The Bay

The Bay

Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra talks with local journalists about what’s happening in the greatest region in the country. It’s the context and analysis you need to make sense of the news, with help from the people who know it best. New episodes drop Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings.

Episodes

Why Girls’ Flag Football Could Be the Next Big Sport

September 26, 2025 • 16 mins
Girls’ flag football is exploding in popularity at high schools across the Bay Area, especially since the sport was officially sanctioned by California in 2023. It coincides with the rise of professional women’s sports teams like the Golden State Valkyries and Bay FC, cementing the Bay’s status as a leader in women's sports. Links: How the Bay became the new capital of women’s sports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
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A Reporter Gave Tenderloin Kids Disposable Cameras. This Is What They Showed

September 24, 2025 • 17 mins
San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood has the highest concentration of children in the city. But stories about the Tenderloin often overlook this fact. Reporter Cami Dominguez worked with a local nonprofit to give kids in the neighborhood disposable cameras for a week. Today, we talk about what the photos show. Links: Photos Capture SF’s Tenderloin Through the Eyes of Kids Who Live There Learn more about your ad choices...
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As Small Farms Face Federal Cuts, Local Food Banks Will Take a Big Hit

September 22, 2025 • 16 mins
Local food banks are about to lose a key source of fresh, local produce after the Department of Agriculture ended the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program or LFPA. The program was a key source of revenue for small, local farms that played a major role in keeping people fed during the pandemic.  Links: Small Farms Fed the Bay Area During COVID. But Now Face Federal Cuts Learn more about your ad choices...
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Meet Misa James, Winner of the KQED x Good Compenny Bay Area Music Showcase

September 19, 2025 • 23 mins
Earlier this summer, KQED in partnership with LaRussell and Good Compenny hosted a Bay Area Music Showcase in Vallejo. After more than 200 submissions, five artists from the Bay Area were selected to compete for real recognition.  Today, first place winner Misa James talks with us about his music, being an artist in San Jose, and his hopes after his win.  Links: Listen to Misa James’ Music LaRussell, Ruby Ibarra, Souls of ...
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Trump Directs National Parks to Erase Histories That ‘Disparage Americans’

September 17, 2025 • 21 mins
Earlier this Spring, the Trump Administration issued an Executive Order telling U.S. National Park Service staff, including those in California, to scrub parks of any materials that “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living.” Advocates and park workers say following through has been confusing and chaotic, and many worry that a true record of California’s history is at stake.  Links: As Trump Targets National Parks th...
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Surviving Suicide Loss in Palo Alto

September 15, 2025 • 30 mins
In the early to mid-2000s Palo Alto was rocked by a cluster of teen suicides. For Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, we’re airing a documentary from audio reporter and producer I-Yun Chan, who traveled to Palo Alto to help her understand her own loss, and what it means to live on after someone losing someone to suicide. This story was edited by Shereen Marisol Meraji and was made in the audio program at UC Berkeley's Graduate Sch...
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Meet the Valkyries' DJs Whose Job Is to Make Ballhalla Go Wild

September 12, 2025 • 16 mins
The Golden State Valkyries’ first season has been a huge success. Next week, they’ll be the first WNBA expansion team to appear in the playoffs.  The Valkyries aren't just good; they're fun to watch. Part of their appeal is the community around the team, which embraces women and LGBTQ people. This is also reflected in the team's official DJs, whose job it is to set the mood at Chase Center, AKA Balhalla. Links: Meet the DJs ...
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SF’s Newest Park Could Cost This Supervisor His Job

September 10, 2025 • 21 mins
There's another recall election in the Bay Area. This time, it's in San Francisco's Sunset District on the city's west side. Voters in District 4 have until Tuesday, Sept. 16 to vote in a special recall election for Supervisor Joel Engardio, who faces backlash from constituents after supporting Prop. K, which closed a portion of the Great Highway for a new park. Links: Your Guide to the Special Recall Election of San Francisc...
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‘It Just Felt Like the World Was Burning’: Remembering the 2020 Fires

September 8, 2025 • 24 mins
In August 2020, a dry lightning storm kicked off an unprecedented siege of wildfires. These firestorms lasted for months, destroyed 9,000 structures and killed 31 people. Millions of residents throughout the region breathed in toxic smoke as the sky turned orange and the pandemic raged on. As we mark five years since the sky turned orange, we’re bringing you stories from people who lived through the 2020 fires, in their own words....
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Volunteers Monitor for ICE Activity to Support Day Laborers

