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
}
}
},
"news_11631200": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11631200",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11631200",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11631037,
"imgSizes": {
"small": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FresnoPoliceCars-520x371.jpg",
"width": 520,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 371
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FresnoPoliceCars-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FresnoPoliceCars-160x114.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 114
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FresnoPoliceCars-960x686.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 686
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FresnoPoliceCars-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FresnoPoliceCars-375x268.jpg",
"width": 375,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 268
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FresnoPoliceCars.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1371
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FresnoPoliceCars-1020x728.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 728
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FresnoPoliceCars-1180x843.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 843
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FresnoPoliceCars-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FresnoPoliceCars-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FresnoPoliceCars-800x571.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 571
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FresnoPoliceCars-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FresnoPoliceCars-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FresnoPoliceCars-1920x1371.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1371
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FresnoPoliceCars-1180x843.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 843
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FresnoPoliceCars-1920x1371.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1371
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FresnoPoliceCars-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FresnoPoliceCars-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/FresnoPoliceCars-240x171.jpg",
"width": 240,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 171
}
},
"publishDate": 1510788330,
"modified": 1510874858,
"caption": "Fresno Police Department vehicles.",
"description": "Fresno Police Dept. vehicles.",
"title": "FresnoPoliceCars",
"credit": "Joe Green/Flickr",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_10923944": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_10923944",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "10923944",
"found": true
},
"parent": 10923762,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/TeacherHandgun-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/TeacherHandgun-400x358.jpg",
"width": 400,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 358
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/TeacherHandgun-960x860.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 860
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/TeacherHandgun-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/TeacherHandgun.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1720
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/TeacherHandgun-1920x1720.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1720
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/TeacherHandgun-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/TeacherHandgun-800x717.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 717
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/TeacherHandgun-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/TeacherHandgun-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"jmtc-small-thumb": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/TeacherHandgun-280x150.jpg",
"width": 280,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/TeacherHandgun-1920x1720.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1720
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/TeacherHandgun-1180x1057.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1057
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/TeacherHandgun-75x75.jpg",
"width": 75,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 75
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/TeacherHandgun-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
}
},
"publishDate": 1460148634,
"modified": 1482189402,
"caption": "A Utah teacher is shown how to handle a handgun at a concealed-weapons training class in 2012.",
"description": "A Utah teacher is shown how to handle a handgun at a concealed-weapons training class in 2012.",
"title": "Teacher-Handgun",
"credit": "George Frey/Getty Images",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_10723925": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_10723925",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "10723925",
"found": true
},
"parent": 0,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/GettyImages-493002662-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/GettyImages-493002662-400x289.jpg",
"width": 400,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 289
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/GettyImages-493002662-960x693.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 693
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/GettyImages-493002662-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/GettyImages-493002662-e1445272748676.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1385
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/GettyImages-493002662-1440x1039.jpg",
"width": 1440,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1039
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/GettyImages-493002662-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/GettyImages-493002662-800x577.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 577
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/GettyImages-493002662-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/GettyImages-493002662-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"jmtc-small-thumb": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/GettyImages-493002662-280x150.jpg",
"width": 280,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/GettyImages-493002662-1920x1385.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1385
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/GettyImages-493002662-1180x851.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 851
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/GettyImages-493002662-75x75.jpg",
"width": 75,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 75
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/GettyImages-493002662-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
}
},
"publishDate": 1445270895,
"modified": 1445273502,
"caption": "Vehicles trapped on Highway 58 between the towns of Tehachapi and Mojave. Most vehicles were freed over the weekend, but the highway remains closed.",
"description": null,
"title": "Mudslide-Highway 58",
"credit": "Mark Ralston/AFP-Getty Images",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_10711023": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_10711023",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "10711023",
"found": true
},
"parent": 10711017,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/KevinMCC-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/KevinMCC-400x260.jpg",
"width": 400,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 260
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/KevinMCC-960x624.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 624
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/KevinMCC-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/KevinMCC.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1248
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/KevinMCC-1440x936.jpg",
"width": 1440,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 936
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/KevinMCC-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/KevinMCC-800x520.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 520
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/KevinMCC-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/KevinMCC-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"jmtc-small-thumb": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/KevinMCC-280x150.jpg",
"width": 280,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/KevinMCC-1920x1248.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1248
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/KevinMCC-1180x767.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 767
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/KevinMCC-75x75.jpg",
"width": 75,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 75
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/KevinMCC-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
}
},
"publishDate": 1444262669,
"modified": 1444262720,
"caption": "Rep. Kevin McCarthy leaves a meeting at the Capitol on June 18, 2014.",
"description": "Rep. Kevin McCarthy leaves a meeting at the Capitol on June 18, 2014.",
"title": "KevinMCC",
"credit": "Win McNamee/Getty Images",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_10697039": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_10697039",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "10697039",
"found": true
},
"parent": 10666076,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/KitFoxFeat-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/KitFoxFeat-400x249.jpg",
"width": 400,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 249
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/KitFoxFeat-960x597.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 597
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/KitFoxFeat-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/KitFoxFeat.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1193
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/KitFoxFeat-1440x895.jpg",
"width": 1440,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 895
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/KitFoxFeat-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/KitFoxFeat-800x497.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 497
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/KitFoxFeat-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/KitFoxFeat-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"jmtc-small-thumb": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/KitFoxFeat-280x150.jpg",
"width": 280,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/KitFoxFeat-1920x1193.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1193
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/KitFoxFeat-1180x733.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 733
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/KitFoxFeat-75x75.jpg",
"width": 75,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 75
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/KitFoxFeat-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
}
},
"publishDate": 1443209532,
"modified": 1443294461,
"caption": "A male San Joaquin kit fox with mange likely won't survive unless treated for the disease.",
"description": "A male San Joaquin kit fox with mange likely won't survive unless treated for the disease.",
"title": "KitFoxFeat",
"credit": "Tory Westall/Endangered Species Recovery Program, CSU Stanislaus",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_125602": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_125602",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "125602",
"found": true
},
"parent": 125601,
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/tedagu.jpg",
"width": 800,
"height": 453
}
},
"publishDate": 1391800923,
"modified": 1391800923,
"caption": "UC Berkeley football player Ted Agu, in image released today by Cal. ",
"description": "UC Berkeley football player Ted Agu, in image released today by Cal. ",
"title": "Ted Agu",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
}
},
"audioPlayerReducer": {
"postId": "stream_live",
"isPaused": true,
"isPlaying": false,
"pfsActive": false,
"pledgeModalIsOpen": true,
"playerDrawerIsOpen": false,
"liveAudioPlayStartedAt": 0,
"liveAudioPlayContext": ""
},
"authorsReducer": {
"byline_news_10711017": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "byline_news_10711017",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"slug": "byline_news_10711017",
"name": "\u003cstrong>Kelly McEvers \u003cbr>NPR\u003c/strong>",
"isLoading": false
},
"aliceldaniel": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "208",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "208",
"found": true
},
"name": "Alice Daniel",
"firstName": "Alice",
"lastName": "Daniel",
"slug": "aliceldaniel",
"email": "adaniel@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": null,
"bio": "Alice Daniel loves the listening aspect of reporting because she gets to briefly walk in other people’s shoes. She has rappelled down into caves and gone up in helicopters for KQED’s The California Report but her favorite place to pursue a story is the High Sierra or any family-run bakery, of course. Alice has a masters in journalism from Columbia University and teaches at Fresno State. She is a California Healthline Regional Correspondent and a frequent contributor to Success magazine. In her free time, she skis and hikes, throws pottery, practices piano and looks out the window.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e611aa06593b114a67f9f123a8e875ad?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"author"
]
},
{
"site": "stateofhealth",
"roles": [
"author"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Alice Daniel | KQED",
"description": null,
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e611aa06593b114a67f9f123a8e875ad?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e611aa06593b114a67f9f123a8e875ad?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/aliceldaniel"
},
"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"
},
"tychehendricks": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "259",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "259",
"found": true
},
"name": "Tyche Hendricks",
"firstName": "Tyche",
"lastName": "Hendricks",
"slug": "tychehendricks",
"email": "thendricks@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": true,
"staff_mastheads": [
"news"
],
"title": "KQED Senior Editor, Immigration",
"bio": "\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tyche Hendricks is KQED’s senior editor for immigration, leading coverage of the policy and politics that affect California’s immigrant communities. Her work for KQED’s radio and online audiences is also carried on NPR and other national outlets. She has been recognized with awards from the Radio and Television News Directors Association, the Society for Professional Journalists; the Education Writers Association; the Best of the West and the National Federation of Community Broadcasters. Before joining KQED in 2010, Tyche spent more than a dozen years as a newspaper reporter, notably at the \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. At different times she has covered criminal justice, government and politics and urban planning. Tyche has taught in the MFA Creative Writing program at the University of San Francisco and at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, where she was co-director of a national immigration symposium for professional journalists. She is the author of \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Wind Doesn't Need a Passport: Stories from the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (University of California Press). \u003c/span>",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b8ee458e2731c2d43df86882ce17267e?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": "tychehendricks",
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "stateofhealth",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Tyche Hendricks | KQED",
"description": "KQED Senior Editor, Immigration",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b8ee458e2731c2d43df86882ce17267e?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b8ee458e2731c2d43df86882ce17267e?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/tychehendricks"
},
"vrancano": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "11276",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "11276",
"found": true
},
"name": "Vanessa Rancaño",
"firstName": "Vanessa",
"lastName": "Rancaño",
"slug": "vrancano",
"email": "vrancano@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [
"news"
],
"title": "Reporter, Housing",
"bio": "Vanessa Rancaño is a features reporter for KQED. She’s also covered homelessness and education for the station and reported from the Central Valley. Her work has aired across public radio, from flagship national news shows to longform narrative podcasts. Before taking up a mic, she worked as a freelance print journalist. She’s been recognized with a number of national and regional awards. Vanessa grew up in California's Central Valley. She's a former NPR Kroc Fellow, and a graduate of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3a383dfb0e7ee1c17568f2cf067904ab654d6e3de9743fc661f3c788ade1bed?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": "vanessarancano",
"bluesky": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "arts",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "liveblog",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Vanessa Rancaño | KQED",
"description": "Reporter, Housing",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3a383dfb0e7ee1c17568f2cf067904ab654d6e3de9743fc661f3c788ade1bed?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3a383dfb0e7ee1c17568f2cf067904ab654d6e3de9743fc661f3c788ade1bed?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/vrancano"
}
},
"pagesReducer": {
"news_tag_bakersfield": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_5563",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "5563",
"score": 9.890193
},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Bakersfield",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Bakersfield Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 5587,
"slug": "bakersfield",
"isLoading": false,
"title": "Bakersfield",
"pageMeta": {
"site": "news",
"WpPageTemplate": "page-topic-editorial",
