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Why This Berkeley Animal Rights Activist Could Go to Prison Dec 03, 2025

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UC Berkeley student and animal rights activist Zoe Rosenberg will be sentenced today after facing a felony conviction for taking four chickens from a Sonoma County poultry facility 2 years ago. The case, which has garnered international attention, comes after years of tension in Sonoma County over animal rights.

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Berkeley Animal Rights Activist Found Guilty in Sonoma Chicken Theft Case

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'Love You for You': Trans Kids Talk With Their Loved Ones Dec 01, 2025

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In a new series called ‘Love You for You,’ KQED’s The California Report Magazine host Sasha Khokha sat in on conversations between trans and nonbinary kids and the people who love them. Today, we talk with Sasha about the series.

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Check out the entire ‘Love You For You’ series

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Learning to Live With SF's Coyotes Nov 28, 2025

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In the 1900s, the city of San Francisco eradicated native coyotes. But in more recent decades, they returned and are now a part of daily life.

Scientists point out that coyotes are essential to the local ecosystem. For some residents, they’re a source of wonder, while others view them as a nuisance and a danger to pets and children.

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This episode originally aired on June 2, 2025.

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Craving Local Dungeness Crab? You’ll Need to Get It Yourself Nov 26, 2025

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Many Bay Area families swear by local Dungeness crab at the holiday dinner table. But for the seventh straight year, commercial crabbing season has been delayed — this time until January.

So if you really want local crab for the holidays, you’ll need to either pay for a chartered boat or catch one yourself.

This episode originally aired on Nov. 25, 2024.

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Traveling Through SFO Airport? Check Out the Art Museum Nov 24, 2025

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An estimated 6.3 million travelers are expected to pass through San Francisco International Airport between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. If you’re one of them, you can spend some time visiting the SFO Museum, the only airport museum accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. Today, we take you on a tour of some of the exhibits and meet the curators behind them.

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If you’re interested in scheduling a free tour of SFO Museum, whether or not you’re flying, email curator@flysfo.com

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Remembering Disability Rights Activist and Author Alice Wong Nov 21, 2025

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Alice Wong, a disability rights activist, writer, and MacArthur Genius award winner based in San Francisco, died last Friday at UCSF at the age of 51. Wong was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project (DVP), a group that highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels.

Alice’s friend and fellow activist, Sandy Ho, wrote, “Alice Wong was a hysterical friend, writer, activist and disability justice luminary whose influence was outsized.” Today, we remember Wong by sharing a radio essay she recorded for The California Report Magazine in December 2022.

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Inside One Bay Area Business Rocked by Trump’s Tariffs Nov 19, 2025

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President Donald Trump promised to curb inflation and uplift American businesses and the economy when he announced tariffs on hundreds of goods and products earlier this year. Today we talk with The San Francisco Standard’s Jillian D’Onfro, about whether Bay Area businesses say the tariffs have lived up to their promise.

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SF Standard: ‘Devastating’: What 7 months of tariffs have done to one popular business

This episode was hosted by Ericka Cruz Guevarra and produced by Jessica Kariisa and Alan Montecillo

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Fairfax Votes 'No' In Recall Election About Housing Nov 17, 2025

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The latest Bay Area recall election took place in the Marin County town of Fairfax this November, where some residents hoped to oust the mayor and vice mayor for voting to rezone land for a six-story apartment building.

This time, the recall failed, with roughly 56% of voters opting to keep Mayor Lisel Blash and Vice Mayor Stephanie Hellman. KQED’s Izzy Bloom breaks down this story and explains what this fight over housing in Fairfax could mean for the entire region.

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AI-Generated Music Is Here. How Are Artists Adapting? Nov 14, 2025

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AI-generated music and artists are now getting record deals and top spots on Billboard charts, with big implications for labor in the music industry. So how are human artists adapting to this rapidly changing landscape?

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AI Is Coming for the Music Industry. How Will Artists Adapt?

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When the Military Tested a Biological Weapon in S.F. Nov 12, 2025

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Today, we bring you an episode from our friends at Bay Curious about a secret biological weapons test — in San Francisco. 75 years ago, the U.S. military sprayed bacteria over the city. The test team thought it was harmless, but several people got sick and one person died. KQED’s Katherine Monahan reports on the history and impacts of this operation on one man's family.

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The True Story of the Military's Secret 1950 San Francisco Biological Weapons Test | KQED

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