Liza Ramrayka
KALW Audio Academy Fellow '21Liza Ramrayka is a freelance social justice journalist based in San Francisco and originally from England.
Her storytelling explores aspects of — and solutions to — social exclusion experienced by marginalized communities, such as refugees and people who are housing insecure.
She is a KALW Audio Academy '21 Fellow.
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What if your doctor prescribed you a walk in the park instead of a pill? Doctors in San Mateo County are giving patients a prescription to spend time outdoors. The Park Rx program is getting patients back to health, by getting them back to nature. -
Many of the Bay Area’s public high schools reopened last month after almost a year and a half of remote learning. How has a lost year of lockdown derailed teen mental health? And what support might be needed to get students back on track?
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Food pantries are a lifeline for many in San Francisco and Marin but hundreds had to close last year due to social distancing rules. In this edition of…
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A renowned San Francisco private investigator’s final case was inadvertently helping police find the suspects in a crime outside his own home.Two men were…
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In his first press conference this year, Governor Gavin Newsom warned of a post-holiday COVID-19 surge and set out plans to step up vaccinations.Newsom…
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State support to help millions of Californians avoid eviction during the pandemic is due to end next month. But San Francisco Assemblymember David Chiu is…
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San Francisco is set for more restrictions in response to the current rise in COVID-19 cases. What does this mean as the city enters the holiday…
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California's counties are expected to face more restrictions this week in the wake of a surge in COVID-19 cases. Over the weekend, the state reported…
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On November 3, San Francisco began to phase out a program that provided its most vulnerable unhoused population with hotel rooms during the pandemic. When…
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More than 360,000 homes across 36 counties and 17 tribal lands are affected by the outages that began last night, when gusts of over 70 miles per hour…
