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End of an Era for the Warriors?

Columnists Ann Killion and Scott Ostler on whether the team's move to San Francisco will turn then into a symbol for Big Tech. Also: What’s with that co-owner pushing a Raptors player? And is Golden State's championship run coming to an end? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 7, 201923 min

From DACA Recipient to Med School Grad

Immigration reporter Tatiana Sanchez talks about 29-year-old New Latthivongskorn, the first undocumented immigrant to graduate from the UCSF Medical School in it 155-year history. Latthivongskorn is a beneficiary of DACA, a program that protects young undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children from deportation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 6, 201918 min

The College Admissions Scandal & the Bay Area

As high school seniors graduate and prepare to head off to universities, the college admissions scandal continues to play out inside federal courtrooms. Many of the defendants have ties to the Bay Area and numerous California schools have been called into question. The scandal has raised questions about parenting, privilege and education. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 5, 201918 min

An Epidemic of Prison Overdoses

Criminal justice reporter Megan Cassidy joins Audrey Cooper to talk about a 113% increase in drug overdoses in California prisons since 2015. Nearly 1,000 people received emergency medical attention in 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 4, 201919 min

The Man Who Wrote the AIDS Crisis

Randy Shilts may have been the first out gay reporter at a major American newspaper. In 1982, he began writing about what would soon come to be known as AIDS. He would become it's top Chronicler — and it would kill him. An episode of the Chronicle's history podcast, Not Your Century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 3, 201922 min

Oakland Ballpark Dreams

The A's would love to build a baseball cathedral on the waterfront, just like the Giants. Can they pull it off? And would that be good for Oakland? Phil Matier and Susan Slusser join Demian Bulwa to answer those and other questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 31, 201919 min

Can PG&E Survive?

J.D. Morris joined The Chronicle days after the Camp Fire broke out, transforming his plans to report on PG&E. In this episode, he and Business Editor Owen Thomas take you inside how we’ve covered this multifaceted story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 30, 201927 min

Opioid Addiction: One Family's Story

We're sharing an episode of the San Francisco City Insider podcast. When 33-year-old Jeffrey Choate’s parents saw their son, homeless and addicted to heroin and meth, in Heather Knight's Chronicle column, they — and he — wanted to tell his story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 29, 201942 min

Police Conduct in Vallejo

East Bay Columnist Otis R. Taylor Jr. talks about the controversial arrests, fatal shootings and police intimidation of black and brown people in Vallejo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 28, 201937 min

The Fallout Over Those Crazy San Francisco General Hospital Bills

San Francisco General Hospital has finally changed its billing practice so patients will no longer be charged $92,000 for a simple appendectomy or $24,000 for bumps and bruises. But in today's broken health care system, that's not the end of the story. Columnist Heather Knight talks about an effort to ban these bills statewide and how City Hall has promised to scrutinize S.F. General's budget requests in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 24, 201919 min

"American Taliban": Terrorist or Scapegoat?

With John Walker Lindh set to be released from prison, reporter Kevin Fagan joins Demian Bulwa to talk about the Marin County man who was captured with Taliban forces in Afghanistan in 2001. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 23, 201922 min

Photographing California's Wildfires

Gabrielle Lurie, a staff photographer for the San Francisco Chronicle, sits down with Metro Editor Demian Bulwa to discuss how she covers the wildfires, the dangers that come with it and what stories she looks for in the deadly aftermath. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 22, 201929 min

Navigating San Francisco's Shelter System

Homeless shelters and Navigation Centers are critical in San Francisco's fight against homelessness. But they're only one piece of a harrowing, complicated puzzle. Editor in Chief Audrey Cooper and reporter Dominic Fracassa discuss the city's shelter system and the role that permanent housing plays in solving San Francisco's homelessness crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 21, 201933 min

The Rebuilding of Aisha

Aisha McCain spent years in prison after getting busted in a massive San Francisco gang crackdown, then she felt a lump in her breast and everything changed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 20, 201925 min

Jeff Adachi, a Police Raid and the Freedom of the Press

After SF Public Defender Jeff Adachi's death, a confidential police report with photos leaked. This week, police raided a freelance journalist's home to investigate who in their own department gave him the information. We discuss the raid, what happens next and what it means for journalists in the Bay Area. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 17, 201941 min

Inside Our Investigations

Managing Editor of Investigations and Enterprise Michael Gray talks about the Chronicle's past and present investigative reporting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 16, 201924 min

How a Young Vegetarian Became California's Face of Hunting

Interest in hunting and fishing is down in California, and so are the revenues generated from the sports that pay for conservation. To counter the trend, the state has hired Jen Benedet, a.k.a. Jen the Archer, to boost interest in hunting and fishing. We spoke with Archer about her unusual job and talked about whether the initiative can work in a state where many people just aren't into hunting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 14, 201911 min

People's Park at 50 With the Man Who Started It

Wednesday is the 50th anniversary of the People's Park riot which resulted in the only fatality in the long history of protest and activism in Berkeley. To honor it, Heyday Books will release an encyclopedic history. We talk with its publisher, Steve Wasserman, and with Mike Delacour, the antiwar activist who started it all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 13, 201919 min

Disabilities Services Struggle to Survive

Chronicle editor-in-chief Audrey Cooper interviews reporter Catherine Ho about her story on why nonprofits that provide services for people with disabilities are shutting down across California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 10, 201910 min

Mid-Market: Vision vs. Reality

The “Twitter tax break” San Francisco created in 2011 to draw companies to the downtrodden Mid-Market neighborhood is expiring. Chronicle reporters Trisha Thadani, J.K. Dineen and Roland Li discuss its impact and effects, both good and bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 9, 201922 min

