Fifth & Mission

Fifth & Mission is presenting episodes of other Chronicle podcasts this weekend. In this episode of Total SF, Peter Hartlaub and Heather Knight welcome Lt. Eleanor Sadler from San Francisco Animal Care & Control, who's been bringing joy to Twitter and Instagram as Officer Edith for years. | Subscribe to Total SF: podfollow.com/totalsf Produced by Peter Hartlaub. Music is "The Tide Will Rise" by th...

Fifth & Mission is presenting episodes of other Chronicle podcasts this weekend. In the current episode of Soleil Ho and Justin Phillips’ food show, the author and host of the design and architecture podcast 99% Invisible talks about how the coronavirus pandemic has created an opportunity to make restaurant design more resilient through parklets and reclaimed outdoor space. He also digs into how d...

Fifth & Mission is presenting episodes of other Chronicle podcasts this weekend. In Episode 2 of the biographical miniseries Chronicled: Who Is Kamala Harris? the former San Francisco district attorney is elected California attorney general, takes on Wall Street, and wins. It’s part of what she says is her career-long fight “for the people.” But there are times when Harris faces Wall Street and sh...

District Attorney Chesa Boudin has charged Christopher Samayoa with manslaughter for his role in the 2017 shooting of Keita O’Neil — the first time an SFPD officer has ever been charged with homicide in a use-of-force case. Reporter Rachel Swan joins guest host Dominic Fracassa to help put this development in context. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod New podcast! Chronicled: Who I...

Dr. Luke Rodda, the city's chief forensic toxicologist, talks about the devastating surge in overdose deaths — 563 through October, triple the number lost to COVID-19 — and why it's important to release monthly tallies. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod New podcast! Chronicled: Who Is Kamala Harris? sfchronicle.com/chronicled Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

As coronavirus surges, experts are advising that your plans for the big day should be: Don't do it. Erin Allday and Annie Vainshtein join Heather Knight to talk about how realistic that is, and how to talk to relatives about it. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod New podcast! Chronicled: Who Is Kamala Harris? sfchronicle.com/chronicled Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...

Californians in counties where the coronavirus is raging the most must change their behavior starting Saturday. Between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. anyway. Erin Allday and Heather Knight discuss Gov. Gavin Newsom's order for purple-tier counties, which follows similar efforts in New York City, Los Angeles and Europe, though scientists are dubious about its efficacy. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicl...

Connie Chan won a close race and will represent the Richmond on the Board of Supervisors starting in January. She talks with Heather Knight about fighting for cash for small businesses hit hard by the coronavirus shutdown, as well as the need for more public transportation in District 1. She also weighs in on homelessness, property crime and the push to reopen public schools. | Unlimited Chronicle...

The U.S.-Mexico border has been a major focus of the Trump administration. But for some American citizens, it's simply a part of their day. They live in Mexico but work or go to school in the U.S. Producer Erika Carlos talks to people who cross the border on a daily basis, braving early hours, long lines and coronavirus danger. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod New podcast! Chronic...

The dreaded cold-season coronavirus surge is upon us. And even as vaccine trials show promise, Gov. Gavin Newsom says many counties need to go to purple status, the most restrictive. Newsom also apologized for attending a crowded dinner at the French Laundry. Sacramento reporters Dustin Gardiner and Alexei Koseff are guests. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod New podcast! Chronicled...

San Francisco's DA discusses what could curb the city's rampant drug dealing, his idea for a new trafficking court and why voters are increasingly choosing progressives as their top prosecutors.  | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The coronavirus has emptied much of downtown San Francisco. Some remote workers, freed from the office, are moving to faraway places like Tahoe. But with rents in the city taking a rare plunge, some others are finding it's high time to move back and snag a relatively affordable loft or apartment, J.K. Dineen reports. In this episode, Dineen also discusses San Francisco's controversial move to ban...

The election is over, but the political divisions in the country remain. If anything, they appear wider than four years ago. A week after Joe Biden's win, Republicans are backing Donald Trump’s attempts to stay in power. Reporter Rachel Swan and culture critic Peter Hartlaub join host Demian Bulwa to talk about the tension in the Bay Area, and how some are using the pandemic as an excuse to avoid...

