window.__IS_SSR__=true
window.__INITIAL_STATE__={
"attachmentsReducer": {
"audio_0": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_0",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background0.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_1": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_1",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background1.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_2": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_2",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background2.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_3": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_3",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background3.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_4": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_4",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background4.jpg"
}
}
},
"placeholder": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "placeholder",
"imgSizes": {
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 107,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-800x533.jpg",
"width": 800,
"height": 533,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"medium_large": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-768x512.jpg",
"width": 768,
"height": 512,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"large": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"height": 680,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1536x1024.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1024,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1536x1024.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1024,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"height": 680,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-800x533.jpg",
"width": 800,
"height": 533,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"height": 576,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 107,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"small": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"height": 680,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1920x1280.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1280,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 32,
"height": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 50,
"height": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 64,
"height": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 96,
"height": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 128,
"height": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1.jpg",
"width": 2000,
"height": 1333
}
}
}
},
"audioPlayerReducer": {
"postId": "stream_live",
"isPaused": true,
"isPlaying": false,
"pfsActive": false,
"pledgeModalIsOpen": true,
"playerDrawerIsOpen": false,
"liveAudioPlayStartedAt": 0,
"liveAudioPlayContext": ""
},
"authorsReducer": {
"jbrooks": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "80",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "80",
"found": true
},
"name": "Jon Brooks",
"firstName": "Jon",
"lastName": "Brooks",
"slug": "jbrooks",
"email": "jbrooks@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": true,
"staff_mastheads": [
"science"
],
"title": "Digital Editor",
"bio": "Jon Brooks is a former Digital Editor for KQED Science. He is the former editor of KQED’s daily news blog, News Fix. In 2014, he won a California Journalism Award for his coverage of ride services like Uber and Lyft and the taxi industry. A veteran blogger, he previously worked for Yahoo! in various news writing and editing roles. Jon is also a playwright whose work has been produced in San Francisco, New York, Italy, and around the U.S. He has written about film for his own blog and studied film at Boston University.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/98887f7ed1c876ed414d4c915e969584?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": "jbrooksfoy",
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "arts",
"roles": [
"Contributor",
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"author"
]
},
{
"site": "futureofyou",
"roles": [
"administrator"
]
},
{
"site": "mindshift",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "stateofhealth",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "science",
"roles": [
"administrator"
]
},
{
"site": "quest",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Jon Brooks | KQED",
"description": "Digital Editor",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/98887f7ed1c876ed414d4c915e969584?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/98887f7ed1c876ed414d4c915e969584?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/jbrooks"
},
"danbrekke": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "222",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "222",
"found": true
},
"name": "Dan Brekke",
"firstName": "Dan",
"lastName": "Brekke",
"slug": "danbrekke",
"email": "dbrekke@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": true,
"staff_mastheads": [
"news",
"science"
],
"title": "KQED Editor and Reporter",
"bio": "Dan Brekke is a reporter and editor for KQED News, responsible for coverage of topics ranging from California water issues to the Bay Area's transportation challenges. In a newsroom career that began in Chicago in 1972, Dan has worked for \u003cem>The San Francisco Examiner,\u003c/em> Wired and TechTV and has been published in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Business 2.0, Salon and elsewhere.\r\n\r\nSince joining KQED in 2007, Dan has reported, edited and produced both radio and online features and breaking news pieces. He has shared as both editor and reporter in four Society of Professional Journalists Norcal Excellence in Journalism awards and one Edward R. Murrow regional award. He was chosen for a spring 2017 residency at the Mesa Refuge to advance his research on California salmon.\r\n\r\nEmail Dan at: \u003ca href=\"mailto:dbrekke@kqed.org\">dbrekke@kqed.org\u003c/a>\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong>Twitter:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/danbrekke\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">twitter.com/danbrekke\u003c/a>\r\n\u003cstrong>Facebook:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/danbrekke\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.facebook.com/danbrekke\u003c/a>\r\n\u003cstrong>LinkedIn:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/danbrekke\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.linkedin.com/in/danbrekke\u003c/a>",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c8126230345efca3f7aa89b1a402be45?s=600&d=mm&r=g",
"twitter": "danbrekke",
"facebook": null,
"instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/dan.brekke/",
"linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/danbrekke/",
"sites": [
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"administrator",
"create_posts"
]
},
{
"site": "stateofhealth",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "science",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "quest",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
},
{
"site": "food",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
},
{
"site": "forum",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
},
{
"site": "liveblog",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Dan Brekke | KQED",
"description": "KQED Editor and Reporter",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c8126230345efca3f7aa89b1a402be45?s=600&d=mm&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c8126230345efca3f7aa89b1a402be45?s=600&d=mm&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/danbrekke"
},
"kqed": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "236",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "236",
"found": true
},
"name": "KQED News Staff",
"firstName": "KQED News Staff",
"lastName": null,
"slug": "kqed",
"email": "faq@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": null,
"bio": null,
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ef0e801a68c4c54afa9180db14084167?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "arts",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
},
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "futureofyou",
"roles": [
"author"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "KQED News Staff | KQED",
"description": null,
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ef0e801a68c4c54afa9180db14084167?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ef0e801a68c4c54afa9180db14084167?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/kqed"
},
"rachael-myrow": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "251",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "251",
"found": true
},
"name": "Rachael Myrow",
"firstName": "Rachael",
"lastName": "Myrow",
"slug": "rachael-myrow",
"email": "rmyrow@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": true,
"staff_mastheads": [
"news"
],
"title": "Senior Editor of KQED's Silicon Valley News Desk",
"bio": "• I write and edit stories about how Silicon Valley power and policies shape everyday life in California. I’m also passionate about making Bay Area history and culture more accessible to a broad public. • I’ve been a journalist for most of my life, starting in high school with The Franklin Press in Los Angeles, where I grew up. While earning my first degree in English at UC Berkeley, I got my start in public radio at KALX-FM. After completing a second degree in journalism at Cal, I landed my first professional job at Marketplace, then moved on to KPCC (now LAist), and then KQED, where I hosted The California Report for more than seven years. • My reporting has appeared on NPR, The World, WBUR’s \u003ci>Here & Now\u003c/i>, and the BBC. I also guest host for KQED’s \u003ci>Forum\u003c/i>, as well as the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. • I speak periodically on media, democracy and technology issues, and do voiceover work for documentaries and educational video projects. • Outside of the studio, you'll find me hiking Bay Area trails and whipping up Insta-ready meals in my kitchen. • I do not accept gifts, money, or favors from anyone connected to my reporting, I don't pay people for information, and I do not support or donate to political causes. • I strive to treat the people I report on with fairness, honesty, and respect. I also recognize there are often multiple sides to a story and work to verify information through multiple sources and documentation. If I get something wrong, I correct it.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3ed8a3c5f26025e4a805ba634cda8cd764906b97438a6d9ce216b044e340da4e?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": "rachaelmyrow",
"bluesky": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachaelmyrow/",
"sites": [
{
"site": "arts",
"roles": [
"administrator"
]
},
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"edit_others_posts",
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "futureofyou",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "bayareabites",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "stateofhealth",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "science",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "food",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "forum",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "liveblog",
"roles": [
"author"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Rachael Myrow | KQED",
"description": "Senior Editor of KQED's Silicon Valley News Desk",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3ed8a3c5f26025e4a805ba634cda8cd764906b97438a6d9ce216b044e340da4e?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3ed8a3c5f26025e4a805ba634cda8cd764906b97438a6d9ce216b044e340da4e?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/rachael-myrow"
}
},
"pagesReducer": {
"news_category_law-and-justice": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_6188",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "6188",
"score": 13.555691
},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Law and Justice",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Law and Justice Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 6212,
"slug": "law-and-justice",
"isLoading": false,
"title": "Law and Justice",
"pageMeta": {
"site": "news",
"WpPageTemplate": "page-topic-editorial",
"currentPage": 462
},
"blocks": [
{
"blockName": "kqed/post-list",
"attrs": {
"layout": "cardArticle2",
"query": "posts/news?category=law-and-justice",
"seeMore": false,
"paginated": true,
"page": 462
}
},
{
"blockName": "kqed/ad"
}
]
}
},
"pfsSessionReducer": {},
"postsReducer": {
"stream_live": {
"type": "live",
"id": "stream_live",
"audioUrl": "https://streams.kqed.org/kqedradio",
"title": "Live Stream",
"excerpt": "Live Stream information currently unavailable.",
"link": "/radio",
"featImg": "",
"label": {
"name": "KQED Live",
"link": "/"
}
},
"stream_kqedNewscast": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "stream_kqedNewscast",
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/newscast.mp3?_=1",
"title": "KQED Newscast",
"featImg": "",
"label": {
"name": "88.5 FM",
"link": "/"
}
},
"news_59968": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_59968",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "59968",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1332265032000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 6944
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1332265032,
"format": "aside",
"disqusTitle": "Ivory Madison's Husband Calls For Mirkarimi to Resign in Scathing Editorial",
"title": "Ivory Madison's Husband Calls For Mirkarimi to Resign in Scathing Editorial",
"headTitle": "News Fix | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 12:30 p.m.\u003c/strong> Various news organizations are reporting that \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/20/live-eliana-lopezs-attorney-speaks/\">\u003cstrong>Ed Lee has given Ross Mirkarimi 24 hours to resign\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> or he'll face an immediate suspension and possible removal proceedings. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update\u003c/strong>: Ed Lee's office says the mayor will address the media on the Mirkarimi case in the late afternoon. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The husband of Ivory Madison, the neighbor of Ross Mirkarimi and Eliana Lopez who handed over to police video evidence used in the criminal case against Mirkarimi, has written an \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/20/EDUC1NN1L0.DTL\">\u003cstrong>editorial in today's Chronicle\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> calling on Mirkarimi to \"resign immediately.\" Some choice bits, written by Abraham Mertens...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Ross should...resign because it is an insult to his oath of office that, for the past two months, he paid a team of lawyers to relentlessly attempt to discredit, dissuade and harm my wife...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last time I spoke to Eliana was when she called me on Jan. 4. I recognized what I thought was Ross' voice in the background as Eliana pressured me to destroy evidence and lie to the police. Then she repeatedly called Ivory, demanding that Ivory destroy the video, e-mail and texts from Eliana about the incident. I'm an attorney, but even if I were not, I would not destroy evidence, obstruct justice or lie to the police, and neither would my wife. Our criminal justice system can work only if most people follow the law and tell the truth to law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After we refused to lie, Ross, Eliana and attorneys working for them attacked Ivory's character and motives. This included falsely accusing her of implausible criminal activity, such as being part of a vast political conspiracy to frame Ross, and practicing law without a license. They subpoenaed our confidential business and personal correspondence and the phone records of our friends. Reporters told us that Ross's attorneys were trying to feed them stories almost every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among other efforts to silence my wife, a dramatic letter was delivered to us demanding that she not testify and falsely claiming that she would be acting illegally if she did so. Attorney Paula Canny, who Ross recently admitted is being paid for by him and his \"legal defense fund,\" signed the letter. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/20/EDUC1NN1L0.DTL\">\u003cstrong>Full editorial\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>One of the original misdemeanor charges against Mirkarimi was \"dissuading a witness.\" That charge was dropped, along with two others, as part of a deal in which Mirkarimi agreed to plead guilty to one count of false imprisonment, for which he was sentenced to three years of probation yesterday. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of the deal, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon also insisted that Mirkarimi apologize to Ivory Madison. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A cynic might say today's editorial is perfectly timed to coincide with Mayor Ed Lee's decisionmaking process on what to do about Mirkarimi. Lee's office said he was meeting with Mirkarimi yesterday. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eliana Lopez is scheduled to make a statement on the case at noon. I imagine the accusations made in her neighbor's editorial will come up. KQED's Mina Kim will be there...\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "59968 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=59968",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/20/ivory-madisons-husband-calls-for-mirkarimi-to-resign-in-scathing-editorial/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 509,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 14
},
"modified": 1332271844,
"excerpt": null,
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Update 12:30 p.m. Various news organizations are reporting that Ed Lee has given Ross Mirkarimi 24 hours to resign or he'll face an immediate suspension and possible removal proceedings. Update: Ed Lee's office says the mayor will address the media on the Mirkarimi case in the late afternoon. The husband of Ivory Madison, the neighbor",
"title": "Ivory Madison's Husband Calls For Mirkarimi to Resign in Scathing Editorial | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Ivory Madison's Husband Calls For Mirkarimi to Resign in Scathing Editorial",
"datePublished": "2012-03-20T10:37:12-07:00",
"dateModified": "2012-03-20T12:30:44-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "ivory-madisons-husband-calls-for-mirkarimi-to-resign-in-scathing-editorial",
"status": "publish",
"path": "/news/59968/ivory-madisons-husband-calls-for-mirkarimi-to-resign-in-scathing-editorial",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 12:30 p.m.\u003c/strong> Various news organizations are reporting that \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/20/live-eliana-lopezs-attorney-speaks/\">\u003cstrong>Ed Lee has given Ross Mirkarimi 24 hours to resign\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> or he'll face an immediate suspension and possible removal proceedings. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update\u003c/strong>: Ed Lee's office says the mayor will address the media on the Mirkarimi case in the late afternoon. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The husband of Ivory Madison, the neighbor of Ross Mirkarimi and Eliana Lopez who handed over to police video evidence used in the criminal case against Mirkarimi, has written an \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/20/EDUC1NN1L0.DTL\">\u003cstrong>editorial in today's Chronicle\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> calling on Mirkarimi to \"resign immediately.\" Some choice bits, written by Abraham Mertens...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Ross should...resign because it is an insult to his oath of office that, for the past two months, he paid a team of lawyers to relentlessly attempt to discredit, dissuade and harm my wife...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last time I spoke to Eliana was when she called me on Jan. 4. I recognized what I thought was Ross' voice in the background as Eliana pressured me to destroy evidence and lie to the police. Then she repeatedly called Ivory, demanding that Ivory destroy the video, e-mail and texts from Eliana about the incident. I'm an attorney, but even if I were not, I would not destroy evidence, obstruct justice or lie to the police, and neither would my wife. Our criminal justice system can work only if most people follow the law and tell the truth to law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After we refused to lie, Ross, Eliana and attorneys working for them attacked Ivory's character and motives. This included falsely accusing her of implausible criminal activity, such as being part of a vast political conspiracy to frame Ross, and practicing law without a license. They subpoenaed our confidential business and personal correspondence and the phone records of our friends. Reporters told us that Ross's attorneys were trying to feed them stories almost every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among other efforts to silence my wife, a dramatic letter was delivered to us demanding that she not testify and falsely claiming that she would be acting illegally if she did so. Attorney Paula Canny, who Ross recently admitted is being paid for by him and his \"legal defense fund,\" signed the letter. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/20/EDUC1NN1L0.DTL\">\u003cstrong>Full editorial\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>One of the original misdemeanor charges against Mirkarimi was \"dissuading a witness.\" That charge was dropped, along with two others, as part of a deal in which Mirkarimi agreed to plead guilty to one count of false imprisonment, for which he was sentenced to three years of probation yesterday. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of the deal, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon also insisted that Mirkarimi apologize to Ivory Madison. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A cynic might say today's editorial is perfectly timed to coincide with Mayor Ed Lee's decisionmaking process on what to do about Mirkarimi. Lee's office said he was meeting with Mirkarimi yesterday. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eliana Lopez is scheduled to make a statement on the case at noon. I imagine the accusations made in her neighbor's editorial will come up. KQED's Mina Kim will be there...\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/59968/ivory-madisons-husband-calls-for-mirkarimi-to-resign-in-scathing-editorial",
"authors": [
"80"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_6188"
],
"tags": [
"news_2348",
"news_851",
"news_2402",
"news_724",
"news_38"
],
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_59921": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_59921",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "59921",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1332260636000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 6944
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1332260636,
"format": "aside",
"disqusTitle": "Beyond the Bay: Sierra Club Sues to Stop City by the Salton Sea",
"title": "Beyond the Bay: Sierra Club Sues to Stop City by the Salton Sea",
"headTitle": "News Fix | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/Smile.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright\" title=\"Smile\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/Smile-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\">\u003c/a>Rachael Myrow here, host of The California Report, with an a.m. post from beyond the Bay Area Bubble...\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's one of the more pungent parts of California. On the back side of the state's largest state park, \u003ca href=\"http://parks.ca.gov/?page_id=638\">Anza-Borrego\u003c/a>, there's a giant sink hole full of tilapia known as the Salton Sea. Despite its salinity and pollution (\u003ca href=\"http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/salton/EnvirnEconValueSaltonSea.html\">a combination of agricultural runoff and epic flooding\u003c/a>), the sea also provides a habitat for many migratory birds passing through California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in the 1950s, the Salton Sea was a desert playground for Metro LA, and real estate developers imagined something on the order of Palm Springs SE. But like the Sea itself, those dreams have waxed and waned over the years. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you haven't seen \"Plagues & Pleasures,\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Atgg7t4XbPk\">narrated by John Waters\u003c/a>, put that on your list of Docs to Watch. pronto. This is a place that inspires filmmakers and scientists and people prone to fixing things that appear to be broken. (We had a story on the scientific side of the sea on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R608100850\">California Report\u003c/a> a few years back.) \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, we hear from \u003ca href=\"http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/03/19/44793.htm\">Courthouse News Service\u003c/a> that environmentalists are suing to stop a ginormous development proposed for the crusty northeastern shoreline of the Salton Sea. Specifically, the Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity are suing the Riverside County Board of Supervisors and the developer, Black Emerald Properties, in Superior Court, over a 4,918-acre project that would include up to 16,655 dwelling units and 5 million square feet of commercial space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"As county planners acknowledged, the project and its 40,000 or more residents would form an entirely new town, which would be constructed between the failing Salton Sea on the east and the sensitive wilderness lands of Anza Borrego State Park and the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument on the west,\" the complaint states... \"This massive influx of people, and the resulting traffic, will lead to an increase in air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in a region that already had some of the nation's highest air pollution levels. It will also catalyze more growth and cause significant new impacts on nearby parks, biological resources and cultural resources.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The plaintiffs claim \"Travertine Point,\" and the county's approval of it in February, and its 3,000-page environmental impact report (excluding appendices), violated both the California Environmental Quality Act and the California Code of Regulations. But they also find the economics of the proposal \"baffling.\" Aruna Prabhala, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity, told Courthouse News \"they basically want to build a new town in the middle of nowhere.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Developers naturally disagree, arguing the eastern side of the Coachella Valley is already popular with tourists and set to become more so once the economy turns around (maybe in the next 30 or so years.) Whatever your thoughts about the Salton Sea, it's saline hold on the human imagination is undeniable.\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "59921 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=59921",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/20/beyond-the-bay-area-bubble-sierra-club-sues-to-stop-city-by-the-salton-sea/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 501,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 10
},
"modified": 1332263820,
"excerpt": null,
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Rachael Myrow here, host of The California Report, with an a.m. post from beyond the Bay Area Bubble... It's one of the more pungent parts of California. On the back side of the state's largest state park, Anza-Borrego, there's a giant sink hole full of tilapia known as the Salton Sea. Despite its salinity and",
"title": "Beyond the Bay: Sierra Club Sues to Stop City by the Salton Sea | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Beyond the Bay: Sierra Club Sues to Stop City by the Salton Sea",
"datePublished": "2012-03-20T09:23:56-07:00",
"dateModified": "2012-03-20T10:17:00-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "beyond-the-bay-area-bubble-sierra-club-sues-to-stop-city-by-the-salton-sea",
"status": "publish",
"path": "/news/59921/beyond-the-bay-area-bubble-sierra-club-sues-to-stop-city-by-the-salton-sea",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/Smile.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright\" title=\"Smile\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/Smile-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\">\u003c/a>Rachael Myrow here, host of The California Report, with an a.m. post from beyond the Bay Area Bubble...\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's one of the more pungent parts of California. On the back side of the state's largest state park, \u003ca href=\"http://parks.ca.gov/?page_id=638\">Anza-Borrego\u003c/a>, there's a giant sink hole full of tilapia known as the Salton Sea. Despite its salinity and pollution (\u003ca href=\"http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/salton/EnvirnEconValueSaltonSea.html\">a combination of agricultural runoff and epic flooding\u003c/a>), the sea also provides a habitat for many migratory birds passing through California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in the 1950s, the Salton Sea was a desert playground for Metro LA, and real estate developers imagined something on the order of Palm Springs SE. But like the Sea itself, those dreams have waxed and waned over the years. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you haven't seen \"Plagues & Pleasures,\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Atgg7t4XbPk\">narrated by John Waters\u003c/a>, put that on your list of Docs to Watch. pronto. This is a place that inspires filmmakers and scientists and people prone to fixing things that appear to be broken. (We had a story on the scientific side of the sea on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R608100850\">California Report\u003c/a> a few years back.) \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, we hear from \u003ca href=\"http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/03/19/44793.htm\">Courthouse News Service\u003c/a> that environmentalists are suing to stop a ginormous development proposed for the crusty northeastern shoreline of the Salton Sea. Specifically, the Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity are suing the Riverside County Board of Supervisors and the developer, Black Emerald Properties, in Superior Court, over a 4,918-acre project that would include up to 16,655 dwelling units and 5 million square feet of commercial space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"As county planners acknowledged, the project and its 40,000 or more residents would form an entirely new town, which would be constructed between the failing Salton Sea on the east and the sensitive wilderness lands of Anza Borrego State Park and the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument on the west,\" the complaint states... \"This massive influx of people, and the resulting traffic, will lead to an increase in air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in a region that already had some of the nation's highest air pollution levels. It will also catalyze more growth and cause significant new impacts on nearby parks, biological resources and cultural resources.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The plaintiffs claim \"Travertine Point,\" and the county's approval of it in February, and its 3,000-page environmental impact report (excluding appendices), violated both the California Environmental Quality Act and the California Code of Regulations. But they also find the economics of the proposal \"baffling.\" Aruna Prabhala, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity, told Courthouse News \"they basically want to build a new town in the middle of nowhere.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Developers naturally disagree, arguing the eastern side of the Coachella Valley is already popular with tourists and set to become more so once the economy turns around (maybe in the next 30 or so years.) Whatever your thoughts about the Salton Sea, it's saline hold on the human imagination is undeniable.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/59921/beyond-the-bay-area-bubble-sierra-club-sues-to-stop-city-by-the-salton-sea",