The Camp Fire: 6 Months Later

Kurtis Alexander talks about how far the Northern California town of Paradise has to go in order to rebuild — and whether it should. Lizzie Johnson discusses the difficult and monumental job the coroner had: identifying bodies after the fire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 7, 201923 min

SB 50: The Battle Over California's Housing Crisis

From the archives: SB 50, a new housing bill, has drawn national attention to a growing crisis in California. And it’s reinvigorated a years-long fight over about who gets to shape neighborhoods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 6, 201924 min

From Homeless to a $4 Million Home

Otis Taylor Jr. talks about Greg Dunston and Marie Mckinzie, a black homeless couple he first wrote about in January. A Piedmont developer took them in, but neighbors in the wealthy, mostly white town soon began calling the police on them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 3, 201924 min

The Future of Winter

With climate change threatening to make our winters shorter and warmer, writer Porter Fox looks to ski areas around California to understand how higher temperatures are already changing how resorts operate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 1, 201928 min

What to Do About the 'Dead Indian'

A controversial and historic mural at a San Francisco high school -- with depictions of slavery and the killing of Native Americans -- has critics calling for its destruction and art preservationists threatening to sue to save it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 30, 201931 min

Upheaval at BART

Transportation reporter Rachel Swan on the latest challenges for the Bay Area's core transit system: Crime, fare evasion, homelessness, the rollout of new cars, and the need to find a new general manager and police chief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 29, 201922 min

Should IPOs Be Taxed in SF?

As major SF tech companies IPO, a San Francisco supervisor wants the city's coffers to benefit. City Hall reporter Trisha Thadani breaks down the reaction to the proposal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 25, 201918 min

Big Day for the 49ers and Raiders

The 49ers pick second and the Raiders fourth in today's NFL Draft. Beat writers Eric Branch and Matt Kawahara talk about the prospects who might turn these teams around, including Nick Bosa, who recently deleted pro-Trump tweets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 25, 201920 min

The California GOP Is Impotent. Can Anyone Save It?

The Republican Party is virtually invisible in California. Republicans hold no statewide office, are a super minority in the Legislature and have a 20 percentage point registration gap compared to Democrats. We talk with two women who are trying to turn it around. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 24, 201922 min

Measles in California

The United States is in the middle of what could be the worst measles outbreak in more than 20 years. California has had some small outbreaks but has largely been spared, in part because the state tightened its vaccination laws three years ago – after learning the hard way just how vulnerable communities become when parents stop immunizing their children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 22, 201925 min

1906 Earthquake: Secrets from the Archive

The Chronicle archive has photos dating back to the 19th Century. Critic Peter Hartlaub and librarian Bill Van Niekerken share secrets from the archive, including their favorite 1906 earthquake finds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 18, 201924 min

Lifting the Curtain on Police Secrecy

For decades, records of police officers' misconduct were hidden from view. But a new law, SB1421, has thrust into public view numerous incidents of dishonesty, sexual misconduct and use of force. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 16, 201921 min

Bonus: Singing Across Gender Lines, Part II

Joshua Kosman interviews Elliot Franks, who gave up a career as a mezzo-soprano for a new life and a new baritone voice after going through gender reassignment surgery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 15, 201918 min

Singing Across Gender Lines

For trans vocalists, the familiar categories that have long defined operatic and choral music don’t always apply. San Francisco Chronicle editor-in-chief Audrey Cooper talks with classical music critic Joshua Kosman about the artistic and physical realities of singing while trans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 15, 201914 min

Buckle Your Seatbelts, Here Comes Uber

Uber is set to thunder onto Wall Street with a stock market debut valuing it at $100 million. Its massive initial public offering will have ramifications for San Francisco, the Bay Area and beyond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 12, 201916 min

"Freedom Week": A Frenzy of High Capacity Magazine Sales

Over a brief seven-day span, California gun owners were allowed to buy high capacity magazines for the first time in almost 20 years following a judge's ruling. They went on a shopping spree. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 11, 201921 min

BART Cracks Down on Fare Enforcement

Commuters arriving by BART in downtown San Francisco Monday were met by teams of police officers, fare inspectors and managers in neon green vests. It was the beginning of an enforcement blitz meant to discourage fare evaders and reassure riders that lawlessness is not accepted aboard BART. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 9, 201916 min

Vanishing Violence

From the archive: Chronicle reporters Jill Tucker and Joaquin Palomino offer an inside look at the months they spent documenting the steep drop in youth crime. But they found the good news meant empty cells and also eye-popping costs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 8, 201920 min

Giants Fan Bryan Stow Embraces New Life After Attack

Giants fan Bryan Stow, who suffered severe brain damage in a March 2011 assault at Dodger Stadium, is starting to feel ‘whole’ again through sharing his anti-bullying message with kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 5, 201927 min

Aging Into Homelessness

A groundbreaking study shows that nearly half of all homeless people over the age of 50 became homeless for the first time after their 50th birthday. Our reporter Kevin Fagan talks with head researcher UCSF Dr. Margot Kushel about what it all means, and where the doctor thinks we should go from here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 3, 201930 min

Finding Kyle

Kyle Gamboa’s leap from the Golden Gate Bridge left his family stunned. But in the wake of the 18–year-old’s death, they found a cause to devote themselves to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 2, 201918 min

Coming Soon: Fifth & Mission

Dive inside the biggest Bay Area stories of the day with Fifth & Mission, a new podcast from the San Francisco Chronicle coming April 2nd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 21, 20191 min