"currentPage": 3
},
"blocks": [
{
"blockName": "kqed/post-list",
"attrs": {
"layout": "cardArticle2",
"query": "posts/news?tag=bakersfield",
"seeMore": false,
"paginated": true,
"page": 3
}
},
{
"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_11631037": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11631037",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11631037",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1510840802000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 72
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1510840802,
"format": "audio",
"disqusTitle": "ACLU Reports Slam Central Valley Law Enforcement for Excessive Use of Force",
"title": "ACLU Reports Slam Central Valley Law Enforcement for Excessive Use of Force",
"headTitle": "The California Report | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>Two new ACLU reports have put Central Valley law enforcement in the spotlight. They find excessive use of force by the Fresno and Bakersfield police departments and Kern County Sheriff's Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The findings come as no surprise to Bakersfield resident Laura Serna.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serna’s 73-year-old father, Francisco, suffered from dementia, and tended to wander. Last December, he walked out of his house carrying a crucifix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We don’t know how lucid he was at the time,\" Serna says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A neighbor saw Francisco outside, mistook the crucifix for a gun and called 911. A Bakersfield police officer arrived and shot seven rounds toward Francisco, \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-unarmed-man-dementia-bakersfield-killed-nine-20161213-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killing him just feet from his home\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The police came out and killed him without truly investigating or seeing what the problem was,\" says Serna.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serna was also frustrated with \u003ca href=\"http://www.bakersfield.com/news/police-shooting-of--year-old-francisco-serna-found-within/article_17fe3510-d8cc-5c94-90f6-9ae53fc3cb89.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the department's probe\u003c/a> into the shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They used their own investigators, and I feel like that’s a conflict of interest,\" she says. Since the shooting she has been working with advocacy group \u003ca href=\"https://faithinthevalley.org/kern-county/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Faith in Kern\u003c/a> to push for reforms. \"I’d like to see an office of independent review with some teeth here locally,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Bakersfieldcali/status/883064262989463552\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stories like Serna's aren't new.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bakersfield Police Department changed some of its use of force policies because of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/crt/legacy/2011/04/14/bakersfield_ta_letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal Justice Department investigation\u003c/a> a decade ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last December, the State Attorney General's Office \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-kamala-d-harris-opens-investigations-kern-county-sheriff%E2%80%99s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opened investigations into the Bakersfield Police Department and Kern County Sheriff's Office\u003c/a> for potential civil rights violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s where the ACLU comes in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We wanted to provide a data analysis in aid of the attorney general’s investigation,\" says ACLU staff attorney Adrienna Wong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"iuk9GOvGIk5ri7XspxaMfhIWlzg912Wy\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.aclusocal.org/en/press-releases/aclu-releases-report-excessive-force-used-kern-county-and-bakersfield-law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The new report she helped write\u003c/a> found that the Bakersfield Police Department had the highest rate of police homicides per capita of the country’s 60 largest police departments. It also found Kern County sheriff’s deputies shot and killed far more people than other agencies in areas with similar populations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What’s also striking is that many of the shootings we reviewed involved people who were unarmed,\" Wong says. \"And we found that more people of color were being shot and killed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ACLU also found excessive use of force in the form of dog attacks, beatings and tazings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark Nations, a lawyer for Kern County, takes issue will the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We feel that it was based on partial and in many cases inaccurate information,\" he says, declining to elaborate because of the attorney general's ongoing investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11631272\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11631272\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/JerryDyer-800x628.jpg\" alt=\"Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer\" width=\"800\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/JerryDyer-800x628.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/JerryDyer-160x126.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/JerryDyer-1020x801.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/JerryDyer.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/JerryDyer-1180x927.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/JerryDyer-960x754.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/JerryDyer-240x189.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/JerryDyer-375x295.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/JerryDyer-520x408.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer \u003ccite>(Vanessa Rancano/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.aclunc.org/news/aclu-report-shows-police-reform-needed-fresno\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The ACLU’s Fresno report\u003c/a> focused on officer-involved shootings, though the department is not currently under investigation by the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report found Fresno police averaged about nine shootings per year. Staff attorney Novella Coleman says that’s high, and she worries about repeat shooters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In Fresno there are 55 officers who have been involved in multiple shootings,\" she says. \"When you consider that most officers go their whole careers without even discharging their firearm, that is definitely a troubling statistic for Fresno.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer points to a \u003ca href=\"http://www.fresno.courts.ca.gov/_pdfs/Grand%20Jury%20Reports/Grand%20Jury%20Final%20Report%20No.%202%20(2016-2017).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grand jury report\u003c/a> that reviewed 17 years of officer-involved shooting investigations and reached largely favorable conclusions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That report did recommend requiring practice sessions for use of de-escalation techniques on a quarterly basis, not just once every two years or after a shooting occurs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’m very confident that the policies and the training procedures that we have in place are very sound,\" Dyer says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ACLU submitted both reports to the California Attorney General’s Office.\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "11631037 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11631037",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/16/aclu-report-slams-central-valley-law-enforcement-agencies/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 621,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 28
},
"modified": 1510875233,
"excerpt": "Among the findings? The Bakersfield Police Department had the highest rate of police homicides per capita of the country’s 60 largest police departments.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Among the findings? The Bakersfield Police Department had the highest rate of police homicides per capita of the country’s 60 largest police departments.",
"title": "ACLU Reports Slam Central Valley Law Enforcement for Excessive Use of Force | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "ACLU Reports Slam Central Valley Law Enforcement for Excessive Use of Force",
"datePublished": "2017-11-16T06:00:02-08:00",
"dateModified": "2017-11-16T15:33:53-08:00",
"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": "aclu-report-slams-central-valley-law-enforcement-agencies",
"status": "publish",
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2017/11/ACLUKernRancano171116.mp3",
"path": "/news/11631037/aclu-report-slams-central-valley-law-enforcement-agencies",
"audioDuration": 160000,
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Two new ACLU reports have put Central Valley law enforcement in the spotlight. They find excessive use of force by the Fresno and Bakersfield police departments and Kern County Sheriff's Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The findings come as no surprise to Bakersfield resident Laura Serna.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serna’s 73-year-old father, Francisco, suffered from dementia, and tended to wander. Last December, he walked out of his house carrying a crucifix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We don’t know how lucid he was at the time,\" Serna says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A neighbor saw Francisco outside, mistook the crucifix for a gun and called 911. A Bakersfield police officer arrived and shot seven rounds toward Francisco, \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-unarmed-man-dementia-bakersfield-killed-nine-20161213-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killing him just feet from his home\u003c/a>.\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 police came out and killed him without truly investigating or seeing what the problem was,\" says Serna.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serna was also frustrated with \u003ca href=\"http://www.bakersfield.com/news/police-shooting-of--year-old-francisco-serna-found-within/article_17fe3510-d8cc-5c94-90f6-9ae53fc3cb89.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the department's probe\u003c/a> into the shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They used their own investigators, and I feel like that’s a conflict of interest,\" she says. Since the shooting she has been working with advocacy group \u003ca href=\"https://faithinthevalley.org/kern-county/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Faith in Kern\u003c/a> to push for reforms. \"I’d like to see an office of independent review with some teeth here locally,\" she says.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "singleTwitterStatus",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"id": "883064262989463552"
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Stories like Serna's aren't new.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bakersfield Police Department changed some of its use of force policies because of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/crt/legacy/2011/04/14/bakersfield_ta_letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal Justice Department investigation\u003c/a> a decade ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last December, the State Attorney General's Office \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-kamala-d-harris-opens-investigations-kern-county-sheriff%E2%80%99s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opened investigations into the Bakersfield Police Department and Kern County Sheriff's Office\u003c/a> for potential civil rights violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s where the ACLU comes in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We wanted to provide a data analysis in aid of the attorney general’s investigation,\" says ACLU staff attorney Adrienna Wong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.aclusocal.org/en/press-releases/aclu-releases-report-excessive-force-used-kern-county-and-bakersfield-law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The new report she helped write\u003c/a> found that the Bakersfield Police Department had the highest rate of police homicides per capita of the country’s 60 largest police departments. It also found Kern County sheriff’s deputies shot and killed far more people than other agencies in areas with similar populations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What’s also striking is that many of the shootings we reviewed involved people who were unarmed,\" Wong says. \"And we found that more people of color were being shot and killed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ACLU also found excessive use of force in the form of dog attacks, beatings and tazings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark Nations, a lawyer for Kern County, takes issue will the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We feel that it was based on partial and in many cases inaccurate information,\" he says, declining to elaborate because of the attorney general's ongoing investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11631272\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11631272\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/JerryDyer-800x628.jpg\" alt=\"Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer\" width=\"800\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/JerryDyer-800x628.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/JerryDyer-160x126.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/JerryDyer-1020x801.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/JerryDyer.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/JerryDyer-1180x927.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/JerryDyer-960x754.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/JerryDyer-240x189.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/JerryDyer-375x295.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/JerryDyer-520x408.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer \u003ccite>(Vanessa Rancano/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.aclunc.org/news/aclu-report-shows-police-reform-needed-fresno\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The ACLU’s Fresno report\u003c/a> focused on officer-involved shootings, though the department is not currently under investigation by the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report found Fresno police averaged about nine shootings per year. Staff attorney Novella Coleman says that’s high, and she worries about repeat shooters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In Fresno there are 55 officers who have been involved in multiple shootings,\" she says. \"When you consider that most officers go their whole careers without even discharging their firearm, that is definitely a troubling statistic for Fresno.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer points to a \u003ca href=\"http://www.fresno.courts.ca.gov/_pdfs/Grand%20Jury%20Reports/Grand%20Jury%20Final%20Report%20No.%202%20(2016-2017).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grand jury report\u003c/a> that reviewed 17 years of officer-involved shooting investigations and reached largely favorable conclusions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That report did recommend requiring practice sessions for use of de-escalation techniques on a quarterly basis, not just once every two years or after a shooting occurs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’m very confident that the policies and the training procedures that we have in place are very sound,\" Dyer says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ACLU submitted both reports to the California Attorney General’s Office.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11631037/aclu-report-slams-central-valley-law-enforcement-agencies",
"authors": [
"11276"
],
"programs": [
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_6188",
"news_8"
],
"tags": [
"news_350",
"news_5563",
"news_37",
"news_20320",
"news_6104",
"news_116",
"news_17286"
],
"featImg": "news_11631200",
"label": "news_72"
},
"news_11226889": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11226889",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11226889",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1482190483000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 72
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1482190483,
"format": "standard",
"disqusTitle": "Coalition Asks Bakersfield School Board to Reverse Policy on Guns on Campus",
"title": "Coalition Asks Bakersfield School Board to Reverse Policy on Guns on Campus",
