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News & Analysis
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Your CallAs Florida braces for a powerful category 5 hurricane, we continue discussing the climate crisis and what’s at stake in the presidential election. -
Your CallA Type Investigations/The Guardian report reveals that if Trump wins the election, he would go even further to dramatically weaken environmental protections. -
Your CallWhat role is fracking playing in the presidential election and the critical race between Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and his challenger Republican Dave McCormick? -
tbhThe ongoing war in Palestine has created a divide across the country. In this story, tbh producer Jeremy Strause explores his experience as a Jewish teen in these times, and re-examines what Israel means to young Jewish people. -
State of the BayWe explore the implications of Sonoma County's Measure J on local farmers, residents, and the environment. We'll also hear from Stanford climate scientist Rob Jackson about his new book "Into the Clear Blue Sky: The Path to Restoring Our Atmosphere." Finally, we'll learn about the impact of Elon Musk's Twitter takeover with authors and New York Times reporters Kate Conger and Ryan Mac. -
Queer Power HourThis week on QUEER POWER HOUR, we profile two LGBTQ+ politicos — one in SF, the other in DC. -
Your CallJessica Valenti says women's lives are on the line next month. Republicans support a national abortion ban and at least 10 states will vote on abortion ballot measures. -
CrosscurrentsBerkeley voters have a lot to make sense of this election cycle. KALW’s Sunni Khalid spoke with senior Berkeleyside reporter, Alex N. Gecan, to try and tease out some of the knots in two different sets of dueling ballot measures. -
Your CallJD Vance refused to say Trump lost the 2020 election and lied about supporting an abortion ban. Tim Walz was tame compared to his fiery interviews and had a rocky start. -
San Francisco Mayor London Breed did not appear for a mayoral forum last night that was hosted by the San Francisco League of Women Voters.
Gimme My Props
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Berkeley’s Measure Z — also known as the soda tax — is an initiative that aims to extend the 2014 ballot measure to continue the tax on sugar sweetened beverages. -
Oakland’s Measure OO is a new initiative to change the structure of the Oakland Public Ethics Commission. -
Oakland’s Measure NN is a new proposal aimed at funding public safety through a tax on property owners. -
Oakland Measure MM is a new initiative that aims to fund wildfire prevention in parts of the city with high fire risk. -
Richmond’s Measure J and Measure L both focus on election reform. -
Proposition O would strengthen access to abortions in San Francisco. -
Proposition N would create a fund to help police officers, firefighters, paramedics, sheriffs, nurses and 911 dispatchers employed by the city pay off their student loan debt. -
SF Prop M would overhaul SF Business Tax System . The city would rely less on taxing a company’s payroll for staff working here, and more on revenue that businesses earn within the city. -
Proposition L would tax ride-hail companies, including those that operate self-driving cars. -
Proposition K would start a process that could permanently close part of San Francisco’s Great Highway to traffic.
Bay Area Headlines
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The results of the election have had a polarizing effect on communities across the country. KALW asked San Franciscans about how they were moving forward. -
Monday was the last day for California voters to register by mail or online for the November 5 election. -
Continued San Francisco Unified School District travails, an Oakland election explainer, Bay Area voter outreach to swing states. -
A group of business and community leaders held a press conference in Oakland’s Chinatown today to speak out against the campaign to recall Mayor Sheng Thao. -
A Bay Area-based nonprofit polled 900 Latinos from across the state on their election concerns. -
The first week back for 50,000 students in San Francisco’s public schools was capped with an unexpected change of leadership on the school board last Friday. -
Amid campaigns to recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price, a group of recall opponents gathered in East Oakland to push back. -
While a huge showing of California delegates are at the Democratic National Convention to support Kamala Harris, not all in attendance are there to root for her. -
The San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association — or SPUR — is a public policy think tank that aims to develop solutions to the problems facing Bay Area cities. The nonprofit released a 44-page report that details the inefficiencies it sees in San Francisco’s government. -
Some residents in the Bay Area have been receiving text messages regarding their voter registration status in a possible scam to get their personal information.
