A recent New York Times article did a deep dive into where the shift to electric vehicles is the strongest and it probably comes as no surprise to KCBS listeners that California - and in particular, the Bay Area - is the primary force behind seeing more EVs on the road. Data shows that electric cars, trucks and S.U.V.s made up almost 40 percent of new auto registrations in the San Jose area last year and about 34 percent in San Francisco. But with a ban on new gas-powered vehicle sales in Califo...
Mar 20, 2024•28 min
Over three decades ago, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act was created… This act requires institutions that receive federal funding… such as museums and universities… to return human remains, sacred objects, and other items of cultural significance to federally recognized tribes… However… even now, in 2024… the struggle continues when it comes to the return of ancestral remains and revered belongings. This slowness in repatriation can be found across the country… and here...
Mar 11, 2024•28 min
How much do any of us know about our family’s past? If we dig deep enough, far enough… what might be unearthed? For Randy Quarterman… and for Sarah Eisner… living thousands of miles apart… one in Savannah, Georgia… the other in Silicon Valley… who seemingly had separate existences… what was discovered was an intimate history that binds them together… A history that is both personal… and national… a history of enslavement in the United States… But what would happen if two people took on this pain...
Mar 08, 2024•28 min
It’s been a few weeks since the bipartisan $118 billion border and national security bill stalled out in the Senate… Most of the GOP opposed the bill… saying that legislation wasn’t going to do enough to address needs at the U.S Mexico border… there were some Democrats who voted to block the bill as well… With this bill now standing still… the possibility of huge changes to U.S. immigration policy seem to be out of reach… To take a closer look at where things went wrong with this bill… and at th...
Feb 23, 2024•28 min
After almost two years of data gathering, the National Center for Transgender Equality recently released the largest-ever survey on the experiences of those in the trans community… looking at everything from satisfaction and support… to the spaces where discrimination and fear are still being felt… So… what is the state of things for the transgender person in America? And is life any better - or worse - in the Bay Area? We’re going to take a broad view with Mike White… who works with the Robert ...
Feb 15, 2024•28 min
A recent report from Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies found that over 650,000 people reported experiencing homelessness in America in January of 2023, up nearly 50% from 2015… Even if the numbers are staggering, hearing this probably isn’t a huge shock… Here in California, the housing crisis has long been an issue… with rents going higher and higher… and not enough affordable options to go around… there’s even been an exodus of people leaving the state, hoping to find solid ground on w...
Feb 08, 2024•28 min
Perhaps you’ve noticed this when you listen to or watch the news, or as you check various sources online but 2024 already feels like a pivotal year for politics… There’s a presidential election looming which, at this point, appears very reminiscent of 2020 with a possible rematch between President Joe Biden… and former president Donald Trump… Here in California, we have the race for the late Dianne Feinstein’s senate seat… where who wins… and who loses… could set the tone for years to come... We...
Feb 02, 2024•28 min
January 22nd will mark the 51st anniversary of Roe vs Wade… where the Supreme Court issued a 7–2 decision in favor of "Jane Roe" in 1973... saying that women in the United States had a fundamental right to choose whether to have abortions without excessive government restriction… But all that changed in 2022… with the overturning of Roe vs Wade… declaring that the constitutional right to abortion, upheld for nearly a half century, no longer exists… Now, the conversation about reproductive rights...
Jan 21, 2024•28 min
In 2022… a report by the Stanford Lancet Commission stated that “the opioid crisis stands out as one of the most devastating public health disasters of the 21st century in the United States and Canada…” Not much has occurred since then to shift that belief… the opioid crisis, involving fentanyl in particular, continues to dominate our conversations… The end of 2023 saw over 750 drug overdose deaths in San Francisco alone, with fentanyl making up more than 81% of those deaths… So, how did we get ...
Jan 12, 2024•28 min
Being a sports fan and being a woman is not always the easiest road to walk. Although there have been countless teams to pull for, and an endless parade of superstars to be in awe of, for a lot of women that meant watching men, and only men play. Now that doesn't mean that women were not involved in sports. In the world of college basketball, women took to the court for the first intercollegiate women's basketball game, right here in the bay area. Stanford vs UC Berkeley in 1896, and around that...