"headTitle": "The California Report | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>Gerald Cantu, the civic engagement director for the \u003ca href=\"http://doloreshuerta.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Dolores Huerta Foundation\u003c/a>, points to a full-page ad in the Bakersfield Californian paid for by a coalition of advocacy groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ad asks the Kern High School District board, which oversees 18 campuses for 35,000 students in and near Bakersfield, to reverse recent votes allowing teachers and nonstaff to carry guns into the classroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The coalition, which includes Building Healthy Communities, United Farm Workers, California State University Bakersfield Center for Social Justice and the Kern Education Justice Collaborative, has also started an \u003ca href=\"http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/call-on-khsd-trustees?source=c.fwd&r_by=17269688\" target=\"_blank\">online petition\u003c/a> against the gun policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[http_redir]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/298626395&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district is the fourth in the state and the largest thus far to allow some staff or teachers to carry guns on campus. At this point, there are no specific guidelines, but only teachers with concealed weapons permits and at least 40 hours of training will be eligible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while there is support for the policy in Kern County, groups like the Huerta Foundation are hoping the trustees will take a second look at allowing teachers to carry guns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It just creates a terrible school climate, you know, where children potentially may be entering classrooms in which their teachers have guns,” Cantu says. “That’s not the kind of message we want to send to children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board called a special session \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/11/18/kern-county-high-school-teachers-to-be-allowed-to-carry-guns-on-campus/\" target=\"_blank\">last month to pass the resolution\u003c/a> allowing teachers to carry concealed weapons on campus. The 3-2 vote came just two weeks before one of the trustees in favor of the policy left the board. Critics like Cantu say that was sneaky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Trustee Mike Williams says the board had studied the issue publicly for months and chose to vote on it before the new trustee took office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Otherwise, he says, “we’ll have a new trustee who is not at all caught up on this and we’ll probably have to start the process somewhat over for their benefit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams says he believes teachers with guns provide another layer of defense in case of a school shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The last thing I want as a trustee is to believe that I took away a tool that might have saved lives,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, the board voted to allow nonstaff members of the public to carry concealed weapons on campus as long as they have the proper gun permits, permission from the district superintendent and liability insurance. The rule applies to just about anyone: parents, vendors, even those who rent space on campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of things that happen on school property that aren’t school-related,” says Williams. “For example, we have \u003ca href=\"http://www.bakersfieldchurch.org/\" target=\"_blank\">churches\u003c/a> that meet on Sundays. And one of our former trustees was a minister and they received threats.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That former trustee is the Rev. Chad Vegas, pastor of Bakersfield's Sovereign Grace Church. He’s the one who just stepped down from his seat after voting yes on the gun policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the district, at least 18 people have received permission to carry firearms on campus, including several members of Vegas’ church. Vegas did not respond to phone and text messages seeking comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While district trustees say those who hold concealed weapons permits have a right to keep their guns with them while on campus, folks like Gerald Cantu question the policy's safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Imagine a situation where there’s some tension between a teacher and a parent, and you throw guns into the mix,\" Cantu says. \"That’s not something you want to see.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some teachers, like Terri Richmond, don't like the board's focus on gun rules. She says the trustees should spend more time on education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My textbook is 13 years old,” says the social studies teacher. “I’d like to see some work on that instead of worrying about a handful of people that maybe have a connection with one of the board members, Mr. Vegas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11227446\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11227446\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/photo-3-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"David and Terri Richmond play with their dogs at home. Both teachers say the gun policies make campus unsafe.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/photo-3-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/photo-3-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/photo-3-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/photo-3-2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/photo-3-2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/photo-3-2-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/photo-3-2-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/photo-3-2-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/photo-3-2-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David and Terri Richmond play with their dogs at home. Both teachers say the gun policies make campus unsafe. \u003ccite>(Alice Daniel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Richmond's husband, David, teaches high school history and government. He lost a brother to gun violence and vows he will no longer go to staff meetings or parent-teacher conferences unless the district assures him no one is carrying a weapon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He knows he could get suspended for that and if he does, he says, he’ll consider a lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So yes, I will have to face the loss of my job and that is very scary at my age,\" says David, who is 57. \"I don’t want that to happen. But Terri and I have talked, and if that’s what has to happen in order for us to get our day in court, then that’s what’s going to have to happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there are plenty of people in Kern County who agree wholeheartedly with allowing guns on campus. In fact, at the most recent board meeting, a staff member, Susan Wooden, complained that permits to carry guns on campus shouldn’t be limited to teachers and administrators. After all, she says, bus drivers and food service employees are also around students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was burning in our craw because once again we look like we’re the third-class people here,” she told the board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board said it would consider the request, but first it will take months to establish guidelines for teachers carrying guns on campus.\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "11226889 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11226889",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/19/coalition-asks-bakersfield-school-board-to-reverse-policy-on-guns-on-campus/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": true,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 947,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 29
},
"modified": 1482276060,
"excerpt": "High school district in Kern County is the fourth in the state to allow some staff or teachers to carry guns on campus. ",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "High school district in Kern County is the fourth in the state to allow some staff or teachers to carry guns on campus. ",
"title": "Coalition Asks Bakersfield School Board to Reverse Policy on Guns on Campus | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Coalition Asks Bakersfield School Board to Reverse Policy on Guns on Campus",
"datePublished": "2016-12-19T15:34:43-08:00",
"dateModified": "2016-12-20T15:21:00-08:00",
"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": "coalition-asks-bakersfield-school-board-to-reverse-policy-on-guns-on-campus",
"status": "publish",
"path": "/news/11226889/coalition-asks-bakersfield-school-board-to-reverse-policy-on-guns-on-campus",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Gerald Cantu, the civic engagement director for the \u003ca href=\"http://doloreshuerta.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Dolores Huerta Foundation\u003c/a>, points to a full-page ad in the Bakersfield Californian paid for by a coalition of advocacy groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ad asks the Kern High School District board, which oversees 18 campuses for 35,000 students in and near Bakersfield, to reverse recent votes allowing teachers and nonstaff to carry guns into the classroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The coalition, which includes Building Healthy Communities, United Farm Workers, California State University Bakersfield Center for Social Justice and the Kern Education Justice Collaborative, has also started an \u003ca href=\"http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/call-on-khsd-trustees?source=c.fwd&r_by=17269688\" target=\"_blank\">online petition\u003c/a> against the gun policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[http_redir]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/298626395&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" class=\"iframe-class\">\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>\n\u003cp>The district is the fourth in the state and the largest thus far to allow some staff or teachers to carry guns on campus. At this point, there are no specific guidelines, but only teachers with concealed weapons permits and at least 40 hours of training will be eligible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while there is support for the policy in Kern County, groups like the Huerta Foundation are hoping the trustees will take a second look at allowing teachers to carry guns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It just creates a terrible school climate, you know, where children potentially may be entering classrooms in which their teachers have guns,” Cantu says. “That’s not the kind of message we want to send to children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board called a special session \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/11/18/kern-county-high-school-teachers-to-be-allowed-to-carry-guns-on-campus/\" target=\"_blank\">last month to pass the resolution\u003c/a> allowing teachers to carry concealed weapons on campus. The 3-2 vote came just two weeks before one of the trustees in favor of the policy left the board. Critics like Cantu say that was sneaky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Trustee Mike Williams says the board had studied the issue publicly for months and chose to vote on it before the new trustee took office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Otherwise, he says, “we’ll have a new trustee who is not at all caught up on this and we’ll probably have to start the process somewhat over for their benefit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams says he believes teachers with guns provide another layer of defense in case of a school shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The last thing I want as a trustee is to believe that I took away a tool that might have saved lives,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, the board voted to allow nonstaff members of the public to carry concealed weapons on campus as long as they have the proper gun permits, permission from the district superintendent and liability insurance. The rule applies to just about anyone: parents, vendors, even those who rent space on campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of things that happen on school property that aren’t school-related,” says Williams. “For example, we have \u003ca href=\"http://www.bakersfieldchurch.org/\" target=\"_blank\">churches\u003c/a> that meet on Sundays. And one of our former trustees was a minister and they received threats.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That former trustee is the Rev. Chad Vegas, pastor of Bakersfield's Sovereign Grace Church. He’s the one who just stepped down from his seat after voting yes on the gun policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the district, at least 18 people have received permission to carry firearms on campus, including several members of Vegas’ church. Vegas did not respond to phone and text messages seeking comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While district trustees say those who hold concealed weapons permits have a right to keep their guns with them while on campus, folks like Gerald Cantu question the policy's safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Imagine a situation where there’s some tension between a teacher and a parent, and you throw guns into the mix,\" Cantu says. \"That’s not something you want to see.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some teachers, like Terri Richmond, don't like the board's focus on gun rules. She says the trustees should spend more time on education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My textbook is 13 years old,” says the social studies teacher. “I’d like to see some work on that instead of worrying about a handful of people that maybe have a connection with one of the board members, Mr. Vegas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11227446\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11227446\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/photo-3-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"David and Terri Richmond play with their dogs at home. Both teachers say the gun policies make campus unsafe.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/photo-3-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/photo-3-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/photo-3-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/photo-3-2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/photo-3-2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/photo-3-2-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/photo-3-2-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/photo-3-2-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/photo-3-2-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David and Terri Richmond play with their dogs at home. Both teachers say the gun policies make campus unsafe. \u003ccite>(Alice Daniel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Richmond's husband, David, teaches high school history and government. He lost a brother to gun violence and vows he will no longer go to staff meetings or parent-teacher conferences unless the district assures him no one is carrying a weapon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He knows he could get suspended for that and if he does, he says, he’ll consider a lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So yes, I will have to face the loss of my job and that is very scary at my age,\" says David, who is 57. \"I don’t want that to happen. But Terri and I have talked, and if that’s what has to happen in order for us to get our day in court, then that’s what’s going to have to happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there are plenty of people in Kern County who agree wholeheartedly with allowing guns on campus. In fact, at the most recent board meeting, a staff member, Susan Wooden, complained that permits to carry guns on campus shouldn’t be limited to teachers and administrators. After all, she says, bus drivers and food service employees are also around students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was burning in our craw because once again we look like we’re the third-class people here,” she told the board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board said it would consider the request, but first it will take months to establish guidelines for teachers carrying guns on campus.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11226889/coalition-asks-bakersfield-school-board-to-reverse-policy-on-guns-on-campus",
"authors": [
"208"
],
"programs": [
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_18540",
"news_6188",
"news_13"
],
"tags": [
"news_5563",
"news_17286",
"news_17041"
],
"featImg": "news_10923944",
"label": "news_72"
},
"news_10723932": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_10723932",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "10723932",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1445273384000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 72
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1445273384,
"format": "image",
"disqusTitle": "One Southern California Highway Still Closed After Mudslides",
"title": "One Southern California Highway Still Closed After Mudslides",
"headTitle": "The California Report | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>Crews manning a small armada of bulldozers and dump trucks have cleared most of the Southern California roads and highways blocked last week by mudslides unleashed by a freakish deluge. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interstate 5, the state's principal north-south highway, was reopened first, on Friday afternoon, after workers freed hundreds of stranded vehicles on the Grapevine, in the Tehachapi Mountains between Los Angeles and Bakersfield. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the weekend, crews cleaned up blocked roads near the communities of Lake Hughes and Lake Elizabeth, in the hills northwest of the Antelope Valley city of Palmdale. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"10723925,10723929,10723928,10723924,10723923,10723926\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A more serious blockage occurred on Highway 58, the main route between Bakersfield and the Mojave Desert crossroads of Barstow. More than 100 cars and scores of semis were trapped by mudslides cascading onto the roadway. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews managed to extricate all but a few cars and trucks by Sunday afternoon. But the highway \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-highway-58-closure-abandoned-cars-mud-20151019-story.html\">remains closed\u003c/a> from the town of Tehachapi east to Mojave because several stretches of pavement remain buried under several feet of mud. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans says it could reopen the highway later this week. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Caltrans9/status/655791916508774400\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "10723932 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=10723932",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/10/19/one-southern-california-highway-still-closed-after-mudslides/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 197,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": true,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 9
},
"modified": 1445273505,
"excerpt": "Sections of Highway 58, main route from the Central Valley to Mojave Desert interstates, remain buried. ",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Sections of Highway 58, main route from the Central Valley to Mojave Desert interstates, remain buried. ",
