The Bay

In 2021, students at Carlmont High School in Belmont were shocked when 17-year-old senior Colin Walker died of a fentanyl overdose. In this episode of TBH, a podcast from KALW made by, for, and about teenagers, one of his classmates tells the story of how students honored Colin’s life after his death, and educated each other about the dangers of fentanyl.Subscribe to TBH at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or Radio Public. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bring you 3 stories a week, but there’s so much more that’s happening in the Bay Area than we can get to. Today, Ericka, Maria and Alan each bring a story they’ve been following in a new monthly news roundup segment.Links: Near $1 Billion Land Purchase Around California Air Base Under Investigation San Jose City Council Approves Agreements With Unions to Avoid Strike Henrietta Lacks’ Family Sues Bay Area Company Over Use of Stolen Cells Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Explore the impact of Silicon Valley on Hollywood, as writers and actors go on strike due to existential threats. Discover the parallels between labor conflicts in both industries, the disparity in earnings between 'Orange Is the New Black' actors and Netflix CEO, and the influence of technology on the entertainment industry. Also, delved into the skepticism towards robots portraying emotions and the ongoing negotiations in Hollywood.

Oakland is looking for a new police chief after Mayor Sheng Thao fired LeRonne Armstrong back in mid-February. Whoever takes the job next will inherit a department that has been under federal oversight for 20 years. Today, we revisit a conversation with Ali Winston about the events that led to Armstrong’s downfall, and why OPD’s challenges run far deeper than who the chief is.This episode originally published on Feb. 8, 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An often-overlooked moment in Bay Area activism took place in the 1980s and 90s, when a broad coalition of activists targeted San Francisco’s coffee industry to protest the civil war in El Salvador. KQED’s Sebastian Miño-Bucheli joins us to talk about how it happened.Links:  The Time a Bay Area Coffee Boycott Helped Stop a Civil War A timeline of Fred Ross Jr., executive director of Neighbor to Neighbor  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode contains explicit language.San Franciscans can expect to see more driverless cars on the road after California regulators approved a permit to allow Waymo and Cruise to charge fares.Once again, the city is the testing ground for new technology. And people on both sides have strong feelings about it. Ida Mojadad from the San Francisco Standard breaks it all down for us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I’laysia Vital is about to leave Oakland to start college in Texas, where she’s excited to attend a historically Black college. But Texas is also one of more than a dozen states that has banned abortion. KQED’s April Dembosky takes us inside a health clinic at Oakland Technical High School, where staff have been helping college-bound students prepare for the barriers to reproductive health that await them in other states.This episode was produced by Alan Montecillo and Maria Esquinca, and hosted by Ericka Cruz Guevarra. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode contains explicit language.Hip-hop turns 50 years old today, and it’s no secret that the Bay Area gets overlooked.Today, Eric Arnold and Nastia Voynovskaya join us to talk about KQED’s yearlong series exploring the history of Bay Area hip-hop — and how our region has shaped hip-hop through the years.Links: That’s My Word The Bay Area Was Hip-Hop Before There Was Hip-Hop Hip-Hop's 50th Anniversary: Where to Celebrate in the Bay Area That’s My Word, Spotify Playlists celebrating 50 years of Bay Area Hip Hop  It's Time to Unpack Pimp Culture in Bay Area Hip-Hop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Tuesday, nearly 4,500 San Jose city workers are planning to walk off the job for 3 days. Garbage, fire, and police won’t be affected, but many critical services like the airport, libraries, and housing construction will be. If the strike goes forward, it would be San Jose's largest since 1981.KQED’s Guy Marzorati explains how we got here, and what could happen next.This episode was produced by Alan Montecillo and Maria Esquinca, and hosted by Ericka Cruz Guevarra. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the morning after Thanksgiving last year, Martinez residents woke up and found a strange, white powder coating their neighborhoods. It came from the nearby refinery. Will McCarthy from the Mercury News tells us what happened next, and how this incident spurred angry neighbors into action for the first time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices