About the Program

On February 16, 1990, KQED introduced a new weekly public affairs program, This Week in Northern California. The program's creators set out to offer insightful, thought-provoking roundtable discussions with local journalists about issues and events affecting Northern California.

Almost 20 years later on October 9, 2009, KQED unveiled a re-vamped This Week in Northern California and new website. Anchored in the news of the week and the Bay Area community, the new This Week follows a magazine format and continues its strong commitment to news and public affairs, while broadening the range of topics to include the arts, culture, science, history, food and classic clips from the KQED archives. Veteran journalist and host Belva Davis continues in the anchor chair, interviewing a variety of guests and leading discussions among local reporters who contribute their expertise and analysis. Other This Week correspondents occasionally report stories from the field, and host studio discussions on issues and events of interest to residents of Northern California.

The new website invites the community to watch complete episodes and segments, view photo slideshows and video found only online, suggest stories and questions for guests, subscribe to the podcast, follow top news stories via Twitter, and comment. With these changes This Week hopes to better serve Northern California with quality information about this place we call home.

• About the host, Belva Davis
• About the staff