Ericka Cruz Guevarra is the host of The Bay. Before that, she was the show’s producer. Her work in that capacity included a three-part reported series on policing in Vallejo, which won a 2020 Excellence in Journalism award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Ericka has worked as a breaking news reporting at Oregon Public Broadcasting, helped produce NPR's Code Switch podcast, and was KQED’s inaugural Raul Ramirez Diversity Fund intern. She’s also an alumna of NPR’s Next Generation Radio program. Send her an email if you have strong feelings about whether Fairfield and Suisun City are part of the Bay.

Alan Montecillo is the senior editor of The Bay. He came to KQED from central Illinois, where he was a senior talk show producer at WILL in Champaign-Urbana. Before that, he worked at Oregon Public Broadcasting and co-founded the podcast Racist Sandwich. He was raised in Hong Kong and graduated from Reed College. 

Gabriela Glueck is the producer of The Bay. Prior to joining the show, Gabriela was an on-call producer at KQED, working on shows like Bay Curious, Close All Tabs, and The California Report Magazine. She’s explored the history (and future) of Pacifica’s famous Taco Bell, the invention of the wetsuit and its surprising Bay Area connection, and how a group of local scientists are working to resurrect an extinct butterfly. Gabriela has also worked as a producer for North Carolina Public Radio’s Embodied program and as KCRW’s inaugural Good Food Reporting Fellow.