Author Archives: Public Press staff

By Myles Bess, KALW Crosscurrents Standing in the hallway outside a hearing room at the Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center, you see benches filled with teenagers and their families–waiting to appear in court–many dressed up in button-down shirts and ties, looking their Sunday best. A lot of moms, too, and little brothers and sisters who […]

By Leslie Nguyen-Okwu, Mission Local SFKids.org, San Francisco’s primary online resource for parents, turned 10 this year, and to celebrate, it is getting a new look. The San Francisco Department of Children, Youth and Their Families released a revamped version of the site today. With the changes, the agency aims to enhance engagement with a broader swath of […]

 By Lisa Aliferis, KQED State of Health/The California Report If you looked at that headline and thought, “What is the maximum family grant?” you are probably not alone. Twenty years ago this week, in the midst of the Clinton-era welfare reforms, California became one of 16 states to pass a limit on assistance to new children […]

By Rigoberto Hernandez, Mission Local Which David is going to Sacramento? That is a question Supervisor David Campos likes to ask when stumping against Supervisor David Chiu, his opponent for the 17th state Assembly District seat. It is also a question that many voters are going to have a hard time answering in November in […]

By Leslie Nguyen-Okwu, Mission Local When the S.F. Municipal Transportation Agency’s new pilot program to regulate tech shuttles starts in August, neighbors may not notice huge changes. Despite coming in the wake of significant neighborhood complaints about the shuttles’ omnipresence, the pilot program will shift the location of stops but not decrease the actual number of stops […]

By Dan Brekke, KQED News Fix San Francisco transportation officials confirmed Monday that they have reached a tentative agreement in a contract dispute with Muni bus and rail operators that led to the partial shutdown of the city’s transit system in early June. San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Director Ed Reiskin said after a closed […]

By John Myers, KQED News Fix A debate over the proper punishment for crimes like simple drug possession and petty theft is headed to this fall’s statewide ballot, with backers arguing that reducing the penalty from a felony to a misdemeanor would reap both fiscal and societal benefits. The initiative, authored by San Francisco District […]

By April Dembosky, KQED/The California ReportAfter contentious debate over death panels four years ago, federal lawmakers are again taking up issues around end-of-life care. They’re investing money into programs that care for the nation’s sickest patients in a new way. One of them is based at Sutter Health in Northern California — and it could […]

By Dan Brekke, KQED News Fix A plan to build suicide prevention nets on the Golden Gate Bridge could get the green light this week. The bridge’s board of directors will meet Friday to vote on whether to fund the $76 million “physical suicide deterrent system.” Federal money is anticipated to cover most of the […]

By Lydia Chávez, Mission Local City Attorney Dennis Herrera issued an immediate cease-and-desist order Monday to parking apps such as Monkey Parking, a mobile peer-to-peer bidding app that allows drivers to auction off public parking spaces. Today’s decision also impacts other parking apps – including Sweetch, which allows drivers to earn money by selling their […]