Episodes

  • As the holiday season nears, SF hotel workers remain on the picket line

    As the holiday season nears, SF hotel workers remain on the picket line
    Nov 20 2024
    The Palace Hotel in San Francisco is being forced to cancel holiday events due to the ongoing strike by hotel workers. The arrival of the first big storm of the season means it's time for the large inflatable rubber dam in the Russian River to come down. PG&E has told the city of Dublin that a flock of blackbirds caused a power outage that left 7-thousand people in the dark last month. All this and more, on this edition of Bay Area All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio news anchors Holly Quan, Patti Reising, and Bret Burkhart.
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    16 mins
  • San Mateo's Sheriff Corpus refuses to resign despite growing condemnation

    San Mateo's Sheriff Corpus refuses to resign despite growing condemnation
    Nov 19 2024
    The Bay Area is bracing for it's first Atmospheric River of the season, which will begin in the North Bay. Scary moments on a ride at Knotts Berry Farm in Buena Park, when the Sol Spin Ride stopped six stories up in the air. The Lawrence Livermore National Lab is now home to the world's fastest supercomputer. It’s been an especially treacherous season on the waters off Bodega Bay after strong waves led to yet another fatal capsizing. Listen to all this and more on this edition of Bay Area All Local, with KCBS Radio's reporter Holly Quan.
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    15 mins
  • The Nation's health in the hands of Robert Kennedy Jr.

    The Nation's health in the hands of Robert Kennedy Jr.
    Nov 19 2024
    It's time now for Ask An Expert, every weekday at 9:20 AM on KCBS we're giving you direct access to top experts in various fields. With the possibility of Robert Kennedy Jr. becoming the country's top medical official, some experts are raising concerns about misinformation he has touted in the past, particularly when it comes to childhood vaccines. To answer your questions on this and more, KCBS Radio's News Anchors Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas spoke with Dr. Peter Hotez, Co-Director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development and Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. If you have a question you would like answered please email us at: AskUs@KCBSRadio.com
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    16 mins
  • Elections shake-up Bay Area politics

    Elections shake-up Bay Area politics
    Nov 19 2024
    Embattled district attorney Pamela Price has conceded following a recall election. San Francisco Mayor-Elect Daniel Lurie is leaning on a wide range of people to help with his transition into office. The Presidential Election may be behind us, but baseball fans in the East Bay still have another race to decide. All this and more on this afternoon's edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart.
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    11 mins
  • Trump's cabinet picks are clouded with uncertainty, controversy

    Trump's cabinet picks are clouded with uncertainty, controversy
    Nov 18 2024
    Two of president-elect Donald Trump's recent cabinet picks are facing some uncertainty amid news about sexual misconduct allegations. Experts say there's a growing gap between how Americans feel about the economy and the actual state of the economy. Some in the US intelligence community are broadcasting some doubts with president-elect Donald Trump's pick for Director of National Intelligence. Listen now on this edition of Bay Area All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio news anchors Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas.
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    14 mins
  • Bay Area city earns title of one of the U.S' most "zen" communities

    Bay Area city earns title of one of the U.S' most "zen" communities
    Nov 18 2024
    Sebastopol has been named one of the most “zen” cities in America. There are plans to get more seriously mentally ill people off the streets, as more counties in California have announced plans to open “Care Courts." City leaders in Oakland this week will being trying to piece together how to fill a nearly $100-million budget gap. All this and more, on this edition of Bay Area All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio news anchors Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas.
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    11 mins
  • Researchers at UCSF discovers a way to help epilepsy patients

    Researchers at UCSF discovers a way to help epilepsy patients
    Nov 17 2024
    A new report warns city leaders in Oakland that if big changes aren’t made quickly impending bankruptcy is a near certainty. With rain here and there over the past few weeks, the ground is increasingly getting saturated but what does that really mean for fire season? There’s little question that the alternative energy industry will look different when the Trump administration takes over. There's some promising news for epilepsy patients.
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    11 mins
  • A professor discovers pathogen causes sudden death to Oak Trees in the Bay Area

    A professor discovers pathogen causes sudden death to Oak Trees in the Bay Area
    Nov 16 2024
    Natural winemakers are proving young people are drinking wine it's the way they are enjoying which has shifted. State Parks officials are planning a prescribed burn near Mt. Diablo this coming week. We have the results from the VA’s annual point-in-time count of sheltered and unsheltered people nationwide…and the numbers indicated that veteran homelessness has reached a record low. Scientists have uncovered a new strain of pathogen already killing oak trees in all 9-counties of the Bay Area. All this and more in this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio news anchor Liz Saint John.
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    11 mins