Fifth & Mission

Reporter Tatiana Sanchez joins Dominic Fracassa to unpack Thursday's SCOTUS ruling that blocks the Trump administration's attempt to dismantle DACA, dealing a major blow to the president. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program allows young, undocumented immigrants to live and work legally in the United States. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad ch...

As the furor grows over police brutality directed at black and brown people, the political power of police unions is being questioned. Joe Garofoli talks about how the unions might react to the upcoming election season. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused upheaval in the housing market, causing home sales to drop and prices to sink. Rents are also falling as huge numbers of tenants break their leases and move out of the Bay Area. Reporter J.K. Dineen talks about the deals for renters and the lessons we should learn from past recessions when it comes to housing construction. | Get full Chronicle coverage: sfchronicle...

This Pride month was made sweeter with a Supreme Court decision forbidding employment discrimination based on gender or sexual identity. Reporter Ryan Kost talks about what that surprising ruling means in the fight for LGBTQ rights, particularly as demonstrators across the country fight for solutions to systemic racism. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choi...

Chief William Scott says he feels conflicted as a black man watching national protests against police brutality. He was a young LAPD officer during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, and he says that experience shaped his view of policing. Scott supports calls for San Francisco's department to be defunded and for officers' responsibilities to be narrowed. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod...

After SFPD officers fatally shot Mario Woods in 2015, authorities promised reforms. But more than half of the changes recommended by the Department of Justice have yet to be fulfilled, and while use-of-force incidents are down overall, police still disproportionately use violence against black people and Latinos. Joaquin Palomino and Megan Cassidy talk about the data and new reform proposals out o...

Coronavirus cases are increasing across the state, but counties are pushing forward with reopening plans. Is that good for public safety? Health reporter Erin Allday delves into the latest case numbers and what they mean. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chronicle photojournalist Yalonda M. "Yoshi" James was tired of the media's focus on looting and vandalism during the George Floyd protests. So she turned her camera on African Americans marching, holding signs and demanding change and asked them, "Why are you protesting?" | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have the George Floyd protests launched a real change in American life, or will the widespread white support fade over time? How can white allies stay in the fight? And is "Defund the Police" an idea — and a slogan — that can work? Joe Garofoli, the Chronicle's senior political writer and host of It's All Political, talks about the political future of the movement, and what effect it might have in...

Counties around the state are slowly reopening for business and loosening the shelter-in-place restrictions in place since March. But what will best practices be? Can you have a dinner party? What about a child play date? Dominic Fracassa discusses the new guidelines released by San Francisco officials. | Full coronavirus coverage: sfchronicle.com/coronavirus | Full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.c...

Tony Bravo talks to the 25-year-old East Bay native who went viral by riding her horse, Dapper Dan, to a George Floyd protest last week in Oakland. She discusses bringing people of color like herself into the predominantly white "horse world." | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now that one of the strangest school terms in American history is wrapping up, are students going to be woefully behind? And what has the coronavirus shutdown shown about the inequities in our public education system? Reporter Jill Tucker has a reassuring message for stressed-out parents: The kids will be all right. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices....

Sparked by the national protests over the death of George Floyd, San Francisco Supervisor Shamann Walton wants to ban the police department from hiring any officer who engaged in misconduct in a previous job. | Get Full Chronicle coverage: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shannon Watts, a new resident of the East Bay, founded Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America after the Sandy Hook school shooting. She's worried about the panic buying of guns during the coronavirus pandemic, but she's confident of big election wins in November. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Curfews have been imposed across the region and country as protestors spill onto city streets. In some towns, major shopping areas have been looted. Chronicle East Bay columnist Otis Taylor Jr. joins Audrey Cooper to talk about the unrest that's followed the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. | Full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...

Controller Ben Rosenfield describes what it's like to go from balancing the books of an economic powerhouse — the City and County of San Francisco — to facing down a $1.7 billion budget gap that appeared almost overnight because of the coronavirus pandemic. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayor London Breed laid out when residents can browse in stores, eat in restaurants and work out at gyms. Reporter Dominic Fracassa delves into the details and describes the new, stricter face-covering requirements. | Coronavirus coverage: sfchronicle.com/coronavirus | Full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Riders have peeled away and sales tax projections are abysmal because of the coronavirus crisis. Some officials want to close stations. BART has a budget to survive for one year. What happens after that is a big question mark. Rachel Swan joins Dominic Fracassa to talk about the beleaguered transit agency. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

Diagnoses of coronavirus are increasing in some Bay Area counties. Notably, Alameda County is now the hardest hit in the region. What’s happening here? Health writer Erin Allday explains the latest theories. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Supervisor Matt Haney has been working at a hotel for homeless people to shelter in place during the coronavirus pandemic. He tells Heather Knight it's convinced him more people on the streets need to be moved into vacant rooms. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ten weeks into shelter-in-place, the San Francisco neighborhood remains crowded with tents, and people can't maintain social distance. Sam Dennison of the anti-poverty nonprofit Faithful Fools lays out what City Hall should be doing to help people during the coronavirus pandemic. | Full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slowly but surely, governments are reopening parks, preserves, beaches and lakes. The Chronicle is keeping track of all the open places to recreate, and outdoors writer Tom Stienstra joins Audrey Cooper to discuss the dos and don’ts of venturing outside this Memorial Day weekend and beyond. | Coronavirus coverage: sfchronicle.com/coronavirus | Full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more...

A shortage of masks, gowns and other medical-grade personal protective equipment has been a major issue in the coronavirus pandemic. It's still happening, and reporter Dominic Fracassa says that hospitals and county officials are generally reluctant — or have outright refused — to answer questions about a known issue in the PPE supply chain. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn m...

You're never fully dressed without a smile, but with face masks mandatory in the coronavirus crisis, no one can tell you're smiling. That's important because smiles play a big role in American culture. Reporter Annie Vainshtein and Heather Knight talk about the new masked reality, and what might replace that toothy grin of yours. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about yo...

Professional musicians around the Bay Area are entertaining and consoling their neighbors with public performances during shelter-in-place. Heather Knight talks to Page Street cellist Saul Richmond-Rakerd about why music is so comforting. | Coronavirus coverage: sfchronicle.com/coronavirus | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...