"authors": [
"251"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_223",
"news_1758",
"news_19906",
"news_6266",
"news_6188"
],
"tags": [
"news_152",
"news_881",
"news_383",
"news_566"
],
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_59705": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_59705",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "59705",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1332191310000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 6944
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1332191310,
"format": "aside",
"disqusTitle": "Video: Kamala Harris on Mortgage Settlement, Privacy and Phone Apps, Prop 8, and Her Political Future",
"title": "Video: Kamala Harris on Mortgage Settlement, Privacy and Phone Apps, Prop 8, and Her Political Future",
"headTitle": "News Fix | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>KQED's Belva Davis talked to California Attorney General Kamala Harris on \"This Week in Northern California\" on Friday. The interview covered her appointment of a monitor to oversee the national mortgage settlement in California, a \"homeowners bill of rights\" she is trying to get passed, criminal justice, the upcoming Supreme Court review of the national health care law, and the role of women as leaders. \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zY1Q_Mzaie4\">Video here\u003c/a>...\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ciframe width=\"520\" height=\"294\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/zY1Q_Mzaie4\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, more video of Harris on...\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli> \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZHq_es-zwc\">\u003cstrong>Privacy and mobile phone apps\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2n7Y4-d6w0\">\u003cstrong>Prop 8\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9baYjBwh9c\">\u003cstrong>Her political future\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\n\u003c/li>\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "59705 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=59705",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/19/video-interivew-with-calif-attorney-general-kamala-harris/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": true,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 86,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 5
},
"modified": 1332212355,
"excerpt": null,
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "KQED's Belva Davis talked to California Attorney General Kamala Harris on "This Week in Northern California" on Friday. The interview covered her appointment of a monitor to oversee the national mortgage settlement in California, a "homeowners bill of rights" she is trying to get passed, criminal justice, the upcoming Supreme Court review of the national",
"title": "Video: Kamala Harris on Mortgage Settlement, Privacy and Phone Apps, Prop 8, and Her Political Future | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Video: Kamala Harris on Mortgage Settlement, Privacy and Phone Apps, Prop 8, and Her Political Future",
"datePublished": "2012-03-19T14:08:30-07:00",
"dateModified": "2012-03-19T19:59:15-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "video-interivew-with-calif-attorney-general-kamala-harris",
"status": "publish",
"path": "/news/59705/video-interivew-with-calif-attorney-general-kamala-harris",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>KQED's Belva Davis talked to California Attorney General Kamala Harris on \"This Week in Northern California\" on Friday. The interview covered her appointment of a monitor to oversee the national mortgage settlement in California, a \"homeowners bill of rights\" she is trying to get passed, criminal justice, the upcoming Supreme Court review of the national health care law, and the role of women as leaders. \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zY1Q_Mzaie4\">Video here\u003c/a>...\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ciframe width=\"520\" height=\"294\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/zY1Q_Mzaie4\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, more video of Harris on...\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli> \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZHq_es-zwc\">\u003cstrong>Privacy and mobile phone apps\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2n7Y4-d6w0\">\u003cstrong>Prop 8\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9baYjBwh9c\">\u003cstrong>Her political future\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\n\u003c/li>\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/59705/video-interivew-with-calif-attorney-general-kamala-harris",
"authors": [
"80"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_6188",
"news_8"
],
"tags": [
"news_61",
"news_19379"
],
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_59787": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_59787",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "59787",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1332177852000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 6944
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1332177852,
"format": "aside",
"disqusTitle": " Audio: Ross Mirkarimi's Emotional Remarks After Sentencing; Mirkarimi to Meet With Lee Today",
"title": " Audio: Ross Mirkarimi's Emotional Remarks After Sentencing; Mirkarimi to Meet With Lee Today",
"headTitle": "News Fix | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_59830\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 157px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/mirkarimi2postsentencemar19.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-59831\" title=\"mirkarimi2postsentencemar19\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/mirkarimi2postsentencemar19-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"193\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ross Mirkarimi addresses the media after his sentencing (Mina Kim/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 2:28 p.m.\u003c/strong> A spokesman for Mayor Ed Lee tells KQED's Mina Kim that Lee and Mirkarimi are meeting today, and that Lee will \"hopefully\" make an announcement about his plans concerning Mirkarimi tomorrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Earlier post\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As expected, Ross Mirkarimi has been sentenced to the terms he agreed to in his plea deal. He received three years probation, will have to attend a year's worth of domestic-violence classes, do 100 hours of community service, and pay some court costs. He may also be required by his probation officer to take parenting classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mirkarimi was also sentenced to one day in jail, for which he received credit for time already served.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's an audio extract of remarks Mirkarimi made to the media after the sentencing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/mirkarimipostsentencecomments.mp\">\u003cstrong>Audio: Mirkarimi remarks after sentencing\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n[audio:http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/mirkarimipostsentencecomments.mp3|titles=mirkarimipostsentencecomments]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a transcript. Mirkarimi's voice was cracking much of the time, and several times he sounded like he was on the verge of tears: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I deeply and humbly apologize for my behavior and the pain it caused to my wife and son, to my colleagues, to the San Francisco Sheriff's dept, and to the people of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For what happened on Dec 31, there are no excuses, and I accept full responsiblity. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is through my shame and the ordeal that I caused... (pause)...in not being able to see my wife, to only see my son on an average of two hours a day, and the very public reminder I am not the person that I thought I was, provides for a dark world where my flaws stand bright. Some time ago, I started counseling to address my arrogance and anger issues. I look forward to the additional counseling that I will be receiving and the couples counseling that my wife and I sought during this ordeal but was denied and hoping that we'll eventually undergo. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I so badly want to reunite with my family and rebuild with my wife. I cannot tell you how much I miss her; our intimacy, our laughter. My son, who is the light of my life, Theo, who is soon to be three years old, smarter than his years appear, asked me after our two-hour visit, when am I coming home. It puts things in perspective. I know how deeply I have let the people down. What happened shouldn't have happened, and I am eternally, deeply sorry...\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This ultra mea culpa must have been good enough for San Francisco D.A. George Gascon. Last week Gascon said, in so many words, that \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/15/BAFK1NLCN2.DTL\">he was concerned about a lack of sincerity in Mirkarimi's plea bargain\u003c/a> because of comments he'd made publicly. After Mirkarimi's remarks today, Gascon said that Mirkarimi had assumed full responsibility and that he, Gascon, \"wanted to take him at his word.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The concern of anti-domestic violence advocates, however, has not been assuaged...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp>Domestic Violence Consortium says \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search/%2523Mirkarimi\">#Mirkarimi\u003c/a>'s tearful apology is \"too little too late,\" demands his resignation or removal from office\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Doug Sovern (@SovernNation) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SovernNation/status/181835679649628160\">March 19, 2012\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, the executive director of La Casa le las Madres Kathy Black told KQED's Mina Kim that \"now that it's gone through the justice system, it needs to go through the political system, through the mayor's office,to be looked at to see whether it should go to the ethics commission.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another advocate, Minouche Kandel, who works on domestic violence cases for Bay Area Legal Aid, said she thinks Mirkarimi should step down. \"This is not the end of the story. This resolves the criminal case, but I think it remains troubling for the sheriff's department to be led by a person convicted of falsely imprisoning his wife -- the primary purpose for the sheriff's department is to imprison people, and here you have someone who's been convicted of false imprisonment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Ed Lee has said he will make a decision as to \"what options are available\" to him under the City Charter after the sentencing. Those options presumably include suspending Mirkarimi for ethics violations and trying to have him removed from office, a messy process that would entail transforming the Board of Supervisors into a quasi-court to render judgment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So now all eyes are on Lee, and Mirkarimi, apparently, is not going to take him off the hook by voluntarily stepping down...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>Attorney for SF Sheriff says \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search/%2523Mirkarimi\">#Mirkarimi\u003c/a> isn't even considering resigning, despite false imprisonment conviction. Awaiting DA's reaction\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Doug Sovern (@SovernNation) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SovernNation/status/181820069519691776\">March 19, 2012\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More on the political aspects from Sunday's Chronicle:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/18/MNR51NKVVH.DTL\">Mirkarimi case a political minefield for S.F. pols\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/18/BA5M1NLKGV.DTL\">Ed Lee facing moment of truth in Mirkarimi case\u003c/a> (Willie Brown)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "59787 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=59787",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/19/mirkarimi-sentence/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": true,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 819,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 27
},
"modified": 1332193716,
"excerpt": null,
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Update 2:28 p.m. A spokesman for Mayor Ed Lee tells KQED's Mina Kim that Lee and Mirkarimi are meeting today, and that Lee will "hopefully" make an announcement about his plans concerning Mirkarimi tomorrow. Earlier post As expected, Ross Mirkarimi has been sentenced to the terms he agreed to in his plea deal. He received",
"title": "Audio: Ross Mirkarimi's Emotional Remarks After Sentencing; Mirkarimi to Meet With Lee Today | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": " Audio: Ross Mirkarimi's Emotional Remarks After Sentencing; Mirkarimi to Meet With Lee Today",
"datePublished": "2012-03-19T10:24:12-07:00",
"dateModified": "2012-03-19T14:48:36-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "mirkarimi-sentence",
"status": "publish",
"path": "/news/59787/mirkarimi-sentence",
"audioUrl": "http://ww2.kqed.org/news/files/2012/03/mirkarimipostsentencecomments.mp3",
"audioDuration": null,
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_59830\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 157px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/mirkarimi2postsentencemar19.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-59831\" title=\"mirkarimi2postsentencemar19\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/mirkarimi2postsentencemar19-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"193\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ross Mirkarimi addresses the media after his sentencing (Mina Kim/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 2:28 p.m.\u003c/strong> A spokesman for Mayor Ed Lee tells KQED's Mina Kim that Lee and Mirkarimi are meeting today, and that Lee will \"hopefully\" make an announcement about his plans concerning Mirkarimi tomorrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Earlier post\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As expected, Ross Mirkarimi has been sentenced to the terms he agreed to in his plea deal. He received three years probation, will have to attend a year's worth of domestic-violence classes, do 100 hours of community service, and pay some court costs. He may also be required by his probation officer to take parenting classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mirkarimi was also sentenced to one day in jail, for which he received credit for time already served.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's an audio extract of remarks Mirkarimi made to the media after the sentencing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/mirkarimipostsentencecomments.mp\">\u003cstrong>Audio: Mirkarimi remarks after sentencing\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "audio",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": ":http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/mirkarimipostsentencecomments.mp3|titles=mirkarimipostsentencecomments"
},
"numeric": [
":http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/mirkarimipostsentencecomments.mp3|titles=mirkarimipostsentencecomments"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a transcript. Mirkarimi's voice was cracking much of the time, and several times he sounded like he was on the verge of tears: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I deeply and humbly apologize for my behavior and the pain it caused to my wife and son, to my colleagues, to the San Francisco Sheriff's dept, and to the people of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For what happened on Dec 31, there are no excuses, and I accept full responsiblity. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is through my shame and the ordeal that I caused... (pause)...in not being able to see my wife, to only see my son on an average of two hours a day, and the very public reminder I am not the person that I thought I was, provides for a dark world where my flaws stand bright. Some time ago, I started counseling to address my arrogance and anger issues. I look forward to the additional counseling that I will be receiving and the couples counseling that my wife and I sought during this ordeal but was denied and hoping that we'll eventually undergo. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I so badly want to reunite with my family and rebuild with my wife. I cannot tell you how much I miss her; our intimacy, our laughter. My son, who is the light of my life, Theo, who is soon to be three years old, smarter than his years appear, asked me after our two-hour visit, when am I coming home. It puts things in perspective. I know how deeply I have let the people down. What happened shouldn't have happened, and I am eternally, deeply sorry...\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This ultra mea culpa must have been good enough for San Francisco D.A. George Gascon. Last week Gascon said, in so many words, that \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/15/BAFK1NLCN2.DTL\">he was concerned about a lack of sincerity in Mirkarimi's plea bargain\u003c/a> because of comments he'd made publicly. After Mirkarimi's remarks today, Gascon said that Mirkarimi had assumed full responsibility and that he, Gascon, \"wanted to take him at his word.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The concern of anti-domestic violence advocates, however, has not been assuaged...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp>Domestic Violence Consortium says \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search/%2523Mirkarimi\">#Mirkarimi\u003c/a>'s tearful apology is \"too little too late,\" demands his resignation or removal from office\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Doug Sovern (@SovernNation) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SovernNation/status/181835679649628160\">March 19, 2012\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, the executive director of La Casa le las Madres Kathy Black told KQED's Mina Kim that \"now that it's gone through the justice system, it needs to go through the political system, through the mayor's office,to be looked at to see whether it should go to the ethics commission.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another advocate, Minouche Kandel, who works on domestic violence cases for Bay Area Legal Aid, said she thinks Mirkarimi should step down. \"This is not the end of the story. This resolves the criminal case, but I think it remains troubling for the sheriff's department to be led by a person convicted of falsely imprisoning his wife -- the primary purpose for the sheriff's department is to imprison people, and here you have someone who's been convicted of false imprisonment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Ed Lee has said he will make a decision as to \"what options are available\" to him under the City Charter after the sentencing. Those options presumably include suspending Mirkarimi for ethics violations and trying to have him removed from office, a messy process that would entail transforming the Board of Supervisors into a quasi-court to render judgment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So now all eyes are on Lee, and Mirkarimi, apparently, is not going to take him off the hook by voluntarily stepping down...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>Attorney for SF Sheriff says \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search/%2523Mirkarimi\">#Mirkarimi\u003c/a> isn't even considering resigning, despite false imprisonment conviction. Awaiting DA's reaction\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Doug Sovern (@SovernNation) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SovernNation/status/181820069519691776\">March 19, 2012\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More on the political aspects from Sunday's Chronicle:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/18/MNR51NKVVH.DTL\">Mirkarimi case a political minefield for S.F. pols\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/18/BA5M1NLKGV.DTL\">Ed Lee facing moment of truth in Mirkarimi case\u003c/a> (Willie Brown)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/59787/mirkarimi-sentence",
"authors": [
"80"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_6188"
],
"tags": [
"news_851",
"news_724",
"news_38"
],
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_59630": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_59630",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "59630",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1331937926000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 6944
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1331937926,
"format": "aside",
"disqusTitle": "Berkeley to Investigate Police Chief Over Spokesperson's Late-Night Visit to Reporter; Read Complaint From Berkeley Police Association",
"title": "Berkeley to Investigate Police Chief Over Spokesperson's Late-Night Visit to Reporter; Read Complaint From Berkeley Police Association",
"headTitle": "News Fix | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>As reported on \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2012/03/16/berkeley-city-orders-investigation-into-police-chief/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>, Interim City Manager Christine Daniel today released a statement that \"on Monday of this week, the City retained the firm of Renne Sloan Holtzman Sakai to conduct an investigation into the events of March 8th and 9th involving Chief of Police Michael K. Meehan. That process will be conducted to its conclusion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those events, you may recall, consist of \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/12/berkeley-police-chief-meeha/\">\u003cstrong>Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan sending his media person, Sgt. Mary Kusmiss, to Oakland Tribune reporter Doug Oakley's house at 12:45 a.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> because Meehan wanted Oakley to make a correction to a story he wrote that was posted on the paper's web site. Meehan then pushed Oakley the next day for further corrections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakley was shaken up by the visit, and Meehan subsequently apologized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today's announcement follows a \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/85634131/berkpoliceassocletter\">letter released today on behalf of The Berkeley Police Association\u003c/a> by the law firm of Rains Lucia Stern, which complains of a double standard concerning official response to Meehan's action and what it calls a zero-tolerance policy for violations by the BPD rank and file.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.scribd.com/embeds/85634131/content?start_page=1&view_mode=list&access_key=key-ui2t8cf07mydlupy9zh\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "59630 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=59630",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/16/berkeley-police-chief/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 186,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 7
},
"modified": 1331938610,
"excerpt": null,
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "As reported on Berkeleyside, Interim City Manager Christine Daniel today released a statement that "on Monday of this week, the City retained the firm of Renne Sloan Holtzman Sakai to conduct an investigation into the events of March 8th and 9th involving Chief of Police Michael K. Meehan. That process will be conducted to its",
"title": "Berkeley to Investigate Police Chief Over Spokesperson's Late-Night Visit to Reporter; Read Complaint From Berkeley Police Association | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Berkeley to Investigate Police Chief Over Spokesperson's Late-Night Visit to Reporter; Read Complaint From Berkeley Police Association",
"datePublished": "2012-03-16T15:45:26-07:00",
"dateModified": "2012-03-16T15:56:50-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "berkeley-police-chief",
"status": "publish",
"path": "/news/59630/berkeley-police-chief",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As reported on \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2012/03/16/berkeley-city-orders-investigation-into-police-chief/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>, Interim City Manager Christine Daniel today released a statement that \"on Monday of this week, the City retained the firm of Renne Sloan Holtzman Sakai to conduct an investigation into the events of March 8th and 9th involving Chief of Police Michael K. Meehan. That process will be conducted to its conclusion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those events, you may recall, consist of \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/12/berkeley-police-chief-meeha/\">\u003cstrong>Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan sending his media person, Sgt. Mary Kusmiss, to Oakland Tribune reporter Doug Oakley's house at 12:45 a.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> because Meehan wanted Oakley to make a correction to a story he wrote that was posted on the paper's web site. Meehan then pushed Oakley the next day for further corrections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakley was shaken up by the visit, and Meehan subsequently apologized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today's announcement follows a \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/85634131/berkpoliceassocletter\">letter released today on behalf of The Berkeley Police Association\u003c/a> by the law firm of Rains Lucia Stern, which complains of a double standard concerning official response to Meehan's action and what it calls a zero-tolerance policy for violations by the BPD rank and file.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.scribd.com/embeds/85634131/content?start_page=1&view_mode=list&access_key=key-ui2t8cf07mydlupy9zh\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/59630/berkeley-police-chief",
"authors": [
"80"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_6188",
"news_8"
],
"tags": [
"news_2385",
"news_2395"
],
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_59533": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_59533",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "59533",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1331872333000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 6944
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1331872333,
"format": "aside",
"disqusTitle": "Judge Leans Toward Releasing Davis Pepper Spray Report; Read the Tentative Ruling",
"title": "Judge Leans Toward Releasing Davis Pepper Spray Report; Read the Tentative Ruling",
"headTitle": "News Fix | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>The judge considering an attempt to block the release of a report on last fall's UC Davis pepper spray incident has issued a tentative ruling saying he'll allow the document to become public. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo said that attorneys for UC Davis Police Sgt. John Pike had failed to show that the report contained the kind of confidential information that California law requires to be kept under wraps.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/07/delay-of-uc-davis-pepper-spray-report-has-its-roots-in-police-privacy-laws/\">Delay of UC Davis Pepper Spray Report Has Its Roots in Police Privacy Laws\u003c/a> (News\u003cbr>\nFix)\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Although Grillo wrote that's he's inclined to go ahead and release the report on the pepper-spray incident on Friday, that won't happen if he sticks to his tentative ruling. Grillo will hold a hearing in Oakland on Friday morning to hear further arguments from both Pike's lawyers and counsel for the UC Board of Regents. If he goes ahead with his ruling, he will stay it until April 2 to give Pike's team time to appeal. Translation: That's the earliest the report will become available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his 4,000-word ruling, Grillo said that most of the information collected during an inquiry into the Nov. 18, 2011 incident is already public. \"The [university] Report is a compilation of public information that would have been available to an investigative journalist or member of the public who took the time and expended the effort to make a Public Records Act request, review videos posted on YouTube and elsewhere, and locate and interview witnesses,\" Grillo wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grillo's ruling also rejected an argument from police attorneys that the university's report would violate officers' right to privacy. And finally, he found that while there's little chance Pike and other officers involved in the incident might be harmed by releasing a report based on public information...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"The court notes that the Incident has already received substantial publicity and that the Report is replete with footnotes that reference citations to the internet, newspapers, and other forms of media. Starting from a situation where a photo of the Incident has already become an internet meme, there is little potential for incremental harm to the Petitioners from the release of a report that consists largely of information and photographs that have already gone viral.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>On the other hand, he ruled the university and its regents \"will suffer substantial harm if they cannot disclose and discuss information and recommendations regarding the incident at issue\" until after a full trial on Pike's challenge to releasing the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below is a full version of the report that we copied and pasted off of the Alameda County Superior Court site tonight. You'll notice it doesn't include standard court or legal document formatting; that's because the formatted version of the document was not yet available on the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"View Grillo UC Davis Tentative Ruling on Scribd\" href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/85562796/Grillo-UC-Davis-Tentative-Ruling\">Grillo UC Davis Tentative Ruling\u003c/a>\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.scribd.com/embeds/85562796/content?start_page=1&view_mode=list&access_key=key-t6raebbfqrusyemvexm\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "59533 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=59533",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/15/judge-leans-toward-releasing-davis-pepper-spray-report/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 485,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 10