"title": "One Southern California Highway Still Closed After Mudslides | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "One Southern California Highway Still Closed After Mudslides",
"datePublished": "2015-10-19T09:49:44-07:00",
"dateModified": "2015-10-19T09:51:45-07:00",
"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": "one-southern-california-highway-still-closed-after-mudslides",
"status": "publish",
"path": "/news/10723932/one-southern-california-highway-still-closed-after-mudslides",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Crews manning a small armada of bulldozers and dump trucks have cleared most of the Southern California roads and highways blocked last week by mudslides unleashed by a freakish deluge. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interstate 5, the state's principal north-south highway, was reopened first, on Friday afternoon, after workers freed hundreds of stranded vehicles on the Grapevine, in the Tehachapi Mountains between Los Angeles and Bakersfield. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the weekend, crews cleaned up blocked roads near the communities of Lake Hughes and Lake Elizabeth, in the hills northwest of the Antelope Valley city of Palmdale. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "gallery",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"type": "rectangular",
"size": "medium",
"ids": "10723925,10723929,10723928,10723924,10723923,10723926",
"label": ""
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A more serious blockage occurred on Highway 58, the main route between Bakersfield and the Mojave Desert crossroads of Barstow. More than 100 cars and scores of semis were trapped by mudslides cascading onto the roadway. \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>Crews managed to extricate all but a few cars and trucks by Sunday afternoon. But the highway \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-highway-58-closure-abandoned-cars-mud-20151019-story.html\">remains closed\u003c/a> from the town of Tehachapi east to Mojave because several stretches of pavement remain buried under several feet of mud. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans says it could reopen the highway later this week. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "singleTwitterStatus",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"id": "655791916508774400"
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/10723932/one-southern-california-highway-still-closed-after-mudslides",
"authors": [
"222"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944",
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_8",
"news_1397"
],
"tags": [
"news_5563",
"news_18355"
],
"featImg": "news_10723925",
"label": "news_72"
},
"news_10711017": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_10711017",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "10711017",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1444316429000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1444316429,
"format": "standard",
"disqusTitle": "Is Kevin McCarthy Still a 'Bakersfield Boy'?",
"title": "Is Kevin McCarthy Still a 'Bakersfield Boy'?",
"headTitle": "The California Report | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:35 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 8:\u003c/strong> Rep. Kevin McCarthy has withdrawn from the race for speaker of the House. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/10/08/mccarthy-drops-out-of-speaker-race-throwing-gop-leadership-into-chaos\" target=\"_blank\">More details.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> Republicans in the U.S. House will take an initial vote Thursday on who they think should replace John Boehner as speaker of the House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz recently announced his candidacy for speaker, but the front-runner for the job is current House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from Bakersfield, Calif.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And McCarthy's roots in California's Central Valley provide some clues about how McCarthy might run the House, if he's elected speaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to locals, one of McCarthy's favorite lunch spots in Bakersfield is Luigi's, a more than 100-year-old Italian restaurant and grocery. On a recent weekday, people enjoying lunch at Luigi's said they knew McCarthy well, and most referred to him not as \"the congressman,\" but as \"Kevin.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Kevin was just another parent in the stands that was rooting for our team,\" said Gary Toschi, who got to know McCarthy when he coached the now-majority leader's son in baseball. \"He wasn't a hardcore fan — 'Everything's OK, as long as my kid bats fourth, plays shortstop!' — No he wasn't like that at all.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10711019\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10711019\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1271-edit-96ff153138564602c04745a7ed599b6ce825024b-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Gino Valpredo owns Luigi's, a popular Italian restaurant in Bakersfield frequented by Rep. McCarthy. Patrons say McCarthy is very popular in town, and nearly everyone calls him by his first name.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1271-edit-96ff153138564602c04745a7ed599b6ce825024b-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1271-edit-96ff153138564602c04745a7ed599b6ce825024b-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1271-edit-96ff153138564602c04745a7ed599b6ce825024b-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1271-edit-96ff153138564602c04745a7ed599b6ce825024b-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1271-edit-96ff153138564602c04745a7ed599b6ce825024b-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1271-edit-96ff153138564602c04745a7ed599b6ce825024b-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gino Valpredo owns Luigi's, a popular Italian restaurant in Bakersfield frequented by Rep. McCarthy. Patrons say McCarthy is very popular in town, and nearly everyone calls him by his first name. \u003ccite>(Becky Sullivan/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Like a lot of people in Bakersfield, Toschi works in agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Terry Smith works in the other main industry in Bakersfield — he's an oil and gas consultant. He says the working people here like Kevin McCarthy, who he says is no fluff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I call him 'Kevin' when I see him and shake his hand,\" says Smith. \"He came from here. He's a Bakersfield boy. I mean, he's one of us. And I don't think he's changed now just because he's in Washington.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Immigration Politics\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCarthy is popular with many people in Bakersfield who know him, but not with everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proponents of immigration reform say McCarthy hasn't done enough to clear a pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They point to comprehensive immigration reform that passed the Senate in 2013, but that Republican leaders like McCarthy and Boehner failed to bring up for a vote in the House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzalo Santos, a California State University, Bakersfield professor and immigration activist, has been a strong critic of McCarthy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have had a continuous process of petitions, of marches, of rallies, of every conceivable effort to reach him,\" said Santos. \"His district is one-third Latino, this county is over half Latino, and he doesn't respond. He doesn't engage. He does not commit.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10711020\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10711020\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1256-edit_slide-325fd64c32d85524da1621869457f6b7a25ca671-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Marichel Mejia, an organizer with the United Farm Workers Foundation based in Bakersfield, has pushed McCarthy to support immigration reform. The large agriculture community and Latino population have influenced the district's immigration politics.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1256-edit_slide-325fd64c32d85524da1621869457f6b7a25ca671-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1256-edit_slide-325fd64c32d85524da1621869457f6b7a25ca671-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1256-edit_slide-325fd64c32d85524da1621869457f6b7a25ca671-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1256-edit_slide-325fd64c32d85524da1621869457f6b7a25ca671-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1256-edit_slide-325fd64c32d85524da1621869457f6b7a25ca671-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1256-edit_slide-325fd64c32d85524da1621869457f6b7a25ca671-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marichel Mejia, an organizer with the United Farm Workers Foundation based in Bakersfield, has pushed McCarthy to support immigration reform. The large agriculture community and Latino population have influenced the district's immigration politics. \u003ccite>(Becky Sullivan/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And the United Farm Workers Foundation based in Bakersfield has pushed McCarthy to support immigration reform, including with a UFW postcard campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, the politics of immigration reform are different than at the national level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly all the people who work the farms that power this district are immigrants, many of them in the country illegally. Many farm owners support some kind of immigration reform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even conservative Republicans here believe that deporting millions of immigrants is not an option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm considered one of the most conservative state assembly people in the state of California — they call me sometimes a 'Tea Party Darling,'\" said California State Assemblywoman Shannon Grove, who is also a McCarthy supporter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grove said she does not back a pathway to citizenship for people in the country illegally, but does support a form of legal status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We need to protect our borders first,\" said Grove. \"But I think that the people that are here illegally we need to deal with in a compassionate way.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past, Kevin McCarthy \u003ca href=\"http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/Kevin-McCarthy-legalize-the-undocumented-241416951.html\" target=\"_blank\">has said he favors\u003c/a> legal status for immigrants that could protect them from being deported, but not a pathway to full citizenship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Skeptical Tea Party Conservatives\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The second group that McCarthy has to please is the Tea Party conservatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They are skeptical about whether McCarthy will make compromises if he becomes the House speaker, like current speaker John Boehner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or if McCarthy will hold the conservative line, like he did when he first got to Congress in 2007.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I joke with him, I've started a new hashtag called #BringBackTheOldKevin,\" says Tom Pavich, a local Tea Party leader and organic grape grower. \"[It's] not quite trending yet, but I'm working on it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The person he calls \"the old Kevin McCarthy\" once had a \u003ca href=\"http://acuratings.conservative.org/acu-ratings-chart/?UID=8050\" target=\"_blank\">perfect rating\u003c/a> on his voting record from the American Conservative Union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But since joining the House leadership in 2009, Pavich said McCarthy's had to compromise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's the question that looms over McCarthy. How would he please the most conservative members of the party?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Analysts say that was something John Boehner never figured out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richard Beene, president and CEO of local newspaper the \u003cem>Bakersfield Californian, \u003c/em>said an important thing to remember is that McCarthy was once a staffer for Republican Bill Thomas, who used to represent Bakersfield in Congress and chaired the powerful House Ways and Means Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Bill Thomas was extremely, extremely bright,\" says Beene. \"He was known as one of the brightest guys in the House, but maybe as also one of the meanest guys. And Kevin is neither of those things ... he always says, 'I may not be the smartest guy in the room. But I will be the hardest working guy in the room.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beene says one thing McCarthy did learn from Thomas is how to build consensus. And that is not in line with the Tea Party tactic of blocking legislation on principle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"His voting record would certainly pass any conservative's litmus test,\" says Beene. \"But I think that his internal drive is to make things happen. He's not an obstructionist at heart.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCarthy declined NPR's request for an interview. Republicans will nominate a candidate for House speaker on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Copyright 2015 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/10/07/446602115/now-frontrunner-for-house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-is-still-a-bakersfield-boy\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "10711017 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=10711017",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/10/08/kevin-mccarthy-could-be-the-next-speaker-is-he-still-a-bakersfield-boy/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 1059,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 40
},
"modified": 1444340066,
"excerpt": "Many of McCarthy's Bakersfield constituents like him, but he's riled some Latinos over immigration and been criticized by conservatives for compromising.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Many of McCarthy's Bakersfield constituents like him, but he's riled some Latinos over immigration and been criticized by conservatives for compromising.",
"title": "Is Kevin McCarthy Still a 'Bakersfield Boy'? | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Is Kevin McCarthy Still a 'Bakersfield Boy'?",
"datePublished": "2015-10-08T08:00:29-07:00",
"dateModified": "2015-10-08T14:34:26-07:00",
"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": "kevin-mccarthy-could-be-the-next-speaker-is-he-still-a-bakersfield-boy",
"status": "publish",
"sourceUrl": "http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/10/07/446602115/now-frontrunner-for-house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-is-still-a-bakersfield-boy",
"nprApiLink": "http://api.npr.org/query?id=446602115&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004",
"nprByline": "\u003cstrong>Kelly McEvers \u003cbr>NPR\u003c/strong>",
"nprStoryDate": "Wed, 07 Oct 2015 16:58:00 -0400",
"nprLastModifiedDate": "Wed, 07 Oct 2015 18:58:16 -0400",
"nprHtmlLink": "http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/10/07/446602115/now-frontrunner-for-house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-is-still-a-bakersfield-boy?ft=nprml&f=446602115",
"nprAudio": "http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2015/10/20151007_atc_mccarthy_run_reax.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1014&d=306&p=2&story=446602115&t=progseg&e=446535767&seg=1&ft=nprml&f=446602115",
"source": "NPR",
"nprAudioM3u": "http://api.npr.org/m3u/1446632600-252a6b.m3u?orgId=1&topicId=1014&d=306&p=2&story=446602115&t=progseg&e=446535767&seg=1&ft=nprml&f=446602115",
"nprStoryId": "446602115",
"nprRetrievedStory": "1",
"nprPubDate": "Wed, 07 Oct 2015 19:37:00 -0400",
"path": "/news/10711017/kevin-mccarthy-could-be-the-next-speaker-is-he-still-a-bakersfield-boy",