Jan 02, 2024•28 min
This week’s In Depth is a continuation of Audacy’s I’m Listening programming… which is working to inspire more conversations about mental health… This time, the conversation is centered on veterans and mental well-being… Audacy’s David O’Leary will start things off with Brigadier General Jack Hammond… who is speaking on behalf of the Homebase Program, a national nonprofit focused on healing the trauma that war veterans face… Then he'll be joined by Wounded Warrior’s Dr. Erin Fletcher… and Tonya ...
Dec 24, 2023•28 min
As we near the end of 2023… we find abortion rights at the forefront of the news… Of course, these aren’t necessarily new conversations being had… the ongoing battle between those in support of abortion and reproductive rights… and those against… have been happening for a long, long time… But with the overturning of Roe versus Wade in 2022… and more recently, challenges to abortion bans in states like Texas and Arizona… the landscape of abortion access is once more in focus… with many questionin...
Dec 21, 2023•28 min
For the past few years, many of our conversations about transit in the Bay Area have been about how the various agencies are struggling… with funding shortfalls, lower ridership, and the possibility of massive service cuts as fiscal cliffs loom… Now, it’s no secret that the COVID pandemic played a huge role in pushing transit agencies to the brink… but the aftereffects presented a question to us all – what will it take to ensure that transit in the Bay Area survives? That’s a big question, of co...
Dec 10, 2023•28 min
There might not be a more important… and sometimes complicated… conversation to be had in the Bay Area then the one about homelessness… It’s a crisis that every county is facing… and many are trying to find a solution that works for everyone… The city of San Jose recently pushed to speed up the building of 200 tiny homes to be put on a VTA-owned lot… to help provide shelter for those who are unhoused… But in the meantime… the number of people who are homeless seems to continue to grow… and that’...
Dec 10, 2023•28 min
There are many places and activities that are considered iconic aspects of the Bay Area... wine tastings in Napa and Sonoma counties… the Winchester House in San Jose… driving across the Golden Gate Bridge… But, for those who call San Francisco home, one building stands out among all the rest... and that's the Ferry Building… It's history is long and large…it's seen millions of people come and go…a stately sentry, standing guard as times changed, as the city itself changed… But the ferry buildin...
Nov 09, 2023•28 min
Over the past decade… our conversations about mental health… about how we process trauma, grief, and isolation… have evolved… Now, these are conversations we have more regularly – at home, at our workplaces, among friends… Traditionally, when we think of all of this… we are probably applying it to adults… but trauma – of any kind – can happen to anyone… and the mental health struggles that can occur aren’t just limited to those 20-something and up… So, if you’re a kid… and you need a safe space ...
Nov 03, 2023•28 min
October is National Children's Health Month and on this episode of In Depth, we'll be hearing conversations with Audacy's David O'Leary, as well as guest speakers from the American Foundation for Suicided Prevention.
Oct 22, 2023•28 min
"There is, one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath..." That's a quote form Moby Dick, but it could probably be the backstory for many who once left the land for the vastness of the ocean. Of course not all who took to the seas returned from them, and in those instances, what's left behind are the broken and battered remnants of another time. There's a long history of ship wreaks in the San Francisco Bay Area. So all ...
Oct 08, 2023•28 min
In the last episode of In Depth, we heard parts of KCBS's I'm Listening special. we turned out focus to mental health, suicide prevention, and the ways in which people can fine hope and healing. Now were going to hear the second part of the I'm Listening hour. KCBS radio's Mary Hughes spoke with Eleanor Sosa Pace, Chief officer of residential injustice programs at Momentum for Health in Santa Clara county, and Chuck Ingolia, President and CEO of the National council for mental wellbeing....
Oct 01, 2023•28 min
All this week on KCBS, we've put the focus on mental health as part of Audacy's I'm Listening. Bringing to light conversations about mental health struggles that many of us face and breaking down the stigma that comes with those challenges because talk saves lives. For more KCBS Radio's Mary Hughes spoke with Kim Arman, Co-Chair of this years American Foundation for Suicided Prevention in the South Bay, And Thomas Kingery program direction of the Avenidas Rainbow Collective
Sep 24, 2023•28 min
Just recently, an institutions of the Bay Area's LGBTQ+ world announced that it will be making a comeback. The Stud, an iconic queer bar in San Francisco, with an over 50 year long history, closed up shop in 2020 during the pandemic shutdown. Many feared that the venue itself would stay closed. But the collective who runs the bar have found a new location and are in the mist of raising funds now. This news has opened up a sense of hope for the queer spaces here in the Bay area, and beyond, wont ...
