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Ben Trefny

News Executive Editor

Ben Trefny is KALW's executive news editor.  He got his start in public radio in Eugene, Oregon, volunteering at KLCC while earning a Masters degree in journalism at the University of Oregon.

Ben and his wife moved to San Francisco upon graduation, where he worked as a reporter and producer for various public and commercial radio programs.  He always thought the Bay Area should have a nightly regional public radio news show, and his goal was met when KALW launched Crosscurrents in August of 2008.

Ben lives with his wife and twin children in San Francisco's Sunset District, near where Golden Gate Park meets Ocean Beach.  He strives for balance in his personal life, and to create informative, exciting, and engaging programming as a public radio journalist.

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5:12pm

Thu September 27, 2012
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Crosscurrents

WEB EXTRA: Chevron Oil Refinery Fire

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KALW's Ben Trefny talk more with Jaxon Van Derbeken about the fire at the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond.

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4:56pm

Thu September 27, 2012
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Hear Here

Hear Here: Meet the future skaters of Balboa Skate Park

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If skateboards are your thing, you have a new place to thrash in San Francisco: the new Balboa Skate Park. And that brings us to another installment of our community storytelling project, Hear Here. KALW's Ben Trefny swung by the Balboa Skate Park, before its official opening, to meet some of the skaters there. He met edn Bowater-Skelly, Mario Mancini, Sirdenzel Lumsey, and Vivan Nguyen there. 

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Hear Here: A Pop-Up Radio Project
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4:46pm

Thu September 27, 2012
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Health, Science, Environment

Chevron under federal investigation

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Last month’s explosion at the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond had the East Bay in shock.

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3:47pm

Thu September 20, 2012
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Arts & Culture

The record store at the root of Michael Chabon's Oakland-based novel

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Berigan Taylor dropped by KALW to tell Executive Editor (and fellow Jazz fan) Ben Trefny the story behind Berigan’s, a little record shop in Oakland. Berigan’s was the inspiration for Michael Chabon’s new novel, Telegraph Avenue.  Taylor is a life-long record collector and still one of the Bay Area’s biggest jazz enthusiasts. As in, he could probably name every musician on every jazz recording you have ever heard.

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Aquarius keeps the light shining on underground music

5:51pm

Thu September 13, 2012
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Politics

The Nanny State: "The Happy Meal Ban" and other public health measures

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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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