Francesca Fenzi
Beat reporting fellowFrancesca Fenzi is an audio journalist covering personal finance issues for KALW. She reports on the money systems, challenges and compromises that shape daily life in the Bay Area.
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CrosscurrentsEver notice that flights, hotels or groceries cost more for you than someone else? It's called surveillance pricing – and it's hard to escape.
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Assembly Bill 2564 would have banned retail companies from using personal information — like a shopper’s age, race, or browsing habits — to customize prices.
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At a meeting this week, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors delayed weighing in on a state bill that would ban the practice of surveillance pricing.
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If you have federal student debt, big changes went into effect this month, limiting how you can pay it back. Incoming students and their families are also affected, as new rules limit how much they can borrow overall.
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Dozens of East Bay residents and healthcare workers staged a ‘die-in’ on Thursday to protest the Trump administration’s sweeping federal healthcare cuts.