Kevin Vance
Announcer/Operator; Host and Producer, A Patchwork QuiltKevin Vance created a program of folk music for KALW, A Patchwork Quilt, in October 1991. He grew up in Berkeley during the 1960s and '70s and spent his years learning in public schools, community colleges, bookstores, libraries, and non-commercial radio stations, as well as from the people around him. When he's not on the radio, then he's selling books, taking care of his family, listening to music, entering stuff into a computer, or taking a class.
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The mayor of San Jose may have broken state and local campaign rules when he raked in six figures for a political action committee he formed to influence the 2022 election
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The California State Assembly passed AB 1594, which allows survivors of gun violence in California to sue gun manufacturers and sellers for damages if the gun was sold in violation of a new firearm industry standard of conduct
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The head of San Mateo county announced his government has a new goal of “zero homelessness” after recent data showed a significant increase in homelessness
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California lawmakers are vowing to fast-track a handful of new gun restrictions in the wake of the Texas school shooting, which left 19 children dead
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California's first suspected case of monkeypox was reported yesterday in a patient who had recently traveled out of the country
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Although state and local efforts havekept many more residents from becoming homeless, Bay Area homelessness is worse than it was three years ago
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A recent increase in COVID infection rates has some California public health officials worried about another upsurge in the virus.
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San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo and police chief Anthony Mata announced a seven-point plan aimed at improving the city’s police department, following a series of incidents involving police misconduct.
