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Teens Get Personal About the Crazy, Rich Bay Area Apr 25, 2018

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What's it like to be a teenager living through the Bay Area's affordability crisis? Today, as part of KQED's Youth Takeover week -- when we hand the mic to the generation that will save us all -- the team asks San Francisco high schoolers about going out with friends when a cup of coffee costs $6.
Guests: Elke Janssen and Gabriel Alves de Lima

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Straws Upon Request Apr 24, 2018

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Some Bay Area cities want plastic straws out. Oakland and Berkeley are both considering ordinances on Tuesday that would force people to request plastic straws at restaurants. How Bay Area is that?
Guest: Jeremy Siegel, KQED reporter

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BONUS EPISODE: Elmwood Cafe Closes Apr 21, 2018

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We published an episode on Friday featuring comedian and CNN host W. Kamau Bell who told us about a racist incident he suffered in 2015 when he was told to leave a Berkeley cafe for being black. Early on Friday morning that restaurant -- Elmwood Cafe -- unexpectedly closed its doors. Here's an update.
Guest: Caroline Champlin, reporter for KQED

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Race and Coffee Apr 20, 2018

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Comedian W. Kamau Bell knows what it feels like to be on the receiving end of some racism. His experience at Berkeley's Elmwood Cafe in 2015 is a prelude to what we saw last week, with the arrest of two black men at a Starbucks in Philadelphia. The coffee company will close all U.S. stores next month for a one day training. We ask Kamau: Can you solve racism in one day?

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The Big (Hayward) One Apr 19, 2018

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The Hayward Fault -- geologists warn this Bay Area fault line that runs through several East Bay cities could unbuckle an earthquake more dangerous, more destructive than the widely-feared San Andreas Fault. The U.S. Geological Survey released a report this week that estimates the damage a 7.0 magnitude earthquake could do along the Hayward Fault.
Guest: Danielle Venton, Science Editor for KQED

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NSFSchool Apr 18, 2018

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Some parents in Fremont don't want comprehensive sex ed to be taught to their fourth and fifth graders in schools. They've flooded school board meetings to say the curriculum does not respect their parental and cultural choices around sex.
Guest: Sandhya Dirks, KQED race and equity reporter
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Silicon Valley Meets Motor City Apr 17, 2018

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Long hours, lots of injuries: That's the story some Tesla workers tell about a factory in Fremont. Elon Musk's electric car company says it's fixed its problem and improved worker safety. But a new story by Reveal from The Center For Investigative Reporting questions the accuracy of Tesla's latest injury numbers. What happens when new tech intersects with old manufacturing?
Guest: Alyssa Jeong Perry, KQED reporter
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Locked Out Apr 13, 2018

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Buying a house while black or brown is tough, especially in Vallejo. Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting found that white people are more likely than black people to be approved for a conventional home loan when all else is equal -- 50 years after the Fair Housing Act was passed. Guest: Emmanuel Martinez, data reporter at Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting

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Where Were You Last Time? Apr 12, 2018

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A San Francisco doctor grabbed headlines right after the YouTube shooting last week. Trauma surgeon Andre Campbell took the press to task for showing up that day but not for other shootings in the community.
Guest: Laura Klivans, KQED heath reporter
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Scoot Scoot Apr 11, 2018

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First came dockless bikes. Now -- scooters. These zippy, motorized, human transporters have descended upon San Francisco sidewalks. Local politicians (and some residents) seem annoyed enough to want to regulate them.
Guest: Dan Brekke, KQED transportation editor

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