},
"modified": 1331915524,
"excerpt": null,
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "The judge considering an attempt to block the release of a report on last fall's UC Davis pepper spray incident has issued a tentative ruling saying he'll allow the document to become public. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo said that attorneys for UC Davis Police Sgt. John Pike had failed to show that",
"title": "Judge Leans Toward Releasing Davis Pepper Spray Report; Read the Tentative Ruling | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Judge Leans Toward Releasing Davis Pepper Spray Report; Read the Tentative Ruling",
"datePublished": "2012-03-15T21:32:13-07:00",
"dateModified": "2012-03-16T09:32:04-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "judge-leans-toward-releasing-davis-pepper-spray-report",
"status": "publish",
"path": "/news/59533/judge-leans-toward-releasing-davis-pepper-spray-report",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The judge considering an attempt to block the release of a report on last fall's UC Davis pepper spray incident has issued a tentative ruling saying he'll allow the document to become public. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo said that attorneys for UC Davis Police Sgt. John Pike had failed to show that the report contained the kind of confidential information that California law requires to be kept under wraps.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/07/delay-of-uc-davis-pepper-spray-report-has-its-roots-in-police-privacy-laws/\">Delay of UC Davis Pepper Spray Report Has Its Roots in Police Privacy Laws\u003c/a> (News\u003cbr>\nFix)\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Although Grillo wrote that's he's inclined to go ahead and release the report on the pepper-spray incident on Friday, that won't happen if he sticks to his tentative ruling. Grillo will hold a hearing in Oakland on Friday morning to hear further arguments from both Pike's lawyers and counsel for the UC Board of Regents. If he goes ahead with his ruling, he will stay it until April 2 to give Pike's team time to appeal. Translation: That's the earliest the report will become available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his 4,000-word ruling, Grillo said that most of the information collected during an inquiry into the Nov. 18, 2011 incident is already public. \"The [university] Report is a compilation of public information that would have been available to an investigative journalist or member of the public who took the time and expended the effort to make a Public Records Act request, review videos posted on YouTube and elsewhere, and locate and interview witnesses,\" Grillo wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grillo's ruling also rejected an argument from police attorneys that the university's report would violate officers' right to privacy. And finally, he found that while there's little chance Pike and other officers involved in the incident might be harmed by releasing a report based on public information...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"The court notes that the Incident has already received substantial publicity and that the Report is replete with footnotes that reference citations to the internet, newspapers, and other forms of media. Starting from a situation where a photo of the Incident has already become an internet meme, there is little potential for incremental harm to the Petitioners from the release of a report that consists largely of information and photographs that have already gone viral.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>On the other hand, he ruled the university and its regents \"will suffer substantial harm if they cannot disclose and discuss information and recommendations regarding the incident at issue\" until after a full trial on Pike's challenge to releasing the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below is a full version of the report that we copied and pasted off of the Alameda County Superior Court site tonight. You'll notice it doesn't include standard court or legal document formatting; that's because the formatted version of the document was not yet available on the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"View Grillo UC Davis Tentative Ruling on Scribd\" href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/85562796/Grillo-UC-Davis-Tentative-Ruling\">Grillo UC Davis Tentative Ruling\u003c/a>\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.scribd.com/embeds/85562796/content?start_page=1&view_mode=list&access_key=key-t6raebbfqrusyemvexm\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/59533/judge-leans-toward-releasing-davis-pepper-spray-report",
"authors": [
"222"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_6188"
],
"tags": [
"news_152",
"news_2096",
"news_2083",
"news_2091",
"news_697"
],
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_59522": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_59522",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "59522",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1331852140000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "interview-mayor-tom-bates-laments-closing-of-berkeley-patients-group-marijuana-dispensary",
"title": "Interview: Mayor Tom Bates Laments Closing of Berkeley Patients Group Marijuana Dispensary",
"publishDate": 1331852140,
"format": "aside",
"headTitle": "Interview: Mayor Tom Bates Laments Closing of Berkeley Patients Group Marijuana Dispensary | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"term": 6944,
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_59526\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 127px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/berkeleypatientsgroup1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/berkeleypatientsgroup1-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"berkeleypatientsgroup\" width=\"127\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59526\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Montgomery/California Watch\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>KQED News intern Dana Varinsky asked Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates today what he thought about the news that the Berkeley Patients Group, one of California’s largest marijuana dispensaries, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/15/berkeley-patients-group-marijuana-dispensary-to-close/\">will shut down in response to a warning letter\u003c/a> sent to its landlord by U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag. Haag has been targeting dispensaries that in proximity to schools or other locations where children gather. Here’s what Bates had to say: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp>They have actually been a very good corporate citizen in Berkeley. There have been no complaints — we get compliments from neighbors. They really have a very high-class operation that dispenses marijuana to people who need it. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’re really sorry to see them close up, because if we’re going to have a dispensary, they’re certainly the model. If you’re going to have marijuana dispensaries, you need to make sure they run like the Berkeley Patients Group, and we’d love to see people who have a dispensary in the future pattern themselves after them. There were no instances of violence, they were excellent neighbors, they had good security, they contributed to the economy and helped local non profits by making contributions. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The voters of this city voted unanimously that they wanted to have four dispensaries in Berkeley and that was it. We grandfathered them in. But evidently we get trumped by the federal government. \u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>As to whether the dispensary may be able to operate elsewhere in the city, Bates said, “I think they’re definitely looking for an alternate location and have been looking for quite awhile. It’s not easy, because we have schools all around the city. It’s hard to find a location that meets our other criteria too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. Attorney for Northern California Melinda Haag offers her rationale for closing dispensaries that would seem to have community support or be problem-free in this \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/15/interview-w-us-attorney-haag-on-pot-operations-if-its-close-to-children-thats-a-line-were-going-to-draw/\">\u003cstrong>interview\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> with KQED’s Michael Montgomery. Here’s what she said…\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>We’ve sent letters to a number of dispensaries and we certainly hear back from most if not all of them, or lawyers representing them. And one thing we’ve heard in response is that this is a good dispensary. This is a dispensary that’s patient-run, or they consider themselves to be a good actor in the marijuana space. And I hear them, but I have a hard time making that distinction. I’ve already drawn a line. I’ve already made a distinction. If it’s close to children then that’s a line we’re going to draw. If I then start trying to get in and figure out which ones are quote good or not, it’s just not something I’m capable of doing. So I’ve decided to draw this line, and to keep that line fairly bright.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": null,
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1726010398,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 9,
"wordCount": 503
},
"headData": {
"title": "Interview: Mayor Tom Bates Laments Closing of Berkeley Patients Group Marijuana Dispensary | KQED",
"description": "KQED News intern Dana Varinsky asked Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates today what he thought about the news that the Berkeley Patients Group, one of California's largest marijuana dispensaries, will shut down in response to a warning letter sent to its landlord by U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag. Haag has been targeting dispensaries that in proximity to schools or other locations where children gather. Here's what Bates had to say: They have actually been a very good corporate citizen in Berkeley. There have been no complaints -- we get compliments from neighbors. They really have a very high-class operation that dispenses marijuana",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Interview: Mayor Tom Bates Laments Closing of Berkeley Patients Group Marijuana Dispensary",
"datePublished": "2012-03-15T15:55:40-07:00",
"dateModified": "2024-09-10T16:19:58-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"sticky": false,
"path": "/news/59522/interview-mayor-tom-bates-laments-closing-of-berkeley-patients-group-marijuana-dispensary",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_59526\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 127px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/berkeleypatientsgroup1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/berkeleypatientsgroup1-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"berkeleypatientsgroup\" width=\"127\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59526\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Montgomery/California Watch\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>KQED News intern Dana Varinsky asked Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates today what he thought about the news that the Berkeley Patients Group, one of California’s largest marijuana dispensaries, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/15/berkeley-patients-group-marijuana-dispensary-to-close/\">will shut down in response to a warning letter\u003c/a> sent to its landlord by U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag. Haag has been targeting dispensaries that in proximity to schools or other locations where children gather. Here’s what Bates had to say: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp>They have actually been a very good corporate citizen in Berkeley. There have been no complaints — we get compliments from neighbors. They really have a very high-class operation that dispenses marijuana to people who need it. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’re really sorry to see them close up, because if we’re going to have a dispensary, they’re certainly the model. If you’re going to have marijuana dispensaries, you need to make sure they run like the Berkeley Patients Group, and we’d love to see people who have a dispensary in the future pattern themselves after them. There were no instances of violence, they were excellent neighbors, they had good security, they contributed to the economy and helped local non profits by making contributions. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The voters of this city voted unanimously that they wanted to have four dispensaries in Berkeley and that was it. We grandfathered them in. But evidently we get trumped by the federal government. \u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>As to whether the dispensary may be able to operate elsewhere in the city, Bates said, “I think they’re definitely looking for an alternate location and have been looking for quite awhile. It’s not easy, because we have schools all around the city. It’s hard to find a location that meets our other criteria too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. Attorney for Northern California Melinda Haag offers her rationale for closing dispensaries that would seem to have community support or be problem-free in this \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/15/interview-w-us-attorney-haag-on-pot-operations-if-its-close-to-children-thats-a-line-were-going-to-draw/\">\u003cstrong>interview\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> with KQED’s Michael Montgomery. Here’s what she said…\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>We’ve sent letters to a number of dispensaries and we certainly hear back from most if not all of them, or lawyers representing them. And one thing we’ve heard in response is that this is a good dispensary. This is a dispensary that’s patient-run, or they consider themselves to be a good actor in the marijuana space. And I hear them, but I have a hard time making that distinction. I’ve already drawn a line. I’ve already made a distinction. If it’s close to children then that’s a line we’re going to draw. If I then start trying to get in and figure out which ones are quote good or not, it’s just not something I’m capable of doing. So I’ve decided to draw this line, and to keep that line fairly bright.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/59522/interview-mayor-tom-bates-laments-closing-of-berkeley-patients-group-marijuana-dispensary",
"authors": [
"80"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_457",
"news_6188"
],
"tags": [
"news_2392",
"news_18543"
],
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_59458": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_59458",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "59458",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1331849497000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "interview-w-us-attorney-haag-on-pot-operations-if-its-close-to-children-thats-a-line-were-going-to-draw",
"title": "Interview w/ US Attorney Haag on Pot Operations: 'If it's close to children, that's a line we're going to draw'",
"publishDate": 1331849497,
"format": "aside",
"headTitle": "Interview w/ US Attorney Haag on Pot Operations: ‘If it’s close to children, that’s a line we’re going to draw’ | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"term": 6944,
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_59484\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/MedicalMarijuanaJustinSullivanGetty1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59484\" title=\"\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/MedicalMarijuanaJustinSullivanGetty1-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"Melinda Haag medical marijuana interview\" width=\"250\" height=\"170\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justin Sullivan/Getty\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last October \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/10/07/california-u-s-attorneys-issue-statement-on-targeting-marijuana-industry/\">California’s four U.S. attorneys announced a series of enforcement actions \u003c/a>intended to curtail the state’s booming marijuana industry. The effort prompted angry criticism from medical marijuana advocates, who accused the Obama administration of backtracking on pledges to allow states to go their own way, at least when it comes to medical marijuana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, hundreds of medical marijuana outlets have closed shop, including at least 10 in the Bay Area. Michael Montgomery recently spoke to Melinda Haag, U.S. Attorney for California’s Northern District, in her first extensive interview about the crackdown. Here’s an edited transcript:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What were the central motivating factors behind this statewide coordinated action launched by California’s four US attorney’s last October?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have to go back a little bit to let you know that my office receives phone calls, letters and emails from people every day expressing great concern about the explosion and proliferation of the marijuana industry as a result of the passage of legislation regarding medical marijuana.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">In the view of the people that contact my office, the demand for medical marijuana in California is fueling an industry that’s ruining other parts of the state.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>In the view of the people that write to my office and call my office, the demand for medical marijuana in California is fueling an industry that is ruining other parts of the state. We have huge swaths of land in the Central Valley and in Northern California that are now devoted to the cultivation of marijuana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I get letters that tell me that the writer lives in a small community and that community has six marijuana dispensaries. And they watch people come from all over the state and outside the state come and purchase marijuana in their small community and they express grave concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I receive letters from people who tell me things like my business is across the street from a high school and a dispensary and I watch kids all day long go in and out and then into the high school. And then I hear that they have a tremendous problem in that high school with marijuana use by the students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marijuana is illegal under federal law and I felt like I had to do something to respond to those members of my community that don’t support it and don’t support the impact they believe it’s having. The main complaint and the main theme expressed by the people that I’ve heard from is the impact on children, so with my limited resources I decided to focus on children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As an initial matter we identified dispensaries that were very close to schools and parks and playgrounds. That’s what led to my decision and the effort we’ve engaged in in the Northern District of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cp>We were hearing the U.S. attorneys are not going to take any actions with respect to marijuana in California because of the 2009 Ogden memo…We felt we needed to send a message that wasn’t correct.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The reason that the four California U.S. Attorneys announced our efforts together is that we were all experiencing the same thing, which is that everyone was saying we were hearing and everyone was saying the U.S. attorneys are not going to take any actions with respect to marijuana in California because of the \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/192\">2009 Ogden memo [full text]\u003c/a>. So it’s fair game. We can have grow operations, we can have dispensaries, we can do anything we want with respect to marijuana because the Department of Justice in 2009 in the Ogden memo said that the California U.S. attorneys will not take action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was incorrect. And we felt that we needed to send a message that it wasn’t correct. I actually felt that it was more fair to send a message because, for example, I was hearing from Oakland that it was going to issue licenses and allow large-scale grow operations in warehouses. And what was described to me was that they were going to be quote “Walmart-sized.” And I was hearing that everyone believed that would be okay and that my office would not take any action. And I knew it isn’t okay, it is a violation of federal law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you’re talking about that scale grow-operation across the bay in Oakland it wouldn’t be something that I could ignore. I didn’t think it was fair to stand by, be silent, let people pull licenses in Oakland, put millions of dollars into setting up a grow operation in a warehouse and then come in and take an enforcement action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yours was the first letter that went out. Did you think that within a few months of your letter to officials in Oakland that there would be this proliferation of similar letters from U.S. attorneys around the country?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I certainly only focus on my own district. I wasn’t focused on what my colleagues around the country might or might not do as a result.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">If there are people who are ill and they believe that marijuana will help them or their doctors believe it will help them, the U.S. attorneys are not ordinarily going to bring any kind of enforcement action. That’s really all that the Ogden memo says.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>At your \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/10/07/california-u-s-attorneys-issue-statement-on-targeting-marijuana-industry/#audio\">press conference\u003c/a> last fall, we heard the term “commercial industry” used quite a lot in relation to marijuana in California. What does that mean? Is it the scale, the way they operate?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you actually read the so-called Ogden memo from 2009 from the Department of Justice, what it says is that U.S. attorneys will not ordinarily use their limited resources to bring actions against seriously ill individuals or their caregivers. That’s the direction we were given. And I think it was clear from the department and clear from Washington D.C. that if there are people who are ill and they believe that marijuana will help them or their doctors believe marijuana will help them, the U.S. attorneys are not ordinarily going to step into that fray and bring any kind of an enforcement action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that’s really at its heart all that the Ogden memo says. It also makes clear that a marijuana industry is not off-limits. And if we have significant grow operations, if we have for-profit operations, certainly if those operations are having negative impacts on their communities, that it isn’t something that we’re able to ignore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You have taken more actions recently…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">When a dispensary comes to my attention that is close to a school, a park, a playground or children, that’s a line I’ve decided to draw.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The main theme that I was hearing from members of this community, members of our community in the northern district of California was a concern about children. And it has to do with marijuana use leading to other drugs, it has to do with brain development. I was hearing from psychologists who were sending me reports that find that brains are not fully developed until your mid 20s and use of marijuana or alcohol or anything else like that is more harmful than perhaps it is than when people are a little bit older and their brains are developed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>he other concern that people have expressed to me is safety. There is a belief, backed by facts, that marijuana operations are often times the victims of criminal activity. Armed robberies at dispensaries, armed robberies at grow operations, and people who are nearby are at risk as a result of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there have been some illustrations of that concern recently in my district. For example there’s a dispensary in Santa Cruz that is next to a preschool, and it came to my attention that dispensary was the subject of an armed robbery in the middle part of February. And I heard that the parents of the preschoolers, the operators of the preschool, and the community were very concerned. So I sent a letter to the owners and operators of that dispensary putting them on notice that the dispensary is close to a preschool that it’s in violation of federal law, giving them 45 days to close it down before we take action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On another end of the spectrum we indicted a case two weeks ago in Humboldt County. There’s a grower there who allegedly had a 1500-plant grow operation. He allegedly hired undocumented workers from Central America and the indictment alleges that when those workers came to him and asked to be paid, he instead pulled out a gun, shot and killed one of them, and chased the other one through the woods, shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I believe there’s this notion out there that the marijuana industry is just full of organic farmers who are peacefully growing an organic natural plant and that there’s no harm associated with that. And what I hear from people in the community is that there is harm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">One thing we’ve heard in response is that this is a good dispensary. This is a dispensary that’s patient-run, or they consider themselves to be a good actor in the marijuana space. I hear them, but I have a hard time making that distinction. I’ve already drawn a line.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>You’ve also taken action against dispensaries in San Francisco and the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/15/berkeley-patients-group-marijuana-dispensary-to-close/\">Berkeley Patients Group\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of my concerns about dispensaries that are in proximity to schools and parks and playgrounds is the possibility they could be the target of violence or armed robbery. People in the community may be supportive of the dispensary being in their community until there’s a robbery and people come running out of the dispensary shooting guns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m concerned about that circumstance with respect to every dispensary. I simply don’t have the resources to take action with respect to every dispensary in the northern district, so I’ve had to make some decisions about how to best use my resources. So I’ve decided to focus on dispensaries that are near kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people say “wait a minute, we’re doing fine.” For example, the situation in Berkeley. They say, “we haven’t had any problems.” The school across the street is happy with us. Why pick on us? Go somewhere else. What’s your response?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marijuana dispensaries are full of cash and they’re full of marijuana and everybody knows that. And many of them are very public about their operations. Some of them go on television, most of them have web sites, and everybody knows where they are. They are at risk of being robbed and many of them are robbed. I spoke to a police chief today about another topic and I asked him have you had any marijuana dispensaries robbed recently and he ticked off three in the last week in his community. Any given dispensary may not have been robbed to date, but they could very well be robbed in the near future and there very well could be violence associated with that. I’m concerned about the people in the dispensary, certainly; I’m also concerned about the people in the vicinity of the dispensary. Which is again why I’ve drawn this line. When a dispensary comes to my attention that is close to a school, a park, a playground or children, that’s a line I’ve decided to draw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Does that mean any dispensary that’s near a school?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">-If a location is subject to one of these letters, can they move? That is, could that remove the issue cited in the letter?\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>-That’s correct.\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>We’ve sent letters to a number of dispensaries and we certainly hear back from most if not all of them, or lawyers representing them. And one thing we’ve heard in response is that this is a good dispensary. This is a dispensary that’s patient-run, or they consider themselves to be a good actor in the marijuana space. And I hear them, but I have a hard time making that distinction. I’ve already drawn a line. If it’s close to children then that’s a line we’re going to draw. If I then start trying to get in and figure out which ones are quote good or not, it’s just not something I’m capable of doing. So I’ve decided to keep that line fairly bright.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a location is subject to one of these letters, can they move? That is, could that remove the issue cited in the letter?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s correct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to marijuana cases, are you relying on civil forfeitures more than criminal prosecutions because they require fewer resources?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We take on many things in the U.S. Attorney’s office that are labor-intensive. We have a case that involves the failure of a bank and a nearly $500 million loss, where the discovery and data is measured in terabytes. And I could cite many other cases where the resources involved in bringing the case are significant and we take them on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’re not really afraid of the use of resources. I don’t agree that we’re doing it because it’s easier. Marijuana is illegal under federal law and there are many things I could do as a result. I can bring a criminal action, I can bring a forfeiture action, or both. I just believe that it’s appropriate under these circumstances to bring a forfeiture action at this point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I can’t promise going forward that it won’t change. I can’t promise that we very well may find an appropriate case for criminal prosecution. We very well may find a case where it’s appropriate to not give notice to the owner of the property but simply to institute an asset forfeiture action.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">I don’t want to send the message that if you are more than 1000 feet from a school you will not be targeted. I don’t know that.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>I cannot promise that we will not bring actions against dispensaries that are not close to schools and parks and playgrounds but for some other reason we felt that it was appropriate to expand our look. So I don’t want to send the message to people that if you are more than 1000 feet from a school you will not be targeted. I don’t want to send the message that you will never be criminally prosecuted. I don’t know that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now, how would you assess the impact of this state-wide enforcement action?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We certainly got people’s attention. There’s one big positive from my perspective. And that is that I was hearing from a lot of people in this community that they believed that they could take a warehouse that they owned or a property that they owned and turn it into a large-scale marijuana grow operation and that there would be no repercussions. I was hearing from very upstanding members of the community that there were plans to do that kind of thing, to take a warehouse that they’d had trouble leasing in west Oakland and to lease it to a marijuana grow operation. I’m gratified to hear that people understand that they can’t do that and feel that nothing will ever happen. Something might happen. There might be a criminal prosecution. There might be an asset forfeiture action. It is illegal, whether you agree with it or not, under federal law, and it’s not something people should take lightly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What do you say to the argument that your actions are preventing seriously ill people from getting their medicine?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are an awful lot of marijuana dispensaries in the Northern District of California, and the number that we have taken action against is relatively small. So I am assuming that people who need access to medical marijuana still have access to it through dispensaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I also think that the Ogden memo and frankly California state law contemplated a much smaller scale with respect to medical marijuana. When I read California state law, when I read the Ogden memo, what those look like to me is that what was contemplated was people believed they need marijuana, or whose doctors believe they could benefit from marijuana, would be growing it personally or a friend or a caregiver or community member or church member would be growing it for them and it would be relatively small scale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What we have seen is an absolute explosion of the marijuana industry in California where it is not at all small scale but instead huge swaths of farmland, huge grow operations in all of the counties north of San Francisco and indoor grow operations in the more urban areas, are really taking over and are really impacting negatively on communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What do you think of calls from Kamala Harris and others for the state to tighten its laws or create a regulatory system when it comes to medical marijuana?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think I have to wait and see what happens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you took this job in 2010, did you have any idea that a lot of time and attention would be required concerning something like marijuana?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I had absolutely no idea. I can tell you that amount of press attention with respect to medical marijuana is completely disproportionate to the tiny percentage of resources of my office that is used to address it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the most part we’re prosecuting violent gangs, bringing gun and drug cases and gang-related cases, bringing significant white collar cases, bringing public corruption cases against law enforcement officers and others, bringing child exploitations, prosecutions against people who are abusing children, human-trafficking prosecutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You and the other U.S. attorneys in California have been criticized for taking these enforcement actions against medical marijuana operators. Some people say the feds need to end the war on pot and other drugs. What’s your response?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I certainly read and understand that there are people who disagree with what I’ve done in terms of the enforcement actions we’ve taken. And most of those sentiments conclude that it should just be legalized. That is, “you shouldn’t be doing this, instead it should be legalized.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My answer to that is those people need to go to their representatives in Congress, who are the only people with the power and ability to change federal law. I don’t have the power and ability to change federal law.\u003c/p>\n\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": null,
