Hussain Khan
News ProducerI was born in Pakistan, raised in Canada, and live in Oakland. Currently doing my Masters of Journalism at Berkeley. When I'm not writing or making radio, you can find me bouldering, catching a movie at The New Parkway, or at a used bookstore.
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Santa Clara county launched a new program on Monday that could make mental health front and center for people in court.
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Tonight, educators and staff are planning to hold a rally at the San Francisco Unified School District board meeting, saying more school staff need to be hired.
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With the start of fall classes, students attending UC Berkeley flock into the city, looking for housing nearby. But the university has the lowest percentage of students housed on campus in the UC system. How is this impacting students, and can things change?
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CrosscurrentsThere's one choir in Oakland that performs gospel music music outside of churches, with many members who aren't Black or Christian or either. And they've been doing it for almost 40 years.
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Firefighters in the state are increasingly struggling with PTSD, depression, and suicide. Reporter Julie Cart from CalMatters has been reporting on this, and wrote a six part series investigating what’s causing this mental health crisis, and what’s being done about it.
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California has a serious educator shortage, with one of the worst teacher to student ratios in the country. The state’s Department of Education may build millions of housing units on its land in an attempt to retain staff.
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CrosscurrentsLucien Gonzalez is a seventeen-year-old non speaking autistic person. In this piece, he shares some of his thoughts, and poetry.
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Last week, San Francisco received $10 million dollars to expand internet access. Officials say this money will help close a digital divide.
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In June, the Supreme Court gave cities broad powers to clear homeless encampments. Now it looks like that decision is having local ripples. An injunction against San Francisco designed to protect encampment residents is being lifted.
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The campaign committee spearheading the recall of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao is being sued by the city’s ethics commission for potentially violating fundraising laws.