Chris Egusa
ReporterChris is a graduate of KALW’s Audio Academy class of 2020. He is currently an Editor-Producer for KQED Podcasts and a freelance reporter. His reporting focuses on disability, mental health, and healthcare inequities, and has won awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Public Media Journalists Association, and the San Francisco Press Club. Before moving into public radio, he worked in video production and social impact strategy.
Chris is an East Bay native, and is also a photographer, musician, and avid home cook.
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CrosscurrentsOur investigation deepens when an administrator at Katrina’s group home comes forward. She discloses disturbing details about resident mistreatment, and describes a facility — and company — in disarray.
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CrosscurrentsLast week, KALW’s investigative series “Without a Voice” won a Webby Award. It looks into allegations of abuse at one of the most carefully regulated group homes in the state. In this episode, Chris takes us inside a family’s struggle about their daughter’s mistreatment.
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CrosscurrentsWe hear about an investigation into allegations of abuse in a group home for people with disabilities and a new State Assembly bill, which proponents say will provide accountability.
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CrosscurrentsFor the last 50 years, people with developmental disabilities have had the right to live the same kind of lives as people without disabilities. But when the pandemic hit, this support system fell apart, leaving many families desperate for help. And it exposed a caregiving crisis that is only expected to get worse.
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CrosscurrentsDr. Peter Poullos is a radiologist who leads the Stanford Medical Abilities Coalition. He and his students are working to increase disability awareness in medicine.
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CrosscurrentsDisability advocates say that disabled lives were systematically devalued throughout the pandemic. In this story, we meet a woman with a disability who recounts her experience of medical bias during her hospital stay. And, we meet the advocates fighting the discrimination they say is infused throughout the state’s pandemic response.
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Do you have a disability, or know someone who does? Has the pandemic made access to medical care, vaccines, supportive services, or employment more difficult?
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In his first few months in office, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin moved quickly and decisively. He eliminated money bail and ended gang…
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Oakland Public Library is open for curbside pickup, but its doors remain shut. So what happens to families and kids who depend on libraries for more than…
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Schools across the Bay Area are back in session — both virtually and in-person. But some are still feeling the effects of COVID-19 on the last school…