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1726010400,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 84,
"wordCount": 3290
},
"headData": {
"title": "Interview w/ US Attorney Haag on Pot Operations: 'If it's close to children, that's a line we're going to draw' | KQED",
"description": "Last October California's four U.S. attorneys announced a series of enforcement actions intended to curtail the state's booming marijuana industry. The effort prompted angry criticism from medical marijuana advocates, who accused the Obama administration of backtracking on pledges to allow states to go their own way, at least when it comes to medical marijuana. Since then, hundreds of medical marijuana outlets have closed shop, including at least 10 in the Bay Area. Michael Montgomery recently spoke to Melinda Haag, U.S. Attorney for California's Northern District, in her first extensive interview about the crackdown. Here's an edited transcript: Michael Montgomery What",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Interview w/ US Attorney Haag on Pot Operations: 'If it's close to children, that's a line we're going to draw'",
"datePublished": "2012-03-15T15:11:37-07:00",
"dateModified": "2024-09-10T16:20:00-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"sticky": false,
"path": "/news/59458/interview-w-us-attorney-haag-on-pot-operations-if-its-close-to-children-thats-a-line-were-going-to-draw",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_59484\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/MedicalMarijuanaJustinSullivanGetty1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59484\" title=\"\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/MedicalMarijuanaJustinSullivanGetty1-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"Melinda Haag medical marijuana interview\" width=\"250\" height=\"170\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justin Sullivan/Getty\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last October \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/10/07/california-u-s-attorneys-issue-statement-on-targeting-marijuana-industry/\">California’s four U.S. attorneys announced a series of enforcement actions \u003c/a>intended to curtail the state’s booming marijuana industry. The effort prompted angry criticism from medical marijuana advocates, who accused the Obama administration of backtracking on pledges to allow states to go their own way, at least when it comes to medical marijuana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, hundreds of medical marijuana outlets have closed shop, including at least 10 in the Bay Area. Michael Montgomery recently spoke to Melinda Haag, U.S. Attorney for California’s Northern District, in her first extensive interview about the crackdown. Here’s an edited transcript:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What were the central motivating factors behind this statewide coordinated action launched by California’s four US attorney’s last October?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have to go back a little bit to let you know that my office receives phone calls, letters and emails from people every day expressing great concern about the explosion and proliferation of the marijuana industry as a result of the passage of legislation regarding medical marijuana.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">In the view of the people that contact my office, the demand for medical marijuana in California is fueling an industry that’s ruining other parts of the state.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>In the view of the people that write to my office and call my office, the demand for medical marijuana in California is fueling an industry that is ruining other parts of the state. We have huge swaths of land in the Central Valley and in Northern California that are now devoted to the cultivation of marijuana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I get letters that tell me that the writer lives in a small community and that community has six marijuana dispensaries. And they watch people come from all over the state and outside the state come and purchase marijuana in their small community and they express grave concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I receive letters from people who tell me things like my business is across the street from a high school and a dispensary and I watch kids all day long go in and out and then into the high school. And then I hear that they have a tremendous problem in that high school with marijuana use by the students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marijuana is illegal under federal law and I felt like I had to do something to respond to those members of my community that don’t support it and don’t support the impact they believe it’s having. The main complaint and the main theme expressed by the people that I’ve heard from is the impact on children, so with my limited resources I decided to focus on children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As an initial matter we identified dispensaries that were very close to schools and parks and playgrounds. That’s what led to my decision and the effort we’ve engaged in in the Northern District of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cp>We were hearing the U.S. attorneys are not going to take any actions with respect to marijuana in California because of the 2009 Ogden memo…We felt we needed to send a message that wasn’t correct.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The reason that the four California U.S. Attorneys announced our efforts together is that we were all experiencing the same thing, which is that everyone was saying we were hearing and everyone was saying the U.S. attorneys are not going to take any actions with respect to marijuana in California because of the \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/192\">2009 Ogden memo [full text]\u003c/a>. So it’s fair game. We can have grow operations, we can have dispensaries, we can do anything we want with respect to marijuana because the Department of Justice in 2009 in the Ogden memo said that the California U.S. attorneys will not take action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was incorrect. And we felt that we needed to send a message that it wasn’t correct. I actually felt that it was more fair to send a message because, for example, I was hearing from Oakland that it was going to issue licenses and allow large-scale grow operations in warehouses. And what was described to me was that they were going to be quote “Walmart-sized.” And I was hearing that everyone believed that would be okay and that my office would not take any action. And I knew it isn’t okay, it is a violation of federal law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you’re talking about that scale grow-operation across the bay in Oakland it wouldn’t be something that I could ignore. I didn’t think it was fair to stand by, be silent, let people pull licenses in Oakland, put millions of dollars into setting up a grow operation in a warehouse and then come in and take an enforcement action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yours was the first letter that went out. Did you think that within a few months of your letter to officials in Oakland that there would be this proliferation of similar letters from U.S. attorneys around the country?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I certainly only focus on my own district. I wasn’t focused on what my colleagues around the country might or might not do as a result.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">If there are people who are ill and they believe that marijuana will help them or their doctors believe it will help them, the U.S. attorneys are not ordinarily going to bring any kind of enforcement action. That’s really all that the Ogden memo says.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>At your \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/10/07/california-u-s-attorneys-issue-statement-on-targeting-marijuana-industry/#audio\">press conference\u003c/a> last fall, we heard the term “commercial industry” used quite a lot in relation to marijuana in California. What does that mean? Is it the scale, the way they operate?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you actually read the so-called Ogden memo from 2009 from the Department of Justice, what it says is that U.S. attorneys will not ordinarily use their limited resources to bring actions against seriously ill individuals or their caregivers. That’s the direction we were given. And I think it was clear from the department and clear from Washington D.C. that if there are people who are ill and they believe that marijuana will help them or their doctors believe marijuana will help them, the U.S. attorneys are not ordinarily going to step into that fray and bring any kind of an enforcement action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that’s really at its heart all that the Ogden memo says. It also makes clear that a marijuana industry is not off-limits. And if we have significant grow operations, if we have for-profit operations, certainly if those operations are having negative impacts on their communities, that it isn’t something that we’re able to ignore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You have taken more actions recently…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">When a dispensary comes to my attention that is close to a school, a park, a playground or children, that’s a line I’ve decided to draw.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The main theme that I was hearing from members of this community, members of our community in the northern district of California was a concern about children. And it has to do with marijuana use leading to other drugs, it has to do with brain development. I was hearing from psychologists who were sending me reports that find that brains are not fully developed until your mid 20s and use of marijuana or alcohol or anything else like that is more harmful than perhaps it is than when people are a little bit older and their brains are developed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>he other concern that people have expressed to me is safety. There is a belief, backed by facts, that marijuana operations are often times the victims of criminal activity. Armed robberies at dispensaries, armed robberies at grow operations, and people who are nearby are at risk as a result of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there have been some illustrations of that concern recently in my district. For example there’s a dispensary in Santa Cruz that is next to a preschool, and it came to my attention that dispensary was the subject of an armed robbery in the middle part of February. And I heard that the parents of the preschoolers, the operators of the preschool, and the community were very concerned. So I sent a letter to the owners and operators of that dispensary putting them on notice that the dispensary is close to a preschool that it’s in violation of federal law, giving them 45 days to close it down before we take action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On another end of the spectrum we indicted a case two weeks ago in Humboldt County. There’s a grower there who allegedly had a 1500-plant grow operation. He allegedly hired undocumented workers from Central America and the indictment alleges that when those workers came to him and asked to be paid, he instead pulled out a gun, shot and killed one of them, and chased the other one through the woods, shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I believe there’s this notion out there that the marijuana industry is just full of organic farmers who are peacefully growing an organic natural plant and that there’s no harm associated with that. And what I hear from people in the community is that there is harm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">One thing we’ve heard in response is that this is a good dispensary. This is a dispensary that’s patient-run, or they consider themselves to be a good actor in the marijuana space. I hear them, but I have a hard time making that distinction. I’ve already drawn a line.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>You’ve also taken action against dispensaries in San Francisco and the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/15/berkeley-patients-group-marijuana-dispensary-to-close/\">Berkeley Patients Group\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of my concerns about dispensaries that are in proximity to schools and parks and playgrounds is the possibility they could be the target of violence or armed robbery. People in the community may be supportive of the dispensary being in their community until there’s a robbery and people come running out of the dispensary shooting guns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m concerned about that circumstance with respect to every dispensary. I simply don’t have the resources to take action with respect to every dispensary in the northern district, so I’ve had to make some decisions about how to best use my resources. So I’ve decided to focus on dispensaries that are near kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people say “wait a minute, we’re doing fine.” For example, the situation in Berkeley. They say, “we haven’t had any problems.” The school across the street is happy with us. Why pick on us? Go somewhere else. What’s your response?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marijuana dispensaries are full of cash and they’re full of marijuana and everybody knows that. And many of them are very public about their operations. Some of them go on television, most of them have web sites, and everybody knows where they are. They are at risk of being robbed and many of them are robbed. I spoke to a police chief today about another topic and I asked him have you had any marijuana dispensaries robbed recently and he ticked off three in the last week in his community. Any given dispensary may not have been robbed to date, but they could very well be robbed in the near future and there very well could be violence associated with that. I’m concerned about the people in the dispensary, certainly; I’m also concerned about the people in the vicinity of the dispensary. Which is again why I’ve drawn this line. When a dispensary comes to my attention that is close to a school, a park, a playground or children, that’s a line I’ve decided to draw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Does that mean any dispensary that’s near a school?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">-If a location is subject to one of these letters, can they move? That is, could that remove the issue cited in the letter?\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>-That’s correct.\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>We’ve sent letters to a number of dispensaries and we certainly hear back from most if not all of them, or lawyers representing them. And one thing we’ve heard in response is that this is a good dispensary. This is a dispensary that’s patient-run, or they consider themselves to be a good actor in the marijuana space. And I hear them, but I have a hard time making that distinction. I’ve already drawn a line. If it’s close to children then that’s a line we’re going to draw. If I then start trying to get in and figure out which ones are quote good or not, it’s just not something I’m capable of doing. So I’ve decided to keep that line fairly bright.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a location is subject to one of these letters, can they move? That is, could that remove the issue cited in the letter?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s correct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to marijuana cases, are you relying on civil forfeitures more than criminal prosecutions because they require fewer resources?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We take on many things in the U.S. Attorney’s office that are labor-intensive. We have a case that involves the failure of a bank and a nearly $500 million loss, where the discovery and data is measured in terabytes. And I could cite many other cases where the resources involved in bringing the case are significant and we take them on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’re not really afraid of the use of resources. I don’t agree that we’re doing it because it’s easier. Marijuana is illegal under federal law and there are many things I could do as a result. I can bring a criminal action, I can bring a forfeiture action, or both. I just believe that it’s appropriate under these circumstances to bring a forfeiture action at this point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I can’t promise going forward that it won’t change. I can’t promise that we very well may find an appropriate case for criminal prosecution. We very well may find a case where it’s appropriate to not give notice to the owner of the property but simply to institute an asset forfeiture action.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">I don’t want to send the message that if you are more than 1000 feet from a school you will not be targeted. I don’t know that.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>I cannot promise that we will not bring actions against dispensaries that are not close to schools and parks and playgrounds but for some other reason we felt that it was appropriate to expand our look. So I don’t want to send the message to people that if you are more than 1000 feet from a school you will not be targeted. I don’t want to send the message that you will never be criminally prosecuted. I don’t know that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now, how would you assess the impact of this state-wide enforcement action?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We certainly got people’s attention. There’s one big positive from my perspective. And that is that I was hearing from a lot of people in this community that they believed that they could take a warehouse that they owned or a property that they owned and turn it into a large-scale marijuana grow operation and that there would be no repercussions. I was hearing from very upstanding members of the community that there were plans to do that kind of thing, to take a warehouse that they’d had trouble leasing in west Oakland and to lease it to a marijuana grow operation. I’m gratified to hear that people understand that they can’t do that and feel that nothing will ever happen. Something might happen. There might be a criminal prosecution. There might be an asset forfeiture action. It is illegal, whether you agree with it or not, under federal law, and it’s not something people should take lightly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What do you say to the argument that your actions are preventing seriously ill people from getting their medicine?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are an awful lot of marijuana dispensaries in the Northern District of California, and the number that we have taken action against is relatively small. So I am assuming that people who need access to medical marijuana still have access to it through dispensaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I also think that the Ogden memo and frankly California state law contemplated a much smaller scale with respect to medical marijuana. When I read California state law, when I read the Ogden memo, what those look like to me is that what was contemplated was people believed they need marijuana, or whose doctors believe they could benefit from marijuana, would be growing it personally or a friend or a caregiver or community member or church member would be growing it for them and it would be relatively small scale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What we have seen is an absolute explosion of the marijuana industry in California where it is not at all small scale but instead huge swaths of farmland, huge grow operations in all of the counties north of San Francisco and indoor grow operations in the more urban areas, are really taking over and are really impacting negatively on communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What do you think of calls from Kamala Harris and others for the state to tighten its laws or create a regulatory system when it comes to medical marijuana?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think I have to wait and see what happens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you took this job in 2010, did you have any idea that a lot of time and attention would be required concerning something like marijuana?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I had absolutely no idea. I can tell you that amount of press attention with respect to medical marijuana is completely disproportionate to the tiny percentage of resources of my office that is used to address it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the most part we’re prosecuting violent gangs, bringing gun and drug cases and gang-related cases, bringing significant white collar cases, bringing public corruption cases against law enforcement officers and others, bringing child exploitations, prosecutions against people who are abusing children, human-trafficking prosecutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You and the other U.S. attorneys in California have been criticized for taking these enforcement actions against medical marijuana operators. Some people say the feds need to end the war on pot and other drugs. What’s your response?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melinda Haag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I certainly read and understand that there are people who disagree with what I’ve done in terms of the enforcement actions we’ve taken. And most of those sentiments conclude that it should just be legalized. That is, “you shouldn’t be doing this, instead it should be legalized.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "floatright"
},
"numeric": [
"floatright"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My answer to that is those people need to go to their representatives in Congress, who are the only people with the power and ability to change federal law. I don’t have the power and ability to change federal law.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/59458/interview-w-us-attorney-haag-on-pot-operations-if-its-close-to-children-thats-a-line-were-going-to-draw",
"authors": [
"80"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_457",
"news_6188"
],
"tags": [
"news_18543",
"news_102",
"news_431",
"news_17968"
],
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_59433": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_59433",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "59433",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1331827824000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "berkeley-patients-group-marijuana-dispensary-to-close",
"title": "Pot Dispensary Berkeley Patients Group to Close, Looking to Relocate",
"publishDate": 1331827824,
"format": "aside",
"headTitle": "Pot Dispensary Berkeley Patients Group to Close, Looking to Relocate | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"term": 6944,
