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 …

How ready is California for an electric vehicle future?

A recent New York Times article did a deep dive into where the shift to electric vehicles is the strongest and it probably comes as no surprise to KCBS listeners that California - and in particular, the Bay Area - is the primary force behind seeing more EVs on the road. Data shows that electric ca…

Struggles continue when it comes to universities, museums returning native remains to tribes

Over three decades ago, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act was created… This act requires institutions that receive federal funding… such as museums and universities… to return human remains, sacred objects, and other items of cultural significance to federally recognized tr…

Looking at the power and transformation that can come from personal reparations

How much do any of us know about our family’s past? If we dig deep enough, far enough… what might be unearthed? For Randy Quarterman… and for Sarah Eisner… living thousands of miles apart… one in Savannah, Georgia… the other in Silicon Valley… who seemingly had separate existences… what was discov…

Is immigration reform possible for the United States?

It’s been a few weeks since the bipartisan $118 billion border and national security bill stalled out in the Senate… Most of the GOP opposed the bill… saying that legislation wasn’t going to do enough to address needs at the U.S Mexico border… there were some Democrats who voted to block the bill a…

Looking at the transgender experience, in the Bay Area and beyond

After almost two years of data gathering, the National Center for Transgender Equality recently released the largest-ever survey on the experiences of those in the trans community… looking at everything from satisfaction and support… to the spaces where discrimination and fear are still being felt……

What's being done about California's housing crisis?

A recent report from Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies found that over 650,000 people reported experiencing homelessness in America in January of 2023, up nearly 50% from 2015… Even if the numbers are staggering, hearing this probably isn’t a huge shock… Here in California, the housing cr…