor of medicine, UCSF | director, UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations

Host: Keith Menconi 

Since the pandemic began, state and local officials have been racing against time to get homeless Californians off the streets and into shelter, but after a year of effort, will the progress that's been made last?&nbsp;
On this edition of How to Bay Area, we're going to discuss how advocates are hoping to build on the momentum of the past year and move closer to ending the region's homelessness crisis once and for all.&nbsp;
Guests:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Danny Goddard, formerly homeless San Jose resident</li>
<li>Andrea Urton, chief executive officer, HomeFirst Services of Santa Clara County</li>
<li>Margot Kushel, professor of medicine, UCSF | director, UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations</li>
</ul>
Host: Keith Menconi&nbsp;

How to End the Homelessness Crisis

Election day is coming up in just a few days, and if you haven't cast your ballot already the window for mail-in voting is closing fast, but there are still plenty of other ways to get that vote counted: So on this mini-edition of How to Bay Area we lay out all the options that remain for last-minute voters and also explain what changes might be in store when you get to your polling place. 

Guest:Kim Alexander, president and founder, California Voter Foundation

Host:Keith Menconi

Election day is coming up in just a few days, and if you haven't cast your ballot already the window for mail-in voting is closing fast, but there are still plenty of other ways to get that vote counted: So on this mini-edition of How to Bay Area we lay out all the options that remain for last-minute voters and also explain what changes might be in store when you get to your polling place.&nbsp;
Guest: Kim Alexander, president and founder, California Voter Foundation
Host: Keith Menconi

How to Cast That Last-Minute Ballot

On this edition of How to Bay Area we take closer look at masks, the funny face protectors that have sparked so much controversy since this pandemic began (and as we discover, long before then as well). Over the course of the program we speak with three expert guests on the best masking practices, as well as what the latest science has to say about mask effectiveness. We also take a closer look at Bay Area history to find out what the region's last bout with pandemic has to teach us today as we sort through one Covid controversy after another. 

Guests: 
Nicole Meldahl, executive director of the Western Neighborhoods Project history nonprofit in San Francisco  
Dr. Monica Gandhi, an infectious disease physician at UC San Francisco
Dr. Krutika Kuppalli, a Bay Area infectious disease physician and also a biosecurity fellow with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

Host:Keith Menconi 

On this edition of How to Bay Area we take closer look at masks, the funny face protectors that have sparked so much controversy since this pandemic began (and as we discover, long before then as well). Over the course of the program we speak with three expert guests on the best masking practices, as well as what the latest science has to say about mask effectiveness. We also take a closer look at Bay Area history to find out what the region's last bout with pandemic has to teach us today as we sort through one Covid controversy after another.&nbsp;
Guests:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Nicole Meldahl, executive director of the Western Neighborhoods Project history nonprofit in San Francisco&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>Dr. Monica Gandhi, an infectious disease physician at UC San Francisco</li>
<li>Dr. Krutika Kuppalli, a Bay Area infectious disease physician and also a biosecurity fellow with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security</li>
</ul>
Host: Keith Menconi&nbsp;

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