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Michael Montgomery and David Downs, \u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/prominent-berkeley-marijuana-dispensary-close-shop-15320\">California Watch\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of California’s biggest medical marijuana establishments – embraced by local officials as a model business that donates to the poor and pays millions in taxes – has become the latest target in a statewide crackdown by federal prosecutors. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(\u003cem>Update Friday\u003c/em>: Berkeley Patients Group issued a statement last night clarifying its status, saying “we have been looking to relocate for several years and look forward to announcing our new site, soon.” Read at \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2012/03/16/berkeley-patients-group-says-it-is-moving-not-closing/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>.) \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_59434\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 191px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/berkeleypatientsgroup.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59434\" title=\"berkeleypatientsgroup\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/berkeleypatientsgroup-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Montgomery/California Watch\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleypatientsgroup.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeley Patients Group\u003c/a>, founded in 1999 by leading names in the state’s medical marijuana movement, will cease operations at its current location later this year, according to an agreement between the dispensary’s owners and the landlord. The document was signed on Feb. 28 by Alameda County Superior Court Judge C. Don Clay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Berkeley Patients Group agrees to cease all cannabis-related activities and remove all cannabis-related property from the premises by May 1, 2012,” the document states. Legal experts said agreements of this kind can be revised, but it was unclear if that was possible in this case.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/15/interview-mayor-tom-bates-laments-closing-of-berkeley-patients-group-marijuana-dispensary/\">Interview: Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates laments BPG closure\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The decision to shutter the outlet on San Pablo Avenue was triggered by a warning from Melinda Haag, the U.S. attorney for Northern California. In a letter sent to the owner of the building that houses the dispensary, Haag said federal prosecutors would file a forfeiture action if marijuana continued to be distributed at the location. Berkeley Patients Group has leased the property since 1999 and operates under a city license. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The letter cited violations of federal law and the fact that the outlet is within 1,000 feet of two schools: the Center for Early Intervention on Deafness, which also houses a preschool, and Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley, a French bilingual grade school.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/medical-marijuana/\">\u003cstrong>More on the medical marijuana crackdown in California\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“Marijuana dispensaries are full of cash and they’re full of marijuana, and everybody knows that,” Haag said in an interview. “They are at risk of being robbed, and many of them are robbed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While marijuana is illegal under federal law, Haag said she doesn’t have the resources to target all the medical pot outlets that have proliferated in her district in recent years. So, she said, her office is focusing on protecting children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When a dispensary comes to my attention that is close to a school, a park or a playground or to children, that’s a line I’ve decided to draw, and those are the dispensaries that I’m looking at,” Haag said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since federal prosecutors announced a \u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/landlords-property-owners-are-new-targets-anti-pot-strategy-12967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statewide crackdown\u003c/a> in October, Haag said her office has sent letters to a number of dispensaries, including Berkeley Patients Group and an outlet in Santa Cruz that was \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_19880709\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">robbed by armed gunmen\u003c/a> in February. The outlet is next to a preschool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People in the community may be supportive of the dispensary,” Haag said, “until there’s an armed robbery and people come running out of the dispensary shooting guns.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley Patients Group’s owners declined interview requests, but supporters said the outlet has never been the scene of violence or an armed robbery. The group issued a statement reading: “BPG remains committed to providing safe and affordable access to its patient-members, while working to preserve the jobs of its 70+ employees. We are grateful for the level of support we have received from the Berkeley community over the years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dispensary enjoys widespread support among local officials. In 2009, the Berkeley City Council \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleypatientsgroup.com/news1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proclaimed\u003c/a> a special day to honor the group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I tell people that the Berkeley Patients Group is the Brooks Brothers of medical marijuana dispensing,” said Polly Armstrong, co-CEO of the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce. She said the dispensary has donated thousands of dollars to the chamber and other civic groups over the years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That sentiment is shared by Jill Ellis, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ceid.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center for Early Intervention on Deafness\u003c/a>, one of the schools cited in the warning letter from federal prosecutors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They really have been caring, supportive neighbors, concerned neighbors, clearly very interested in our mission, our families,” Ellis said. “Their security provides a great asset and enhancement to our\u003cbr>\ncommunity. We’ve never had any incidents at all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The order to vacate comes at an inopportune time for the dispensary. Berkeley Patients Group still owes the state about $6.3 million in back taxes, interest and fees for marijuana sales from 2004 to 2007.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the group faces a tough real estate market. Adam Peterson, a real estate agent for Cassidy Turley BT Commercial whose expertise includes the Berkeley market, said the dispensary has wanted to move for three years due to redevelopment on San Pablo Avenue, but the owners haven’t found a location.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s almost impossible to relocate, especially under the rules and regulations that the cities and state have in place right now,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only one property in Berkeley meets both state and local guidelines, Peterson said, and it’s not for rent to a dispensary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Dale Gieringer, state coordinator for the California chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, said he thinks the dispensary will find a new home and outlast the latest crackdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s what we’ve seen with previous federal crackdowns,” he said. “They’re disruptive at first, then people move somewhere else or change their business plans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prominent Oakland medical marijuana activist and businessman Richard Lee has been forced to move his dispensary twice due to warnings from federal prosecutors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": null,
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1726010405,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 26,
"wordCount": 982
},
"headData": {
"title": "Pot Dispensary Berkeley Patients Group to Close, Looking to Relocate | KQED",
"description": "By Michael Montgomery and David Downs, California Watch One of California’s biggest medical marijuana establishments – embraced by local officials as a model business that donates to the poor and pays millions in taxes – has become the latest target in a statewide crackdown by federal prosecutors. (Update Friday: Berkeley Patients Group issued a statement last night clarifying its status, saying "we have been looking to relocate for several years and look forward to announcing our new site, soon." Read at Berkeleyside.) Berkeley Patients Group, founded in 1999 by leading names in the state’s medical marijuana movement, will cease operations",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Pot Dispensary Berkeley Patients Group to Close, Looking to Relocate",
"datePublished": "2012-03-15T09:10:24-07:00",
"dateModified": "2024-09-10T16:20:05-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"sticky": false,
"path": "/news/59433/berkeley-patients-group-marijuana-dispensary-to-close",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Michael Montgomery and David Downs, \u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/prominent-berkeley-marijuana-dispensary-close-shop-15320\">California Watch\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of California’s biggest medical marijuana establishments – embraced by local officials as a model business that donates to the poor and pays millions in taxes – has become the latest target in a statewide crackdown by federal prosecutors. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(\u003cem>Update Friday\u003c/em>: Berkeley Patients Group issued a statement last night clarifying its status, saying “we have been looking to relocate for several years and look forward to announcing our new site, soon.” Read at \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2012/03/16/berkeley-patients-group-says-it-is-moving-not-closing/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>.) \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_59434\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 191px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/berkeleypatientsgroup.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59434\" title=\"berkeleypatientsgroup\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/berkeleypatientsgroup-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Montgomery/California Watch\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleypatientsgroup.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeley Patients Group\u003c/a>, founded in 1999 by leading names in the state’s medical marijuana movement, will cease operations at its current location later this year, according to an agreement between the dispensary’s owners and the landlord. The document was signed on Feb. 28 by Alameda County Superior Court Judge C. Don Clay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Berkeley Patients Group agrees to cease all cannabis-related activities and remove all cannabis-related property from the premises by May 1, 2012,” the document states. Legal experts said agreements of this kind can be revised, but it was unclear if that was possible in this case.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/15/interview-mayor-tom-bates-laments-closing-of-berkeley-patients-group-marijuana-dispensary/\">Interview: Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates laments BPG closure\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The decision to shutter the outlet on San Pablo Avenue was triggered by a warning from Melinda Haag, the U.S. attorney for Northern California. In a letter sent to the owner of the building that houses the dispensary, Haag said federal prosecutors would file a forfeiture action if marijuana continued to be distributed at the location. Berkeley Patients Group has leased the property since 1999 and operates under a city license. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The letter cited violations of federal law and the fact that the outlet is within 1,000 feet of two schools: the Center for Early Intervention on Deafness, which also houses a preschool, and Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley, a French bilingual grade school.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/medical-marijuana/\">\u003cstrong>More on the medical marijuana crackdown in California\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“Marijuana dispensaries are full of cash and they’re full of marijuana, and everybody knows that,” Haag said in an interview. “They are at risk of being robbed, and many of them are robbed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While marijuana is illegal under federal law, Haag said she doesn’t have the resources to target all the medical pot outlets that have proliferated in her district in recent years. So, she said, her office is focusing on protecting children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When a dispensary comes to my attention that is close to a school, a park or a playground or to children, that’s a line I’ve decided to draw, and those are the dispensaries that I’m looking at,” Haag said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since federal prosecutors announced a \u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/landlords-property-owners-are-new-targets-anti-pot-strategy-12967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statewide crackdown\u003c/a> in October, Haag said her office has sent letters to a number of dispensaries, including Berkeley Patients Group and an outlet in Santa Cruz that was \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_19880709\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">robbed by armed gunmen\u003c/a> in February. The outlet is next to a preschool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People in the community may be supportive of the dispensary,” Haag said, “until there’s an armed robbery and people come running out of the dispensary shooting guns.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley Patients Group’s owners declined interview requests, but supporters said the outlet has never been the scene of violence or an armed robbery. The group issued a statement reading: “BPG remains committed to providing safe and affordable access to its patient-members, while working to preserve the jobs of its 70+ employees. We are grateful for the level of support we have received from the Berkeley community over the years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dispensary enjoys widespread support among local officials. In 2009, the Berkeley City Council \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleypatientsgroup.com/news1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proclaimed\u003c/a> a special day to honor the group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I tell people that the Berkeley Patients Group is the Brooks Brothers of medical marijuana dispensing,” said Polly Armstrong, co-CEO of the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce. She said the dispensary has donated thousands of dollars to the chamber and other civic groups over the years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That sentiment is shared by Jill Ellis, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ceid.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center for Early Intervention on Deafness\u003c/a>, one of the schools cited in the warning letter from federal prosecutors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They really have been caring, supportive neighbors, concerned neighbors, clearly very interested in our mission, our families,” Ellis said. “Their security provides a great asset and enhancement to our\u003cbr>\ncommunity. We’ve never had any incidents at all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The order to vacate comes at an inopportune time for the dispensary. Berkeley Patients Group still owes the state about $6.3 million in back taxes, interest and fees for marijuana sales from 2004 to 2007.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the group faces a tough real estate market. Adam Peterson, a real estate agent for Cassidy Turley BT Commercial whose expertise includes the Berkeley market, said the dispensary has wanted to move for three years due to redevelopment on San Pablo Avenue, but the owners haven’t found a location.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s almost impossible to relocate, especially under the rules and regulations that the cities and state have in place right now,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only one property in Berkeley meets both state and local guidelines, Peterson said, and it’s not for rent to a dispensary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Dale Gieringer, state coordinator for the California chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, said he thinks the dispensary will find a new home and outlast the latest crackdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s what we’ve seen with previous federal crackdowns,” he said. “They’re disruptive at first, then people move somewhere else or change their business plans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prominent Oakland medical marijuana activist and businessman Richard Lee has been forced to move his dispensary twice due to warnings from federal prosecutors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/59433/berkeley-patients-group-marijuana-dispensary-to-close",
"authors": [
"236"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_457",
"news_6188"
],
"tags": [
"news_18543",
"news_102",
"news_431",
"news_1719"
],
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_59180": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_59180",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "59180",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1331753071000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 6944
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1331753071,
"format": "aside",
"disqusTitle": "Anatomy of a Prison Policy: Document on New Isolation Rules Annotated",
"title": "Anatomy of a Prison Policy: Document on New Isolation Rules Annotated",
"headTitle": "News Fix | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_59316\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/pelicanbay1.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/pelicanbay1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"pelicanbay1\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" class=\"size-full wp-image-59316\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pelican Bay Prison\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last year hundreds of inmates staged two \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/prison-hunger-strike/\">hunger strikes\u003c/a> that spread to 13 prisons in California. The prisoners were protesting conditions in super-maximum security units known as SHUs, where a majority of state prisoners are held in extreme isolation for alleged ties to prison gangs. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, the State Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation issued a new set of policies aimed at overhauling how these units are managed, what prisoners are sent there, and how long they're held in isolation. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The changes were spelled out in a Dept of Corrections document, \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/85362385/Security-Threat-Group-Prevention-Identification-and-Management-Model-V5-5-03-01-2012\">embedded here\u003c/a> and below. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We asked KQED's Michael Montgomery, a longtime reporter of California prison issues, to annotate a key section of the document, cracking open some of the bureaucratic language to reveal the harsh isolation and deprivation in which some prisoners have been housed, as well as the rewards they are now being offered to toe the line and potentially exit these most restrictive of conditions. Rewards that, to a person at liberty, may seem poignantly meager or even absurd, but ones that the California Department of Corrections & Rehabiliation thinks will be incentive enough to coax good behavior.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here is the crux of the policy. \u003cstrong>Click on the \"view explanation\" link to be taken to Montgomery's analysis\u003c/strong>: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The SDP will establish an incentive based multi-step process for the management of STG offenders. This program will assign, transition, and monitor offenders who by their behavior have demonstrated the need for CDCR’s utilization of special strategies for their management. This program is designed for STG offenders who require structured activities and programming, who choose to discontinue criminal activity. Additionally, it affords offenders the opportunity to earn enhanced privileges proportionate to their ability to reintegrate and effectively interact with others. As an alternative to the SDP, offenders may choose to participate in the debriefing process at any time. As part of the program development, an assessment will be conducted to determine additional resource needs. CDCR will seek resources where available, to assist with this effort. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/14/anatomy-of-a-prison-policy-document-on-new-isolation-rules-annotated/#par1\">\u003cstrong>View explanation\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The STG SDP shall be normally completed in five steps and provides a process for offenders engaged in STG behavior to demonstrate their ability to refrain from criminal gang behavior, preparing them for return to a general population, or SNY program setting. The initial four steps are generally designed to be completed within 48 months. The fifth step which consists of observation and monitoring of behavior within the general population or SNY will normally be completed within the 12 months following Step 4. Each step will consist of programs and privileges that increase as the offender progresses through the SDP... \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/14/anatomy-of-a-prison-policy-document-on-new-isolation-rules-annotated/#par2\">\u003cstrong>View explanation\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Participants in Steps 1, 2 and 3 will be reviewed by ICC at least every 180 days for evaluation of program participation. If, during the ICC review, it is determined that the offender has participated in the required programs for successful step completion, the offender may be considered for placement into the next successive step. Participants in Step 4 shall be reviewed by ICC at least every 90 days. The successful completion of each step will require a minimum of 12 months program participation. \u003ca href=\"//ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/14/anatomy-of-a-prison-policy-document-on-new-isolation-rules-annotated/#par3\">\u003cstrong>View explanation\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"par1\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Paragraph 1\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SDP is the \"Step-Down Program,\" the type of carrot-and-stick system that has been used in other states to encourage inmates to change negative behavior, including violent conflicts with members of other races or prison groups. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program would be set up to gradually give prisoners more \"privileges\" in exchange for following the rules. In addition to refraining from participating in gang activity and, presumably, committing racially motivated offenses, they will be be expected to take part in educational, self-help or anger management classes of the type offered to prisoners in the mainstream population, most likely alone in their cells. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rewards component consists of things like phone calls, exercise equipment (currently prohibited), freedom from physical restraints, and the ability to participate in group activities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently SHU inmates are almost always shackled when outside their cells, and inmates who successfully work their way through to the 3rd year of the new Step-Down Program will be afforded the privilege of being unshackled around other inmates. By the 4th year, they would be able to eat meals with other inmates \"unrestrained.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other rewards: By the end of the 1st year, an inmate would be allowed one phone call home; that number increases to two by the second year. At the end of the 1st year, an inmate would also be allowed to send one photograph home. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \"STG\" that is mentioned stands for \"Security Threat Group,\" made up of prison gangs and other prohibited groups. The number of groups whose members could face enhanced SHU terms is being widened under the new plan to include street gangs like the Crips and Bloods. This expansion of red-flagged groups is one reason prison advocates are worried that the new policy may actually result in an increase in the SHU population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \"debriefing process\" cited in the document refers to what is commonly called snitching. Inmates have felt that once you're in the SHU as a gang member, the only way you can exit is to inform on other inmates. The corrections department says currently there is another way out of the SHU -- refraining from any gang-related activity for six years. Under the new regulations, inmates will be able to work their way out of the SHU without explicitly renouncing any gang, though they will have to prove that they no longer take part in gang-related activities, can mix with inmates from other racial and ethnic groups, etc. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"par2\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Paragraph 2\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SNY program cited here refers to \"Sensitive Needs Yard.\" The term refers to housing for prisoners who are vulnerable to assault, including gang dropouts and convicted pedophiles, child murderers and rapists. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The timeline laid out indicates that the minimum amount of time a prisoner can spend in a SHU is four years, unless he agrees to inform. That's down from a six-year minimum. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Michael Montgomery says, a close reading of the proposal indicates that prisoners who are in the SHU facility at Pelican Bay, home of the notorious windowless isolation cells where last year's prisoner strike started, would have to be transferred out of those units in two years, as they don't include areas where inmates could participate in group activities unrestrained. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many penal experts say two years should be the limit for solitary confinement. It may be that the department is seeking to reduce the time that inmates who are participating in the program spend in the SHU due to legal concerns associated with long-term isolation. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new policy refers to refraining from \"criminal gang behavior\" as a prerequisite to reentering the mainstream prison population. This is a move toward the national norm within penitentiaries, in which isolation is restricted to those who have committed criminal offenses, as opposed to the loosely defined \"gang affiliation\" that has landed many inmates in California SHUs. Out of 3,100 inmates in isolation units, 2,000 have been labeled as gang \"associates.\" The department says it will do a case-by-case review of these so-designated prisoners, in consideration for transfer to less isolated units. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new criteria may prevent inmates like Ernesto Lira from winding up in isolation. As \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/09/15/a-tale-of-2-maximum-security-inmates-gang-lord-petty-thief-both-wind-up-in-windowless-isolation-units/\">reported by Montgomery last year\u003c/a>, Lira was serving a sentence for drug possession in a low-security prison when he was sent to Pelican Bay for an “indeterminate” term because authorities contended he was an associate of a violent Latino group known as Nuestra Raza. Lira was never accused of doing anything tangible for the group, and the key piece of evidence against him was a drawing found in his locker that allegedly contained gang symbols. He eventually won a judgment in U.S. District Court against the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in part for psychological damage he suffered while locked in isolation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"par3\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Paragraph 3\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Step Down Program requires that an \"Institutional Classification Committee\" (ICC) evaluate a prisoner's progress every 180 days in the first three years of the program in order to make a determination as to whether the prisoner can advance to the next step. Prisoner rights advocates have long argued these committees are rubber stamps for prison authorities and that prisoners do not receive a legitimate review. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So a big question for prisoner advocates around the new policy is whether these committees will be redirected to consider more information favorable to a prisoner's case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"View Security Threat Group Prevention Identification and Management Model V5 5 03-01-2012 on Scribd\" href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/85362385/Security-Threat-Group-Prevention-Identification-and-Management-Model-V5-5-03-01-2012\">Security Threat Group Prevention Identification and Management Model V5 5 03-01-2012\u003c/a>\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.scribd.com/embeds/85362385/content?start_page=1&view_mode=list&access_key=key-2i7hndyqloahwotvqvlv\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "59180 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=59180",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/14/anatomy-of-a-prison-policy-document-on-new-isolation-rules-annotated/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 1456,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 33
},
"modified": 1331824809,
"excerpt": null,
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Last year hundreds of inmates staged two hunger strikes that spread to 13 prisons in California. The prisoners were protesting conditions in super-maximum security units known as SHUs, where a majority of state prisoners are held in extreme isolation for alleged ties to prison gangs. Last week, the State Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation issued",
"title": "Anatomy of a Prison Policy: Document on New Isolation Rules Annotated | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Anatomy of a Prison Policy: Document on New Isolation Rules Annotated",
"datePublished": "2012-03-14T12:24:31-07:00",
"dateModified": "2012-03-15T08:20:09-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "anatomy-of-a-prison-policy-document-on-new-isolation-rules-annotated",
"status": "publish",
