The Bay

The San Francisco Chronicle's newest food critic has been on the job for about three months now. Since starting, Soleil Ho has written about ethical eating in the age of #MeToo, and how much we're willing to pay for human interaction at restaurants. We revisit our conversation with Soleil Ho, and how she approaches food criticism in nontraditional ways. Guest: Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle Restaurant Critic, cohost of the Racist Sandwich podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More women came forward after KQED published an investigation last year showing sexual misconduct allegations against Manouso Manos, a prominent international yoga teacher based in San Francisco. The reporting prompted an investigation by the Iyengar Yoga National Association of the U.S., which recently released findings validating several women’s claims. Manos has been banned from the association, but can still teach yoga. Guest: Miranda Leitsinger, KQED reporter Read Miranda's reporting here on yoga in the #MeToo era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are a ton of artists, creators and thinkers in the Bay Area who have messages for society. KQED's newest radio show Rightnowish highlights them. Author and KQED Arts writer Pendarvis Harshaw brings us into conversations as he embeds himself in Bay Area life and culture. Guest: Pendarvis Harshaw, KQED Arts writer and author of OG Told Me Listen to Rightnowish on KQED at 7:34 and 9:34 am on Sundays, or check it out online at KQED.org/Rightnowish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

California’s bullet train project was designed to get people from San Francisco to Los Angeles in less than three hours. But after years of legal and financial battles, the future of that full project is unclear. For now, the California High-Speed Rail Authority is focused on building the route from Merced to Bakersfield. Frustrated residents and landowners in the Central Valley fear the state is tearing up land for a rail line that may never be fully finished. Guest: Alex Hall, KQED Central Valley reporter. Read her full story on construction of the high-speed rail line at KQED.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neighbors of San Francisco's Embarcadero waterfront community were fired up when the city proposed building a 225-bed navigation center for the homeless. First, competing Go Fund Me pages were set up to raise money for litigating the matter. Then, Mayor London Breed was shouted down at a meeting about the shelter. This week, the city will host another such community meeting, but are people willing to compromise to find a solution? Guest: Caroline Champlin, KQED reporter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First it was Lyft. Next is Pinterest. Eventually, Uber, Slack, Airbnb and Postmates. All these tech companies are expected to go public this year. There's wide speculation that these IPOs are going to make San Francisco even more expensive and impossible to live here. But one writer isn't buying that. Or, at least, she doesn't think it can get any worse than it already is now. Guest: Caille Millner, San Francisco Chronicle columnist Read Caille's column, "IPOs Can't Make Things in Bay Area Worse Than They Already Are." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell doesn’t have the name recognition or the money that the other presidential candidates have. As the 18th Democratic candidate entering the race, he's starting a little behind. But the 38-year-old, Iowa-born congressman is a frequent guest on cable news shows rebutting President Trump and his administration's policies. Is that enough? Guest: Scott Shafer, Senior Editor for KQED’s Politics and Government Desk and co-host of Political Breakdown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a geologist, Greg Stock never imagined he'd witness the death of a glacier. The Lyell Glacier is Yosemite National Park's largest ice mass, and Stock has been researching it for more than a decade. The famed California scientist John Muir first studied the Lyell in the 1870s. But the glacier has slowly shrunk. Soon it will completely disappear. What do you call a glacier that no longer moves? Guest: Daniel Duane, San Francisco-based author. His essay What Remains was published in The California Sunday Magazine on April 4. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Unlike its epic failure last year, SB 50 passed its first test this week in the state Senate Housing Committee hearing. The bill introduced by San Francisco Senator Scott Wiener would allow developers to build taller, denser housing near certain transit and job centers. Wiener has support from big city mayors, but not from several San Francisco supervisors. Guest: Guy Marzorati, KQED Politics and Government reporter Get tickets to the Bay's live event on April 26 in San Francisco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Divas celebrated 31 years of serving the trans community before closing its doors for good on March 30. Some trans people say the club represented a space of inclusion and community in a city that’s becoming more mono-cultural. Today we bring you one person's love letter to the place where she discovered herself. Guest: Maria Konner, Host of San Francisco's variety show Under the Golden Gate. Read Maria’s article on Medium, “Divas: The Loss of San Francisco’s Trans ‘Town Square.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices