Tara Siler

Tara Siler

KQED Contributor

Tara reports and  anchors for KQED news. She covers a range of issues from community-police relations to local politics. Tara started out in community radio in the Bay Area, where she was raised. She eventually moved to Washington DC where she covered Congress for eight years for Pacifica and Monitor Radio. Her stories have also been heard on NPR's All Things Considered, Morning Edition and The World. Tara lives with her husband in Oakland-- where they raised their two sons. She enjoys spending time with her family, gardening and hiking in the Oakland hills... and keeping up with the news.

By Tara Siler

UC Santa Cruz Academic Workers to Strike Over University's Treatment of Pro-Palestinian Protesters

Already Saturated Bay Area Braces for Yet Another Dangerous Winter Storm

A Suspended Journalist and a Litigator Discuss Latest Spate of Suspensions at Twitter

'We Need Care, Not Cages': California Criminal Justice Reformers Applaud Planned Closure of 2 State Prisons

'It's a Ridiculous Statement': Rep. Zoe Lofgren Assesses Rep. Kevin McCarthy's Call to Investigate Jan. 6 Committee

'He Wants Attention': As Elon Musk Takes Over Twitter, This Tech Insider Has Some Thoughts

Multiple Bay Area Health Care Strikes Reflect a Workforce Under Increasing Strain

City of Berkeley Reconsiders, Then Sustains Police Tear Gas Ban Following Unrest at People's Park

Why Are Truckers Blocking Access to the Port of Oakland?

'I Shoot What It Feels Like': Oakland's Sarahbeth Maney on Her Iconic Photo of Ketanji Brown Jackson's Family

Reacting to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

Bonta Extends Lead in East Bay Assembly Race

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