I’m guest hosting Your Call’s Media Roundtable this morning at 10am PT, where we’ll first discuss the state of emergency in El Salvador, following a rise in gang violence. The measure restricts the freedom of the press and suspends civil liberties including the right to assembly and access to a lawyer. More than 17,000 have been arrested since the state of emergency was declared a month ago.
According to El Faro, a leading investigative digital news outlet, earlier this month, President Bukele also ordered changes to the Penal Code that press advocates warn censor journalism about gangs and would impede news outlets from questioning the official narrative on issues such as security policy and the government’s secret negotiations with the gangs.
Joining us will be Anna-Cat Brigida, a freelance journalist in Latin America.
Then we’ll talk about why California continues to approve new oil and gas wells. The state approved more new wells in March and April than in any two-month period since last October. We also discuss the power and influence of fossil fuel lobbyists on regulators and lawmakers in California. According to a new analysis by Capital & Main, between 2018 and 2021, lobbying organizations representing oil and gas companies spent almost $77.5 million advocating for the industry’s interests in Sacramento.
Joining us will be Aaron Cantu, award winning investigative journalist covering gas and oil in California for the Capital and Main.
Tune in at 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream live at 10am PT. What comments or questions do you have for these guests? Call 866-798-TALK to join the conversation!
Tonight on State of the Bay, we’ll talk to BART Board President Rebecca Saltzman and San Francisco Chronicle reporter Ricardo Cano about rebounding BART ridership numbers.
Then, novelist and columnist (and childhood friend of mine) Vanessa Hua joins us to talk about her new novel, “Forbidden City.”
Finally, we learn about the return of the surf competition The Mavericks to Half Moon Bay, with Elizabeth Cresson, Founder of Mavericks Ventures LLC and Paul Taublieb, Event Producer and Partner, Mavericks Ventures LLC.
What would you like to ask our guests? Post a comment here, tweet us @StateofBay, send an email to stateofthebay@kalw.org or leave a voicemail at (415) 580-0718.
Tune in tonight at 6pm PT on KALW 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream live. You can also call 866-798-TALK with questions during the show.
Tonight on State of the Bay, we’ll talk to Joe Eskenazi, managing editor and a columnist for Mission Local, about the drama that has surrounded this year’s efforts to redraw San Francisco’s supervisor district map.
Then we’ll be in conversation with Lara Bazelon, professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law, about her new book Ambitious Like A Mother: Why Prioritizing Your Career is Good for Your Kids. The book argues that women who prioritize their careers can benefit mothers, kids, and society at large.
Finally, we’ll hear an interview with Jay Donde, co-founder of the San Francisco Briones Society, about that organization’s new vision for the Republican Party in San Francisco.
What would you like to ask our guests? Post a comment here, tweet us @StateofBay, send an email to stateofthebay@kalw.org or leave a voicemail at (415) 580-0718.
Tune in tonight at 6pm PT on KALW 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream live. You can also call 866-798-TALK with questions during the show.
Tonight on State of the Bay at 6pm PT, we’ll talk to Nataliya Anon, co-founder of California’s Ukrainian newspaper Hromada, about the latest developments in Ukraine and how Bay area Ukrainians are reacting.
Plus we’ll take a look at aging in the Bay with eldercare experts Ariana Alex , Director of care management services at Sage Eldercare Solutions, and Jenay Cotrell, program manager at Marin County Aging and Adult Services. They will tell us what our communities are doing to support seniors and how younger people should be preparing for the later years.
Finally, we’ll talk with America’s oldest competitive snowboarder, Dick Shultze.
What would you like to ask our guests? Post a comment here, tweet us @StateofBay, send an email to stateofthebay@kalw.org or leave a voicemail at (415) 580-0718.
Tune in tonight at 6pm PT on KALW 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream live. You can also call 866-798-TALK with questions during the show.
On tonight’s State of the Bay, I go from host to guest, as we get into the nuts and bolts of what the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), a law that temporarily blocked admissions to UC Berkeley this year, does and how it operates. My co-host Grace Won will interview yours truly to explain how the law works in practice, as well as prospects for reform.
We’ll also learn more about Governor Newsom’s proposed gasoline rebate for Californians facing high prices at the pump. Joining us to discuss will be Alexei Koseff, reporter for Cal Matters.
Finally, we’ll hear from Marian Sousa and Marian Wynn, who are among the last of the Bay Area’s Rosie the Riveters.
What would you like to ask our guests? Post a comment here, tweet us @StateofBay, send an email to stateofthebay@kalw.org or leave a voicemail at (415) 580-0718.
Tune in tonight at 6pm PT on KALW 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream live. You can also call 866-798-TALK with questions during the show.
