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Fifth & Mission

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The flagship news podcast of the San Francisco Chronicle. Producer/host Cecilia Lei and co-host Laura Wenus discuss the biggest stories of the day with Chronicle journalists and newsmakers from around the Bay Area. | Get full digital access to the Chronicle: sfchronicle.com/pod
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Episodes

Where Are the Masks?

As hospitals brace for a surge of coronavirus patients, many are running out of critical protective gear — especially masks. Rachel Swan and Audrey Cooper discuss a situation so dire the CDC is telling health workers to wear scarves and bandanas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 20, 202022 min

Refusing Coronavirus Tests

Vice President Pence promised that every Grand Princess passenger would be tested for coronavirus. But The Chronicle's Matthias Gafni has learned that hundreds of quarantined patients — encouraged by federal officials — have refused. Is that a threat to the community? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 19, 202022 min

Coronavirus Evictions

Local officials have taken steps to keep people and businesses from being evicted. But what happens after shelter-in-place ends? And how are we taking care of the homeless? Dominic Fracassa discusses the latest steps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 18, 202027 min

Coronavirus Update: $1.1 Billion Aid Package

Alexei Koseff reports from Sacramento, where state lawmakers passed funding for coronavirus response on Monday, then suspended their session for a month — reportedly a first in more than 150 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 17, 20206 min

Shelter in Place

The Bay Area is shutting down after an emergency order across most of the region that's the nation's strongest move so far in response to the coronavirus threat. Erin Allday and Audrey Cooper discusse what is — and isn't — covered by the order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 16, 202021 min

The Kids Are Home: Now What?

Reporter — and former kindergarten teacher — Steve Rubenstein gives Audrey Cooper and all parents advice on what to do with kids who are because of school closures in response to the coronavirus. Plus: Thoughts from a real expert, age 7. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 16, 202018 min

Predicting the Coronavirus Future

Disease modelers are trying to come up with their best guesses about how badly COVID-19 could take hold in the United States. Health reporter Erin Allday discusses what we know and what could stave off the worst possible outcomes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 14, 202026 min

Schools Are Closing

Children in San Francisco will be out of school for three weeks due to coronavirus fears and districts around the region are following suit. Trisha Thadani on what happens to families with no other options or children who need school meals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 13, 202013 min

Fifth & Mission Is Working From Home

Coronavirus has forced thousands, maybe millions, of Americans to work from home. That includes Chronicle journalists like Audrey Cooper and Mallory Moench, who discuss pros and cons and what to expect. | Get unlimited Chronicle access. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 12, 202021 min

SF City Insider: “This Is Going to Be Catastrophic”

San Franciscan Amanda Kahn Fried is on sabbatical in Italy, a coronavirus hot spot where events seem to be a few weeks ahead of the Bay Area. On the San Francisco City Insider podcast, she tells host Heather Knight what it’s like to live under lockdown. | Subscribe to San Francisco City Insider. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 12, 202021 min

A Top S.F. Doctor on the Coronavirus

Dr. Andre Campbell, a longtime trauma surgeon and ICU doctor at San Francisco General Hospital, tells Heather Knight what to expect with COVID-19 in the weeks ahead and how the hospital is preparing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 12, 202028 min

Can We Contain the Coronavirus?

As mitigation measures spread across the country, health writer Erin Allday discusses whether they can succeed and explains the leading theories about how best to keep the public safe. | Get unlimited Chronicle access. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 11, 202024 min

Drones at the Golden Gate Bridge

Flying cameras are swarming San Francisco's landmark bridge, and officials say photos are being taken illegally. Business reporter Roland Li talks to Audrey Cooper about the rise – and crashes – of local drones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 09, 202016 min

Coronavirus: What We Know Now

Health reporter Erin Allday joins Audrey Cooper to explain the latest on the coronavirus response and business reporter Mallory Moench explains what parents should do to keep kids safe and calm. | Get unlimited Chronicle access. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 06, 202025 min

Super Tuesday: What Did We Learn?

Super Tuesday is over and we're down to a two-man race. Joe Garofoli and John Wildermuth join Audrey Cooper to break down the results, including some interesting races you might not have thought much about. | Get unlimited Chronicle access. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 04, 202021 min

Super Tuesday Troubles

Democratic candidates are dropping out, much to the dismay of voters who have already cast their ballot. Political writers Joe Garofoli and John Wildermuth break down what's likely to happen as Californians head to the polls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 03, 202031 min

Tracking the Coronavirus

Erin Allday talks about efforts to keep track of who has the virus. See the Chronicle's tracker. Plus: Chase DiFeliciantonio on what local industries and workers are doing to prepare, and some wild conspiracy theories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 29, 202020 min

Coronavirus Game Changer

The diagnosis of a Bay Area resident shows the virus has spread beyond those who recently visited China. Plus: The fight to get more testing kits into California hospitals. Erin Allday and Catherine Ho with the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 28, 202030 min

San Francisco’s Coronavirus Emergency

Warnings about a global pandemic are becoming more urgent as stocks fall and local officials — including Mayor London Breed — declare states of emergency. Health reporters Erin Allday and Catherine Ho on the latest local cases. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 26, 202029 min

Chinatown's Gentrification Fears

Food reporter Janelle Bitker on the closing of banquet halls, long a mainstay of Chinatown's culture. They're being replaced with tonier spots, leaving residents worried about the future. | Get unlimited Chronicle access. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 24, 202025 min

Our Life in Coronavirus Quarantine

Otis and Carol Menasco's Japan cruise is now "the vacation that has become a nightmare" as they're quarantined at an Air Force base near San Antonio. They can't get movies or booze, but they can make calls, and they called us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 21, 202019 min

Trump in California: Who Gets the Water?

President Trump traveled to the Central Valley to sign an agreement that would send more water to farms — and, environmentalists say, hurt the Delta ecosystem. Reporter Peter Fimrite talks about the implications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 20, 202021 min

Troubling Gifts to Mayor Breed

The mayor has admitted taking nearly $6,000 from Mohammed Nuru, the ex-public works chief at the center of an FBI corruption investigation — and a man she now says she once dated. Dominic Fracassa talked to her about the fallout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 19, 202025 min

The Fight to Put Women in the Constitution

Nearly four decades after the Equal Rights Amendment was declared dead, politics writer Dustin Gardiner joins Audrey Cooper to talk about why the battle to enshrine women’s rights has returned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 17, 202025 min

Crisis at School

Teachers and parents say one S.F. middle school has devolved into violent chaos and the district is refusing to send help. Columnist Heather Knight discusses her shocking report on the school. | Get unlimited Chronicle access. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 14, 202025 min

The Coronavirus Hits Close to Home

The Bay Area shares cultural and economic ties with China stronger than anywhere else in the country. Reporters Tatiana Sanchez and Anna Bauman on how the region is impacted by the deadly coronavirus spreading from Wuhan, China. | Get unlimited Chronicle access. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 12, 202017 min

Trump's New Target: Modern Architecture

Urban design critic John King on how haters of futuristic buildings like the San Francisco Federal Building are trying to team up with the president to — we kid you not — “Make Federal Buildings Great Again.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 09, 202026 min

It’s Beer Week!

Esther Mobley, wine critic and author of the Drinking With Esther newsletter, and Audrey Cooper go deep into the history of Beer Week, trends in regional craft brewing and how you can celebrate this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 07, 202020 min

Fifth & Mission Live: Primaries 2020

Live from Manny's in San Francisco, Editor in Chief Audrey Cooper, politics writer Joe Garofoli and columnists Heather Knight and Phil Matier talk about Iowa, the upcoming primaries, and local politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 06, 20201 hr 2 min

Coronavirus in the Bay Area

Health writer Erin Allday tells you what you need to know about the virus’ penetration in California and what you can do about it. | Get unlimited Chronicle access. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 05, 202023 min
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