San Francisco City Insider

San Francisco City Insider

132 episodes

This podcast has merged into Fifth & Mission, the flagship newscast of the San Francisco Chronicle. Please subscribe to Fifth & Mission on your favorite podcast app.Old description: From the back rooms of City Hall to the chaotic streets of downtown, the San Francisco City Insider provides insight into the biggest news stories and most pressing issues facing one of the most interesting cities in the world. Chronicle columnist Heather Knight hosts, with regular appearances from The San Francisco Chronicle’s City Hall team – Trisha Thadani and Dominic Fracassa. They ask the tough questions of our city’s leaders to find out what’s going right and what needs to change.

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San Francisco City Insider Is Moving

Published: April 11, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 8 seconds

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BART's Coming Off the Rails

Published: April 10, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 3 seconds

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How to Combat Shutdown Loneliness

Published: April 8, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 6 seconds

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Glide in the Time of COVID-19

Published: April 7, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 19 seconds

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Homeless and Desperate

Published: April 3, 2020, 8:41 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 45 seconds

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San Francisco After COVID-19

Published: April 1, 2020, 4:48 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 11 seconds

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Is the Coronavirus Surge Still Coming?

Published: March 31, 2020, 12:41 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 54 seconds

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Inside San Francisco's Emergency Command Center

Published: March 27, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 10 seconds

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Coronavirus: A Disaster for Small Businesses

Published: March 24, 2020, 10:49 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 7 seconds

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Treating Victims of S.F.s Traffic Violence

Published: March 13, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 53 seconds

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This Is Going to Be Catastrophic

Published: March 12, 2020, 8:30 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 58 seconds

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Fifth & Mission: A Top S.F. Doctor on the Coronavirus

Published: March 12, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 52 seconds

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The Bart Board President's Big Dreams

Published: March 3, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 36 seconds

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Race, Power and Inequity in San Francisco

Published: Feb. 28, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 46 seconds

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There's a New Sheriff in Town

Published: Feb. 27, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 59 seconds

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Vilaska Nguyen: Comedian, Public Defender and S.F. Supervisor Candidate

Published: Feb. 13, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes

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Young, Homeless and Alone on the Streets

Published: Feb. 11, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 26 seconds

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Corruption in the Public Works Department

Published: Feb. 7, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 11 seconds

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Fifth & Mission Live: Primaries 2020

Published: Feb. 6, 2020, 7:19 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 25 seconds

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The Rare San Francisco Trump Supporter

Published: Feb. 4, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 45 seconds

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Super Excited for the Super Bowl

Published: Jan. 29, 2020, 6:35 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 33 seconds

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Fifth & Mission: Bombshell Arrest of "MrCleanSF"

Published: Jan. 29, 2020, 2:03 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 16 seconds

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Why San Francisco Needs a Safe Injection Site

Published: Jan. 28, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 59 seconds

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No Love for the Haight

Published: Jan. 24, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 20 seconds

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The Public Defender Makes His Case

Published: Jan. 21, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 54 seconds

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Three Years of Rage

Published: Jan. 14, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 36 seconds

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Spending San Francisco's Big Bucks

Published: Jan. 7, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 3 seconds

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Best of City Insider: New Muni Director

Published: Jan. 3, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 14 seconds

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Best of City Insider: Chesa Boudin

Published: Dec. 30, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 55 seconds

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Best of City Insider: Vision Zero Isnt Working

Published: Dec. 27, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 18 seconds

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The Most Loved Librarian in America

Published: Dec. 23, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 21 seconds

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The Drug Crisis, Firsthand

Published: Dec. 20, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 50 seconds

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A Rocky Year at City Hall

Published: Dec. 18, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 11 seconds

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Sacred sleep

Published: Dec. 10, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 16 seconds

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Talking Trash

Published: Dec. 6, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 59 seconds

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Dean Prestons Big Plans

Published: Dec. 2, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 55 seconds

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Hungry in San Francisco

Published: Nov. 27, 2019, 8:29 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 35 seconds

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Byron Cobb: Cable Car Bell Ringing Champion

Published: Nov. 26, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 37 seconds

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Meet Your New Muni Director

Published: Nov. 23, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 14 seconds

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The Effort to End Domestic Violence

Published: Nov. 19, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 42 seconds

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SF Takes Big Step Toward Mental Health Care Reform. What's next?

Published: Nov. 14, 2019, 8:13 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 8 seconds

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Making San Francisco's Streets Safer

Published: Nov. 8, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 27 seconds

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Too Close to Call: Election Night Recap

Published: Nov. 6, 2019, 9:31 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 3 seconds

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Celebrating Transgender Awareness Month

Published: Nov. 5, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 4 seconds

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Jonathan Moscone: 41 Years Without Dad

Published: Oct. 18, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 58 seconds

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Should 17-year-olds get to vote?