San Francisco will shut down indoor dining starting this Friday at midnight and is pausing plans to reopen high schools after reporting an alarming spike in coronavirus cases. Food writer Janelle Bitker talks about the effect on the already-decimated restaurant industry and health reporter Erin Allday asks whether the city’s cautious approach in tackling the pandemic is worth the collateral damage...

Rare good news on the coronavirus front: Pfizer on Monday announced its vaccine is proving 90% effective in battling COVID-19. Will the vaccine get us closer to ending the global pandemic? Also, President-elect Joe Biden fleshed out his plan to tackle the pandemic for what will surely be a tough winter. Health reporter Erin Allday discusses the latest. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/...

San Francisco has a new member of the Board of Supervisors: Myrna Melgar of District 7, the area west of Twin Peaks. She wants more apartments and in-law units in her district, a reopening of the public schools and more childcare for struggling families. She's the first Latina elected to the board without having been appointed by the mayor first. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Le...

In a combined episode of the Fifth & Mission and It’s All Political podcasts, Joe Garofoli, Tal Kopan and Demian Bulwa talk about the moment that put the Biden-Harris ticket over the top, the historic nature of their victory, and what to expect now from Donald Trump. | Latest news: sfchronicle.com/politics Podcast: Chronicled: Who Is Kamala Harris? sfchronicle.com/chronicled Learn more about your...

With Joe Biden having moved into the lead overnight in ballots counted in Pennsylvania and Georgia, a Biden victory over President Trump looks likely. But it's not quite assured. Political reporter John Wildermuth on where we are as the counts continue in those two states as well as Nevada, Arizona, North Carolina and Alaska. | Latest election news: sfchronicle.com/politics   New podcast! Chronicl...

The police killing of George Floyd energized liberals seeking to root out systemic biases. But in California, the election was a disappointment for reformers. Affirmative action remains banned, an expansion of rent control failed, and Uber and Lyft don't have to make drivers full employees. Reporter Alexei Koseff and Otis Taylor Jr. size up the state of the state. | Latest election news: sfchronic...

The ride-hailing giants poured millions into a California ballot measure to keep their drivers as contractors, rather than employees with full benefits. And it paid off. Uber and Lyft saw their shares leap after Proposition 22 passed, in a defeat for labor forces. So what does this mean for drivers and riders? Reporter Carolyn Said explains. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn m...

Photographer Scott Strazzante talks about covering a Trump youth march in Danville on election eve and a watch party in Novato on election night. He was one of very few wearing a mask at the march, the only one at the party. He says covering Trump rallies reminds him of covering sporting events, with a similar atmosphere of team fervor. | Latest election news: sfchronicle.com/politics   New podcas...

Washington correspondent Tal Kopan talks about why Democratic voters who went to bed Tuesday night feeling pessimistic had more reasons for optimism when they woke up Wednesday morning — though nothing’s decided yet. | Latest election news: sfchronicle.com/politics   New podcast! Chronicled: Who Is Kamala Harris? sfchronicle.com/chronicled Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

In a combined episode of the Fifth & Mission and It’s All Political podcasts, Joe Garofoli, Heather Knight, Alexei Koseff and Demian Bulwa sum up a tense, inconclusive presidential election day, plus state and local races. | Latest election news: sfchronicle.com/politics   New podcast! Chronicled: Who Is Kamala Harris? sfchronicle.com/chronicled Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

The city operated 588 polling places on Election Day — and some were very unusual. Hear from poll workers at the gay leather bar the SF-Eagle, the Museum of Ice Cream, the Geneva Car Barn and the Balboa Theater — one of San Francisco's last independent movie houses. | Latest election news: sfchronicle.com/politics   New podcast! Chronicled: Who Is Kamala Harris? sfchronicle.com/chronicled Learn mo...

Reporter Nora Mishanec visits the Eritrean Community Center in San Francisco, where poll inspector Jessica Kuo says many of the in-person voters are casting ballots for the first time. She says they're excited to hear the ballot scanner go "ping." | Latest election news: sfchronicle.com/politics New podcast! Chronicled: Who Is Kamala Harris? sfchronicle.com/chronicled Learn more about your ad choi...