Devin Katayama
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Oakland, CA, United States
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Ride Service Drivers Say They Need Higher Pay as Gas Prices Rise
It’s no fun getting gas these days. The average price in many Bay Area counties is $5.80 a gallon. And that's making it tough for people who drive for gig companies like Uber and Lyft, or who are taxi drivers. Uber and Lyft have introduced a few options to help drivers with increased fuel costs, → Read More
How San Francisco Shaped VP Nominee Kamala Harris
Many Americans got to know Kamala Harris when she ran for president last year. But the Bay Area has known her for a lot longer. → Read More
What's the Path Forward for Bay Area Public Transit?
Leaders at the Bay Area's public transit agencies are dealing with a massive fiscal crisis that happened seemingly overnight. → Read More
What It Takes to Help 'Newcomer' Immigrant Students in Oakland
Many local leaders in the Bay Area have made it a point to say that their communities are welcoming places for new immigrants, including those who are undocumented, are seeking asylum or are refugees. Oakland Unified School District prides itself on helping "newcomer" students. And this year, they could see an unprecedented number of new → Read More
The Anonymous Companies That Buy Up Homes
KQED serves the people of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. Read or listen to breaking news and in-depth coverage of regional and state issues, arts, science, and more. → Read More
Why San Jose Ain't San Jose Without the Sharks
So much has changed in San Jose since the Sharks first came to the city in 1993. Its population has spiked to more than 1 million, the median home price is around $1 million, and the SAP Center (aka the Shark Tank) isn't the only development getting attention anymore. The outside of Henry's Hi-Life. (Ericka Cruz Guevarra/KQED) While the city's identity has become intertwined with the tech boom… → Read More
Would You Stop Driving Through Downtown San Francisco if You Had to Pay to Do It?
Driving through downtown San Francisco has always been hell (good luck getting across Market Street). Traffic has gotten worse with job growth and the advent of ride-hailing apps like Lyft and Uber. Could congestion pricing help? San Francisco is studying whether to charge people who drive through some of the busiest parts of the city. New York City decided it will introduce congestion pricing… → Read More
How Do People Afford to Live in the Bay Area? We Asked, You Answered
Tales of the shortcuts and sacrifices some make to stay in the legendarily unaffordable Bay Area. → Read More
Basically, Nothing in the Bay Area is Affordable to Someone Making $64,000
We all know it's expensive to live in the Bay Area. But just how unaffordable is it? Reporters with the Mercury News and the East Bay Times looked at how high rents and mortgages have climbed since 2012, and it will blow your mind. People making $100,000 can afford to live in just 28 percent of Bay Area neighborhoods. And if you're making less than $64,000, you basically have no options. Guest:… → Read More
How S.F. Helped Make Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris announced this week she’s running for president. She's certainly not the first Californian to be groomed by Bay Area politics for the national stage. Harris has had to walk a line between left-leaning politics and her status as a former prosecutor. On Sunday she'll hold a rally in Oakland, the city where she → Read More
Big Oil, Small Town: Valero's Election Influence in Benicia's Politics
Valero spent $200,000 in last year's Benicia city council election to help elect two candidates who were less critical of the company than others. That's created tension between the oil refiner and the city, leading people to question how much influence Valero should have in local politics. On Tuesday Benicia will discuss the possibility of new campaign finance laws that could limit corporate… → Read More
What Electric Scooters and Shopping Carts May Soon Have in Common
Mention electric scooters and people usually react with an eye roll. It's associated with the newness of the tech culture of the Bay Area. Some see scooters as a "micro-transit" tool; others simply see them as a nuisance. The city of San Jose thinks it's got the answer to managing them: geofencing. Guest: KQED Silicon Valley Senior Editor Tonya Mosley → Read More
Homes on Top of Buses
Here’s a new one: stacking homes on top of a city bus yard. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency wants to build housing on top of its Potrero bus yard right across the street from KQED studios. Their idea is that the housing would help pay for upgrades to the facility. It's kind of a wild idea. Guest: Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez, transportation reporter and columnist for the San… → Read More
For Here or To Go? The Rise of Food Delivery Apps in SF
Caviar, Postmates, Uber Eats…the Bay Area’s tech family gave us food delivery apps. And there are plenty of gig workers willing to drive us this food. These delivery apps allow us to hole up in our office, work harder, faster and avoid human interaction. At least, that’s what one tech reporter fears. He says it’s not just consumers who are being conditioned by these apps. It’s the restaurants… → Read More
A Dark History of Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley got its start with a man who was regarded as a genius and won a Nobel prize. But William Shockley was also a racist and eugenicist who promoted sterilizations of black Americans. A new monument in Mountain View celebrates Shockley's work, but ignores his racist past. Guest: Sam Harnett, KQED Silicon Valley reporter → Read More
Are Electric Cars Too Uncool?
Your car says a lot about you. It can tell people how much money you have. It can say, "I care about the environment." And while we know that the adoption of electric cars is key to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, most consumers still aren't buying them yet. But the Bay Area's better than most. → Read More
'Crazy Rich Asians' Is What A Lot of People Have Been Waiting For
Read Ricky's article here: Asian-Americans Are Cultural Orphans (aka I hope Crazy Rich Asians isn’t a flop). → Read More
One Bay Area City Preps for More Rent Control; Aaand...It's Berkeley
If California voters approve Prop. 10 in November, the debate over rent control will continue. Read more from Guy Marzorati on that debate in the Bay Area. → Read More
How the DMV Got Worse
Read Bryan Anderson's full story on the DMV here. Also check out the Capitol Alert newsletter. Finally, thanks to the Sacramento Bee for letting us use audio for this story. → Read More
How a Schoolteacher's Letter Led to the Creation of Schulz's 'Franklin' Character
Check out some of the letters between Glickman and Schulz here. → Read More