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David Yu/Flickr / Creative CommonsAs the smoke from wildfires continues to hang over the region, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has extended the Spare the Air alert through Friday. Air quality indexes are expected to remain over 100, which is considered unhealthy for sensitive groups. KALW’s Sheryl Kaskowitz has more. -
Whitney/Flickr / Creative CommonsA 16-year-old Castlemont High School football player – the school’s first female to make the squad – is making history in a big way this season.
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In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we are celebrating the LGBTQ Latinx experience on Queer Power Hour.
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Courtesy of Grant Avenue Follies/There’s a group keeping the memory of those old Chinatown nightclubs alive — and high-kicking: The Grant Avenue Follies.
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KALW INVESTIGATES: Abuse and Neglect in California Disability Group Homes
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A group home employee reaches out to the family of a nonverbal autistic woman with evidence of abuse. We investigate their allegations and discover a residential facility that was cited over and over but allowed to continue operating.
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"Nursing These Wounds" showcases the impacts of colonization on Filipinx healthcare workers, who make up nearly a third of immigrant registered nurses in the US. -
Reporter Sonia Paul shares an update on a first-in-the-nation measure to add caste to state anti-discrimination laws.
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Today, we talk to reporter Sonia Paul about a first-in-the-nation measure to add caste to state anti-discrimination laws.
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Air quality in the Bay Area dipped Tuesday, due to wildfires burning in Northern California and Southern Oregon – triggering a Spare the Air Alert through tomorrow.
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Despite the fact that violent crime has gone down over the past two decades in San Francisco, recent data shows that the national perception of the city’s public safety has declined considerably.
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It’s been 20 years since guest Dan Buettner discovered the blue zones – the five places in the world where people live the longest.
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Blown glass from artist Dale Chihuly, born this day in 1941.
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A team of researchers is using artificial intelligence to help the city of Oakland figure out how much pollution coal trains leave behind in the communities they travel through.
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A new report criticizes the investigations into police misconduct that led to Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong’s firing in February. Mayor Sheng Thao says she is sticking with her decision to fire the former chief.
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There’s a series of emergency preparedness drills on the Bay through Thursday this week.
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