"audioUrl": "http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2015/10/20151007_atc_mccarthy_run_reax.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1014&d=306&p=2&story=446602115&t=progseg&e=446535767&seg=1&ft=nprml&f=446602115",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:35 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 8:\u003c/strong> Rep. Kevin McCarthy has withdrawn from the race for speaker of the House. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/10/08/mccarthy-drops-out-of-speaker-race-throwing-gop-leadership-into-chaos\" target=\"_blank\">More details.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> Republicans in the U.S. House will take an initial vote Thursday on who they think should replace John Boehner as speaker of the House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz recently announced his candidacy for speaker, but the front-runner for the job is current House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from Bakersfield, Calif.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And McCarthy's roots in California's Central Valley provide some clues about how McCarthy might run the House, if he's elected speaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to locals, one of McCarthy's favorite lunch spots in Bakersfield is Luigi's, a more than 100-year-old Italian restaurant and grocery. On a recent weekday, people enjoying lunch at Luigi's said they knew McCarthy well, and most referred to him not as \"the congressman,\" but as \"Kevin.\"\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>\"Kevin was just another parent in the stands that was rooting for our team,\" said Gary Toschi, who got to know McCarthy when he coached the now-majority leader's son in baseball. \"He wasn't a hardcore fan — 'Everything's OK, as long as my kid bats fourth, plays shortstop!' — No he wasn't like that at all.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10711019\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10711019\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1271-edit-96ff153138564602c04745a7ed599b6ce825024b-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Gino Valpredo owns Luigi's, a popular Italian restaurant in Bakersfield frequented by Rep. McCarthy. Patrons say McCarthy is very popular in town, and nearly everyone calls him by his first name.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1271-edit-96ff153138564602c04745a7ed599b6ce825024b-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1271-edit-96ff153138564602c04745a7ed599b6ce825024b-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1271-edit-96ff153138564602c04745a7ed599b6ce825024b-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1271-edit-96ff153138564602c04745a7ed599b6ce825024b-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1271-edit-96ff153138564602c04745a7ed599b6ce825024b-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1271-edit-96ff153138564602c04745a7ed599b6ce825024b-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gino Valpredo owns Luigi's, a popular Italian restaurant in Bakersfield frequented by Rep. McCarthy. Patrons say McCarthy is very popular in town, and nearly everyone calls him by his first name. \u003ccite>(Becky Sullivan/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Like a lot of people in Bakersfield, Toschi works in agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Terry Smith works in the other main industry in Bakersfield — he's an oil and gas consultant. He says the working people here like Kevin McCarthy, who he says is no fluff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I call him 'Kevin' when I see him and shake his hand,\" says Smith. \"He came from here. He's a Bakersfield boy. I mean, he's one of us. And I don't think he's changed now just because he's in Washington.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Immigration Politics\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCarthy is popular with many people in Bakersfield who know him, but not with everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proponents of immigration reform say McCarthy hasn't done enough to clear a pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They point to comprehensive immigration reform that passed the Senate in 2013, but that Republican leaders like McCarthy and Boehner failed to bring up for a vote in the House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzalo Santos, a California State University, Bakersfield professor and immigration activist, has been a strong critic of McCarthy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have had a continuous process of petitions, of marches, of rallies, of every conceivable effort to reach him,\" said Santos. \"His district is one-third Latino, this county is over half Latino, and he doesn't respond. He doesn't engage. He does not commit.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10711020\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10711020\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1256-edit_slide-325fd64c32d85524da1621869457f6b7a25ca671-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Marichel Mejia, an organizer with the United Farm Workers Foundation based in Bakersfield, has pushed McCarthy to support immigration reform. The large agriculture community and Latino population have influenced the district's immigration politics.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1256-edit_slide-325fd64c32d85524da1621869457f6b7a25ca671-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1256-edit_slide-325fd64c32d85524da1621869457f6b7a25ca671-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1256-edit_slide-325fd64c32d85524da1621869457f6b7a25ca671-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1256-edit_slide-325fd64c32d85524da1621869457f6b7a25ca671-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1256-edit_slide-325fd64c32d85524da1621869457f6b7a25ca671-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/dsc_1256-edit_slide-325fd64c32d85524da1621869457f6b7a25ca671-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marichel Mejia, an organizer with the United Farm Workers Foundation based in Bakersfield, has pushed McCarthy to support immigration reform. The large agriculture community and Latino population have influenced the district's immigration politics. \u003ccite>(Becky Sullivan/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And the United Farm Workers Foundation based in Bakersfield has pushed McCarthy to support immigration reform, including with a UFW postcard campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, the politics of immigration reform are different than at the national level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly all the people who work the farms that power this district are immigrants, many of them in the country illegally. Many farm owners support some kind of immigration reform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even conservative Republicans here believe that deporting millions of immigrants is not an option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm considered one of the most conservative state assembly people in the state of California — they call me sometimes a 'Tea Party Darling,'\" said California State Assemblywoman Shannon Grove, who is also a McCarthy supporter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grove said she does not back a pathway to citizenship for people in the country illegally, but does support a form of legal status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We need to protect our borders first,\" said Grove. \"But I think that the people that are here illegally we need to deal with in a compassionate way.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past, Kevin McCarthy \u003ca href=\"http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/Kevin-McCarthy-legalize-the-undocumented-241416951.html\" target=\"_blank\">has said he favors\u003c/a> legal status for immigrants that could protect them from being deported, but not a pathway to full citizenship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Skeptical Tea Party Conservatives\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The second group that McCarthy has to please is the Tea Party conservatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They are skeptical about whether McCarthy will make compromises if he becomes the House speaker, like current speaker John Boehner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or if McCarthy will hold the conservative line, like he did when he first got to Congress in 2007.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I joke with him, I've started a new hashtag called #BringBackTheOldKevin,\" says Tom Pavich, a local Tea Party leader and organic grape grower. \"[It's] not quite trending yet, but I'm working on it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The person he calls \"the old Kevin McCarthy\" once had a \u003ca href=\"http://acuratings.conservative.org/acu-ratings-chart/?UID=8050\" target=\"_blank\">perfect rating\u003c/a> on his voting record from the American Conservative Union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But since joining the House leadership in 2009, Pavich said McCarthy's had to compromise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's the question that looms over McCarthy. How would he please the most conservative members of the party?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Analysts say that was something John Boehner never figured out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richard Beene, president and CEO of local newspaper the \u003cem>Bakersfield Californian, \u003c/em>said an important thing to remember is that McCarthy was once a staffer for Republican Bill Thomas, who used to represent Bakersfield in Congress and chaired the powerful House Ways and Means Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Bill Thomas was extremely, extremely bright,\" says Beene. \"He was known as one of the brightest guys in the House, but maybe as also one of the meanest guys. And Kevin is neither of those things ... he always says, 'I may not be the smartest guy in the room. But I will be the hardest working guy in the room.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beene says one thing McCarthy did learn from Thomas is how to build consensus. And that is not in line with the Tea Party tactic of blocking legislation on principle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"His voting record would certainly pass any conservative's litmus test,\" says Beene. \"But I think that his internal drive is to make things happen. He's not an obstructionist at heart.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCarthy declined NPR's request for an interview. Republicans will nominate a candidate for House speaker on Thursday.\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>Copyright 2015 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/10/07/446602115/now-frontrunner-for-house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-is-still-a-bakersfield-boy\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/10711017/kevin-mccarthy-could-be-the-next-speaker-is-he-still-a-bakersfield-boy",
"authors": [
"byline_news_10711017"
],
"programs": [
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_8",
"news_13"
],
"tags": [
"news_5563",
"news_1891",
"news_17286",
"news_387"
],
"affiliates": [
"news_253"
],
"featImg": "news_10711023",
"label": "source_news_10711017"
},
"news_10666076": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_10666076",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "10666076",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1443358811000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 72
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1443358811,
"format": "standard",
"disqusTitle": "Deadly Skin Disease Threatens Endangered Kit Foxes in Bakersfield",
"title": "Deadly Skin Disease Threatens Endangered Kit Foxes in Bakersfield",
"headTitle": "The California Report | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>The endangered San Joaquin kit fox has an unlikely home in California’s country music capital. No, these bushy-tailed creatures don’t hang out in the honky-tonks in Bakersfield, but they do find plenty of other places to make their dens. Every golf course in town has a family of kit foxes. Industrial parks and school campuses are also popular spots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Honestly, they’re all over Bakersfield,” says Alan Paradise, principal of North High School. He’s seen many a fox family peering out of dens near the school’s baseball field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/225594796\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’ll know that it’s an active den when you see bones and wrappings around the outside,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Food wrappings, that is. These small nocturnal foxes will eat junk food and they’ve been known to dumpster-dive. But they also find plenty of marmots, ground squirrels and insects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paradise says he sees them everywhere. “They seem to do pretty well in Bakersfield,” he says. “They like it here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, they’ve been around for decades. As Bakersfield grew and encroached on their natural habitat, they adapted. Biologists estimate there could be as many as 400 foxes living here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10697084\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10697084\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/FemaleKit-800x475.jpg\" alt=\"A kit fox sniffs a trap after being released. She was treated on-site with a topical insecticide for mange.\" width=\"800\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/FemaleKit-800x475.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/FemaleKit-400x238.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/FemaleKit-1440x856.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/FemaleKit.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/FemaleKit-1180x701.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/FemaleKit-960x571.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A kit fox sniffs a trap after being released. She was treated on-site with a topical insecticide for mange. \u003ccite>(Tory Westall/Endangered Species Recovery Program, CSU Stanislaus)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And since the drought, the Bakersfield kit foxes make up the most stable population of this endangered animal. The numbers are declining in wilder areas like the \u003ca href=\"http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/nlcs/Carrizo_Plain_NM.html\">Carrizo Plain National Monument\u003c/a>, where kit foxes are having trouble finding enough food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most locals take pride in the kit foxes, but sometimes there are conflicts, says California Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Victoria Monroe. She educates people on how to coexist with a protected species that is curious and playful, but skittish around humans. Today, she’s fielding a question from a man who says his neighbor tampered with a kit fox den by shoveling dirt into the entrance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monroe checks the den, which is next to a driveway, and notices tiny paw prints in the sand. She says the kit fox has already started mending the hole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re notoriously intelligent,” Monroe says. “Their behavior is very plastic. And they can change their behaviors in response to human activity to exploit new environments and to really thrive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now these urban foxes are facing a problem they can’t outwit -- a deadly and highly infectious skin disease called mange.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because this is such a high-density population, the disease is spreading pretty rapidly,” says Brian Cypher, associate director of the \u003ca href=\"http://esrp.csustan.edu/\">Endangered Species Recovery Program \u003c/a>at CSU Stanislaus. “It could spread throughout the entire [urban] population and potentially kill them all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And because the drought has already caused a precipitous drop in the numbers of San Joaquin kit foxes out in the wild, this is especially bad news for an endangered animal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cypher says mange, which is caused by mites, has never been seen in kit foxes. It appears to affect only the foxes in Bakersfield, not in the wilder areas. “It seems like in the natural lands, the density is too low to carry the disease,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Diseased foxes lose their fur and scratch so much they get wounds on their skin. Cypher says dogs can usually survive mange, but it’s fatal for kit foxes unless it’s treated. If the mange goes untreated, the kit fox will likely die within a few months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s an urgent situation, so Cypher and his team are trying to tackle the problem by trapping and treating as many kit foxes as possible. So far this year, they’ve treated about 50 kit foxes for mange.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10697086\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10697086 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/MakeKitFox-800x636.jpg\" alt=\"This male kit fox was hospitalized for four weeks at the California Living Museum. This photo was taken before he was released.\" width=\"800\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/MakeKitFox-800x636.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/MakeKitFox-400x318.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/MakeKitFox-1440x1145.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/MakeKitFox.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/MakeKitFox-1180x938.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/MakeKitFox-960x763.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This male kit fox was hospitalized four weeks at the California Living Museum. This photo was taken before he was released. \u003ccite>(Erica Kelly/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re not sure if we can stop it,” Cypher says. “We’re going to give it our best shot. We’re hoping that, if nothing else, we can protect pockets of foxes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cypher and biologist Tory Westall set traps several nights a week and check them early in the mornings. They treat the foxes with a topical insecticide and then release them. If the fox is really sick, they’ll take it to a wildlife rehabilitation facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On this warm summer morning, Cypher and his team are checking traps in southeast Bakersfield.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nothing here,” says Westall. The traps at an elementary school are empty. The team then heads to a nearby industrial site. But again, no luck. They’re hoping to find one fox in particular -- a very sick one they've seen in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s probably around here, and for whatever reason, it doesn’t want to go into the traps,” says Westall. “We’ve put in a lot of nights here, and it usually only takes one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’ve set up cameras to survey any sick animals in the area. They use cat food as bait.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We also use a commercial lure called canine call,” Cypher says. “And it’s got all sorts of nasty stuff in it. Skunk glands, I’m not sure what all else. But the foxes just can’t resist it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most mornings, the team has no trouble catching sick foxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cypher says humans don’t need to worry about getting mange. Mites don’t like humans. And as long as dog owners take care of their pets by treating them for ticks and fleas, the dogs should be fine, too, Cypher says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, Cypher and his team are waiting for funding to try a new plan typically reserved for dogs: putting collars on the foxes that will kill the mites. And if that doesn’t work, they may try applying insecticides directly to the dens -- anything to protect these endangered San Joaquin kit foxes that have made a home in Bakersfield.\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "10666076 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=10666076",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/09/27/deadly-skin-disease-threatens-endangered-kit-foxes-in-bakersfield/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 1091,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 29
},
"modified": 1443220318,