"path": "/news/59180/anatomy-of-a-prison-policy-document-on-new-isolation-rules-annotated",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_59316\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/pelicanbay1.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/pelicanbay1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"pelicanbay1\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" class=\"size-full wp-image-59316\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pelican Bay Prison\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last year hundreds of inmates staged two \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/prison-hunger-strike/\">hunger strikes\u003c/a> that spread to 13 prisons in California. The prisoners were protesting conditions in super-maximum security units known as SHUs, where a majority of state prisoners are held in extreme isolation for alleged ties to prison gangs. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, the State Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation issued a new set of policies aimed at overhauling how these units are managed, what prisoners are sent there, and how long they're held in isolation. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The changes were spelled out in a Dept of Corrections document, \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/85362385/Security-Threat-Group-Prevention-Identification-and-Management-Model-V5-5-03-01-2012\">embedded here\u003c/a> and below. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We asked KQED's Michael Montgomery, a longtime reporter of California prison issues, to annotate a key section of the document, cracking open some of the bureaucratic language to reveal the harsh isolation and deprivation in which some prisoners have been housed, as well as the rewards they are now being offered to toe the line and potentially exit these most restrictive of conditions. Rewards that, to a person at liberty, may seem poignantly meager or even absurd, but ones that the California Department of Corrections & Rehabiliation thinks will be incentive enough to coax good behavior.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here is the crux of the policy. \u003cstrong>Click on the \"view explanation\" link to be taken to Montgomery's analysis\u003c/strong>: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The SDP will establish an incentive based multi-step process for the management of STG offenders. This program will assign, transition, and monitor offenders who by their behavior have demonstrated the need for CDCR’s utilization of special strategies for their management. This program is designed for STG offenders who require structured activities and programming, who choose to discontinue criminal activity. Additionally, it affords offenders the opportunity to earn enhanced privileges proportionate to their ability to reintegrate and effectively interact with others. As an alternative to the SDP, offenders may choose to participate in the debriefing process at any time. As part of the program development, an assessment will be conducted to determine additional resource needs. CDCR will seek resources where available, to assist with this effort. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/14/anatomy-of-a-prison-policy-document-on-new-isolation-rules-annotated/#par1\">\u003cstrong>View explanation\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The STG SDP shall be normally completed in five steps and provides a process for offenders engaged in STG behavior to demonstrate their ability to refrain from criminal gang behavior, preparing them for return to a general population, or SNY program setting. The initial four steps are generally designed to be completed within 48 months. The fifth step which consists of observation and monitoring of behavior within the general population or SNY will normally be completed within the 12 months following Step 4. Each step will consist of programs and privileges that increase as the offender progresses through the SDP... \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/14/anatomy-of-a-prison-policy-document-on-new-isolation-rules-annotated/#par2\">\u003cstrong>View explanation\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Participants in Steps 1, 2 and 3 will be reviewed by ICC at least every 180 days for evaluation of program participation. If, during the ICC review, it is determined that the offender has participated in the required programs for successful step completion, the offender may be considered for placement into the next successive step. Participants in Step 4 shall be reviewed by ICC at least every 90 days. The successful completion of each step will require a minimum of 12 months program participation. \u003ca href=\"//ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/14/anatomy-of-a-prison-policy-document-on-new-isolation-rules-annotated/#par3\">\u003cstrong>View explanation\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"par1\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Paragraph 1\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SDP is the \"Step-Down Program,\" the type of carrot-and-stick system that has been used in other states to encourage inmates to change negative behavior, including violent conflicts with members of other races or prison groups. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program would be set up to gradually give prisoners more \"privileges\" in exchange for following the rules. In addition to refraining from participating in gang activity and, presumably, committing racially motivated offenses, they will be be expected to take part in educational, self-help or anger management classes of the type offered to prisoners in the mainstream population, most likely alone in their cells. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rewards component consists of things like phone calls, exercise equipment (currently prohibited), freedom from physical restraints, and the ability to participate in group activities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently SHU inmates are almost always shackled when outside their cells, and inmates who successfully work their way through to the 3rd year of the new Step-Down Program will be afforded the privilege of being unshackled around other inmates. By the 4th year, they would be able to eat meals with other inmates \"unrestrained.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other rewards: By the end of the 1st year, an inmate would be allowed one phone call home; that number increases to two by the second year. At the end of the 1st year, an inmate would also be allowed to send one photograph home. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \"STG\" that is mentioned stands for \"Security Threat Group,\" made up of prison gangs and other prohibited groups. The number of groups whose members could face enhanced SHU terms is being widened under the new plan to include street gangs like the Crips and Bloods. This expansion of red-flagged groups is one reason prison advocates are worried that the new policy may actually result in an increase in the SHU population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \"debriefing process\" cited in the document refers to what is commonly called snitching. Inmates have felt that once you're in the SHU as a gang member, the only way you can exit is to inform on other inmates. The corrections department says currently there is another way out of the SHU -- refraining from any gang-related activity for six years. Under the new regulations, inmates will be able to work their way out of the SHU without explicitly renouncing any gang, though they will have to prove that they no longer take part in gang-related activities, can mix with inmates from other racial and ethnic groups, etc. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"par2\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Paragraph 2\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SNY program cited here refers to \"Sensitive Needs Yard.\" The term refers to housing for prisoners who are vulnerable to assault, including gang dropouts and convicted pedophiles, child murderers and rapists. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The timeline laid out indicates that the minimum amount of time a prisoner can spend in a SHU is four years, unless he agrees to inform. That's down from a six-year minimum. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Michael Montgomery says, a close reading of the proposal indicates that prisoners who are in the SHU facility at Pelican Bay, home of the notorious windowless isolation cells where last year's prisoner strike started, would have to be transferred out of those units in two years, as they don't include areas where inmates could participate in group activities unrestrained. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many penal experts say two years should be the limit for solitary confinement. It may be that the department is seeking to reduce the time that inmates who are participating in the program spend in the SHU due to legal concerns associated with long-term isolation. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new policy refers to refraining from \"criminal gang behavior\" as a prerequisite to reentering the mainstream prison population. This is a move toward the national norm within penitentiaries, in which isolation is restricted to those who have committed criminal offenses, as opposed to the loosely defined \"gang affiliation\" that has landed many inmates in California SHUs. Out of 3,100 inmates in isolation units, 2,000 have been labeled as gang \"associates.\" The department says it will do a case-by-case review of these so-designated prisoners, in consideration for transfer to less isolated units. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new criteria may prevent inmates like Ernesto Lira from winding up in isolation. As \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/09/15/a-tale-of-2-maximum-security-inmates-gang-lord-petty-thief-both-wind-up-in-windowless-isolation-units/\">reported by Montgomery last year\u003c/a>, Lira was serving a sentence for drug possession in a low-security prison when he was sent to Pelican Bay for an “indeterminate” term because authorities contended he was an associate of a violent Latino group known as Nuestra Raza. Lira was never accused of doing anything tangible for the group, and the key piece of evidence against him was a drawing found in his locker that allegedly contained gang symbols. He eventually won a judgment in U.S. District Court against the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in part for psychological damage he suffered while locked in isolation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"par3\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Paragraph 3\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Step Down Program requires that an \"Institutional Classification Committee\" (ICC) evaluate a prisoner's progress every 180 days in the first three years of the program in order to make a determination as to whether the prisoner can advance to the next step. Prisoner rights advocates have long argued these committees are rubber stamps for prison authorities and that prisoners do not receive a legitimate review. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So a big question for prisoner advocates around the new policy is whether these committees will be redirected to consider more information favorable to a prisoner's case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "floatright"
},
"numeric": [
"floatright"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"View Security Threat Group Prevention Identification and Management Model V5 5 03-01-2012 on Scribd\" href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/85362385/Security-Threat-Group-Prevention-Identification-and-Management-Model-V5-5-03-01-2012\">Security Threat Group Prevention Identification and Management Model V5 5 03-01-2012\u003c/a>\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.scribd.com/embeds/85362385/content?start_page=1&view_mode=list&access_key=key-2i7hndyqloahwotvqvlv\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/59180/anatomy-of-a-prison-policy-document-on-new-isolation-rules-annotated",
"authors": [
"236"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_6188",
"news_8"
],
"tags": [
"news_614",
"news_1660"
],
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_59280": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_59280",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "59280",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1331735107000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 6944
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1331735107,
"format": "aside",
"disqusTitle": "Breakfast Blend: Death Row Inmate Dies of Natural Causes at San Quentin",
"title": "Breakfast Blend: Death Row Inmate Dies of Natural Causes at San Quentin",
"headTitle": "News Fix | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cp>Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with a handful of links to cool and/or important stories outside the Bay Area local readers should check out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/strong>\u003ca title=\"Death row inmate dies in cell at San Quentin\" href=\"http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0314-inmate-dies-20120314,0,7757275.story\" target=\"_top\">Death row inmate dies in cell at San Quentin\u003c/a> (Los Angeles Times)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca title=\"GOP lawmakers take aim at teachers accused of sexual misconduct\" href=\"http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lausd-misconduct-20120314,0,3179158.story\" target=\"_top\">GOP lawmakers take aim at teachers accused of sexual misconduct\u003c/a> (Los Angeles Times)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca title=\"Death row inmate dies in cell at San Quentin\" href=\"http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0314-inmate-dies-20120314,0,7757275.story\" target=\"_top\">Revived Project Lifts Bayview, a Blighted San Francisco Area\u003c/a> (New York Times)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.pe.com/local-news/politics/ben-goad-headlines/20120313-solar-energy-federal-loan-guarantee-program-faces-scrutiny.ece\">SOLAR ENERGY: Federal loan guarantee program faces scrutiny\u003c/a> (Riverside Press Enterprise)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://online.wsj.com/article/APf738998e02d34a27beb804862c9cbbdb.html?KEYWORDS=California\">Dugard to remain in hiding to protect daughters\u003c/a> (Wall Street Journal)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "59280 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=59280",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/14/breakfast-blend-death-row-inmate-dies-of-natural-causes-at-san-quentin/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 89,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 3
},
"modified": 1331754052,
"excerpt": null,
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with a handful of links to cool and/or important stories outside the Bay Area local readers should check out. Death row inmate dies in cell at San Quentin (Los Angeles Times) GOP lawmakers take aim at teachers accused of sexual misconduct (Los Angeles Times) Revived Project Lifts",
"title": "Breakfast Blend: Death Row Inmate Dies of Natural Causes at San Quentin | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Breakfast Blend: Death Row Inmate Dies of Natural Causes at San Quentin",
"datePublished": "2012-03-14T07:25:07-07:00",
"dateModified": "2012-03-14T12:40:52-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "breakfast-blend-death-row-inmate-dies-of-natural-causes-at-san-quentin",
"status": "publish",
"path": "/news/59280/breakfast-blend-death-row-inmate-dies-of-natural-causes-at-san-quentin",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cp>Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with a handful of links to cool and/or important stories outside the Bay Area local readers should check out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/strong>\u003ca title=\"Death row inmate dies in cell at San Quentin\" href=\"http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0314-inmate-dies-20120314,0,7757275.story\" target=\"_top\">Death row inmate dies in cell at San Quentin\u003c/a> (Los Angeles Times)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca title=\"GOP lawmakers take aim at teachers accused of sexual misconduct\" href=\"http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lausd-misconduct-20120314,0,3179158.story\" target=\"_top\">GOP lawmakers take aim at teachers accused of sexual misconduct\u003c/a> (Los Angeles Times)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca title=\"Death row inmate dies in cell at San Quentin\" href=\"http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0314-inmate-dies-20120314,0,7757275.story\" target=\"_top\">Revived Project Lifts Bayview, a Blighted San Francisco Area\u003c/a> (New York Times)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.pe.com/local-news/politics/ben-goad-headlines/20120313-solar-energy-federal-loan-guarantee-program-faces-scrutiny.ece\">SOLAR ENERGY: Federal loan guarantee program faces scrutiny\u003c/a> (Riverside Press Enterprise)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://online.wsj.com/article/APf738998e02d34a27beb804862c9cbbdb.html?KEYWORDS=California\">Dugard to remain in hiding to protect daughters\u003c/a> (Wall Street Journal)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/59280/breakfast-blend-death-row-inmate-dies-of-natural-causes-at-san-quentin",
"authors": [
"251"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_19906",
"news_6188"
],
"tags": [
"news_152",
"news_854",
"news_38"
],
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_59188": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_59188",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "59188",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1331646683000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 6944
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1331646683,
"format": "aside",
"disqusTitle": "Breakfast Blend: Did Former Oakland Raider Anthony Wayne Smith Murder a Man in 2008?",
"title": "Breakfast Blend: Did Former Oakland Raider Anthony Wayne Smith Murder a Man in 2008?",
"headTitle": "News Fix | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cp>Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with a handful of links to cool and/or important stories outside the Bay Area local readers should check out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/strong>\u003ca title=\"Murder trial of ex-Raiders player begins\" href=\"http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-raiders-murder-trial-20120313,0,968139.story\" target=\"_top\">Murder trial of ex-Raiders player begins\u003c/a> (Los Angeles Times)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca title=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/us/seattle-gets-the-peoples-view-on-led-streetlights.html?emc=tnt&tntemail0=y\" href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/us/seattle-gets-the-peoples-view-on-led-streetlights.html?emc=tnt&tntemail0=y\">Seattle Gets the People’s View on L.E.D. Streetlights\u003c/a> (New York Times)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca title=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/us/looking-for-tsunami-debris-on-west-coast-beaches.html?emc=tnt&tntemail0=y\" href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/us/looking-for-tsunami-debris-on-west-coast-beaches.html?emc=tnt&tntemail0=y\">Looking for Tsunami Debris on West Coast Beaches\u003c/a> (New York Times)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca title=\"http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.pe.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20120312-desert-agents-seize-7.3-million-worth-of-cocaine.ece&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAAOABA3sv6-gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=83aDb6Q1Q4k&usg=AFQjCNF6oIKKmt_VWhKWk_CKkWWDd1ZW2A\" href=\"http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.pe.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20120312-desert-agents-seize-7.3-million-worth-of-cocaine.ece&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAAOABA3sv6-gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=83aDb6Q1Q4k&usg=AFQjCNF6oIKKmt_VWhKWk_CKkWWDd1ZW2A\">DESERT: Agents seize $7.3 million worth of cocaine\u003c/a> (Riverside Press Enterprise)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/03/12/so-sirious-iphone-user-sues-apple-over-voice-activated-assistant/?KEYWORDS=California\">So Sirious: iPhone User Sues Apple over Voice-Activated Assistant\u003c/a> (Wall Street Journal)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "59188 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=59188",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/13/breakfast-blend-did-former-oakland-raider-anthony-wayne-smith-murder-a-man-in-2008/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 91,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 3
},
"modified": 1331646683,
"excerpt": null,
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with a handful of links to cool and/or important stories outside the Bay Area local readers should check out. Murder trial of ex-Raiders player begins (Los Angeles Times) Seattle Gets the People’s View on L.E.D. Streetlights (New York Times) Looking for Tsunami Debris on West Coast Beaches",
"title": "Breakfast Blend: Did Former Oakland Raider Anthony Wayne Smith Murder a Man in 2008? | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Breakfast Blend: Did Former Oakland Raider Anthony Wayne Smith Murder a Man in 2008?",
"datePublished": "2012-03-13T06:51:23-07:00",
"dateModified": "2012-03-13T06:51:23-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "breakfast-blend-did-former-oakland-raider-anthony-wayne-smith-murder-a-man-in-2008",
"status": "publish",
"path": "/news/59188/breakfast-blend-did-former-oakland-raider-anthony-wayne-smith-murder-a-man-in-2008",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cp>Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with a handful of links to cool and/or important stories outside the Bay Area local readers should check out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/strong>\u003ca title=\"Murder trial of ex-Raiders player begins\" href=\"http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-raiders-murder-trial-20120313,0,968139.story\" target=\"_top\">Murder trial of ex-Raiders player begins\u003c/a> (Los Angeles Times)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca title=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/us/seattle-gets-the-peoples-view-on-led-streetlights.html?emc=tnt&tntemail0=y\" href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/us/seattle-gets-the-peoples-view-on-led-streetlights.html?emc=tnt&tntemail0=y\">Seattle Gets the People’s View on L.E.D. Streetlights\u003c/a> (New York Times)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca title=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/us/looking-for-tsunami-debris-on-west-coast-beaches.html?emc=tnt&tntemail0=y\" href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/us/looking-for-tsunami-debris-on-west-coast-beaches.html?emc=tnt&tntemail0=y\">Looking for Tsunami Debris on West Coast Beaches\u003c/a> (New York Times)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca title=\"http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.pe.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20120312-desert-agents-seize-7.3-million-worth-of-cocaine.ece&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAAOABA3sv6-gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=83aDb6Q1Q4k&usg=AFQjCNF6oIKKmt_VWhKWk_CKkWWDd1ZW2A\" href=\"http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.pe.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20120312-desert-agents-seize-7.3-million-worth-of-cocaine.ece&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAAOABA3sv6-gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=83aDb6Q1Q4k&usg=AFQjCNF6oIKKmt_VWhKWk_CKkWWDd1ZW2A\">DESERT: Agents seize $7.3 million worth of cocaine\u003c/a> (Riverside Press Enterprise)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/03/12/so-sirious-iphone-user-sues-apple-over-voice-activated-assistant/?KEYWORDS=California\">So Sirious: iPhone User Sues Apple over Voice-Activated Assistant\u003c/a> (Wall Street Journal)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/59188/breakfast-blend-did-former-oakland-raider-anthony-wayne-smith-murder-a-man-in-2008",
"authors": [
"251"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_19906",
"news_6188",
"news_248"
],
"tags": [
"news_881",
"news_18"
],
"label": "news_6944"
}
},
"podcastsReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"podcasts": {}
},
"radioProgramsReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"radioPrograms": {}
},
"radioSearchSegmentsReducer": {},
"programsReducer": {
"all-things-considered": {
"id": "all-things-considered",
"title": "All Things Considered",
"info": "Every weekday, \u003cem>All Things Considered\u003c/em> hosts Robert Siegel, Audie Cornish, Ari Shapiro, and Kelly McEvers present the program's trademark mix of news, interviews, commentaries, reviews, and offbeat features. Michel Martin hosts on the weekends.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 1pm-2pm, 4:30pm-6:30pm\u003cbr />SAT-SUN 5pm-6pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/All-Things-Considered-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/all-things-considered/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/all-things-considered"
},
"american-suburb-podcast": {
"id": "american-suburb-podcast",
"title": "American Suburb: The Podcast",
"tagline": "The flip side of gentrification, told through one town",
"info": "Gentrification is changing cities across America, forcing people from neighborhoods they have long called home. Call them the displaced. Now those priced out of the Bay Area are looking for a better life in an unlikely place. American Suburb follows this migration to one California town along the Delta, 45 miles from San Francisco. But is this once sleepy suburb ready for them?",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/American-Suburb-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/news/series/american-suburb-podcast",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 19
},
"link": "/news/series/american-suburb-podcast/",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/RBrW",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?mt=2&id=1287748328",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/American-Suburb-p1086805/",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/american-suburb-podcast/feed/podcast",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkMzMDExODgxNjA5"
}
},
"baycurious": {
"id": "baycurious",
"title": "Bay Curious",
"tagline": "Exploring the Bay Area, one question at a time",
"info": "KQED’s new podcast, Bay Curious, gets to the bottom of the mysteries — both profound and peculiar — that give the Bay Area its unique identity. And we’ll do it with your help! You ask the questions. You decide what Bay Curious investigates. And you join us on the journey to find the answers.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Bay-Curious-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Bay Curious",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/news/series/baycurious",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 3
},
"link": "/podcasts/baycurious",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/category/bay-curious-podcast/feed/podcast",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9a90d476-aa04-455d-9a4c-0871ed6216d4/bay-curious",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/bay-curious",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/6O76IdmhixfijmhTZLIJ8k"
}
},
"bbc-world-service": {
"id": "bbc-world-service",
"title": "BBC World Service",
"info": "The day's top stories from BBC News compiled twice daily in the week, once at weekends.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 9pm-10pm, TUE-FRI 1am-2am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BBC-World-Service-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_world_service",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "BBC World Service"
},
"link": "/radio/program/bbc-world-service",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/global-news-podcast/id135067274?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/BBC-World-Service-p455581/",
"rss": "https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p02nq0gn.rss"
}
},
"californiareport": {
"id": "californiareport",
"title": "The California Report",
"tagline": "California, day by day",
"info": "KQED’s statewide radio news program providing daily coverage of issues, trends and public policy decisions.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-California-Report-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The California Report",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/californiareport",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 8
},
"link": "/californiareport",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kqeds-the-california-report/id79681292",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/26099305-72af-4542-9dde-ac1807fe36d5/kqed-s-the-california-report",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432285393/the-california-report",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqedfm-kqeds-the-california-report-podcast-8838",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/tcram/feed/podcast"
}
},
"californiareportmagazine": {
"id": "californiareportmagazine",
"title": "The California Report Magazine",
"tagline": "Your state, your stories",
"info": "Every week, The California Report Magazine takes you on a road trip for the ears: to visit the places and meet the people who make California unique. The in-depth storytelling podcast from the California Report.",
"airtime": "FRI 4:30pm-5pm, 6:30pm-7pm, 11pm-11:30pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-California-Report-Magazine-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The California Report Magazine",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/californiareportmagazine",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 10
},
"link": "/californiareportmagazine",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM3NjkwNjk1OTAz",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/564733126/the-california-report-magazine",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-california-report-magazine",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/tcrmag/feed/podcast"
}
},
"city-arts": {
"id": "city-arts",
"title": "City Arts & Lectures",
"info": "A one-hour radio program to hear celebrated writers, artists and thinkers address contemporary ideas and values, often discussing the creative process. Please note: tapes or transcripts are not available",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/05/cityartsandlecture-300x300.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.cityarts.net/",
"airtime": "SUN 1pm-2pm, TUE 10pm, WED 1am",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "City Arts & Lectures"
},
"link": "https://www.cityarts.net",
"subscribe": {
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/City-Arts-and-Lectures-p692/",
"rss": "https://www.cityarts.net/feed/"
}
},
"closealltabs": {
"id": "closealltabs",
"title": "Close All Tabs",
"tagline": "Your irreverent guide to the trends redefining our world",
"info": "Close All Tabs breaks down how digital culture shapes our world through thoughtful insights and irreverent humor.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CAT_2_Tile-scaled.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Close All Tabs",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/closealltabs",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 1
},
"link": "/podcasts/closealltabs",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/close-all-tabs/id214663465",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC6993880386",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/92d9d4ac-67a3-4eed-b10a-fb45d45b1ef2/close-all-tabs",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/6LAJFHnGK1pYXYzv6SIol6?si=deb0cae19813417c"
}
},
"code-switch-life-kit": {
"id": "code-switch-life-kit",
"title": "Code Switch / Life Kit",
"info": "\u003cem>Code Switch\u003c/em>, which listeners will hear in the first part of the hour, has fearless and much-needed conversations about race. Hosted by journalists of color, the show tackles the subject of race head-on, exploring how it impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and more.\u003cbr />\u003cbr />\u003cem>Life Kit\u003c/em>, which will be in the second part of the hour, guides you through spaces and feelings no one prepares you for — from finances to mental health, from workplace microaggressions to imposter syndrome, from relationships to parenting. The show features experts with real world experience and shares their knowledge. Because everyone needs a little help being human.\u003cbr />\u003cbr />\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch\">\u003cem>Code Switch\u003c/em> offical site and podcast\u003c/a>\u003cbr />\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/lifekit\">\u003cem>Life Kit\u003c/em> offical site and podcast\u003c/a>\u003cbr />",
"airtime": "SUN 9pm-10pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Code-Switch-Life-Kit-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/code-switch-life-kit",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/1112190608?mt=2&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnByLm9yZy9yc3MvcG9kY2FzdC5waHA_aWQ9NTEwMzEy",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/3bExJ9JQpkwNhoHvaIIuyV",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510312/podcast.xml"
}
},
"commonwealth-club": {
"id": "commonwealth-club",
"title": "Commonwealth Club of California Podcast",
"info": "The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum. As a non-partisan forum, The Club brings to the public airwaves diverse viewpoints on important topics. The Club's weekly radio broadcast - the oldest in the U.S., dating back to 1924 - is carried across the nation on public radio stations and is now podcasting. Our website archive features audio of our recent programs, as well as selected speeches from our long and distinguished history. This podcast feed is usually updated twice a week and is always un-edited.",
"airtime": "THU 10pm, FRI 1am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Commonwealth-Club-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.commonwealthclub.org/podcasts",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "Commonwealth Club of California"
},
"link": "/radio/program/commonwealth-club",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/commonwealth-club-of-california-podcast/id976334034?mt=2",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb21tb253ZWFsdGhjbHViLm9yZy9hdWRpby9wb2RjYXN0L3dlZWtseS54bWw",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Commonwealth-Club-of-California-p1060/"
}
},
"forum": {
"id": "forum",
"title": "Forum",
"tagline": "The conversation starts here",
"info": "KQED’s live call-in program discussing local, state, national and international issues, as well as in-depth interviews.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 9am-11am, 10pm-11pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Forum-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Forum with Mina Kim and Alexis Madrigal",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/forum",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 9
},
