Yearly Archives: 2017

KQED News Fix Perhaps as many as 15,000 or 20,000 times every weekday, BART riders skip paying fares, and these scofflaws cost BART, according to its estimates,  $15 million to $25 million a year. In the wake of such losses, the agency has decided to try to do a better job of persuading riders that […]

By Erika Aguilar, KQED News Fix Nearly half of more than 296,000 home loans issued in California in 2015 went to white homebuyers, while African-Americans secured just 3 percent, according to federal mortgage data analyzed by a Bay Area policy group focused on diversity and equity. The report by the Greenlining Institute, based in Oakland, […]

By Joe Eskenazi, Mission Local Caroline Ayres just wanted to hear about her kids’ school system. What she got was the hybrid of a political rally and a revival meeting. “It was,” she recalls, “an attempt at conversion via emotional outreach.” It happened earlier this month on Mission Street, in a Sons of Italy outpost […]

By Jessica Placzek, Ryan Levi and Eli Wirtschafter, KQED News Fix On Jan. 1, it will become legal for adults 21 and older to buy and sell recreational marijuana in California. In anticipation, Bay Curious is answering a bunch of your questions about commercially available marijuana. Read the complete story at KQED News Fix. 

By Scott Shafer, KQED News Fix Between the singing, the prayers and the tears at Sunday’s memorial service for San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, political luminaries like Gov. Jerry Brown, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Nancy Pelosi all spoke about Lee’s life and the sacrifice he made for the city. But perhaps the person with […]

KQED News Fix/The California Report On Jan. 1, California adults will be able to walk into shops and buy marijuana products for recreational use. As investors and owners get ready to cash in, an effort is underway to unionize marijuana workers. The hope is to give them more protections and a say in the rapidly […]

KQED News Fix Earlier this month, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and East Bay Congressman Mark DeSaulnier wrote to officials at the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and told them that they needed to start planning for a new vehicular and rail crossing between the Peninsula and East Bay. Feinstein and DeSaulnier  suggested that planning should start under the […]

Mayor Ed Lee, who died unexpectedly last week, is remembered as a dedicated public servant who leaves behind a complicated legacy.

KQED News Fix/The California Report The California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to beef up rules for utilities that have facilities in areas where thick vegetation and strong winds make fires more dangerous. Under the new rules, electric and telecommunications utilities will need to widen vegetation clearances around their lines. They will also […]