"excerpt": "Mange, which is caused by mites, has never before been seen in these bushy-tailed creatures.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Mange, which is caused by mites, has never before been seen in these bushy-tailed creatures.",
"title": "Deadly Skin Disease Threatens Endangered Kit Foxes in Bakersfield | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Deadly Skin Disease Threatens Endangered Kit Foxes in Bakersfield",
"datePublished": "2015-09-27T06:00:11-07:00",
"dateModified": "2015-09-25T15:31:58-07:00",
"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"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "deadly-skin-disease-threatens-endangered-kit-foxes-in-bakersfield",
"status": "publish",
"path": "/news/10666076/deadly-skin-disease-threatens-endangered-kit-foxes-in-bakersfield",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The endangered San Joaquin kit fox has an unlikely home in California’s country music capital. No, these bushy-tailed creatures don’t hang out in the honky-tonks in Bakersfield, but they do find plenty of other places to make their dens. Every golf course in town has a family of kit foxes. Industrial parks and school campuses are also popular spots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Honestly, they’re all over Bakersfield,” says Alan Paradise, principal of North High School. He’s seen many a fox family peering out of dens near the school’s baseball field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/225594796&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/225594796'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’ll know that it’s an active den when you see bones and wrappings around the outside,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Food wrappings, that is. These small nocturnal foxes will eat junk food and they’ve been known to dumpster-dive. But they also find plenty of marmots, ground squirrels and insects.\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>Paradise says he sees them everywhere. “They seem to do pretty well in Bakersfield,” he says. “They like it here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, they’ve been around for decades. As Bakersfield grew and encroached on their natural habitat, they adapted. Biologists estimate there could be as many as 400 foxes living here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10697084\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10697084\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/FemaleKit-800x475.jpg\" alt=\"A kit fox sniffs a trap after being released. She was treated on-site with a topical insecticide for mange.\" width=\"800\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/FemaleKit-800x475.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/FemaleKit-400x238.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/FemaleKit-1440x856.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/FemaleKit.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/FemaleKit-1180x701.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/FemaleKit-960x571.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A kit fox sniffs a trap after being released. She was treated on-site with a topical insecticide for mange. \u003ccite>(Tory Westall/Endangered Species Recovery Program, CSU Stanislaus)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And since the drought, the Bakersfield kit foxes make up the most stable population of this endangered animal. The numbers are declining in wilder areas like the \u003ca href=\"http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/nlcs/Carrizo_Plain_NM.html\">Carrizo Plain National Monument\u003c/a>, where kit foxes are having trouble finding enough food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most locals take pride in the kit foxes, but sometimes there are conflicts, says California Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Victoria Monroe. She educates people on how to coexist with a protected species that is curious and playful, but skittish around humans. Today, she’s fielding a question from a man who says his neighbor tampered with a kit fox den by shoveling dirt into the entrance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monroe checks the den, which is next to a driveway, and notices tiny paw prints in the sand. She says the kit fox has already started mending the hole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re notoriously intelligent,” Monroe says. “Their behavior is very plastic. And they can change their behaviors in response to human activity to exploit new environments and to really thrive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now these urban foxes are facing a problem they can’t outwit -- a deadly and highly infectious skin disease called mange.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because this is such a high-density population, the disease is spreading pretty rapidly,” says Brian Cypher, associate director of the \u003ca href=\"http://esrp.csustan.edu/\">Endangered Species Recovery Program \u003c/a>at CSU Stanislaus. “It could spread throughout the entire [urban] population and potentially kill them all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And because the drought has already caused a precipitous drop in the numbers of San Joaquin kit foxes out in the wild, this is especially bad news for an endangered animal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cypher says mange, which is caused by mites, has never been seen in kit foxes. It appears to affect only the foxes in Bakersfield, not in the wilder areas. “It seems like in the natural lands, the density is too low to carry the disease,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Diseased foxes lose their fur and scratch so much they get wounds on their skin. Cypher says dogs can usually survive mange, but it’s fatal for kit foxes unless it’s treated. If the mange goes untreated, the kit fox will likely die within a few months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s an urgent situation, so Cypher and his team are trying to tackle the problem by trapping and treating as many kit foxes as possible. So far this year, they’ve treated about 50 kit foxes for mange.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10697086\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10697086 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/MakeKitFox-800x636.jpg\" alt=\"This male kit fox was hospitalized for four weeks at the California Living Museum. This photo was taken before he was released.\" width=\"800\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/MakeKitFox-800x636.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/MakeKitFox-400x318.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/MakeKitFox-1440x1145.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/MakeKitFox.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/MakeKitFox-1180x938.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/MakeKitFox-960x763.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This male kit fox was hospitalized four weeks at the California Living Museum. This photo was taken before he was released. \u003ccite>(Erica Kelly/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re not sure if we can stop it,” Cypher says. “We’re going to give it our best shot. We’re hoping that, if nothing else, we can protect pockets of foxes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cypher and biologist Tory Westall set traps several nights a week and check them early in the mornings. They treat the foxes with a topical insecticide and then release them. If the fox is really sick, they’ll take it to a wildlife rehabilitation facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On this warm summer morning, Cypher and his team are checking traps in southeast Bakersfield.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nothing here,” says Westall. The traps at an elementary school are empty. The team then heads to a nearby industrial site. But again, no luck. They’re hoping to find one fox in particular -- a very sick one they've seen in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s probably around here, and for whatever reason, it doesn’t want to go into the traps,” says Westall. “We’ve put in a lot of nights here, and it usually only takes one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’ve set up cameras to survey any sick animals in the area. They use cat food as bait.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We also use a commercial lure called canine call,” Cypher says. “And it’s got all sorts of nasty stuff in it. Skunk glands, I’m not sure what all else. But the foxes just can’t resist it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most mornings, the team has no trouble catching sick foxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cypher says humans don’t need to worry about getting mange. Mites don’t like humans. And as long as dog owners take care of their pets by treating them for ticks and fleas, the dogs should be fine, too, Cypher says.\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>In fact, Cypher and his team are waiting for funding to try a new plan typically reserved for dogs: putting collars on the foxes that will kill the mites. And if that doesn’t work, they may try applying insecticides directly to the dens -- anything to protect these endangered San Joaquin kit foxes that have made a home in Bakersfield.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/10666076/deadly-skin-disease-threatens-endangered-kit-foxes-in-bakersfield",
"authors": [
"208"
],
"programs": [
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_19906",
"news_457",
"news_8",
"news_356"
],
"tags": [
"news_18132",
"news_5563",
"news_18245",
"news_17286",
"news_17041",
"news_3901"
],
"featImg": "news_10697039",
"label": "news_72"
},
"news_125601": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_125601",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "125601",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1392219915000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "cal-football-player-dies-during-drill",
"title": "Candlelight Vigil, Memorial Fund for Cal Football Player Ted Agu",
"publishDate": 1392219915,
"format": "aside",
"headTitle": "Candlelight Vigil, Memorial Fund for Cal Football Player Ted Agu | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"term": 6944,
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_125602\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/tedagu.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-125602 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/tedagu-640x362.jpg\" alt=\"UC Berkeley football player Ted Agu, in image released today by Cal. \" width=\"640\" height=\"362\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UC Berkeley football player Ted Agu, in image released by Cal. (GoldenBearSports.com)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 7:45 a.m. Wednesday (Feb. 12):\u003c/strong> Cal Athletics is holding a candlelight vigil Wednesday night for Ted Agu, the Golden Bears’ defensive lineman who died following a run with the team last Friday. The gathering will be held from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. tonight at the Lisa and Douglas Goldman Plaza on the west side of Memorial Stadium (\u003ca href=\"https://admin.xosn.com/attachments1/238135.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=30100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">see map\u003c/a>). Stadium Gates 3 and 5 will open at 6 p.m., and candles and special wristbands will be handed out to the first 1,000 attendees. The event will be led by Agu’s Omega Psi Phi fraternity and Cal student-athletes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agu’s family, friends, fraternity brothers and former Bakersfield Frontier High School teammates have led an online drive to help raise funds for funeral costs and other expenses. So far, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.youcaring.com/memorial-fundraiser/ted-agu-memorial-fund/136269\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ted Agu Memorial Fund at YouCare.com\u003c/a> has raised about $27,000 of its $30,000 goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 1:45 p.m. Monday (Feb. 10):\u003c/strong> The Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau said Monday it was conducting an autopsy on Ted Agu, the 21-year-old Cal football player who died during a team workout on Friday. The coroner’s office told KQED’s Ted Goldberg this morning that toxicology tests are also being conducted in the case, and it would tax six to eight weeks before those results would be returned. Bottom line: It appears unlikely that the coroner will release the cause of Ted Agu’s death today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 2:45 p.m. Friday (Feb. 7): \u003c/strong>UC Berkeley athletics officials have released some details of the events leading to the death of 21-year-old defensive lineman Ted Agu during a supervised training run near Cal’s Memorial Stadium early Friday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Casey Batten, a team physician, told a press conference in Berkeley that medical staff were monitoring the workout and noticed that Agu appeared to be having difficulty completing it. As a precaution, staff members stopped Agu’s workout. “He was hydrating, he was responsive, he was talking,” Batten said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a further precaution, he was placed on a cart and moved to a medical facility about 150 yards away. Agu collapsed there. Batten said medical staff immediately started what he called “high-quality CPR” and use of an external defibrillator. Agu was then rushed to Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley, where he died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A visibly stricken Cal Athletic Director Sandy Barbour said “the Cal family is heartbroken” by Agu’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘This is one of those tragedies that no one can understand or comprehend.’\u003ccite>— Sonny Dykes\u003cbr>\nCal head football coach\u003c/cite>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“There is no greater tragedy than to lose one of our incredibly bright and passionate young people far too soon,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agu won a spot on Cal’s roster as a walk-on — a non-scholarship player — under former coach Jeff Tedford. Sonny Dykes, Cal’s current head coach, rewarded Agu’s talent and determination by making him a scholarship player last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is certainly one of those tragedies that, as we talked about to our football team today, no one can understand or comprehend,” Dykes said today. “Ted was a very special young man. As a coach you have the opportunity to be around a lot of special kids, day in and day out, and he was a special young man. Just had a passion and energy for life that was contagious. He’ll be deeply missed. Our players loved him dearly, and he was a big part of our family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agu was a student in UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, whose dean, Stefano Bertozzi, issued a statement:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Ted’s untimely death is a great shock; not only was he a star athlete on the Cal football team, but he was also a strong student with plans for medical school. Those who knew him have commented that despite having the impressive physicality of a football player, he had a charming warmth of character. Ted demonstrated strong leadership skills, serving as an informal peer adviser for incoming freshman football players. He was passionate about using the influence of football players and coaches to improve healthy behaviors among youth in our community and was planning to work with the School on a project related to this. He will long be remembered.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> UC Berkeley says that \u003ca href=\"http://www.calbears.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=30100&ATCLID=208198163\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ted Agu\u003c/a>, a junior defensive lineman who attended Frontier High School in Bakersfield and first earned a spot on the Golden Bears as a walk-on (non-scholarship) player, died Friday morning. Agu was 21 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Cal-football-player-dies-after-training-run-5214640.php\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Chronicle’s Nanette Asimov reports\u003c/a>, “Cal officials said Agu was running with other teammates at the time. They did not say where the run took place, but said he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_25085731?source=redbar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bay Area News Group account reports\u003c/a>: “Greg Kragen, a former NFL player with the Denver Broncos and the father of Cal defensive end Kyle Kragen, said his son told him a player passed out during a team run on Friday morning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.calbears.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30100&ATCLID=209400171\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the press release from Cal Athletics\u003c/a> confirming Agu’s death:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>At this time, we are deeply saddened to inform you that Ted Agu, one of our student-athletes and a member of our football team, passed away tragically this morning. Our thoughts and prayers are with Ted’s family and friends, our players and coaches, and our University family. Our student-athletes are our priority and we are providing counseling services for our players. Please bear with us as we work to inform personally those closest to Ted; we will provide more information as it becomes available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a very difficult time for our football family,” said Sonny Dykes, Head Football Coach. “Ted was a remarkable young man and a member of this family who was highly respected and loved by his teammates and coaching staff. He had an incredible passion for life and will be deeply missed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Athletics Director Sandy Barbour said, “Our heartfelt condolences go out to Ted’s family. This is a very painful time for the entire Cal family; in the days and weeks ahead, my focus will be on providing every member of our community the support and information they need to get through this time. I would ask that media please respect and understand how this tragedy is impacting Ted’s family, his teammates, friends and the members of our campus community. We will get through this together.