Published: Oct. 15, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 6 seconds

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Losing Summer

Published: Oct. 11, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 39 seconds

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Off to the Races Already

Published: Oct. 5, 2019, 5:01 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 41 seconds

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San Francisco's New Political Spot

Published: Oct. 3, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 41 seconds

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Fifth & Mission: Rocks and Hard Places

Published: Oct. 1, 2019, 6:48 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 32 seconds

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Total SF: Warriors president Rick Welts interview

Published: Sept. 24, 2019, 3:45 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 2 seconds

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Taking a Shot at the NRA

Published: Sept. 19, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 19 seconds

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DA Tuesday: Chesa Boudin

Published: Sept. 17, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 55 seconds

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A Little Dignity for the Homeless

Published: Sept. 16, 2019, 7:13 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 5 seconds

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DA Tuesday: Suzy Loftus

Published: Sept. 10, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 51 seconds

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DA Tuesday: Nancy Tung

Published: Sept. 3, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 24 seconds

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Why San Francisco's Vision Zero Isn't Working

Published: Aug. 30, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 18 seconds

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DA Tuesday: Leif Dautch

Published: Aug. 27, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 17 seconds

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An Attack, a Video and the Fallout

Published: Aug. 27, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 3 seconds

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S.F.s First Openly LGBT Fire Chief

Published: Aug. 13, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 6 seconds

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An Epidemic of Untreated Mental Illness

Published: Aug. 8, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 2 seconds

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Living on the Cheap in One of the World's Most Expensive Cities

Published: Aug. 6, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 55 seconds

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Treating San Francisco Homelessness Like a Real Emergency

Published: Aug. 2, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 25 seconds

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Into the Weeds with SF's Cannabis Czar

Published: July 29, 2019, 7:14 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 12 seconds

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What Does London Lack That SF Has in Abundance? Misery on the Streets

Published: July 11, 2019, 4:49 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 26 seconds

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Breaking Down the Budget

Published: July 2, 2019, 4:44 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 10 seconds

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The Fight Over the Embarcadero Navigation Center

Published: June 27, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 21 seconds

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Poverty and Financial Justice in San Francisco

Published: June 24, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 48 seconds

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Making Sense of the Affordable Housing Mess

Published: June 21, 2019, 6:43 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 26 seconds

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Taxing Wealthy Companies to Solve SF's Problems

Published: June 18, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 28 seconds

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Finding the Tipping Point on Homelessness

Published: May 31, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 57 seconds

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Total SF Live! with Amanda Guest, Emily Silverman, Tara Ramroop and Eugenia Chien

Published: May 27, 2019, 10:29 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 49 seconds

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Opioid Addiction: One Family's Story

Published: May 24, 2019, 10 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 32 seconds

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I Left My Heart - and Wallet, iPhone and Sanity - in San Francisco

Published: May 14, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 58 seconds

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Mid-Market: Vision and Reality

Published: May 10, 2019, 5:45 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 29 seconds

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San Franciscos Deadly Streets - And What Could Help

Published: May 3, 2019, 7:45 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 52 seconds

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Homeless Navigation Centers: Now What?

Published: April 30, 2019, 10:44 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 7 seconds

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Fixing SF's Behavioral Health System Is Difficult. Here's Why.

Published: April 12, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 41 seconds

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Tribute to the Richmond District

Published: April 10, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 11 seconds

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Americas Most Woke Library

Published: April 9, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 20 seconds

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The Queen of Car Break-ins

Published: March 29, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 13 seconds

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Why S.F. General's bills are so damn high

Published: March 22, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 34 seconds

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Inside San Franciscos Mental Health Crisis

Published: March 12, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 53 seconds

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Difficult Supervisor Hillary Ronen

Published: March 1, 2019, noon
Duration: 40 minutes 16 seconds

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A State Solution for SF Generals Brutal Billing Practices

Published: Feb. 24, 2019, noon
Duration: 23 minutes 15 seconds

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Seeking Small Miracles for the Homeless

Published: Feb. 8, 2019, noon
Duration: 30 minutes 55 seconds

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An Early Look at the Race to Become San Franciscos Next District Attorney

Published: Feb. 6, 2019, 9 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 22 seconds

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185 Million Reasons to Fight

Published: Feb. 6, 2019, noon
Duration: 9 minutes 57 seconds

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City Attorney Dennis Herrera and the S.F. Voting Controversy

Published: Jan. 29, 2019, noon
Duration: 31 minutes 46 seconds

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San Francisco School Teachers and Their Struggle to Survive

Published: Jan. 25, 2019, noon
Duration: 26 minutes 9 seconds

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Does City Hall Have the Fix for District Six?

