KQED Radio Staff
Rachael Myrow
Host and Reporter, The California Report
Rachael caught the bug for journalism in high school, where she started on the opinion page before realizing the world is infinitely more interesting when you don't think you know everything.
While getting her bachelor's degree in English at UC Berkeley, Rachael got hooked on public radio at the campus station, KALX-FM. After hosting and co-producing "Film Close-Ups," a radio magazine on Bay Area film, she returned to UC Berkeley for a graduate degree in journalism.
She landed her first job as a producer with Marketplace Radio in Los Angeles, and by the time she left, four years later, Rachael was an all-purpose editor, reporter and fill-in host. Rachael then spent six years reporting full-time for KPCC-FM in Los Angeles before returning to the Bay Area in 2007 to host the daily edition of KQED's California Report. Over the years, she's covered the explosive growth of trade through Southern California's ports, Irish snowballs in San Francisco, and the housing crisis across the state.
Rachael's work has won her awards from the LA Press Club, the Radio and Television News Association, the Associated Press Television-Radio Association of California and Nevada, the Radio-Television News Directors Association of Southern California, the Northern California RTNDA, SPJ Northern California Chapter, the San Francisco Peninsula Club Greater Bay Area and a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award.
Stories (131 archives)
Health Workers Stage One-Day Strike at Kaiser
The National Union of Healthcare Workers is calling on 4,000 of its members in California to walk out on Kaiser Permanente for 24 hours beginning this morning. The dispute centers on changes to benefits, and what the union says is under-staffing at mental health facilities.
Foodies Flock to SF Trade Show
For the last 37 years, people in the food biz have gathered to plug products, nail down distribution deals and sniff out emerging culinary trends. The Fancy Food Show was held this week in San Francisco. Rachael Myrow attended, fork-in-hand.
Playoff Puts Spotlight on Candlestick Park
The San Francisco 49ers play the NFC Championship Game at Candlestick Park this Sunday. We talk with long-time Sports Illustrated writer Steve Rushin about the infamous stadium.
Fighting Citrus Pests With a Natural Predator
Scientists from the University of California are expected to release Punjabi wasps in Los Angeles this week. The wasps are intended to counter the spread of another bug from Asia that threatens California's citrus farmers.
Toasting California Distilleries
Just a decade ago, a bar would not have been able to boast that all its spirits came from California. But in recent years, there's been an explosion in "micro-distilling." Now, one restaurant in Los Angeles has its cup running over with California-only spirits. In case you want to stock your cabinet with local spirits, we've got a map of California's distilleries. Follow the link below to our News Fix blog.