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>More details on Agu and team reaction, again \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_25085731?source=redbar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from the Bay Area News Group\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A public health major at Cal, Agu earned Pac-12 All-Academic second-team honors after compiling a 3.28 grade-point average last fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He played in seven of Cal’s 12 games last season, totaling six tackles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reaction from his saddened teammates was swift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Freshman teammate Cameron Walker said on Twitter: “You left too soonBut ur in a better place now. & we all have another guardian angel watching over us. I love you, Ted. I miss you already.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quarterback Jared Goff tweeted, “I’ll never forget you Ted,” and freshman lineman Eril Bunte, on Twitter, called Agu, “The best example of a true Cal football player. On and off the field …. One of the best men I had the HONOR of knowing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Freshman Jonah Hodges said Agu made himself available to help teammates with their academics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Prayers out to ted and his family guy was incredibly smart would help me and the other younger guys whenever we needed it in the classroom,” Hodges tweeted.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And a little more on Agu \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/cal/2014/02/07/cal-football-player-dead/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from Chronicle Sports Editor Al Saracevic\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>(Agu) saw action at Cal as both a defensive lineman and linebacker, wearing No. 35. By all accounts, he was a well-liked and successful student-athlete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agu starred at Bakersfield’s Frontier High School, earning All-Southwest Yosemite League honors in each of his final two prep seasons, leading the conference with 12.0 sacks as a 2009 senior after posting 8.0 sacks in his junior campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agu played basketball and participated in track and field in high school. He was an honor roll student all four years of high school who was named the most academic player on his basketball squad during both his 2007-08 sophomore and 2008-09 junior campaigns.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s a video of Agu being interviewed last spring in a Cal Athletics video:\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/QmRKAf0ye78\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": "Ted Agu, a defensive end from Bakersfield, died during a run with teammates Friday morning.",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1721149701,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": true,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 34,
"wordCount": 1481
},
"headData": {
"title": "Candlelight Vigil, Memorial Fund for Cal Football Player Ted Agu | KQED",
"description": "Ted Agu, a defensive end from Bakersfield, died during a run with teammates Friday morning.",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Candlelight Vigil, Memorial Fund for Cal Football Player Ted Agu",
"datePublished": "2014-02-12T07:45:15-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-07-16T10:08:21-07:00",
"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,
"customPermalink": "2014/02/07/cal-football-player-dies-during-drill/",
"path": "/news/125601/cal-football-player-dies-during-drill",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_125602\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/tedagu.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-125602 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/tedagu-640x362.jpg\" alt=\"UC Berkeley football player Ted Agu, in image released today by Cal. \" width=\"640\" height=\"362\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UC Berkeley football player Ted Agu, in image released by Cal. (GoldenBearSports.com)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 7:45 a.m. Wednesday (Feb. 12):\u003c/strong> Cal Athletics is holding a candlelight vigil Wednesday night for Ted Agu, the Golden Bears’ defensive lineman who died following a run with the team last Friday. The gathering will be held from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. tonight at the Lisa and Douglas Goldman Plaza on the west side of Memorial Stadium (\u003ca href=\"https://admin.xosn.com/attachments1/238135.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=30100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">see map\u003c/a>). Stadium Gates 3 and 5 will open at 6 p.m., and candles and special wristbands will be handed out to the first 1,000 attendees. The event will be led by Agu’s Omega Psi Phi fraternity and Cal student-athletes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agu’s family, friends, fraternity brothers and former Bakersfield Frontier High School teammates have led an online drive to help raise funds for funeral costs and other expenses. So far, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.youcaring.com/memorial-fundraiser/ted-agu-memorial-fund/136269\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ted Agu Memorial Fund at YouCare.com\u003c/a> has raised about $27,000 of its $30,000 goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 1:45 p.m. Monday (Feb. 10):\u003c/strong> The Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau said Monday it was conducting an autopsy on Ted Agu, the 21-year-old Cal football player who died during a team workout on Friday. The coroner’s office told KQED’s Ted Goldberg this morning that toxicology tests are also being conducted in the case, and it would tax six to eight weeks before those results would be returned. Bottom line: It appears unlikely that the coroner will release the cause of Ted Agu’s death today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 2:45 p.m. Friday (Feb. 7): \u003c/strong>UC Berkeley athletics officials have released some details of the events leading to the death of 21-year-old defensive lineman Ted Agu during a supervised training run near Cal’s Memorial Stadium early Friday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Casey Batten, a team physician, told a press conference in Berkeley that medical staff were monitoring the workout and noticed that Agu appeared to be having difficulty completing it. As a precaution, staff members stopped Agu’s workout. “He was hydrating, he was responsive, he was talking,” Batten said.\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 a further precaution, he was placed on a cart and moved to a medical facility about 150 yards away. Agu collapsed there. Batten said medical staff immediately started what he called “high-quality CPR” and use of an external defibrillator. Agu was then rushed to Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley, where he died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A visibly stricken Cal Athletic Director Sandy Barbour said “the Cal family is heartbroken” by Agu’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘This is one of those tragedies that no one can understand or comprehend.’\u003ccite>— Sonny Dykes\u003cbr>\nCal head football coach\u003c/cite>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“There is no greater tragedy than to lose one of our incredibly bright and passionate young people far too soon,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agu won a spot on Cal’s roster as a walk-on — a non-scholarship player — under former coach Jeff Tedford. Sonny Dykes, Cal’s current head coach, rewarded Agu’s talent and determination by making him a scholarship player last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is certainly one of those tragedies that, as we talked about to our football team today, no one can understand or comprehend,” Dykes said today. “Ted was a very special young man. As a coach you have the opportunity to be around a lot of special kids, day in and day out, and he was a special young man. Just had a passion and energy for life that was contagious. He’ll be deeply missed. Our players loved him dearly, and he was a big part of our family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agu was a student in UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, whose dean, Stefano Bertozzi, issued a statement:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Ted’s untimely death is a great shock; not only was he a star athlete on the Cal football team, but he was also a strong student with plans for medical school. Those who knew him have commented that despite having the impressive physicality of a football player, he had a charming warmth of character. Ted demonstrated strong leadership skills, serving as an informal peer adviser for incoming freshman football players. He was passionate about using the influence of football players and coaches to improve healthy behaviors among youth in our community and was planning to work with the School on a project related to this. He will long be remembered.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> UC Berkeley says that \u003ca href=\"http://www.calbears.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=30100&ATCLID=208198163\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ted Agu\u003c/a>, a junior defensive lineman who attended Frontier High School in Bakersfield and first earned a spot on the Golden Bears as a walk-on (non-scholarship) player, died Friday morning. Agu was 21 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Cal-football-player-dies-after-training-run-5214640.php\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Chronicle’s Nanette Asimov reports\u003c/a>, “Cal officials said Agu was running with other teammates at the time. They did not say where the run took place, but said he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_25085731?source=redbar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bay Area News Group account reports\u003c/a>: “Greg Kragen, a former NFL player with the Denver Broncos and the father of Cal defensive end Kyle Kragen, said his son told him a player passed out during a team run on Friday morning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.calbears.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30100&ATCLID=209400171\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the press release from Cal Athletics\u003c/a> confirming Agu’s death:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>At this time, we are deeply saddened to inform you that Ted Agu, one of our student-athletes and a member of our football team, passed away tragically this morning. Our thoughts and prayers are with Ted’s family and friends, our players and coaches, and our University family. Our student-athletes are our priority and we are providing counseling services for our players. Please bear with us as we work to inform personally those closest to Ted; we will provide more information as it becomes available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a very difficult time for our football family,” said Sonny Dykes, Head Football Coach. “Ted was a remarkable young man and a member of this family who was highly respected and loved by his teammates and coaching staff. He had an incredible passion for life and will be deeply missed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Athletics Director Sandy Barbour said, “Our heartfelt condolences go out to Ted’s family. This is a very painful time for the entire Cal family; in the days and weeks ahead, my focus will be on providing every member of our community the support and information they need to get through this time. I would ask that media please respect and understand how this tragedy is impacting Ted’s family, his teammates, friends and the members of our campus community. We will get through this together.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>More details on Agu and team reaction, again \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_25085731?source=redbar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from the Bay Area News Group\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A public health major at Cal, Agu earned Pac-12 All-Academic second-team honors after compiling a 3.28 grade-point average last fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He played in seven of Cal’s 12 games last season, totaling six tackles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reaction from his saddened teammates was swift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Freshman teammate Cameron Walker said on Twitter: “You left too soonBut ur in a better place now. & we all have another guardian angel watching over us. I love you, Ted. I miss you already.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quarterback Jared Goff tweeted, “I’ll never forget you Ted,” and freshman lineman Eril Bunte, on Twitter, called Agu, “The best example of a true Cal football player. On and off the field …. One of the best men I had the HONOR of knowing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Freshman Jonah Hodges said Agu made himself available to help teammates with their academics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Prayers out to ted and his family guy was incredibly smart would help me and the other younger guys whenever we needed it in the classroom,” Hodges tweeted.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And a little more on Agu \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/cal/2014/02/07/cal-football-player-dead/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from Chronicle Sports Editor Al Saracevic\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>(Agu) saw action at Cal as both a defensive lineman and linebacker, wearing No. 35. By all accounts, he was a well-liked and successful student-athlete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agu starred at Bakersfield’s Frontier High School, earning All-Southwest Yosemite League honors in each of his final two prep seasons, leading the conference with 12.0 sacks as a 2009 senior after posting 8.0 sacks in his junior campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agu played basketball and participated in track and field in high school. He was an honor roll student all four years of high school who was named the most academic player on his basketball squad during both his 2007-08 sophomore and 2008-09 junior campaigns.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\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>Here’s a video of Agu being interviewed last spring in a Cal Athletics video:\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/QmRKAf0ye78\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/125601/cal-football-player-dies-during-drill",
"authors": [
"222"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_10"
],
"tags": [
"news_5563",
"news_316",
"news_34078",
"news_5732"
],
"featImg": "news_125602",
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_124337": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_124337",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "124337",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1390578779000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 6944
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1390578779,
"format": "aside",
"disqusTitle": "A Signal From Central Valley That GOP May Act on Immigration",
"title": "A Signal From Central Valley That GOP May Act on Immigration",
"headTitle": "News Fix | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_124338\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1028px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/01/106955504.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-124338\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/01/106955504-1028x685.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from Bakersfield and House majority whip, says he'd favor a path to some form of legalization for undocumented immigrants, but not citizenship. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) \" width=\"1028\" height=\"685\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from Bakersfield and House majority whip, says he'd favor a path to some form of legalization for undocumented immigrants, but not citizenship. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As House Republicans prepare to wrestle with their differences on immigration at an annual retreat next week, one GOP lawmaker from the Central Valley is signaling there may be movement on an issue that has split the party. At the same time, a high-profile group of bipartisan leaders \u003ca href=\"http://bipartisanpolicy.org/events/2014/01/immigration-demographic-trends-and-national-security-imperatives\" target=\"_blank\">met in Silicon Valley Thursday\u003c/a> to unveil a report showing immigrants are key to a robust U.S. economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://bipartisanpolicy.org/library/report/immigration-america%E2%80%99s-demographic-edge\" target=\"_blank\">report by the Bipartisan Policy Center\u003c/a> was released by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, both Republicans, and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry Cisneros, a Democrat. They argued that America’s population is aging and needs immigrants to keep the labor force growing. A healthy economy, in turn, will enable the United States to maintain its global political and military preeminence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Immigrants not only add to the sheer numbers — so they continue the growth process,” said Cisneros, “but they tend to be younger — therefore they form families, therefore they have children, so they create the generation to come.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rice said she hoped to counteract what she called a misperception that immigrants are a drag on the economy. If Americans and their elected leaders understood the demographic and economic realities, they would be more likely to support comprehensive immigration reform, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The message seemed calculated to give House Republicans a nudge — and possible political cover — as they hash out their differences in what GOP leaders hope will lead to \u003ca href=\"http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/comprehensive-immigration-reform-republicans-gop-agenda-102537.html\" target=\"_blank\">a series of immigration bills this year\u003c/a>. Some moderate and pro-business Republicans favor a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, while Tea Party conservatives say they regard most forms of legalization as amnesty for lawbreakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. Kevin McCarthy, of Bakersfield, said earlier this week that he favors a path to legal status but not citizenship. McCarthy, who as majority whip is No. 3 in the GOP's House leadership, signaled that provisional legalization may be part of a set of immigration principles that Republican leaders plan to release before next week's retreat. Those principles are being drafted by House Speaker John Boehner’s staff, including his new immigration policy staffer, Becky Tallent, whom Boehner recently hired away from the very same Bipartisan Policy Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/131081955&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "124337 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=124337",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/01/24/a-signal-from-central-valley-that-gop-may-act-on-immigration/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": true,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 419,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 9
