Nonprofit community radio stations KXSF-LP and KSFP-LP are broadcasting again on 102.5 FM from the second level of Sutro Tower in San Francisco. San Francisco Community Radio and the San Francisco Public Press each broadcast 12 hours a day on their shared frequency, which can be heard throughout the city.
Author Archives: Public Press staff
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We’re Hiring a Radio Host and Reporter
The San Francisco Public Press, an independent nonprofit news organization producing digital, print and audio journalism, seeks a full-time host and reporter for “Civic,” its flagship weekly news and public affairs podcast and radio show airing on KSFP-LP 102.5 FM in San Francisco. This is an opportunity to work with an organization dedicated to publishing […]
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2022-23 Ida B. Wells Fellowship Awarded to Yesica Prado
Type Investigations has named San Francisco Public Press multimedia journalist Yesica Prado a 2022-23 Ida B. Wells Fellow. She is one of four fellows selected for this national program. For her fellowship, Yesica will report on homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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June 2022 SF Election Guide
A nonpartisan election guide featuring text and audio summaries of all San Francisco ballot measures for the election occurring June 7, 2022.
• Proposition A — MUNI Reliability and Street Safety Bond
• Proposition B — Building Inspection Commission
• Proposition C — Recall Timelines and Vacancy Process
• Proposition D — Office of Victim and Witness Rights; Legal Services for Domestic Violence Victims
• Proposition E — Behested Payments
• Proposition F — Refuse Collection and Disposal Ordinance
• Proposition G — Public Health Emergency Leave
• Proposition H — Recall Measure Regarding Chesa Boudin
Posted inElections, San Francisco February 2022 Election Guide
San Francisco February 2022 Nonpartisan Voter Guide
RESULTS: Recalled: School board members Collins, López and Faauuga. Elected: Assessor-Recorder Torres. Runoff: Assembly candidates Haney and Campos, beating Mahmood and Selby. See story. This is a nonpartisan analysis of contests on the ballot in San Francisco, for the special election occurring on Feb. 15, 2022. Check back soon for updates with new material. Produced by: […]
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Hoping to Save Limbs and Toes, California Moves to Curtail Diabetes
By David Gorn, CALmatters The word “amputation” threw a chill down Michael Rubenstein’s spine. The 67-year-old diabetic from San Mateo still winces at the thought. “They told me I’d need to cut it off right about here,” he said, sawing his hand across his left shin. Two months after that diagnosis, he’s on an exam […]
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California’s Soda Tax Ban Stalled a Grassroots Movement, but Didn’t Kill It
By David Washburn, EdSource It had, in many respects, become the little movement that could. After more than a decade of failed attempts at both the state and local levels to impose soda taxes, health advocates scored a watershed victory in 2014 when Berkeley voters approved by a two-thirds majority a 1-cent-per-ounce tax on sugary […]
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Once Again, California Lawmakers Won’t Crack Down on Payday Lenders
By Antoinette Siu, CALmatters When phone bank worker Melissa Mendez, age 26, felt financially squeezed a few months ago —“I was short on cash and needed to pay rent”— she walked into a Cash 1 storefront in Sacramento and took out a payday loan. The annual interest rate: 460 percent. That rate would shock a […]
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California Considers Cutting Ties to Firms Carrying Out Trump’s Immigration Policies
By Elizabeth Castillo, CALmatters Although California can’t do much to block the Trump administration’s controversial immigration policies, opponents in the “Resistance State” keep finding ways to chip away at their foundations. The latest: pushing the state and its Democratic leaders to cancel its business deals with, investments in, and campaign donations from private companies with […]