September 5, 2025 • 18 mins
Hundreds of people are signing up to 'adopt' street corners near where day laborers gather to find work. Their goal? To keep an eye out for ICE agents. KQED labor correspondent Farida Jhabvala Romero takes us to one intersection in East Oakland to meet some of these volunteers. Links: Volunteers ‘Adopt’ Street Corners To Monitor For ICE Activity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Silicon Valley Embraces the Military

September 3, 2025 • 21 mins
A decade ago, most major tech companies swore off working with the U.S. military. Google, Meta and OpenAI even once had policies banning the use of AI in weapons. But times have changed, and now Silicon Valley is fully embracing contracts and collaborations with the military. Sheera Frenkel, tech reporter with the New York Times, explains how and why this shift occurred. Links: The Militarization of Silicon Valley Learn mor...
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Yosemite’s Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in the Era of Climate Change

September 1, 2025 • 18 mins
For the last 102 years, the Hetch Hetchy reservoir in Yosemite National Park has supplied millions of Bay Area residents with some of the cleanest water in the country. But climate change has made it harder to manage the reservoir. This episode originally aired on May 10, 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Pickett Fire, BART’s ‘Tap and Ride', and Local Artists Leaving Spotify

August 29, 2025 • 23 mins
On this edition of The Bay’s monthly news roundup, Ericka is joined by The Bay’s senior editor Alan Montecillo and KQED associate arts and culture editor Nastia Voynovskaya. We talk about the Pickett Fire currently burning in Napa, scheduling and payment changes to public transit across the Bay, and why some local artists have decided to take their music off Spotify. Links: Pickett Fire Did ‘escaped control burn’ cause Napa...
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‘Not Even AI Can Save Me’: Students and Teachers on ChatGPT in the Classroom

August 27, 2025 • 25 mins
Artificial intelligence inside California schools feels a lot like building the plane as it's flying. Students who are familiar with tools like ChatGPT are using it faster than teachers and administrators can regulate it. Jesse Dukes, co-host of the Homework Machine podcast, talked with dozens of students and teachers across the country about their thoughts on AI in the classroom. Links: TeachLab Presents: The Homework Machine...
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Why Does Gun Violence Happen? This San Quentin Program Asks the People Behind the Gun

August 25, 2025 • 21 mins
In the Arms Down program at the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, formerly San Quentin State Prison, “firearm addiction” is treated like an alcohol addiction. Its founders, all of whom are currently incarcerated men, say that talking about why perpetrators of gun violence carry guns in the first place is their contribution to gun violence prevention from behind bars.  Links: The revolutionary prison program where men help ea...
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How Fremont Became a Hub for Afghan-Americans

August 22, 2025 • 24 mins
Fremont is the fourth largest city in the Bay Area and it’s also home to one of the largest populations of Afghans in the U.S. Today, we’re running an episode from our friends at Bay Curious that traces the history of the Afghan community in Fremont over 40 years. We meet Afghan refugees and  learn what makes”Little Kabul” unique. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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'We Have Got to Meet Fire With Fire': Why Your Congressional District Could Soon Change

August 20, 2025 • 22 mins
After pressure from President Donald Trump, Texas Republicans unveiled a new map redrawing the state’s congressional districts 5 years early, in order to win more GOP seats in next year’s midterm elections. We talk with KQED's Guy Marzorati about how California Democrats are clapping back with their own redrawn maps. If the state legislature approves this new map, voters will have the final say in a special election this November...
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The Relaunch of Casual Carpool

August 18, 2025 • 17 mins
Before the pandemic, casual carpool was a completely organic system of pickup spots and patient passengers looking for a quick, comfortable way to head into San Francisco.  Casual carpool collapsed when the pandemic hit. But now it’s been relaunched. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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What Happens to Your Trash at Outside Lands

August 15, 2025 • 18 mins
Music festivals in the Bay Area are upon us. And it takes a lot to leave no trace after a 3-day festival like Outside Lands.  As Golden Gate Park prepares for another music event this weekend, SFGate’s Melissa Cho takes us behind the scenes at Outside Lands, where the majority of waste is diverted from landfills. Links: This is Where Your Trash at Outside Lands Goes LaRussell and Good Compenny Present: A Bay Area Music Sho...
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Solar on Your Apartment Balcony? These Folks Want to Make It Happen

August 13, 2025 • 16 mins
If you want solar power in your home, you usually need to be a homeowner with a good roof and a decent amount of cash to pay up front. But some Bay Area residents are trying out plug-in solar, which can hang from an apartment balcony, out a window, or be tented in the backyard. Links: Forget Rooftops — Bay Area Residents Are Plugging Solar Into the Wall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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