"link": "/forum",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kqeds-forum/id73329719",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM5NTU3MzgxNjMz",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432307980/forum",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqedfm-kqeds-forum-podcast",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC9557381633"
}
},
"freakonomics-radio": {
"id": "freakonomics-radio",
"title": "Freakonomics Radio",
"info": "Freakonomics Radio is a one-hour award-winning podcast and public-radio project hosted by Stephen Dubner, with co-author Steve Levitt as a regular guest. It is produced in partnership with WNYC.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/freakonomicsRadio.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://freakonomics.com/",
"airtime": "SUN 1am-2am, SAT 3pm-4pm",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "WNYC"
},
"link": "/radio/program/freakonomics-radio",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/4s8b",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/freakonomics-radio/id354668519",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/WNYC-Podcasts/Freakonomics-Radio-p272293/",
"rss": "https://feeds.feedburner.com/freakonomicsradio"
}
},
"fresh-air": {
"id": "fresh-air",
"title": "Fresh Air",
"info": "Hosted by Terry Gross, \u003cem>Fresh Air from WHYY\u003c/em> is the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues. One of public radio's most popular programs, Fresh Air features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 7pm-8pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Fresh-Air-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/fresh-air",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/4s8b",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=214089682&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Fresh-Air-p17/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/381444908/podcast.xml"
}
},
"here-and-now": {
"id": "here-and-now",
"title": "Here & Now",
"info": "A live production of NPR and WBUR Boston, in collaboration with stations across the country, Here & Now reflects the fluid world of news as it's happening in the middle of the day, with timely, in-depth news, interviews and conversation. Hosted by Robin Young, Jeremy Hobson and Tonya Mosley.",
"airtime": "MON-THU 11am-12pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Here-And-Now-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/here-and-now",
"subsdcribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?mt=2&id=426698661",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Here--Now-p211/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510051/podcast.xml"
}
},
"hidden-brain": {
"id": "hidden-brain",
"title": "Hidden Brain",
"info": "Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/05/hiddenbrain.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/series/423302056/hidden-brain",
"airtime": "SUN 7pm-8pm",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "NPR"
},
"link": "/radio/program/hidden-brain",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-brain/id1028908750?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/Science-Podcasts/Hidden-Brain-p787503/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510308/podcast.xml"
}
},
"how-i-built-this": {
"id": "how-i-built-this",
"title": "How I Built This with Guy Raz",
"info": "Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world's best known companies. How I Built This weaves a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists—and the movements they built.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/howIBuiltThis.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this",
"airtime": "SUN 7:30pm-8pm",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/how-i-built-this",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/3zxy",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-built-this-with-guy-raz/id1150510297?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/How-I-Built-This-p910896/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510313/podcast.xml"
}
},
"hyphenacion": {
"id": "hyphenacion",
"title": "Hyphenación",
"tagline": "Where conversation and cultura meet",
"info": "What kind of no sabo word is Hyphenación? For us, it’s about living within a hyphenation. Like being a third-gen Mexican-American from the Texas border now living that Bay Area Chicano life. Like Xorje! Each week we bring together a couple of hyphenated Latinos to talk all about personal life choices: family, careers, relationships, belonging … everything is on the table. ",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hyphenacion_FinalAssets_PodcastTile.png",
"imageAlt": "KQED Hyphenación",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/hyphenacion",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 15
},
"link": "/podcasts/hyphenacion",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hyphenaci%C3%B3n/id1191591838",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/2p3Fifq96nw9BPcmFdIq0o?si=39209f7b25774f38",
"youtube": "https://www.youtube.com/c/kqedarts",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/6c3dd23c-93fb-4aab-97ba-1725fa6315f1/hyphenaci%C3%B3n",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC2275451163"
}
},
"jerrybrown": {
"id": "jerrybrown",
"title": "The Political Mind of Jerry Brown",
"tagline": "Lessons from a lifetime in politics",
"info": "The Political Mind of Jerry Brown brings listeners the wisdom of the former Governor, Mayor, and presidential candidate. Scott Shafer interviewed Brown for more than 40 hours, covering the former governor's life and half-century in the political game – and Brown has some lessons he'd like to share. ",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Political-Mind-of-Jerry-Brown-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Political Mind of Jerry Brown",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/jerrybrown",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 18
},
"link": "/podcasts/jerrybrown",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/790253322/the-political-mind-of-jerry-brown",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1492194549",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/jerrybrown/feed/podcast/",
"tuneIn": "http://tun.in/pjGcK",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-political-mind-of-jerry-brown",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/54C1dmuyFyKMFttY6X2j6r?si=K8SgRCoISNK6ZbjpXrX5-w",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/44420f75-3b0e-4301-ab3b-16da6b09e543/the-political-mind-of-jerry-brown"
}
},
"latino-usa": {
"id": "latino-usa",
"title": "Latino USA",
"airtime": "MON 1am-2am, SUN 6pm-7pm",
"info": "Latino USA, the radio journal of news and culture, is the only national, English-language radio program produced from a Latino perspective.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/latinoUsa.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://latinousa.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/latino-usa",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/xtTd",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=79681317&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Latino-USA-p621/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510016/podcast.xml"
}
},
"marketplace": {
"id": "marketplace",
"title": "Marketplace",
"info": "Our flagship program, helmed by Kai Ryssdal, examines what the day in money delivered, through stories, conversations, newsworthy numbers and more. Updated Monday through Friday at about 3:30 p.m. PT.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 4pm-4:30pm, MON-WED 6:30pm-7pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Marketplace-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.marketplace.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "American Public Media"
},
"link": "/radio/program/marketplace",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=201853034&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/APM-Marketplace-p88/",
"rss": "https://feeds.publicradio.org/public_feeds/marketplace-pm/rss/rss"
}
},
"masters-of-scale": {
"id": "masters-of-scale",
"title": "Masters of Scale",
"info": "Masters of Scale is an original podcast in which LinkedIn co-founder and Greylock Partner Reid Hoffman sets out to describe and prove theories that explain how great entrepreneurs take their companies from zero to a gazillion in ingenious fashion.",
"airtime": "Every other Wednesday June 12 through October 16 at 8pm (repeats Thursdays at 2am)",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Masters-of-Scale-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://mastersofscale.com/",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "WaitWhat"
},
"link": "/radio/program/masters-of-scale",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "http://mastersofscale.app.link/",
"rss": "https://rss.art19.com/masters-of-scale"
}
},
"mindshift": {
"id": "mindshift",
"title": "MindShift",
"tagline": "A podcast about the future of learning and how we raise our kids",
"info": "The MindShift podcast explores the innovations in education that are shaping how kids learn. Hosts Ki Sung and Katrina Schwartz introduce listeners to educators, researchers, parents and students who are developing effective ways to improve how kids learn. We cover topics like how fed-up administrators are developing surprising tactics to deal with classroom disruptions; how listening to podcasts are helping kids develop reading skills; the consequences of overparenting; and why interdisciplinary learning can engage students on all ends of the traditional achievement spectrum. This podcast is part of the MindShift education site, a division of KQED News. KQED is an NPR/PBS member station based in San Francisco. You can also visit the MindShift website for episodes and supplemental blog posts or tweet us \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MindShiftKQED\">@MindShiftKQED\u003c/a> or visit us at \u003ca href=\"/mindshift\">MindShift.KQED.org\u003c/a>",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Mindshift-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED MindShift: How We Will Learn",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/mindshift/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 12
},
"link": "/podcasts/mindshift",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mindshift-podcast/id1078765985",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM1NzY0NjAwNDI5",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/464615685/mind-shift-podcast",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/stories-teachers-share",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/0MxSpNYZKNprFLCl7eEtyx"
}
},
"morning-edition": {
"id": "morning-edition",
"title": "Morning Edition",
"info": "\u003cem>Morning Edition\u003c/em> takes listeners around the country and the world with multi-faceted stories and commentaries every weekday. Hosts Steve Inskeep, David Greene and Rachel Martin bring you the latest breaking news and features to prepare you for the day.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 3am-9am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Morning-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/morning-edition/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/morning-edition"
},
"onourwatch": {
"id": "onourwatch",
"title": "On Our Watch",
"tagline": "Deeply-reported investigative journalism",
"info": "For decades, the process for how police police themselves has been inconsistent – if not opaque. In some states, like California, these proceedings were completely hidden. After a new police transparency law unsealed scores of internal affairs files, our reporters set out to examine these cases and the shadow world of police discipline. On Our Watch brings listeners into the rooms where officers are questioned and witnesses are interrogated to find out who this system is really protecting. Is it the officers, or the public they've sworn to serve?",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/On-Our-Watch-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "On Our Watch from NPR and KQED",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/onourwatch",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 11
},
"link": "/podcasts/onourwatch",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1567098962",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5ucHIub3JnLzUxMDM2MC9wb2RjYXN0LnhtbD9zYz1nb29nbGVwb2RjYXN0cw",
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/onourwatch",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/0OLWoyizopu6tY1XiuX70x",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/On-Our-Watch-p1436229/",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/show/on-our-watch",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510360/podcast.xml"
}
},
"on-the-media": {
"id": "on-the-media",
"title": "On The Media",
"info": "Our weekly podcast explores how the media 'sausage' is made, casts an incisive eye on fluctuations in the marketplace of ideas, and examines threats to the freedom of information and expression in America and abroad. For one hour a week, the show tries to lift the veil from the process of \"making media,\" especially news media, because it's through that lens that we see the world and the world sees us",
"airtime": "SUN 2pm-3pm, MON 12am-1am",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/onTheMedia.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/otm",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "wnyc"
},
"link": "/radio/program/on-the-media",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-media/id73330715?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/On-the-Media-p69/",
"rss": "http://feeds.wnyc.org/onthemedia"
}
},
"pbs-newshour": {
"id": "pbs-newshour",
"title": "PBS NewsHour",
"info": "Analysis, background reports and updates from the PBS NewsHour putting today's news in context.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 3pm-4pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/PBS-News-Hour-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "pbs"
},
"link": "/radio/program/pbs-newshour",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pbs-newshour-full-show/id394432287?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/PBS-NewsHour---Full-Show-p425698/",
"rss": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/feeds/rss/podcasts/show"
}
},
"perspectives": {
"id": "perspectives",
"title": "Perspectives",
"tagline": "KQED's series of daily listener commentaries since 1991",
"info": "KQED's series of daily listener commentaries since 1991.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Perspectives_Tile_Final.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Perspectives",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/perspectives/",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 14
},
"link": "/perspectives",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id73801135",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432309616/perspectives",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/perspectives/category/perspectives/feed/",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93dzIua3FlZC5vcmcvcGVyc3BlY3RpdmVzL2NhdGVnb3J5L3BlcnNwZWN0aXZlcy9mZWVkLw"
}
},
"planet-money": {
"id": "planet-money",
"title": "Planet Money",
"info": "The economy explained. Imagine you could call up a friend and say, Meet me at the bar and tell me what's going on with the economy. Now imagine that's actually a fun evening.",
"airtime": "SUN 3pm-4pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/planetmoney.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/sections/money/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/planet-money",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/M4f5",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/planet-money/id290783428?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/Business--Economics-Podcasts/Planet-Money-p164680/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510289/podcast.xml"
}
},
"politicalbreakdown": {
"id": "politicalbreakdown",
"title": "Political Breakdown",
"tagline": "Politics from a personal perspective",
"info": "Political Breakdown is a new series that explores the political intersection of California and the nation. Each week hosts Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos are joined with a new special guest to unpack politics -- with personality — and offer an insider’s glimpse at how politics happens.",
"airtime": "THU 6:30pm-7pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Political-Breakdown-2024-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Political Breakdown",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/politicalbreakdown",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 5
},
"link": "/podcasts/politicalbreakdown",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/political-breakdown/id1327641087",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/e0c2d153-ad36-4c8d-901d-f1da6a724824/political-breakdown",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/572155894/political-breakdown",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/political-breakdown",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/07RVyIjIdk2WDuVehvBMoN",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/political-breakdown/feed/podcast"
}
},
"possible": {
"id": "possible",
"title": "Possible",
"info": "Possible is hosted by entrepreneur Reid Hoffman and writer Aria Finger. Together in Possible, Hoffman and Finger lead enlightening discussions about building a brighter collective future. The show features interviews with visionary guests like Trevor Noah, Sam Altman and Janette Sadik-Khan. Possible paints an optimistic portrait of the world we can create through science, policy, business, art and our shared humanity. It asks: What if everything goes right for once? How can we get there? Each episode also includes a short fiction story generated by advanced AI GPT-4, serving as a thought-provoking springboard to speculate how humanity could leverage technology for good.",
"airtime": "SUN 2pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Possible-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.possible.fm/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "Possible"
},
"link": "/radio/program/possible",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/possible/id1677184070",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/730YpdUSNlMyPQwNnyjp4k"
}
},
"pri-the-world": {
"id": "pri-the-world",
"title": "PRI's The World: Latest Edition",
"info": "Each weekday, host Marco Werman and his team of producers bring you the world's most interesting stories in an hour of radio that reminds us just how small our planet really is.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 2pm-3pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-World-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.pri.org/programs/the-world",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "PRI"
},
"link": "/radio/program/pri-the-world",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pris-the-world-latest-edition/id278196007?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/News--Politics-Podcasts/PRIs-The-World-p24/",
"rss": "http://feeds.feedburner.com/pri/theworld"
}
},
"radiolab": {
"id": "radiolab",
"title": "Radiolab",
"info": "A two-time Peabody Award-winner, Radiolab is an investigation told through sounds and stories, and centered around one big idea. In the Radiolab world, information sounds like music and science and culture collide. Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, the show is designed for listeners who demand skepticism, but appreciate wonder. WNYC Studios is the producer of other leading podcasts including Freakonomics Radio, Death, Sex & Money, On the Media and many more.",
"airtime": "SUN 12am-1am, SAT 2pm-3pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/radiolab1400.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/radiolab/",
"meta": {
"site": "science",
"source": "WNYC"
},
"link": "/radio/program/radiolab",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radiolab/id152249110?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/RadioLab-p68032/",
"rss": "https://feeds.wnyc.org/radiolab"
}
},
"reveal": {
"id": "reveal",
"title": "Reveal",
"info": "Created by The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX, Reveal is public radios first one-hour weekly radio show and podcast dedicated to investigative reporting. Credible, fact based and without a partisan agenda, Reveal combines the power and artistry of driveway moment storytelling with data-rich reporting on critically important issues. The result is stories that inform and inspire, arming our listeners with information to right injustices, hold the powerful accountable and improve lives.Reveal is hosted by Al Letson and showcases the award-winning work of CIR and newsrooms large and small across the nation. In a radio and podcast market crowded with choices, Reveal focuses on important and often surprising stories that illuminate the world for our listeners.",
"airtime": "SAT 4pm-5pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/reveal300px.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/reveal",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/reveal/id886009669",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Reveal-p679597/",
"rss": "http://feeds.revealradio.org/revealpodcast"
}
},
"rightnowish": {
"id": "rightnowish",
"title": "Rightnowish",
"tagline": "Art is where you find it",
"info": "Rightnowish digs into life in the Bay Area right now… ish. Journalist Pendarvis Harshaw takes us to galleries painted on the sides of liquor stores in West Oakland. We'll dance in warehouses in the Bayview, make smoothies with kids in South Berkeley, and listen to classical music in a 1984 Cutlass Supreme in Richmond. Every week, Pen talks to movers and shakers about how the Bay Area shapes what they create, and how they shape the place we call home.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Rightnowish-Podcast-Tile-500x500-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Rightnowish with Pendarvis Harshaw",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/rightnowish",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 16
},
"link": "/podcasts/rightnowish",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/721590300/rightnowish",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/programs/rightnowish/feed/podcast",
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rightnowish/id1482187648",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/rightnowish",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkMxMjU5MTY3NDc4",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/7kEJuafTzTVan7B78ttz1I"
}
},
"science-friday": {
"id": "science-friday",
"title": "Science Friday",
"info": "Science Friday is a weekly science talk show, broadcast live over public radio stations nationwide. Each week, the show focuses on science topics that are in the news and tries to bring an educated, balanced discussion to bear on the scientific issues at hand. Panels of expert guests join host Ira Flatow, a veteran science journalist, to discuss science and to take questions from listeners during the call-in portion of the program.",
"airtime": "FRI 11am-1pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Science-Friday-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/science-friday",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/science-friday",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=73329284&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Science-Friday-p394/",
"rss": "http://feeds.wnyc.org/science-friday"
}
},
"snap-judgment": {
"id": "snap-judgment",
"title": "Snap Judgment",
"tagline": "Real stories with killer beats",
"info": "The Snap Judgment radio show and podcast mixes real stories with killer beats to produce cinematic, dramatic radio. Snap's musical brand of storytelling dares listeners to see the world through the eyes of another. This is storytelling... with a BEAT!! Snap first aired on public radio stations nationwide in July 2010. Today, Snap Judgment airs on over 450 public radio stations and is brought to the airwaves by KQED & PRX.",
"airtime": "SAT 1pm-2pm, 9pm-10pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Snap-Judgment-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Snap Judgment",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://snapjudgment.org",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 4
},
"link": "https://snapjudgment.org",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/snap-judgment/id283657561",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/449018144/snap-judgment",
"stitcher": "https://www.pandora.com/podcast/snap-judgment/PC:241?source=stitcher-sunset",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/3Cct7ZWmxHNAtLgBTqjC5v",
"rss": "https://snap.feed.snapjudgment.org/"
}
},
"soldout": {
"id": "soldout",
"title": "SOLD OUT: Rethinking Housing in America",
"tagline": "A new future for housing",
"info": "Sold Out: Rethinking Housing in America",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Sold-Out-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Sold Out: Rethinking Housing in America",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/soldout",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 13
},
"link": "/podcasts/soldout",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/911586047/s-o-l-d-o-u-t-a-new-future-for-housing",
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/introducing-sold-out-rethinking-housing-in-america/id1531354937",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/soldout",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/38dTBSk2ISFoPiyYNoKn1X",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/sold-out-rethinking-housing-in-america",
"tunein": "https://tunein.com/radio/SOLD-OUT-Rethinking-Housing-in-America-p1365871/"
}
},
"spooked": {
"id": "spooked",
"title": "Spooked",
"tagline": "True-life supernatural stories",
"info": "",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Spooked-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Spooked",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://spookedpodcast.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 7
},
"link": "https://spookedpodcast.org/",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spooked/id1279361017",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/549547848/snap-judgment-presents-spooked",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/76571Rfl3m7PLJQZKQIGCT",
"rss": "https://feeds.simplecast.com/TBotaapn"
}
},
"tech-nation": {
"id": "tech-nation",
"title": "Tech Nation Radio Podcast",
"info": "Tech Nation is a weekly public radio program, hosted by Dr. Moira Gunn. Founded in 1993, it has grown from a simple interview show to a multi-faceted production, featuring conversations with noted technology and science leaders, and a weekly science and technology-related commentary.",
"airtime": "FRI 10pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Tech-Nation-Radio-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://technation.podomatic.com/",
"meta": {
"site": "science",
"source": "Tech Nation Media"
},
"link": "/radio/program/tech-nation",
"subscribe": {
"rss": "https://technation.podomatic.com/rss2.xml"
}
},
"ted-radio-hour": {
"id": "ted-radio-hour",
"title": "TED Radio Hour",
"info": "The TED Radio Hour is a journey through fascinating ideas, astonishing inventions, fresh approaches to old problems, and new ways to think and create.",
"airtime": "SUN 3pm-4pm, SAT 10pm-11pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/tedRadioHour.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/?showDate=2018-06-22",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/ted-radio-hour",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/8vsS",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=523121474&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/TED-Radio-Hour-p418021/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510298/podcast.xml"
}
},
"thebay": {
"id": "thebay",
"title": "The Bay",
"tagline": "Local news to keep you rooted",
"info": "Host Devin Katayama walks you through the biggest story of the day with reporters and newsmakers.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Bay-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Bay",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/thebay",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 2
},
"link": "/podcasts/thebay",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bay/id1350043452",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/d800ea4c-7a2c-42f2-b861-edaf78a5db0b/the-bay",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/586725995/the-bay",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-bay",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/4BIKBKIujizLHlIlBNaAqQ",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC8259786327"
}
},
"thelatest": {
"id": "thelatest",
"title": "The Latest",
"tagline": "Trusted local news in real time",
"info": "",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/The-Latest-2025-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Latest",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/thelatest",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 6
},
"link": "/thelatest",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-latest-from-kqed/id1197721799",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/1257949365/the-latest-from-k-q-e-d",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/5KIIXMgM9GTi5AepwOYvIZ?si=bd3053fec7244dba",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC9137121918"
}
},
"theleap": {
"id": "theleap",
"title": "The Leap",
"tagline": "What if you closed your eyes, and jumped?",
"info": "Stories about people making dramatic, risky changes, told by award-winning public radio reporter Judy Campbell.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Leap-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Leap",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/theleap",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 17
},
"link": "/podcasts/theleap",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-leap/id1046668171",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/447248267/the-leap",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-leap",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/3sSlVHHzU0ytLwuGs1SD1U",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/programs/the-leap/feed/podcast"
}
},
"the-moth-radio-hour": {
"id": "the-moth-radio-hour",
"title": "The Moth Radio Hour",
"info": "Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of true stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. Moth storytellers stand alone, under a spotlight, with only a microphone and a roomful of strangers. The storyteller and the audience embark on a high-wire act of shared experience which is both terrifying and exhilarating. Since 2008, The Moth podcast has featured many of our favorite stories told live on Moth stages around the country. For information on all of our programs and live events, visit themoth.org.",
"airtime": "SAT 8pm-9pm and SUN 11am-12pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/theMoth.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://themoth.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "prx"
},
"link": "/radio/program/the-moth-radio-hour",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-moth-podcast/id275699983?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/The-Moth-p273888/",
"rss": "http://feeds.themoth.org/themothpodcast"
}
},
"the-new-yorker-radio-hour": {
"id": "the-new-yorker-radio-hour",
"title": "The New Yorker Radio Hour",
