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Two of the producers of the audio series "Uncuffed," from Solano and San Quentin state prisons, share how they became journalists, what it's like to make radio inside prison walls, and how the series offers incarcerated men an opportunity to express themselves.

You can read the story, " The Porch Pirate of Potrero Hill Can’t Believe It Came to This ," in The Atlantic.

Now that city leaders have agreed on a compromise policy to revamp San Francisco's mental health system, we talk with Mark Salazar, executive director of the Mental Health Association of San Francisco, about what services are available today, and what comes next.

Now that definitive results are in, we recap the results of the local election with independent reporter Nuala Sawyer Bishari

In What's New & What's Next, the Civic team offers a roundup of San Francisco news and a look at what's ahead on the city's calendar. This week: Election results are in and victories claimed. Also, city bodies are set to consider a number of large mixed-use developments.

Mission Local reporter Julian Mark discusses his reporting on a white paper that offers revelations about the work SFPD officers did as part of a Joint Terrorism Task Force with the FBI.

With preliminary results in, we discuss takeaways from votes so far in the close races and ballot measure contests with USF professor of Politics James Taylor.

In 2004, state voters approved a $3 billion bond to fund stem cell research. Another, bigger ask, for $5.5 billion, is coming in 2020. Its backers say the most promising research might just fade away if it isn't funded again. What came out of the first bond, and what's being promised to voters this time around?

In "The Role of Art in a Period of Political Turmoil," at Spark Arts, artists are exhibiting work intended to catalyze civil conversations about a political climate that has been anything but. They’re also responding directly to Donald Trump’s attacks on the press. Proceeds from art sales will go to the San Francisco Public Press, a nonprofit newsroom and Civic’s parent organization.

Dance Mission Theater's Artistic Director Krissy Keefer and Managing Director Stella Adelman look back on 20 years of calling out injustice through dance in a changing political and environmental landscape, and persevering in a gentrifying city.

At a candidate debate hosted by the San Francisco Public Press and Mission Local and moderated by Mission Local managing editor Joe Eskenazi, the four candidates for District Attorney lay out their policy stances.

Voter are deciding on six measures this November. In this episode, hear summaries of the propositions, plus extended commentary on some issues from San Francisco Examiner reporter Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez and San Francisco State University associate professor of political science Jason McDaniel. See the full nonpartisan election guide at sfpublicpress.org/election2019.

On the anniversary of the devastating Loma Prieta quake, we hear from the USGS about the threat posed by the Hayward Fault, get an assessment from the Building Inspection Department of how the city's soft-story buildings would fare with major shaking, learn how neighbors can mobilize in a disaster with NERT, and bring dispatches from the unveiling of a statewide earthquake early warning system. Ph...

In What's New & What's Next, the Civic team offers a roundup of San Francisco news and a look at what's ahead on the city's calendar. This week: A car-free Market Street passes muster, PG&E rejects the city's offer on its power grid, and upcoming hearings on police reform and a proposed 193-unit housing development.

In these highlights from our conversations with incumbent Vallie Brown and challenger Dean Preston, you'll hear a lot about housing affordability. You can find full interviews with the candidates, as well as our interview with candidate Ryan Lam, at sfpublicpress.org/civic. We expect to be publishing an interview with candidate Nomvula O'Meara in the near future.

District 5 Supervisor candidate Ryan Lam, the youngest candidate in the race, on how he envisions better tenant protections might work, concerns about business taxes, and what could help address traffic deaths in the district.

District 5 Supervisor candidate and tenant advocate Dean Preston lays out his priorities for addressing housing affordability in San Francisco and looks back on his work as the founder of Tenants Together

District 5 Supervisor Vallie Brown, the incumbent running in November, talks about her work as a public servant, her vision for housing policy, and growing up living intermittently out of a van.

As the San Francisco Public Press’ celebrates 10 years of producing local investigative journalism, we peek inside to see what makes it tick. Reporter Kevin Stark unpacks his two projects on how sea level rise will affect coastal real estate development that continues to this day. Reporter Jeremy Adam Smith explains his investigations into segregation and funding inequality among San Francisco’s p...

On this edition of Civic: What San Francisco needs to consider to adapt to sea level rise, how citizen lobbyists are hoping to address climate change with a bipartisan federal carbon dividend, plus plans to reduce emissions from trucking and housing.

In What's New & What's Next, the Civic team offers a roundup of San Francisco news and a look at what's ahead on the city's calendar. This week: Youth strike for the climate, health workers shut down a commission meeting, the library ends fees and upcoming proposals regarding housing, the fire code, and hotel conversions.

On this edition of Civic: We hear how the Transit Riders are marking Transit Week in the city, and get reactions to a potential BART panhandling and busking ban.

In What's New & What's Next, the Civic team offers a roundup of San Francisco news and a look at what's ahead on the city's calendar. This week: State-level housing legislation passes the Senate, San Francisco transit setbacks, and what's coming up in terms of weekend events and at the next Board of Supervisors meeting.

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