Published: Jan. 11, 2019, noon
Duration: 34 minutes 12 seconds

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The Great Progressive Compromise

Published: Jan. 11, 2019, 4:10 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 44 seconds

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Best of City Insider: Jane Kim

Published: Jan. 4, 2019, noon
Duration: 17 minutes 24 seconds

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Best of City Insider: Marc Benioff

Published: Dec. 31, 2018, noon
Duration: 20 minutes 20 seconds

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Best of City Insider: Police Chief Bill Scott

Published: Dec. 27, 2018, noon
Duration: 25 minutes 32 seconds

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The San Francisco Movie Special

Published: Dec. 24, 2018, 8:05 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 2 seconds

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Best of City Insider: Candidate London Breed

Published: Dec. 18, 2018, noon
Duration: 33 minutes 54 seconds

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Divvying up San Francisco's unexpected windfall

Published: Dec. 12, 2018, 10:45 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 56 seconds

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State Senator Scott Wiener

Published: Dec. 11, 2018, noon
Duration: 29 minutes 5 seconds

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Election 2018: Analysis from The Chronicle's political team

Published: Nov. 7, 2018, 9:56 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 1 second

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff on homelessness

Published: Nov. 2, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 24 seconds

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San Francisco Fire Chief hangs up her helmet

Published: Oct. 22, 2018, 10:28 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 42 seconds

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SF District Ten Candidate Shamann Walton

Published: Oct. 18, 2018, 4:43 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 48 seconds

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SF District Ten Candidate Tony Kelly

Published: Oct. 18, 2018, 4:34 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 8 seconds

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SF District Ten Candidate Theo Ellington

Published: Oct. 18, 2018, 4:27 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 20 seconds

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SF District Six Candidate Christine Johnson

Published: Oct. 17, 2018, 12:08 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 12 seconds

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SF District Six Candidate Sonja Trauss

Published: Oct. 16, 2018, 11:58 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 19 seconds

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SF District Six Candidate Matt Haney

Published: Oct. 16, 2018, 9:19 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 56 seconds

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SF District Four candidate Trevor McNeil

Published: Oct. 11, 2018, 12:32 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 32 seconds

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SF District Four candidate Gordon Mar

Published: Oct. 11, 2018, 12:31 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 35 seconds

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SF District Four candidate Jessica Ho

Published: Oct. 10, 2018, 3 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 14 seconds

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SF District Two Candidate Schuyler Hudak

Published: Oct. 10, 2018, 2 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 54 seconds

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SF District Two Candidate Catherine Stefani

Published: Oct. 10, 2018, 1:30 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 43 seconds

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SF District Two Candidate Nick Josefowitz

Published: Oct. 10, 2018, 1 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 16 seconds

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The front lines of San Francisco's mental health crisis

Published: Oct. 5, 2018, 5:24 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 21 seconds

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Debunking climate change deniers

Published: Sept. 11, 2018, midnight
Duration: 30 minutes 6 seconds

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Farewell to Chief of Staff Jason Elliott

Published: Aug. 31, 2018, 9:15 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 44 seconds

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SF District Eight Supervisor Rafael Mandelman

Published: Aug. 20, 2018, 5:33 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 25 seconds

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Emerge founder Andrea Dew Steele

Published: Aug. 20, 2018, 5:17 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 7 seconds

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The story behind San Francisco's "Invisible Men"

Published: July 30, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 19 seconds

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San Francisco's homeless problem, explained

Published: June 23, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 19 seconds

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Catching up with SF Mayor-elect London Breed

Published: June 22, 2018, 7:23 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 14 seconds

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San Francisco has a new mayor: London Breed

Published: June 13, 2018, 9:09 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 24 seconds

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2018 California Primary Election recap

Published: June 6, 2018, 10:09 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 59 seconds

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Understanding SF's opioid epidemic with Dr. Phillip Coffin

Published: May 20, 2018, 7:30 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 4 seconds

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Catching up with SF Mayor Mark Farrell

Published: May 17, 2018, 7:30 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 17 seconds

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Beach Blanket Babylon in the age of President Trump

Published: April 19, 2018, 5:46 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 35 seconds

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London Breed on the SF mayor's race

Published: April 5, 2018, 5:17 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 50 seconds

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San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott

Published: April 2, 2018, 10:21 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 48 seconds

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San Francisco mayoral candidate Angela Alioto

Published: March 29, 2018, 5:21 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 23 seconds

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SF mayoral candidate interview with Supervisor Jane Kim

Published: March 21, 2018, 7:11 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 41 seconds

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SF mayoral candidate interview with Mark Leno

Published: March 15, 2018, 1:44 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 19 seconds

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