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KQED hourly newscast for February 26, 2021 2:04 PMโดย KQED
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A nation-leading workplace safety rule specifically designed to combat the risks of an airborne virus should have been protecting hundreds of thousands of California workers from COVID-19. The Aerosol Transmissible Diseases standard took effect 12 years ago — and it anticipated a pandemic. But one year into the pandemic, workers say enforcement is …
KQED hourly newscast for February 26, 2021 1:04 PMโดย KQED
Many found having a pet to be a lifesaver during the pandemic. As pet adoptions skyrocketed, dogs, cats and other pets became hard to find. One animal adoption agency recorded a 900% increase in requests to foster a dog in the early days of the pandemic. And on the other end of the spectrum, the American Humane Society estimates that up to 10 milli…
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Why Joy Matters Even During A Global Crisis
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During a time of stress and great suffering -- such as a global pandemic -- experiencing joy may seem impossible, and even naive or callous. Experts argue, however, that joy is essential even during hard times, even when it feels like the world is on fire or in the face of longstanding problems such as systemic racism. For many people, the pandemic…
KQED hourly newscast for February 26, 2021 12:04 PMโดย KQED
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Has the Campaign to Support Black Businesses Faded?
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Millions of people marched to support the Black Lives Matter Movement following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. With that came a call to support Black-owned businesses, which saw an initial surge of new customers, but many are now struggling to stay afloat. Guest: Hank Jenkins, Owner of Plant Provocateur in Los Angeles Governor Newsom s…
Michael Ellis has this Perspective on a mammal with one of the most effective defenses in the animal kingdom. A friend asked me if porcupines live in the Bay Area. The short answer is yes. But they are very rare, plus they are mostly nocturnal. I have seen them a few times and only in New Mexico and Canada not here. Perched up in tree branches, the…
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SF Mayor London Breed on How Her City is Coping Almost a Year Into the Pandemic
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It's been almost a year since Mayor London Breed has been on Forum. But what a year it's been. She and San Francisco's public health leadership were credited with implementing a shutdown that slowed the progress of the pandemic here. But eventually the virus caught up with us, and measures to control it have decimated small businesses especially do…
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Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel on the Ethics of Vaccine Distribution
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Reports continue to surface this week of vaccine line-jumpers -- people who, knowingly or not, take advantage of loopholes that enable them to get a coveted COVID shot ahead of those who need one more urgently. In the Bay Area and in Los Angeles, vaccine access codes meant for vulnerable communities of color circulated by text message to some ineli…
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Warehouse Industry Booming in Inland Empire Despite Concerns
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Southern California’s Inland Empire has been transformed in recent years by the growth of the warehouse and logistics industry. While many argue it's a job creator, those living in the region have major environmental concerns. Guest: Orlando Mayorquin, Journalism Student, Report for CalMatters The L.A. City Council voted 14 to 1 to approve a hazard…
YR Media’s Tenzing Chosan has this Perspective on celebrating the new year, Tibetan-style. Depending on your culture, new years are celebrated with different traditions. For me, I celebrate Tibetan New Year — we call it Losar. And it’s a three-day celebration. My family and I usually visit various Tibetan temples and go to a huge potluck to celebra…
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti, A San Francisco Icon, Dies at 101
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti, a poet, writer, publisher and founder of City Lights Books, died on Monday at the age of 101. "I really believe that art is capable of the total transformation of the world, and of life itself,” Ferlinghetti once said, and his multifaceted career bore that out. As a poet, Ferlinghetti offered what one critic called, a “plain-…
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Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong and the Challenges He Faces as Oakland’s New Top Cop
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With the installation of a new police chief: Leronne Armstrong, the city of Oakland is hoping to end the musical chairs game at the top of the police department. Armstrong is an insider, a 22-year veteran of the department, born and bred in West Oakland, and a proud alumnus of McClymonds High School. The city is facing a spike in homicide rates, a …
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Universal Basic Income for Foster Youth Introduced in CA Senate
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Youth who age out of the foster care system often lose access to housing and services and are at increased risk of homelessness, food insecurity and incarceration. The pandemic has caused even greater instability, with 55% of transitioning foster youth citing food insecurity as a result of COVID-19 in a national study. A new bill in the California …
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Mayor Sam Liccardo on Reopening Schools, Housing and Red Tape, and Tech Exodus
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San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo spoke earlier this week at a state senate hearing in support of reforming the California Environmental Quality Act. He says changing these regulations will lead to more affordable housing, transit and jobs. We'll talk with Liccardo about CEQA reforms, San Jose's housing goals, the urgency of reopening schools, and removi…
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California Surgeon General Pushes for Health Equity During Pandemic
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Dr. Nadine Burke-Harris was sworn in as California's first Surgeon General back in 2019. She's been helping lead the response to the coronavirus pandemic and has been especially concerned about the toll it's taking on communities of color and children. Guest: Dr. Nadine Burke-Harris, California Surgeon General The vaccine code system that was desig…
The numbers are staggering but the pain of losing those we have loved is devastating. Ellen Greenblatt has this Perspective. 500,000 Americans have died in the pandemic, leading to a 1% drop in life expectancy in the USA this year. We know the big picture. But statistics can, paradoxically, mask the pain of individual loss. To pry open the numbers,…
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Confirmation Hearings for Biden's Secretary of Health and Human Services Nominee Begin in Washington
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On Tuesday, Senate confirmation hearings for the Health and Human Services Secretary nominee, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, begin in Washington. Accused of being "famously partisan" by Mitch McConnell, Becerra faces intense Republican opposition for his stances on abortion and Medicare for All. Democrats remain largely in favor of his…
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U.S. Attorney David Anderson Leaves Office
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For the last two years, David Anderson has served as the top federal prosecutor in the Bay Area. During his tenure, he’s seen a side of the Bay Area that few people see. He’s led major criminal investigations into drug trafficking, pandemic-related fraud, and a wide-ranging corruption scandal involving San Francisco’s Department of Public Works. An…
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Facebook Headlines Provide Glimpse Into Company’s Internal Workings
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Facebook cannot keep itself out of the headlines. On Monday, the social media company reached a deal to restore the news content it had banned from its Australian domain last week. This removal was in response to a proposed Australian law which would require social media sites and search engines to pay publishers for their content. And back in the …
