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Major Crack in Beam Discovered at Transbay Transit Center
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Youth Involvement in Politics

A 19-year-old is running for San Jose City Council, and California universities and colleges are playing a bigger role in this year’s elections, with first-time voting centers at dozens of campuses and increased attempts for student turnout. Then, for “Letter to My California Dreamer,” a letter-writer addresses his note to his political activist parents. And the Avalon Theatre on Catalina Island, which has shown films since the 1920s, is slated to close – we talk about what the theatre means to locals. see more
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Youth Involvement in Politics

A 19-year-old is running for San Jose City Council, and California universities and colleges are playing a bigger role in this year’s elections, with first-time voting centers at dozens of campuses and increased attempts for student turnout. Then, for “Letter to My California Dreamer,” a letter-writer addresses his note to his political activist parents. And the Avalon Theatre on Catalina Island, which has shown films since the 1920s, is slated to close – we talk about what the theatre means to locals. see more
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Major Crack in Beam Discovered at Transbay Transit Center

23 min
Michael Krasny
at 9:00 AM
The Salesforce Transbay Transit Center during construction in 2016. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)

San Francisco's new $2.2 billion Transbay Transit Center was closed Tuesday after inspectors discovered a major crack in a steel beam. We'll discuss the latest developments.

Guests:

Andy Ross, columnist, San Francisco Chronicle

Chloe Veltman, general assignment reporter, KQED

Jane Kim, supervisor, San Francisco's District 6; member, Transbay Joint Powers Authority

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