},
"modified": 1390849850,
"excerpt": "Rep. Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield says he'd back a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Rep. Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield says he'd back a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants.",
"title": "A Signal From Central Valley That GOP May Act on Immigration | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "A Signal From Central Valley That GOP May Act on Immigration",
"datePublished": "2014-01-24T07:52:59-08:00",
"dateModified": "2014-01-27T11:10:50-08:00",
"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": "a-signal-from-central-valley-that-gop-may-act-on-immigration",
"status": "publish",
"customPermalink": "2014/01/23/124337/republicans-immigration-reform/",
"path": "/news/124337/a-signal-from-central-valley-that-gop-may-act-on-immigration",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_124338\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1028px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/01/106955504.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-124338\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/01/106955504-1028x685.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from Bakersfield and House majority whip, says he'd favor a path to some form of legalization for undocumented immigrants, but not citizenship. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) \" width=\"1028\" height=\"685\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from Bakersfield and House majority whip, says he'd favor a path to some form of legalization for undocumented immigrants, but not citizenship. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As House Republicans prepare to wrestle with their differences on immigration at an annual retreat next week, one GOP lawmaker from the Central Valley is signaling there may be movement on an issue that has split the party. At the same time, a high-profile group of bipartisan leaders \u003ca href=\"http://bipartisanpolicy.org/events/2014/01/immigration-demographic-trends-and-national-security-imperatives\" target=\"_blank\">met in Silicon Valley Thursday\u003c/a> to unveil a report showing immigrants are key to a robust U.S. economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://bipartisanpolicy.org/library/report/immigration-america%E2%80%99s-demographic-edge\" target=\"_blank\">report by the Bipartisan Policy Center\u003c/a> was released by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, both Republicans, and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry Cisneros, a Democrat. They argued that America’s population is aging and needs immigrants to keep the labor force growing. A healthy economy, in turn, will enable the United States to maintain its global political and military preeminence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Immigrants not only add to the sheer numbers — so they continue the growth process,” said Cisneros, “but they tend to be younger — therefore they form families, therefore they have children, so they create the generation to come.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rice said she hoped to counteract what she called a misperception that immigrants are a drag on the economy. If Americans and their elected leaders understood the demographic and economic realities, they would be more likely to support comprehensive immigration reform, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The message seemed calculated to give House Republicans a nudge — and possible political cover — as they hash out their differences in what GOP leaders hope will lead to \u003ca href=\"http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/comprehensive-immigration-reform-republicans-gop-agenda-102537.html\" target=\"_blank\">a series of immigration bills this year\u003c/a>. Some moderate and pro-business Republicans favor a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, while Tea Party conservatives say they regard most forms of legalization as amnesty for lawbreakers.\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>Rep. Kevin McCarthy, of Bakersfield, said earlier this week that he favors a path to legal status but not citizenship. McCarthy, who as majority whip is No. 3 in the GOP's House leadership, signaled that provisional legalization may be part of a set of immigration principles that Republican leaders plan to release before next week's retreat. Those principles are being drafted by House Speaker John Boehner’s staff, including his new immigration policy staffer, Becky Tallent, whom Boehner recently hired away from the very same Bipartisan Policy Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/131081955&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/124337/a-signal-from-central-valley-that-gop-may-act-on-immigration",
"authors": [
"259"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_1169"
],
"tags": [
"news_5563",
"news_311",
"news_152",
"news_1891"
],
"label": "news_6944"
}
},
"podcastsReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"podcasts": {}
},
"radioProgramsReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"radioPrograms": {}
},
"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?tag=bakersfield": {
"isFetching": false,
"latestQuery": {
"from": 24,
"size": 12
},
"vitalsOnly": false,
"totalRequested": 7,
"isLoading": false,
"isLoadingMore": true,
"total": {
"value": 31,
"relation": "eq"
},
"items": [
"news_11631037",
"news_11226889",
"news_10723932",
"news_10711017",
"news_10666076",
"news_125601",
"news_124337"
],
"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_tag_bakersfield": {
"isLoading": true
},
"news_5563": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_5563",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "5563",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Bakersfield",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Bakersfield Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 5587,
"slug": "bakersfield",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/bakersfield"
},
"source_news_10711017": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "source_news_10711017",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"name": "NPR",
"link": "http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/10/07/446602115/now-frontrunner-for-house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-is-still-a-bakersfield-boy",
"isLoading": false
},
"news_72": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_72",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "72",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/TCR-2-Logo-Web-Banners-03.png",
"name": "The California Report",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "program",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "The California Report Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 6969,
"slug": "the-california-report",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/program/the-california-report"
},
"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_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_350": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_350",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "350",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "ACLU",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "ACLU Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 358,
"slug": "aclu",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/aclu"
},
"news_37": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_37",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "37",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Fresno",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Fresno Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 37,
"slug": "fresno",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/fresno"
},
"news_20320": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_20320",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "20320",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "kern county",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "kern county Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 20337,
"slug": "kern-county",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/kern-county"
},
"news_6104": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_6104",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "6104",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "officer involved shootings",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "officer involved shootings Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 6128,
"slug": "officer-involved-shootings",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/officer-involved-shootings"
},
"news_116": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_116",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "116",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "police",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "police Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 120,
"slug": "police",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/police"
},
"news_17286": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_17286",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "17286",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "tcr",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "tcr Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 17318,
"slug": "tcr",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/tcr"
},
"news_18540": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_18540",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "18540",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Education",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Education Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2595,
"slug": "education",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/education"
},
"news_13": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_13",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "13",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Politics",
"slug": "politics",
"taxonomy": "category",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Politics | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 13,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/politics"
},
"news_17041": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_17041",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "17041",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "the-california-report-featured",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "the-california-report-featured Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 17067,
"slug": "the-california-report-featured",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/the-california-report-featured"
},
"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_1397": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1397",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1397",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Transportation",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Transportation Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1409,
"slug": "transportation",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/transportation"
},
"news_18355": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_18355",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "18355",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Southern California",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Southern California Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 18389,
"slug": "southern-california",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/southern-california"
},
"news_1891": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1891",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1891",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Kevin McCarthy",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Kevin McCarthy Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1906,
"slug": "kevin-mccarthy",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/kevin-mccarthy"
},
"news_387": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_387",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "387",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "U.S. House of Representatives",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "U.S. House of Representatives Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 395,
"slug": "u-s-house-of-representatives",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/u-s-house-of-representatives"
},
"news_253": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_253",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "253",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "NPR",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "affiliate",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": "KQED is the NPR station for the Bay Area, providing award-winning news, programming, and community engagement.",
"title": "NPR Archives - Get the Latest News and Reports from California | KQED",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 7083,
"slug": "npr",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/affiliate/npr"
},
"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_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_356": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_356",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "356",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Science",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Science Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 364,
"slug": "science",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/science"
},
"news_18132": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_18132",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "18132",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "animals",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "animals Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 18166,
"slug": "animals",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/animals"
},
"news_18245": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_18245",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "18245",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "endangered species",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "endangered species Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 18279,
"slug": "endangered-species",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/endangered-species"
},
"news_3901": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_3901",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "3901",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "urban wildlife",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "urban wildlife Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 3920,
"slug": "urban-wildlife",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/urban-wildlife"
},
"news_10": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_10",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "10",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Sports",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Sports Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 10,
"slug": "sports",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/sports"
},
"news_316": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_316",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "316",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Cal",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Cal Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 324,
"slug": "cal",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/cal"
},
"news_34078": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_34078",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "34078",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "sports",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "sports Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 34095,
"slug": "sports",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/sports"
},
"news_5732": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_5732",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "5732",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Ted Agu Memorial Fund",
"slug": "ted-agu-memorial-fund",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Ted Agu Memorial Fund | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null,
"metaRobotsNoIndex": "noindex"
},
"ttid": 5756,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/ted-agu-memorial-fund"
},
"news_1169": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1169",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1169",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Immigration",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Immigration Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1180,
"slug": "immigration",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/immigration"
},
"news_311": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_311",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "311",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Central Valley",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Central Valley Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 319,
"slug": "central-valley",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/central-valley"
},
"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"
}
},
"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
}
}
