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Rising SF Rents, a Progressive Rep in CA’s MAGA Corner, and Waymo’s Remote Workers

In this month’s edition of The Bay’s monthly news roundup we discuss the effect of the booming AI industry on San Francisco’s rental market, Rep. Jared Huffman’s visit to his “radically redrawn” district since the passage of Prop. 50, and the revelation that Waymo employs remote ...  Show more

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Rising SF Rents, a Progressive Rep in CA’s MAGA Corner, and Waymo’s Remote Workers

In this month’s edition of The Bay’s monthly news roundup we discuss the effect of the booming AI industry on San Francisco’s rental market, Rep. Jared Huffman’s visit to his “radically redrawn” district since the passage of Prop. 50, and the revelation that Waymo employs remote ...  Show more

Tahoe Avalanche Is the Deadliest in Modern California History

Search and rescue crews have recovered all 9 bodies of those killed in last Tuesday’s avalanche in Tahoe, which is now the deadliest in California’s modern history. Four of the victims were women from the Bay Area. KQED’s Sarah Wright explains what we know so far, and how this tr ...  Show more

The Pay Phone That Lets San Franciscans ‘Call a Republican'

For several weeks, a red pay phone sat outside a tattoo parlor in San Francisco’s Mission District — with a sign reading ‘Call a Republican.’ If you picked it up, a blue pay phone with the sign ‘Call a Democrat’ in the conservative city of Abilene, Texas would ring. This project, ...  Show more

Why Are There So Many Crows in the Bay Area?

If you’ve noticed more crows in the night sky this winter, you’re not imagining it. The Bay Area crow population has been on a steady rise since about 1975 — and after 2000 or so, the population exploded. So what’s behind the boom? This episode of Bay Curious first aired on June ...  Show more

Kaiser Strike Enters Its Fourth Week

Nearly 31,000 health care workers with the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals have been on strike for the last four weeks. Nurses, physicians assistants, pharmacists and other workers at Kaiser Permanente say that their wages have not kept ...  Show more