Wren Farrell

The Trust for Public Land announced on Monday that they’ve been given the option to acquire the East Bay’s former horse racing track, Golden Gate Fields, and turn it into a public park.

The former San Francisco Human Rights Commission director and a nonprofit executive were charged with multiple felony counts on Monday.

Tomorrow, the Oakland Public Works and Transportation committee will vote on an ordinance that will crack down on illegal dumping.

The Richmond City Council voted this week to extend its contract with Flock Safety for its automated license plate reader cameras, or Flock cameras, until the end of the year.

Yesterday, the California Gig Workers Union, which represents rideshare drivers, filed a formal complaint with state regulators against Waymo.

Kaiser Permanente mental health workers are holding a one-day Unfair Labor Practice Strike starting tomorrow at 6 a.m.

San Francisco Supervisor Alan Wong launched a "dumb laws" contest on Wednesday for residents to share city rules and regulations they think are nonsensical.

Prosecutors announced today that they’re charging the two men who got into a fight with San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s security detail last week.

The California Department of Justice announced yesterday that it will not prosecute the officers that shot and killed two men in San Francisco in 2022.

Over the weekend, OpenAI announced that they will allow the Department of War to use its technology.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is likely to finalize an almost three-million dollar settlement of a lawsuit with the Coalition on Homelessness in regards to its "bag & tag" policy.

A new report from Food and Water Watch found that the drinking water for almost 60 million Americans is at risk for contamination.

Starting tomorrow, Waymos, Uber Black, and Lyft Black cars will be allowed to pick up and drop people off on certain parts of Market Street.

The registration period for California’s Earthquake Brace + Bolt seismic retrofit program opened yesterday.

New data from the Environmental Protection Agency shows that most of the United States’ water supply is contaminated with “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.

The San Francisco Bay could soon become home to the United States’ first fleet of electric ferries.

The State Department announced on Saturday that it is temporarily halting visitor visas for people from Gaza, including children seeking medical care.

The Bay Area Air District filed a lawsuit against a landfill in Martinez on Thursday for illegally emitting high levels of methane and other air pollutants.

San Francisco federal workers, seniors, and advocates will rally at the Federal Building on Thursday to protest cuts to Social Security. KALW's Wren Farrell has more.

An East Oakland recycling facility has reached an agreement with the Bay Area Air District to resolve the company's air quality violations.

Part six of our series on sea level rise looks at a dune restabilization project at Ocean Beach, and a wastewater treatment plant that is being threatened by coastal erosion and rising tides.

Today is Transgender Day of Visibility. It’s a day to celebrate the lives and accomplishments of trans people, while also acknowledging the discrimination and challenges many still face.March was a particularly tense time for trans folks in San Francisco. Two local bathhouses — Imperial Spa in the Fillmore district, and Archimedes Banya in Hunters Point — were accused of enforcing anti-trans policies.After facing backlash online and potential protests, Imperial Spa quickly reversed their policy. But at Banya, it was a little more complicated.

For months organizers in California have been working to spread the word about a helpline for perpetrators of domestic and intimate partner violence. You heard that right. A helpline for perpetrators, not victims.It’s an unusual approach to a serious problem: Rates of domestic violence in the U.S. are high, and they got even worse during the pandemic.The helpline – A Call for Change – promises anonymity to its callers. Their goal is to provide a non-carceral approach to preventing domestic and intimate partner violence.

In part two of this series, we'll learn about the larger network of service providers that the Mobile Support Team works with. And what happens to their clients after a crisis.

Last year, Sonoma County got state funding to make their Mobile Support Team available 24/7. In part one of this series, we look at the complexities of crisis intervention.

Today, an update on Oakland’s community response program for non-violent, non-emergency 911 calls. How and when you can call them, and what they’re doing for Oaklanders.

Every other year, communities across the country count the number of unhoused folks in their area. It's a way to get federal funding. But is the model working?

Student reporters have been at the center of pro-Palestine encampments across the world. But what's it like being a student reporter today?

Substance abuse experts say there’s a strong connection between the stress of the pandemic and increased drug and alcohol use nationwide. In this story, we take a closer look at one of the personal stories behind the statistics.

Last week the California Academy of Science’s resident corpse flower bloomed. It’s an event that usually makes the news. But despite all the attention they attract, wild corpse flowers are endangered, which is why the Academy is joining a national effort to preserve their DNA.