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.
Tonight on State of the Bay, we’ll talk to Jeff Kositsky, founding director of San Francisco’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing. He’ll share his insights into the city’s growing homelessness problem that has garnered national attention and triggered a strong response by Mayor Breed.
We’ll also get an update on the struggling Oakland Public School system from Ashley McBride of The Oaklandside.
Finally, we will hear from Berkeley chef Bryant Terry about his new book Black Food.
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!
It’s a double-shot of shows on KALW 91.7 FM today, my last two of the year. First, this morning on Your Call’s One Planet Series at 10am PT, we’ll discuss how climate science is being politicized in schools with investigative journalist Katie Worth, author of the riveting new book, Miseducation: How Climate Change Is Taught in America.
In the second half of the show, we’ll cover the mental health impacts of air pollution with reporter Kristina Marusic.
Then tonight at 6pm PT, I’ll be co-hosting State of the Bay to assess recent decisions rejecting or delaying housing projects by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. UC Davis Professor of Law Chris Elmendorf will help us understand the statewide legal implications of these anti-housing decisions, in particular the recent delay of a 500-unit housing development near BART.
Then we’ll discuss the state of the Bay Area’s “slow streets” movement, which close streets to most traffic for improved pedestrian and bike safety. What do you think about these measures? Ask our guests Eillie Anzilotti of the SFMTA and community planner Leah Chambers.
Finally, you’ll hear my interview with with Phil Ginsburg, General Manager of the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department, who will discuss some of the holiday festivities available in the city’s public spaces.
Tune in at 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream live at 10am PT for Your Call and then again at 6pm PT for State of the Bay. What comments or questions do you have for these guests? Call 866-798-TALK to join the conversation!
Tonight on State of the Bay, I’ll chat with Berkeley author and environmental activist Michael Shellenberger about his provocative new book San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities. He argues that homelessness and violence in our cities are the direct result of progressive tolerance.
Plus, we will talk to an analyst from the Public Policy Institute of California about the new water emergency declaration in San Francisco and what it means for you.
Finally, we’ll hear filmmaker Debbie Lum discuss her new documentary Try Harder! about San Francisco’s storied Lowell High School.
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, we’ll talk to retired California Superior Court Judge LaDoris Cordell about her new memoir, “Her Honor: My Life on the Bench…What Works, What’s Broken, and How to Change It.” The book details her landmark time on the bench, with many stories of conflicts and cases, and it also covers flaws in our criminal justice system.
Plus, we’ll remember the life and career of Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan, who was tragically killed last week by a car driver while out walking her dog. Joining us to remember her will be Alice Lai-Bitker, former president of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, and Ralph Silber, executive director of the Alameda Health Consortium.
And finally we’ll hear from Reverend Paul Trudeau, co-director of City Hope, an organization providing a trusted gathering place for San Francisco’s marginalized residents.
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 discuss the new Texas abortion law and its implications for California with Shannon Olivieri Hovis from NARAL Pro-Choice California and Professor Michele Bratcher Goodwin of UC Irvine Law.
Plus we’ll get an update about supply chain delays with Andrew Hwang, Manager of Business Development and International Marketing at the Port of Oakland.
Finally, we’ll hear about a unique mobile sculpture in the form of a tricycle with a karaoke sidecar.
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 on KALW at 6pm PT, we’ll get an update on a few of the more consequential housing and labor bills crossing Governor Newsom’s desk with Emily Hoeven of CalMatters.
Plus, we’ll talk to Oakland-based activist Michelle MiJung Kim about her new book, The Wake Up: Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change.
Finally, we’ll find out where YOU can join a march in support of reproductive rights from Sophia Andary, co-founder of the San Francisco Women’s March.
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 ways to make the Bay Area more water resilient, with:
- Dr. Newsha Ajami, Director of Urban Water Policy with Stanford University’s Water in the West and a member of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
- Wade Crowfoot, California’s Natural Resources Secretary and former chief executive officer of the nonprofit Water Foundation
Plus we’ll get an update on the Elizabeth Holmes trial with Sara Randazzo, Legal Business Reporter for The Wall Street Journal.
Finally, we’ll hear about the the fastest growing sport in the US – pickleball! Joining us will be Patricia Strazzi, the first female certified pickleball coach in Northern California.
Tune in tonight at 6pm PT on KALW 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream live.
What would you like to ask our guests? Post a comment, tweet us @StateofBay or send an email or voicemail to StateofBay@gmail.com. You can call 866-798-TALK with questions during the show!