Tonight on State of the Bay, what is California doing to curb the mental health crisis facing young people? We’re two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, and mental health care professionals, educators, and politicians are drawing attention to the alarming increase in depression, anxiety, and suicide attempts among our youth. While the Newsom administration plans to spend $4.4 billion over the next five years to transform California’s youth behavioral health system, many child advocates believe we’re not moving fast enough.
Joining us to discuss will be Jocelyn Wiener, health and mental health reporter for CalMatters.
We’ll also hear from journalist and author Rachel Krantz, co-founding editor of Bustle, about her new book Open: An Uncensored Memoir of Love, Liberation, and Non-Monogamy.
Finally, we’ll learn about the Oakland Museum of California‘s new exhibit on the iconic Californian ceramicist, Edith Heath, with Drew Johnson, curator of photography and visual culture and co-curator of “Edith Heath: A Life in Clay.”
What would you like to ask our guests? Post a comment here, tweet us @StateofBay, send an email to stateofthebay@kalw.org or leave a voicemail at (415) 580-0718.
Tune in tonight at 6pm PT on KALW 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream live. You can also call 866-798-TALK with questions during the show.
Tonight on State of the Bay, we’ll talk about why fighting crime in San Francisco is more challenging than ever. Joining us will be Deepak Premkumar, Research Fellow with the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC).
We’ll also learn about the latest UN report on climate change impacts and what it means for the Bay Area, with Dr. Patrick Gonzalez, forest ecologist and climate change scientist at UC Berkeley.
Finally, we’ll hear from an underwater portrait photographer Erena Shimoda and find out how she’s helping trauma survivors.
What would you like to ask our guests? Post a comment here, tweet us @StateofBay, send an email to stateofthebay@kalw.org or leave a voicemail at (415) 580-0718.
Tune in tonight at 6pm PT on KALW 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream live. You can also call 866-798-TALK with questions during the show.
Tonight at 6pm PT on State of the Bay, we’ll cover how the game of Cricket will soon have a major league team and a new 50 million dollar stadium in the Bay Area.
We’ll talk to Unmukt Chand, a professional cricket player and captain of the Silicon Valley Strikers, and Surej Viswanathan, chair of the Bay Area Cricket Alliance and USA Cricket Board Member. Tune in to learn how the world’s second most popular sport will enrich our crowded athletic landscape.
Plus, we’ll explore the unique connection between Silicon Valley and Ukraine, with Igor Markov, a Silicon Valley research scientist and co-founder of the non-profit Nova Ukraine.
Finally, we’ll hear from playwright and actor Dan Hoyle about his new one-man show “Talk to Your People” at San Francisco’s Marsh Theater.
What would you like to ask our guests? Post a comment here, tweet us @StateofBay, send an email to stateofthebay@kalw.org or leave a voicemail at (415) 580-0718.
Tune in tonight at 6pm PT on KALW 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream live. You can also call 866-798-TALK with questions during the show.
Tonight on State of the Bay at 6pm PT, we’ll learn more about San Francisco’s proposed vacancy tax on empty residential units that lawmakers and advocates hope will put more housing stock into the market. Joining us will be Lauren Hepler, housing reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle.
Then we will talk to self-professed comedy nerds and stand-up comedians Nina G and OJ Patterson, co-author of Bay Area Standup: A Humorous History. Did you know that Phyllis Diller, Mort Sahl and Father Guido Sarducci all got their start in the Bay Area?
Finally, just in time for Valentine’s Day, we’ll hear from Lucie Ebernova, the Dating Coach, who has ideas of how to navigate the wild world of meeting your true love.
What would you like to ask our guests? Post a comment here, tweet us @StateofBay, send an email to stateofthebay@kalw.org or leave a voicemail at (415) 580-0718.
Tune in tonight at 6pm PT on KALW 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream live. You can also call 866-798-TALK with questions during the show.
Tonight on State of the Bay at 6pm PT on KALW, we ask if it is time to roll back school mask mandates? Joining us on this question will be Dr. Jeanne Noble, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Director of COVID-19 Response for the UCSF Parnassus Emergency Department; and co-founder of “Children, COVID and the Urgency of Normal” advocacy toolkit and webinar.
Plus we’ll discuss local and statewide efforts to regulate the manufacture and sale of ghost guns, which are untraceable firearms that are bought online and assembled in the home. Our guests will be:
- Abené Clayton, reporter with The Guardian’s Guns and Lies in America project; and
- David Pucino, senior staff attorney at Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence
And finally, we’ll hear from artist Eric Staller, creator of the Bubbleboat, a mobile dome of lights that you may have seen cruising around the Bay.
What would you like to ask our guests? Post a comment here, tweet us @StateofBay, send an email to stateofthebay@kalw.org or leave a voicemail at (415) 580-0718.
Tune in tonight at 6pm PT on KALW 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream live. You can also call 866-798-TALK with questions during the show.
