UPDATE: How antimalarial drugs could be used
Scientists at Gladstone Institutes are using techniques developed in AIDS research to understand the life cycle of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
Author Archives: Mel Baker
Mel Baker is the producer and a contributor to The San Francisco Public Press radio program/podcast Civic. He has worked as a national network and Bay Area broadcaster for many decades. From early training in National Public Radio’s newscast unit, to stints in the newsrooms of KGO radio and KTVU-TV, and as a news anchor and reporter at KALW and other Bay Area stations, he has embraced the responsibility of broadcast media to “enlighten and inform” the community.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Coronavirus, Essential Workers, Food Systems
Grocery Union Reaches Deal for Workers on Front Lines of the Coronavirus Pandemic
Grocery stores have been deemed essential during the pandemic, and their employees are stationed on the front lines. One San Jose grocery store worker has died of COVID-19.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, City Hall, Coronavirus
City Officials Host Virtual Briefing on COVID-19 Response
City officials offered updates on their work to enact social distancing protocols, source hotel rooms for people who need to be isolated and deliver personal protective equipment to healthcare workers.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Coronavirus, Government & Politics
Dissonant Public Statements Erode Trust in Government During Pandemic
Trust in institutions, business and government is critical during times of crisis and never more so than during a worldwide pandemic that brings with it panic buying and stock market collapse.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, City Hall, Coronavirus, Health, Public Safety
Coronavirus Pandemic: Shelter-in-Place Order Issued for S.F., Much of Bay Area
Residents of San Francisco and several other Bay Area counties have been ordered to stay in their homes except for essential outings or to do essential work as of Tuesday, March 17.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Media, Transportation
Veteran Bay Area Traffic Reporter Talks Shop
Mark Pape, a radio reporter for the Total Traffic & Weather Network, tells it like it is about reporting on traffic in the San Francisco Bay Area, the third-worst commute in the country. Interviewed in what traffic reporters call “the pit, ” an area ringed by computer workstations, large TV monitors and microphones, Pape, who […]