Sep 17, 2023•28 min
We're seeing a rise in overdose deaths in the Bay Area this year, and a lot of them are caused by fentanyl. This is a crisis that goes beyond California though, it's being been all over the country. Everyone from local to national leaders are committed to bringing this fentanyl epidemic to an end. The Biden administration announced on international overdose awareness day that its providing $450 million dollars in new funding to tackle this issue. But why has fentanyl taken over the drug landscap...
Sep 03, 2023•28 min
According to scientists with the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, this past July was the hottest the earth has experienced in 174 years. If you took the chance to be outside, or you couldn't avoid it during that month, you probably felt it: overwhelming stifling and impressive heat. Those spikes in temperature are becoming all to common, lasting longer that before, happening in months that they didn't used to. And we've definitely noticed these changes as we crank up the air cond...
Aug 27, 2023•28 min
On August 8th, 2023, fires began to spark in Maui, which then turned into deadly blazes. Spurred on by strong winds from hurricane Dora and weeks of dry conditions, a nightmare scenario has played out on the Island, with entire neighborhoods in Lahaina reduced to ash and a death toll of over 100 people so far. But while the devastation is immense and difficult to wrap out heads around, there's also stories of strength and community coming together that we are hearing from the Island. For more, K...
Aug 20, 2023•28 min
Two of the biggest unions in San Jose, which represent over 4,000 workers, have reached a stalemate with the city and voted yes for a three day strike. While both sides have met again for renegotiations, if an agreement isn't met soon, on of the largest planed strikes in recent history will happen on August 15th, 2023. Of course this isn't the only battel being waged between city workers and the city they serve, a one day strike just occurred in Los Angeles with over 7,000 city workers taking to...
Aug 13, 2023•28 min
SAG-AFTRA members picket outside of Netflix headquarters in Los Gatos. The Screen Actors Guild joined the Writers Guild of America, who have been engaged on the frontlines of this dispute with studios since May 2nd, 2023. Its also the first time the two unions have been on a simultaneous strike since 1960. At the heart of the strikes is something that is familiar to many of us: Financial stability. But there's something new in there that we're having to grapple with these days: Artificial intell...
Jul 31, 2023•28 min
On this edition of In Depth, KCBS Radio's Mary Hughes takes a closer look into what it is like to be a district attorney in the Bay Area. She s joined by Mike Dewald, KCBS Reporter, who had an opportunity to talk to both DA Pamela Price and DA Brooke Jenkins. Both Jenkins and Price have faced heavy criticism on how they deal with crime in their community. Guests: Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins Hosts: Mary Hughes Mike Dewald...
Jul 25, 2023•27 min
Diversity, equity, and inclusion. These are terms that have become very familiar to all of us in almost every aspect of our lives, from the workplace to our political conversations and beyond. And those words are part of our sports world as well. As more and more athletes, coaches, and organizations speak out over the injustices being faced, both on the court or field, and off. But even with changes happening slowly but surely, how fare have we actually come when looking at equality in sports? G...
Jul 16, 2023•28 min
In this episode of In Depth, we are brining you two extended interviews from our Ask an Expert segment. First up, on the last day of the U.S. Supreme Court's term, the Justices releases two major decisions. The court sided with the Colorado web designer who did not want to serve LGBTQ+ customers. The Supreme Court also overturned president Biden's student loan forgiveness program. Both decisions were 6-3 rulings, spilt by the 6 conservative justices and 3 liberal justices. In our second segment,...
Jul 02, 2023•28 min
This weekend is the one year anniversary of the Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs versus Jackson Women’s Health Organization. It overturned the abortion protections created in Roe v. Wade. Abortion is still legal here in California. And last November voters approved with a two-thirds majority a ballot measure that put the right in the state constitution. But that doesn't mean all Californians support it. Access to abortions varies dramatically from big coastal cities and more rural parts of the st...
Jun 26, 2023•28 min