"info": "The New Yorker Radio Hour is a weekly program presented by the magazine's editor, David Remnick, and produced by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker. Each episode features a diverse mix of interviews, profiles, storytelling, and an occasional burst of humor inspired by the magazine, and shaped by its writers, artists, and editors. This isn't a radio version of a magazine, but something all its own, reflecting the rich possibilities of audio storytelling and conversation. Theme music for the show was composed and performed by Merrill Garbus of tUnE-YArDs.",
"airtime": "SAT 10am-11am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-New-Yorker-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/tnyradiohour",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "WNYC"
},
"link": "/radio/program/the-new-yorker-radio-hour",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1050430296",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/WNYC-Podcasts/New-Yorker-Radio-Hour-p803804/",
"rss": "https://feeds.feedburner.com/newyorkerradiohour"
}
},
"the-sam-sanders-show": {
"id": "the-sam-sanders-show",
"title": "The Sam Sanders Show",
"info": "One of public radio's most dynamic voices, Sam Sanders helped launch The NPR Politics Podcast and hosted NPR's hit show It's Been A Minute. Now, the award-winning host returns with something brand new, The Sam Sanders Show. Every week, Sam Sanders and friends dig into the culture that shapes our lives: what's driving the biggest trends, how artists really think, and even the memes you can't stop scrolling past. Sam is beloved for his way of unpacking the world and bringing you up close to fresh currents and engaging conversations. The Sam Sanders Show is smart, funny and always a good time.",
"airtime": "FRI 12-1pm AND SAT 11am-12pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/The-Sam-Sanders-Show-Podcast-Tile-400x400-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.kcrw.com/shows/the-sam-sanders-show/latest",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "KCRW"
},
"link": "https://www.kcrw.com/shows/the-sam-sanders-show/latest",
"subscribe": {
"rss": "https://feed.cdnstream1.com/zjb/feed/download/ac/28/59/ac28594c-e1d0-4231-8728-61865cdc80e8.xml"
}
},
"the-splendid-table": {
"id": "the-splendid-table",
"title": "The Splendid Table",
"info": "\u003cem>The Splendid Table\u003c/em> hosts our nation's conversations about cooking, sustainability and food culture.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Splendid-Table-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.splendidtable.org/",
"airtime": "SUN 10-11 pm",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/the-splendid-table"
},
"this-american-life": {
"id": "this-american-life",
"title": "This American Life",
"info": "This American Life is a weekly public radio show, heard by 2.2 million people on more than 500 stations. Another 2.5 million people download the weekly podcast. It is hosted by Ira Glass, produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media, delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange, and has won all of the major broadcasting awards.",
"airtime": "SAT 12pm-1pm, 7pm-8pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/thisAmericanLife.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.thisamericanlife.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "wbez"
},
"link": "/radio/program/this-american-life",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=201671138&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"rss": "https://www.thisamericanlife.org/podcast/rss.xml"
}
},
"tinydeskradio": {
"id": "tinydeskradio",
"title": "Tiny Desk Radio",
"info": "We're bringing the best of Tiny Desk to the airwaves, only on public radio.",
"airtime": "SUN 8pm and SAT 9pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/300x300-For-Member-Station-Logo-Tiny-Desk-Radio-@2x.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/series/g-s1-52030/tiny-desk-radio",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/tinydeskradio",
"subscribe": {
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/g-s1-52030/rss.xml"
}
},
"wait-wait-dont-tell-me": {
"id": "wait-wait-dont-tell-me",
"title": "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!",
"info": "Peter Sagal and Bill Kurtis host the weekly NPR News quiz show alongside some of the best and brightest news and entertainment personalities.",
"airtime": "SUN 10am-11am, SAT 11am-12pm, SAT 6pm-7pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Wait-Wait-Podcast-Tile-300x300-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/wait-wait-dont-tell-me",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/Xogv",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=121493804&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Wait-Wait-Dont-Tell-Me-p46/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/344098539/podcast.xml"
}
},
"weekend-edition-saturday": {
"id": "weekend-edition-saturday",
"title": "Weekend Edition Saturday",
"info": "Weekend Edition Saturday wraps up the week's news and offers a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts, sports, entertainment, and human interest stories. The two-hour program is hosted by NPR's Peabody Award-winning Scott Simon.",
"airtime": "SAT 5am-10am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Weekend-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/weekend-edition-saturday/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/weekend-edition-saturday"
},
"weekend-edition-sunday": {
"id": "weekend-edition-sunday",
"title": "Weekend Edition Sunday",
"info": "Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians. The program has covered news events from Nelson Mandela's 1990 release from a South African prison to the capture of Saddam Hussein.",
"airtime": "SUN 5am-10am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Weekend-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/weekend-edition-sunday/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/weekend-edition-sunday"
}
},
"racesReducer": {},
"racesGenElectionReducer": {},
"racesGenElection2026Reducer": {},
"radioSchedulesReducer": {},
"listsReducer": {
"posts/news?category=law-and-justice": {
"isFetching": false,
"latestQuery": {
"from": 5532,
"size": 12
},
"vitalsOnly": false,
"totalRequested": 12,
"isLoading": false,
"isLoadingMore": true,
"total": {
"value": 6189,
"relation": "eq"
},
"items": [
"news_59968",
"news_59921",
"news_59705",
"news_59787",
"news_59630",
"news_59533",
"news_59522",
"news_59458",
"news_59433",
"news_59180",
"news_59280",
"news_59188"
],
"complete": true
}
},
"recallGuideReducer": {
"intros": {},
"policy": {},
"candidates": {}
},
"savedArticleReducer": {
"articles": [],
"status": {}
},
"newslettersReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"newsletters": {},
"isSubscribing": false,
"isUnsubscribing": false,
"subscribedNewsletters": {}
},
"termsReducer": {
"about": {
"name": "About",
"type": "terms",
"id": "about",
"slug": "about",
"link": "/about",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"arts": {
"name": "Arts & Culture",
"grouping": [
"arts",
"pop",
"trulyca"
],
"description": "KQED Arts provides daily in-depth coverage of the Bay Area's music, art, film, performing arts, literature and arts news, as well as cultural commentary and criticism.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts",
"slug": "arts",
"link": "/arts",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"artschool": {
"name": "Art School",
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "artschool",
"slug": "artschool",
"link": "/artschool",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"bayareabites": {
"name": "KQED food",
"grouping": [
"food",
"bayareabites",
"checkplease"
],
"parent": "food",
"type": "terms",
"id": "bayareabites",
"slug": "bayareabites",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"bayareahiphop": {
"name": "Bay Area Hiphop",
"type": "terms",
"id": "bayareahiphop",
"slug": "bayareahiphop",
"link": "/bayareahiphop",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"campaign21": {
"name": "Campaign 21",
"type": "terms",
"id": "campaign21",
"slug": "campaign21",
"link": "/campaign21",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"careers": {
"name": "Careers",
"type": "terms",
"id": "careers",
"slug": "careers",
"link": "/careers",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"checkplease": {
"name": "KQED food",
"grouping": [
"food",
"bayareabites",
"checkplease"
],
"parent": "food",
"type": "terms",
"id": "checkplease",
"slug": "checkplease",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"education": {
"name": "Education",
"grouping": [
"education"
],
"type": "terms",
"id": "education",
"slug": "education",
"link": "/education",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"elections": {
"name": "Elections",
"type": "terms",
"id": "elections",
"slug": "elections",
"link": "/elections",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"events": {
"name": "Events",
"type": "terms",
"id": "events",
"slug": "events",
"link": "/events",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"event": {
"name": "Event",
"alias": "events",
"type": "terms",
"id": "event",
"slug": "event",
"link": "/event",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"filmschoolshorts": {
"name": "Film School Shorts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "filmschoolshorts",
"slug": "filmschoolshorts",
"link": "/filmschoolshorts",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"food": {
"name": "KQED food",
"grouping": [
"food",
"bayareabites",
"checkplease"
],
"type": "terms",
"id": "food",
"slug": "food",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"forum": {
"name": "Forum",
"relatedContentQuery": "posts/forum?",
"parent": "news",
"type": "terms",
"id": "forum",
"slug": "forum",
"link": "/forum",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"futureofyou": {
"name": "Future of You",
"grouping": [
"science",
"futureofyou"
],
"parent": "science",
"type": "terms",
"id": "futureofyou",
"slug": "futureofyou",
"link": "/futureofyou",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"jpepinheart": {
"name": "KQED food",
"relatedContentQuery": "posts/food,bayareabites,checkplease",
"parent": "food",
"type": "terms",
"id": "jpepinheart",
"slug": "jpepinheart",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"liveblog": {
"name": "Live Blog",
"type": "terms",
"id": "liveblog",
"slug": "liveblog",
"link": "/liveblog",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"livetv": {
"name": "Live TV",
"parent": "tv",
"type": "terms",
"id": "livetv",
"slug": "livetv",
"link": "/livetv",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"lowdown": {
"name": "The Lowdown",
"relatedContentQuery": "posts/lowdown?",
"parent": "news",
"type": "terms",
"id": "lowdown",
"slug": "lowdown",
"link": "/lowdown",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"mindshift": {
"name": "Mindshift",
"parent": "news",
"description": "MindShift explores the future of education by highlighting the innovative – and sometimes counterintuitive – ways educators and parents are helping all children succeed.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "mindshift",
"slug": "mindshift",
"link": "/mindshift",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"news": {
"name": "News",
"grouping": [
"news",
"forum"
],
"type": "terms",
"id": "news",
"slug": "news",
"link": "/news",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"newsletters": {
"name": "newsletters",
"type": "terms",
"id": "newsletters",
"slug": "newsletters",
"link": "/newsletters",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"perspectives": {
"name": "Perspectives",
"parent": "radio",
"type": "terms",
"id": "perspectives",
"slug": "perspectives",
"link": "/perspectives",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"podcasts": {
"name": "Podcasts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "podcasts",
"slug": "podcasts",
"link": "/podcasts",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"pop": {
"name": "Pop",
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "pop",
"slug": "pop",
"link": "/pop",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"pressroom": {
"name": "Pressroom",
"type": "terms",
"id": "pressroom",
"slug": "pressroom",
"link": "/pressroom",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"quest": {
"name": "Quest",
"parent": "science",
"type": "terms",
"id": "quest",
"slug": "quest",
"link": "/quest",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"radio": {
"name": "Radio",
"grouping": [
"forum",
"perspectives"
],
"description": "Listen to KQED Public Radio – home of Forum and The California Report – on 88.5 FM in San Francisco, 89.3 FM in Sacramento, 88.3 FM in Santa Rosa and 88.1 FM in Martinez.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "radio",
"slug": "radio",
"link": "/radio",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"root": {
"name": "KQED",
"image": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"imageWidth": 1200,
"imageHeight": 630,
"headData": {
"title": "KQED | News, Radio, Podcasts, TV | Public Media for Northern California",
"description": "KQED provides public radio, television, and independent reporting on issues that matter to the Bay Area. We’re the NPR and PBS member station for Northern California."
},
"type": "terms",
"id": "root",
"slug": "root",
"link": "/root",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"science": {
"name": "Science",
"grouping": [
"science",
"futureofyou"
],
"description": "KQED Science brings you award-winning science and environment coverage from the Bay Area and beyond.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "science",
"slug": "science",
"link": "/science",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"stateofhealth": {
"name": "State of Health",
"parent": "science",
"type": "terms",
"id": "stateofhealth",
"slug": "stateofhealth",
"link": "/stateofhealth",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"support": {
"name": "Support",
"type": "terms",
"id": "support",
"slug": "support",
"link": "/support",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"thedolist": {
"name": "The Do List",
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "thedolist",
"slug": "thedolist",
"link": "/thedolist",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"trulyca": {
"name": "Truly CA",
"grouping": [
"arts",
"pop",
"trulyca"
],
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "trulyca",
"slug": "trulyca",
"link": "/trulyca",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"tv": {
"name": "TV",
"type": "terms",
"id": "tv",
"slug": "tv",
"link": "/tv",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"voterguide": {
"name": "Voter Guide",
"parent": "elections",
"alias": "elections",
"type": "terms",
"id": "voterguide",
"slug": "voterguide",
"link": "/voterguide",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"guiaelectoral": {
"name": "Guia Electoral",
"parent": "elections",
"alias": "elections",
"type": "terms",
"id": "guiaelectoral",
"slug": "guiaelectoral",
"link": "/guiaelectoral",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"news_category_law-and-justice": {
"isLoading": true
},
"news_6188": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_6188",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "6188",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Law and Justice",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Law and Justice Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 6212,
"slug": "law-and-justice",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/law-and-justice"
},
"news_6944": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_6944",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "6944",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/News-Fix-Logo-Web-Banners-04.png",
"name": "News Fix",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "program",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": "The News Fix is a daily news podcast from KQED that breaks down the latest headlines and provides in-depth analysis of the stories that matter to the Bay Area.",
"title": "News Fix - Daily Dose of Bay Area News | KQED",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 6968,
"slug": "news-fix",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/program/news-fix"
},
"news_2348": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_2348",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "2348",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Eliana Lopez",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Eliana Lopez Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2363,
"slug": "eliana-lopez",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/eliana-lopez"
},
"news_851": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_851",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "851",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Gender Issues",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Gender Issues Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 861,
"slug": "gender-issues",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/gender-issues"
},
"news_2402": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_2402",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "2402",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Ivory Madison",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Ivory Madison Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2417,
"slug": "ivory-madison",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/ivory-madison"
},
"news_724": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_724",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "724",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Ross Mirkarimi",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Ross Mirkarimi Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 733,
"slug": "ross-mirkarimi",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/ross-mirkarimi"
},
"news_38": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_38",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "38",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "San Francisco",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "San Francisco Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 58,
"slug": "san-francisco",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/san-francisco"
},
"news_223": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_223",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "223",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Arts and Culture",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Arts and Culture Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 231,
"slug": "arts-and-culture",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/arts-and-culture"
},
"news_1758": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1758",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1758",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Economy",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": "Full coverage of the economy",
"title": "Economy Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2648,
"slug": "economy",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/economy"
},
"news_19906": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_19906",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "19906",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Environment",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Environment Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 19923,
"slug": "environment",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/environment"
},
"news_6266": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_6266",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "6266",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Housing",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Housing Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 6290,
"slug": "housing",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/housing"
},
"news_152": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_152",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "152",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Government",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Government Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 159,
"slug": "government",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/government"
},
"news_881": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_881",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "881",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Natural Disasters",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Natural Disasters Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 891,
"slug": "natural-disasters",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/natural-disasters"
},
"news_383": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_383",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "383",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Recreation",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Recreation Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 391,
"slug": "recreation",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/recreation"
},
"news_566": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_566",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "566",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Tourism",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Tourism Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 575,
"slug": "tourism",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/tourism"
},
"news_8": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_8",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "8",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "News",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "News Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 8,
"slug": "news",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/news"
},
"news_61": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_61",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "61",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Kamala Harris",
"slug": "kamala-harris",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": "Browse all our stories on Vice President Kamala Harris, including archive coverage of her accomplishments — and controversies — during her time in Bay Area and California politics before 2020.\r\n\r\nThe Oakland-born, Berkeley-raised Harris was San Francisco district attorney from 2004–10, California attorney general from 2011–17 and United States senator for California from 2017–21. In 2020, she became the first woman, the first Black woman and the first South Asian woman to be elected to vice president.",
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Kamala Harris Archives | KQED News",
"description": "Browse all our stories on Vice President Kamala Harris, including archive coverage of her accomplishments — and controversies — during her time in Bay Area and California politics before 2020. The Oakland-born, Berkeley-raised Harris was San Francisco district attorney from 2004–10, California attorney general from 2011–17 and United States senator for California from 2017–21. In 2020, she became the first woman, the first Black woman and the first South Asian woman to be elected to vice president.",
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 62,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/kamala-harris"
},
"news_19379": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_19379",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "19379",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "U.S. Senate race",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "U.S. Senate race Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 19396,
"slug": "u-s-senate-race",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/u-s-senate-race"
},
"news_2385": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_2385",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "2385",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Berkeley Police",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Berkeley Police Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2400,
"slug": "berkeley-police",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/berkeley-police"
},
"news_2395": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_2395",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "2395",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Michael Meehan",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Michael Meehan Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2410,
"slug": "michael-meehan",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/michael-meehan"
},
"news_2096": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_2096",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "2096",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "John Pike",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "John Pike Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2111,
"slug": "john-pike",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/john-pike"
},
"news_2083": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_2083",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "2083",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Occupy",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Occupy Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2098,
"slug": "occupy",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/occupy"
},
"news_2091": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_2091",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "2091",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "pepper spray",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "pepper spray Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2106,
"slug": "pepper-spray",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/pepper-spray"
},
"news_697": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_697",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "697",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "UC Davis",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "UC Davis Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 706,
"slug": "uc-davis",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/uc-davis"
},
"news_457": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_457",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "457",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Health",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Health Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 16998,
"slug": "health",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/health"
},
"news_2392": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_2392",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "2392",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Berkeley Patients Group",
"slug": "berkeley-patients-group",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Berkeley Patients Group | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null,
"metaRobotsNoIndex": "noindex"
},
"ttid": 2407,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/berkeley-patients-group"
},
"news_18543": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_18543",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "18543",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Health",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Health Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 466,
"slug": "health",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/health"
},
"news_102": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_102",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "102",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "marijuana",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "marijuana Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 106,
"slug": "marijuana",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/marijuana"
},
"news_431": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_431",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "431",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "medical marijuana",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "medical marijuana Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 440,
"slug": "medical-marijuana",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/medical-marijuana"
},
"news_17968": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_17968",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "17968",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Politics",
"slug": "politics",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Politics | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 18002,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/politics"
},
"news_1719": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1719",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1719",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Michael Montgomery",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Michael Montgomery Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1731,
"slug": "michael-montgomery",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/michael-montgomery"
},
"news_614": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_614",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "614",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Pelican Bay State Prison",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Pelican Bay State Prison Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 623,
"slug": "pelican-bay-state-prison",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/pelican-bay-state-prison"
},
"news_1660": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1660",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1660",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "prison hunger strike",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "prison hunger strike Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1672,
"slug": "prison-hunger-strike",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/prison-hunger-strike"
},
"news_854": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_854",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "854",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Poverty Issues",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Poverty Issues Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 864,
"slug": "poverty-issues",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/poverty-issues"
},
"news_248": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_248",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "248",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Technology",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Technology Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 256,
"slug": "technology",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/technology"
}
},
"userPermissionsReducer": {
"wpLoggedIn": false
},
"eventsReducer": {},
"fssReducer": {},
"tvDailyScheduleReducer": {},
"tvWeeklyScheduleReducer": {},
"tvPrimetimeScheduleReducer": {},
"tvMonthlyScheduleReducer": {},
"userAccountReducer": {
"user": {
"email": null,
"emailStatus": "EMAIL_UNVALIDATED",
"loggedStatus": "LOGGED_OUT",
"loggingChecked": false,
"articles": [],
"firstName": null,
"lastName": null,
"phoneNumber": null,
"fetchingMembership": false,
"membershipError": false,
"memberships": [
{
"id": null,
"startDate": null,
"firstName": null,
"lastName": null,
"familyNumber": null,
"memberNumber": null,
"memberSince": null,
"expirationDate": null,
"pfsEligible": false,
"isSustaining": false,
"membershipLevel": "Prospect",
"membershipStatus": "Non Member",
"lastGiftDate": null,
"renewalDate": null,
"lastDonationAmount": null
}
]
},
"authModal": {
"isOpen": false,
"view": "LANDING_VIEW"
},
"error": null
},
"youthMediaReducer": {},
"checkPleaseReducer": {
"filterData": {
"region": {
"key": "Restaurant Region",
"filters": [
"Any Region"
]
},
"cuisine": {
"key": "Restaurant Cuisine",
"filters": [
"Any Cuisine"
]
}
},
"restaurantDataById": {},
"restaurantIdsSorted": [],
"error": null
},
"userAgentReducer": {
"userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)",
"isBot": true
}
}
