Tag: News

By Dan Brekke, KQED News Fix It was that rarest of occurrences: a heart-warming BART moment. Exiting just ahead of me at San Francisco’s 16th/Mission station one day last week, a woman, probably in her 20s, approached an unlocked side gate on the station’s concourse.  She glanced behind her and toward the agent’s booth, 20 […]

By Julie Cart, KQED News Fix/CALmatters It should come as no surprise that when the California Legislature recently began the process of divvying up proceeds from the state’s cap-and-trade auctions, a cavalcade of local officials, community activists and lobbyists rushed to Sacramento, with hands out. Billions of dollars burning a hole in the state’s pocket […]

By Ashley Hopkinson, EdSource Martha Hernandez, who began her career as a bilingual educator in California in 1976, remembers a time when knowing a language other than English was not considered an asset. It was difficult to advocate for students learning to speak English and often programs did not provide enough math and reading intervention […]

By Anna Gorman, Barbara Feder Ostrov, California Healthline/El Tecolote The Trump administration’s controversial decision on Tuesday to scrap the DACA program does more than put nearly 800,000 “Dreamers” in fear of deportation and losing their jobs. It threatens the health care of thousands of young adults who either have job-based insurance or whose incomes qualify […]

By Alastair Bland, KQED News Fix/Water Deeply Good habits die hard, it seems, after five years of epic drought — for most Californians, anyway. The historic dry spell from 2012 to 2016 prompted many state residents to reduce their water consumption, as did strict regulations imposed by state agencies and individual water districts. Whether they […]

By Carolyn Jones, EdSource Undocumented immigrant students will remain welcome at California colleges and universities, regardless of President Donald Trump’s decision on Tuesday to roll back legal protections for so-called Dreamers, education leaders said. “Our doors will be wide open for all eligible undocumented students. They are welcome and wanted,” said Long Beach State President […]

By Laura Wenus, Mission Local In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Texas shelters are preparing for a wave of lost and displaced pets. They’ll need room, so other shelters are taking in animals to help make space — including at least two local ones. KRON4 reports that the San Francisco SPCA (which has a branch […]

Want a Painted Lady? Forget about buying a Victorian home, as prices are entering the stratosphere. Creative Commons image by Flickr user Maju Rezende The housing crisis tops the legislative agenda this week as state lawmakers consider bills (KQED) that include a proposed $4 billion affordable housing bond and a measure creating a real estate […]

By KQED News Staff, KQED News Fix KQED asked our audience what they wanted to know about the far-right and counterprotests over the weekend. How many right-wing or racist demonstrators were actually present anywhere in S.F.? Asked by Matt Oja It’s tricky to get a handle on this number in San Francisco, because Patriot Prayer […]