Author Archives: Amanda Stupi

About Amanda Stupi

Amanda Stupi is the Engagement Producer for KQED’s daily public affairs program Forum. In that role she turns the information shared during the hour-long call-in show into web-friendly content. Her writing has been featured throughout KQED.org, including on KQED Arts and News Fix as well as on MLB.com, Hyphen Magazine and the San Francisco Examiner. Her radio work has aired on The California Report and Talk of the Nation. Stupi runs the @KQEDForum Twitter account and Forum Facebook account. Her personal Twitter account is @FiftyCentHotdog. She believes that Hostess products get a bad rap and that cereal can save the world.

Facebook Mystery Announcement

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What's more fun than shopping online and making Friday night plans while pretending to work? An unexpected Facebook announcement. No one knows much, but it's taking place in New York so a logical guess is that the announcement will relate … Continue reading »


SF Taxis Can Now Unload and Load in Bike Lanes

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Citing a need to "provide access to the curb for taxi and paratransit van customers with disabilities" the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has announced that taxi cabs can now pick up and drop off passengers while parked in a … Continue reading »


Nine Things That Didn't Happen at the Last Giants Game of the Season -- A Fan's Notes

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I really wanted to go to the last Giants' game of the season. What exactly I expected to happen I don't know — have my favorite players miraculously heal and take the field? Have the Diamondbacks disqualified with the Giants … Continue reading »


Oakland Community Marches Against Sex Trafficking

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Oakland Police Chief Anthony Batts told members of the San Antonio neighborhood that he expected at least one of two anti-prostitution proposals being explored for the area to become a reality soon. Dozens of members of the International Boulevard community, … Continue reading »


Cal. Academy of Science Releases Penguin App; Watch Live Penguin Video Feed

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Bosses and project managers, meet your new enemy: the California Academy of Sciences' Pocket Penguins, a smart phone application that lets you view the Academy's African penguin exhibit 24 hours a day. The app was released earlier this week and allows … Continue reading »


Cal Baseball's Dream Season Comes to an End

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The top-seeded Virginia Cavaliers proved too much for the Cal Bears who lost 8-1, ending their bid in the College World Series tournament. Losses are never fun, and this one in particular wasn't pretty with Cal hitting batters, making errors, and … Continue reading »


Torture Redefined: Life Without Buster

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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," has never applied more to the first-place San Francisco Giants. Last night's game against the Florida Marlins was an emotional roller-coaster, exactly the sort of contest we Giants … Continue reading »


Identity of SJSU Shooting Victims Released

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San Jose State University officials identified the victims of Tuesday night's murder/suicide as two graduating seniors. 25-year-old Marcory Tarlit Caliguiran and 26-year-old Thomas Kyle Williams were killed while sitting in Caliguiran's car in a campus garage Tuesday evening. The alleged … Continue reading »


Bryan Stow Moving to UCSF; Suspects' Images Posted on L.A. Billboards

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Bryan Stow, the San Francisco Giants fan who was severely beaten at Dodgers Stadium on Opening Day, will soon be transferred to UCSF Medical Center, reports the NBC affiliate in Los Angeles. Stow remains in a coma but has stabilized … Continue reading »


Forum Follow-Up: John King Answers More Bay Area Design Questions

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Last Friday, San Francisco Chronicle urban design writer John King visited Forum to discuss all things Bay Area design and architecture, as well as his new book, Cityscapes: San Francisco and Its Buildings. Anyone who heard the show (and if … Continue reading »