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Occupy Santa Rosa, Immigration Groups, Rally Against Wells Fargo
People performed traditional Aztec dances as part of the protest. (Photo by: Mina Kim/KQED)On the cracked, asphalt parking lot of a former Albertsons grocery store in Santa Rosa, live theater and an...
View ArticleSF Supes Consider Local Oversight of FBI Terrorism Investigations
San Francisco supervisors are considering legislation that will require local control and civilian oversight of terrorism investigations the San Francisco Police Department undertakes with the Federal...
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Homicide Rate Among Calif. African-Americans Significantly Higher Than...
An anti-violence vigil. (Photo by: Scott Olson/Getty Images) California ranks ninth in the country for homicides of African-Americans. That's according to a study released today by the Violence Policy...
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'Secure Communities' Program Draws Ire of Church
ICE agents (Photo by: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)The Roman Catholic archdiocese of San Francisco is sponsoring an event Saturday, to express opposition to the federal Secure Communities immigration...
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Tech Companies Agree to Disclose Mobile App Privacy Policies
Mobile phone users will be able to view apps privacy policies before downloading. (Tim Boyle/Getty Images)Smartphone owners who download mobile applications could soon be able to easily access the...
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California Bucks Trend in Child Poverty
A child waits at the Imperial Valley Food Bank in El Centro, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)Children growing up in areas of concentrated poverty are more likely to experience stress, drop out of...
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Health Officials Now Say Several People May Have Been Admitted to Hospitals...
Contra Costa County health officials are revising earlier statements that no one had been hospitalized for health problems related to the Chevron refinery fire. The fire at Chevron's Richmond oil...
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Oakland Residents Plead: Pay Attention to Killings
The massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut has opened a new national dialogue about guns and gun violence. In Oakland, where a recent violent crime surge has residents...
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Among Oakland's Dead, What's a 'Typical' Case?
In Brenda Grisham's home, photos and mementos of her son Christopher Jones, fill the mantel. Jones was killed on the front porch of their home on December 31, 2010. Photo by Deborah Svoboda / KQED...
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California Same-Sex Couples Look Forward to Federal Benefits
Jenni Chang and Lisa Dazols, from San Francisco, outside City Hall. (Photo: Deb Svoboda/KQED) In 2011, more than 28,000 California same-sex couples reported being married, according to the U.S. Census...
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Who's Protecting the Abused Elderly?
Elsie Fossum's nieces and nephews look at family photos of their aunt, on the seventh anniversary of her death. (Mina Kim/KQED) Elsie Fossum's nieces and nephews say she was the aunt you wanted to...
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A Chance for Bayview Residents to Tell Their Stories
Bayview native Andrea Gooden and her brother prepare to talk about growing up in the Bayview in a makeshift recording booth. (Mina Kim/KQED) If you’ve ever gotten choked up listening to public radio,...
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Petaluma Slaughterhouse Upheaval Continues, Despite Reopening
Bill Niman is fighting to save his company, BN Ranch. He stands to lose nearly $400,000 from a massive beef recall at a Petaluma slaughterhouse. Niman and others have said his meat is safe. (Mina...
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State’s Chief Justice Fights to Restore Funding for Courts
California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye. (Paul Sakuma/Associated Press pool photo) State budget negotiations will intensify after Gov. Jerry Brown releases his revised spending plan...
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California Releasing Some Nonviolent Inmates Early
An inmate at the California Institution for Men state prison sleeps on his bunk bed in a gymnasium that was modified to house prisoners on Dec. 10, 2010, in Chino. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)...
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Beef Producer Niman Dumps 30 Tons of Meat Caught Up in Recall
Bill Niman has given up fight to save meat recalled, even though it wasn’t involved in alleged slaughterhouse scheme. (Mina Kim/KQED) A North Bay rancher has disposed of 30 tons of grass-fed meat that...
View ArticleWine Grape Harvest Comes Early to the North Bay
Crews fan out just after daybreak at Trefethen Family Vineyards to pick clusters of pinot noir grapes for sparkling wines. They’re getting a late start. “Imagine, we typically do this at 2 in the...
View ArticleUCSF’s First Undocumented Medical Student Begins Training
Jirayut “New” Latthivongskorn, a newly-minted medical student at UCSF. By Mina Kim I first met Jirayut “New” Latthivongskorn a little over two years ago. He was completing his undergraduate degree at...
View ArticleFirst Look: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz
Listen to Mina Kim’s KQED News report on the installation. http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2014/09/530NewsAiWeiWei.mp3 A detail from “Trace” shows a portrait of Edward Snowden, the...
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Health Officials Now Say Several People May Have Been Admitted to Hospitals...
Contra Costa County health officials are revising earlier statements that no one had been hospitalized for health problems related to the Chevron refinery fire. The fire at Chevron's Richmond oil...
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