Victor Tence
Crosscurrents Senior ProducerVictor Tence is the Senior Producer for Crosscurrents and Coordinator for KALW's Training Programs. He is a graduate of City College of San Francisco's journalism program and the 2020 KALW Audio Academy cohort. He transitioned to journalism after spending 6 years cooking in Bay Area kitchens. He is passionate about covering the local hospitality, food and agriculture industry, as a way to advocate for the community he loves. Now, he works as a producer for KALW's award-winning news magazine, Crosscurrents. He also organizes and facilitates KALW's various training programs.
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CrosscurrentsThere are roughly 1000 small businesses that call San Francisco’s Chinatown home. To help us understand how the tariffs are threatening the whole neighborhood, I spoke with the President of the city's Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Donald Luu. -
CrosscurrentsIn Muslim countries Ramadan is the heartbeat for the whole month. Cafes and restaurants stay open late to accommodate the fasting schedule. But here in the Bay Area, it’s not like that. And if you wanted to know which spots are open late, one place you go to is the HalalFest website. -
CrosscurrentsLast week, Oakland’s Derrick Hayes died at the age of 65. On Sunday, Street Spirit held a memorial for him. -
Meet our 11th Audio Academy class: the class of 2024. -
The former vice president and manager of San Francisco’s Recology group, John Porter, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit honest services wire and mail fraud. Making him the second person to do so from the company. -
We are proud to introduce our 10th Audio Academy class: the class of 2023. -
CrosscurrentsLast summer a lawsuit filed by an anonymous Cisco Systems employee brought the ancient Hindu system of “caste” into a modern discussion about discrimination protections. He’s known simply as John Doe and he is a Dalit, the lowest on the caste hierarchy. His case is historic because if successful, it would recognize caste as a grounds for discrimination for the first time in the US. -
Danielle Fuentes Morgan is the author of “Laughing to Keep from Dying: African American Satire in the Twenty-First Century.”Her book explores Black satire… -
In these final days before the election, we’ve been checking in with locations around the Bay Area with the lowest voter turnout rates. We’ve gone to… -
In the final weeks before the election, we’re checking in with five locations in the Bay Area with the lowest voter turnout rates. Today, we go to East…
