Author Archives: Joshua Johnson

Feds Award $30 Million to Remake S.F. Housing Project

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What do you do with a housing project of 256 dilapidated units, tucked into a little-seen corner of town? Tear it down — but not before you build it back better. That's the plan for San Francisco's Alice Griffith Public … Continue reading »


Bayview Shooting: Explaining the Discrepancy Between SFPD Guns and Bullet Found in Kenneth Harding

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UPDATE, 1:13 PM: Another possibility in this matter is that sometimes officers carry backup weapons on the job, with the approval of their departments. This would be, perhaps, a firearm purchased personally that can be carried on one's person while … Continue reading »


SFPD Chief Suhr Walks Out of Chaotic Bayview Town Hall; Video, Interview With Suhr Afterward

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I'm just finishing up my radio report on tonight's town hall meeting at the Bayview Opera House in San Francisco's Bayview district, organized in response to Saturday's police shooting of 19-year-old parolee Kenneth Harding. The standing-room-only event degenerated into chaos … Continue reading »


Inside the San Francisco taping of "Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!"

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If you've only ever heard "Wait, Wait… Don't Tell Me!", then you really don't know the show at all. You literally have to see it to believe it. We may have been the largest audience ever at San Francisco's War … Continue reading »


Pelican Bay Prisoners Reportedly on Hunger Strike

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You could call it a "prison within a prison": a supermax facility so isolating that some inmates say they haven't seen the night sky in years. Prison reform advocates say that inmates at the Security Housing Unit of California's Pelican … