Hundreds of thousands of women are dropping out of the workforce every month due to lack of childcare and closed schools during the pandemic. The Chronicle's Heather Knight and Tal Kopan interview Rep. Katie Porter, Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks and Emerge president A'shanti Gholar about this crisis and other major issues facing women during this election. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod New podcast! Chronicled: Who Is Kamala Harris? Subscribe: podfollow.com/chronicled Learn more a...
Oct 29, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Nancy O'Malley made headlines recently by charging a cop for a shooting in San Leandro — a first in her tenure — then reopening the investigation into the BART police killing of Oscar Grant. She says she's simply following the law. But as Megan Cassidy reports, O'Malley's decisions come amid the historic Black Lives Matter reform movement that has changed the very nature of being a prosecutor. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod New podcast! Chronicled: Who Is Kamala Harris? Subscr...
Oct 28, 2020•19 min
COVID-19 is spiking around the country. What are San Francisco and the Bay Area doing to sidestep the trend? And will it last? Reporters Catherine Ho and Aidin Vaziri talk about the local numbers, the danger of vaccine distrust and what you should know before making holiday plans. | Full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod New podcast! Chronicled: Who Is Kamala Harris? Subscribe: podfollow.com/chronicled Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 27, 2020•23 min
Senior political writer and It's All Political host Joe Garofoli and Washington correspondent Tal Kopan are the co-hosts of The Chronicle's new six-part miniseries about the life and career of the Democratic nominee for vice president. In Episode 1, "The Top Cop," the young prosecutor from Berkeley pulls off an upset and becomes San Francisco's first black, first Asian American and first female district attorney by running as a centrist against progressive incumbent Terence Hallinan. Kopan has a...
Oct 26, 2020•19 min
San Francisco resident Lala Wu co-founded Sister District, a national organization to influence the outcomes in state legislature races around the country. She tells Heather Knight why she’s optimistic as Election Day approaches. | Chronicle Voter Guide: sfchronicle.com/vote New Podcast! Chronicled: Who Is Kamala Harris? Click here to listen and subscribe: sfchronicle.com/chronicled Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 23, 2020•26 min
Located in Napa Valley’s St. Helena, the highly acclaimed Restaurant at Meadowood was destroyed on September 28th by the massive Glass Fire, which scorched close to the 67K acres in Sonoma and Napa counties. Under the leadership of executive chef Christopher Kostow, the decades-old resort restaurant earned accolades for its artistic, garden-to-table cuisine. The owners of Meadowood Napa Valley, which housed the famed restaurant, have since vowed to rebuild the property. But amid the news of its ...
Oct 22, 2020•38 min
Under a bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newson, the state is launching a task force to study how it might approach reparations. The effort is a reminder that although California joined the union as a "free" state in 1850, forms of slavery continued here -- and legalized discrimination of African Americans followed. Reporters Dustin Gardiner and Justin Phillips discuss how we got here, and what comes next. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod New Podcast! Chronicled: Who Is Kamala Harris? ...
Oct 21, 2020•24 min
Susan Solomon, president of the San Francisco teachers' union, speaks with host Heather Knight about why San Francisco's schools are lagging behind some other Bay Area districts in reopening and when it's likely most kids will return to the classroom. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 20, 2020•23 min
East Bay Columnist Otis R. Taylor Jr. leads a discussion about what this election means for race in America. Joining him on the live Zoom event are Sarah Treuhaft, vice president of research at PolicyLink; Dr. Jason Williams, assistant professor of justice studies at Montclair State University; and Debra Gore-Mann, president and CEO of The Greenlining Institute. They talk about systemic racism in housing, criminal justice, income inequality and how certain ballot measures could either alleviate ...
Oct 17, 2020•1 hr
Maki, a 21-year-old ring-tailed lemur, was stolen from his enclosure at The San Francisco Zoo this week. It was the third high-profile theft from the zoo in recent years. News broke Thursday night that Maki had been found in Daly City and returned safely to the zoo. In a conversation recorded before that, Heather Knight and reporter Nora Mishanec discuss the lemur heist and share interviews with the lemur’s caretaker and a lemur expert. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn mor...
Oct 16, 2020•18 min
Lots of city residents are volunteering to sway swing state voters with calls, texts and letters. Eighteen drag queens joined the fight at Manny's outdoor victory booths and explained why so much hinges on the Nov. 3 election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 15, 2020•23 min
A proposal to change how students are admitted to one of the nation's top public schools has ignited an emotional debate that spilled into a San Francisco school board meeting late Tuesday. Due to pandemic restrictions, Lowell may take students based on a lottery rather than academic scores. Is that the right move? Education reporter Jill Tucker breaks it down. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 14, 2020•21 min
Coronavirus is surging in several states as people loosen their behavior and President Trump downplays the risk. So why hasn't the Bay Area seen the same trend? Health reporter Erin Allday explains why the region is an "outlier," and what must be done to keep it that way. | Get unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 13, 2020•20 min
Thomas Wolf, who was homeless and addicted to heroin in the Tenderloin, now takes anybody who's interested on walking tours of the neighborhood. He thinks City Hall needs to overhaul its approach to the drug crisis, and new numbers showing 468 people died of overdoses in the first eight months of this year show he's right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 12, 2020•15 min
In many ways, things are as bad as they've been since the Great Depression. City leaders charged with fixing them have some creative ideas, ranging from universal basic income for artists to making outdoor dining permanent. Business reporter Roland Li has details. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 09, 2020•12 min
On the Chronicle's politics podcast, host Joe Garofoli is joined by Heather Knight, John Diaz and John Wildermuth to break down the historic Harris-Pence vice presidential debate, where Sen. Kamala Harris called the Trump administration's coronavirus response "the greatest failure of any presidential administration in the history of our country" — and a fly on VP Mike Pence's head became a social media star. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Subscribe to It's All Political: podfo...
Oct 08, 2020•22 min
Doctors, like many of us, have been shocked by President Trump’s statements since testing positive for the coronavirus last week. Chronicle reporter Aidin Vaziri recounts what the UCSF medical team had to say about it in its grand rounds. Hint: They’re not happy. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 07, 2020•22 min
All eyes are trained on the presidential race, but there are many local and state issues that deserve your attention. Heather Knight is joined by Joe Garofoli, host of the It's All Political podcast, and reporters Trisha Thadani and Dustin Gardiner for a live Chronicle event, "Road to Election 2020." Recorded Oct. 1. | Chronicle Voter Guide: sfchronicle.com/vote | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 06, 2020•54 min
The president's hospitalization has intensified outrage over his longtime downplaying of the coronavirus pandemic and called into question his ability to carry out his duties. Meanwhile, the White House's effort to spin the crisis has introduced more chaos into the election. Reporter Erin Allday and It's All Political host Joe Garofoli break down what it all means. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 05, 2020•26 min
If California's going to confront the wildfires that are again ravaging the state, it has to think big. There's no silver bullet, says reporter J.D. Morris, but rather an array of needed changes. The biggest is fighting climate change, but we must also fundamentally rethink how and where we live and how we manage the nature around us. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 02, 2020•18 min
Walk up a steep road through a scorched landscape with reporter Matthias Gafni in St. Helena. Gafni narrates his walk up North Fork Crystal Springs Road, near the Dancing Bear Ranch Vineyard, part of Cakebread Cellars, where Cal Fire has been focusing its investigative teams on finding what might have started the Glass Fire. | Full wildfires coverage: sfchronicle.com/wildfires | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 01, 2020•5 min
The city now allows restaurants and places of worship to welcome people back inside, but do people feel safe enough to go? Host Heather Knight speaks with Justin Phillips, co-host of the Extra Spicy podcast, and reporter Nora Mishanec about how these changes are being implemented. | Full coronavirus coverage: sfchronicle.com/coronavirus | Unlimited Chronicle coverage: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 01, 2020•20 min
Reporter Trisha Thadani spent the day in this Napa County town covering the Glass Fire and talking to residents, some of whom have had to evacuate several times. One woman, considering various climate disasters, wonders, "Where else do I go?" Another says her small winery is facing a $100,000 loss. | Full wildfires coverage: sfchronicle.com/wildfires | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 01, 2020•6 min
On The Chronicle's politics podcast, editorial board editor John Diaz and — GENTLEMEN, PLEASE! — political writer John Wildermuth join — EXCUSE ME! — host Joe Garofoli to analyze the first presidential — PLEASE LET HIM FINISH! — debate. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Subscribe to It's All Political: podfollow.com/its-all-political Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 30, 2020•21 min
Wine critic Esther Mobley reports from the famous castle winery in Calistoga, which lost a farmhouse and all of its bottled wine in the Glass Fire. Mobley talks about the large number of wineries that have been destroyed or significantly damaged, and describes ruins that just last week were beautiful dining areas with amazing views. | Full wildfires coverage: sfchronicle.com/wildfires | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 29, 2020•6 min
Napa and Sonoma counties are back to a familiar chaos. Homes, businesses, resorts and wineries have burned and thousands have fled ahead of burning embers. Firefighters dug in. And shadowing it all is a fear for California's future. Reporters Megan Cassidy, Dustin Gardiner and Esther Mobley bring us up to speed on the destruction and what it means. | Full wildfires coverage: sfchronicle.com/wildfires | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...
Sep 29, 2020•21 min
Reporter Matthias Gafni talks about an uncomfortably close call late Sunday night as he followed a city bus through flames of the fast-moving Shady Fire as the bus evacuated residents of the Oakmont Gardens Senior Home in Santa Rosa. | Full wildfires coverage: sfchronicle.com/wildfires | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 28, 2020•7 min
We often measure the toll of the pandemic by deaths, which have surpassed 200,000 in the U.S. But what is of increasing concern is the long-term, perhaps even permanent, damage that COVID-19 can cause to even healthy young people who become infected. Health reporter Erin Allday talks about the "long-haulers" she's been speaking to. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 28, 2020•21 min
Jon Jacobo, head of San Francisco's Latino Task Force, discusses why Latinos make up more than half of San Francisco's positive coronavirus cases despite being just 15% of the population. He says City Hall could be doing more to address the disparity. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 26, 2020•26 min
It’s a pivotal moment in the history of the state’s redwood forests, many of which have been badly burned in the latest scourge of wildfires. Save the Redwood League president Sam Hodder argues for why we need redwood trees to fight climate change and restore balance to our natural environment. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 25, 2020•24 min
