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‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Is What A Lot of People Have Been Waiting For in 2018 Dec 24, 2018

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This was a big year for people of color in lead movie roles — especially for culture, language and accents that are not English or American. One of those films was Crazy Rich Asians, which resonated with the Bay Area, and our host Devin Katayama and our editor Vinnee Tong, as we discuss Asian American identity.
Guest: Ricky Yean, writer of Asian-Americans Are Cultural Orphans (aka I hope Crazy Rich Asians isn’t a flop)

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Who Created the Bay Area’s Mess? One Urban Planner’s Argument Dec 21, 2018

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What happens when the people most invested in trying to make the Bay Area a better place decide to LEAVE entirely? Gabriel Metcalf is the outgoing president of the Bay Area think tank SPUR, and he's moving to take a similar job in Sydney, Australia. Metcalf says the Bay Area is one of the world's centers of wealth creation, but has struggled to meet some of the most basic needs. For instance, housing.
Guest: Gabriel Metcalf, outgoing CEO and president of SPUR

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Two Years Later, Still No Answers for Mission District Double Killing Dec 19, 2018

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In December 2016, Lindsay McCollum and Eddie “Tennessee” Tate were shot and killed in San Francisco’s Mission District. The two were homeless and living together. Lindsay's mother, Carrie McCollum, reached out to a KQED reporter one year after he went searching for answers himself. The case remains unresolved, but Carrie doesn’t want her daughter to be forgotten.
Guest: Peter Arcuni, KQED reporter

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What Electric Scooters and Shopping Carts May Soon Have in Common Dec 17, 2018

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Mention electric scooters and people usually react with an eye roll. It's associated with the newness of the tech culture of the Bay Area. Some see scooters as a "micro-transit" tool; others simply see them as a nuisance. The city of San Jose thinks it's got the answer to managing them: geofencing.
Guest: KQED Silicon Valley Senior Editor Tonya Mosley

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Oakland Parents Want ‘Opportunity Tickets’ If Schools Close Dec 14, 2018

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Oakland is considering closing 24 schools. Most of these schools are likely in East Oakland, where many of the poorest students live. A group of parents is demanding that if Oakland Unified closes their kids' schools that they be given first dibs of any other school in the district. This includes charter schools, which have been part of the reason why some of the district-run schools have experienced a drop in enrollment.
Guest: Julia McEvoy, KQED senior editor

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‘No Section 8’ Dec 12, 2018

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Most landlords in San Jose don't take Section 8 housing vouchers. And housing advocates see the vouchers as a proxy for race, or keeping out people of color. As a possible remedy, the San Jose city council wants to tweak the law to encourage more landlords to take the vouchers. The proposal has some holes, though.
Guest: Emily DeRuy, Mercury News reporter covering San Jose

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Waiting in Pinole: A Mother’s and Son’s Migrant Caravan Journey to the Bay Area Dec 10, 2018

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Veronica Aguilar crossed the U.S.-Mexico border seeking asylum from El Salvador earlier this year. She's staying with a host family in Pinole while she waits for an immigration court hearing. Today, one family's story of immigration.
Guest: Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQED immigration and equity reporter

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Homes on Top of Buses Dec 07, 2018

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Here’s a new one: stacking homes on top of a city bus yard. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency wants to build housing on top of its Potrero bus yard right across the street from KQED studios. Their idea is that the housing would help pay for upgrades to the facility. It's kind of a wild idea.
Guest: Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez, transportation reporter and columnist for the San Francisco Examiner

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SB 827 Revived: A Failed Housing Bill Gets a Second Try Dec 05, 2018

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We need homes near transit. But the first time state Sen. Scott Wiener introduced a bill, SB 827, that would have required cities to approve dense housing near transit corridors, it died a quick death. This week he announced a new version. The bill, SB 50, includes changes that are supposed to help poorer neighborhoods stay more in tact and force housing into places with more wealth.
Guest: Dan Brekke, KQED Transportation Editor

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A $220 Million Google ‘Village’ in the Bay Area’s Largest City Dec 03, 2018

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This isn't supposed to be your traditional tech campus. Google says it wants to build a village inside San Jose that will be open to the public, different from how most tech campuses operate. It's expected to have public parks, restaurants and other amenities. The plan, if approved, could more than double the population of San Jose’s downtown. The city council takes a big step Tuesday with a vote to sell off 21 acres for $220 million.
Guest: Tonya Mosley, KQED Silicon Valley Senior Editor

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