Rae Kim
Reporting FellowRae Kim (she/her) is an audio journalist from San Francisco working with KALW since 2025. She got her start in radio at Berkeley's KALX and went on to join the Audio Academy Fellowship class of 2026. Through story and sound, she seeks to advocate for housing, public space, public transportation, and abolition. She likes to bike to the local branch of the public library and sing along to music.
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If you or anyone you know speaks Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Nepali, Hindi, or any language other than English, you could help protect the rights of immigrants in San Francisco. -
Two Alameda County Sheriff’s deputies killed an unarmed man in San Leandro early Monday morning. -
A report from a San Jose City Councilmember confirmed that ICE agents will land in Mountain View today. -
CrosscurrentsMaybe you’ve seen a poster that led you to a protest or community event. In the Mission, there’s a long history of screenprinting those posters. -
A large private fund allowed Oakland’s police cadet program to start up again. -
Isaiah Rodriguez keeps the games playing smoothly at Free Gold Watch, a pinball arcade in the Haight that boasts over 60 machines, a screenprinting operation, and a billiards tournament. -
Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom delivered his State of the State address at the state capitol. -
Kevin Chan runs the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory in San Francisco's Chinatown, the oldest fortune cookie company in the Bay Area that still makes cookies by hand. -
The Trump administration is backtracking on its new policy for homelessness funding after a national lawsuit led by Santa Clara County. -
Early this morning, San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan announced that she will be running to fill Nancy Pelosi’s seat in Congress.
