Ben Trefny
Executive ProducerBen earned a Master's degree in journalism from the University of Oregon in 2000 and got his start in public radio at NPR member station KLCC in Eugene. After freelancing for many magazines and producing for regional and national commercial and public radio programs, he joined KALW in 2004. As Executive News Editor and then News Director, he helped the news department win numerous regional and national awards for long- and short-form journalism. He also helped teach hundreds of audio producers, many of whom work with him at KALW, today.
Ben lives with his wife near San Francisco's Ocean Beach, and spends as much time as he can outside.
You can reach him at ben@kalw.org.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom survived the recall effort.
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San Francisco's fourth Poet Laureate, Jack Hirschman, passed away Saturday at the age of 87.
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San Francisco city employees are now required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. And according to the city's Department of Human Resources, the vast majority are.
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The San Jose Police Department is not retaining officers or drawing as many applicants as it wants. It’s a reflection of a national trend.
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Low-income residents in the Bay Area are eligible to receive free air filtration systems.
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The wildfire in Butte and Plumas Counties has now burned more than 208 thousand acres. As of Tuesday morning, Cal Fire says the Dixie Fire is 23% contained.
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State officials announced, today, that health care workers and state employees will now be required to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or they must get tested regularly if they cannot verify their vaccination status.
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Oakland And The A's Still Differ On Three Major Stadium Points / Dixie Fire In Northern California Still Burning With 3,000 Firefighters On Site / Nearly One In Three California Families Pay More For Housing Than Is Financially Healthy / Golden Gate Heights Park In San Francisco Reopens / Slightly Warmer Temperatures Today
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California’s lawmakers are considering a bill that would deepen state’s identity as a sanctuary for undocumented immigrants.
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Despite perceptions of the public's widespread unhappiness with the slow reopening of California's schools last spring, most voters surveyed, including parents, gave the highest marks in a decade of polling to the state's public schools in general and their schools in particular.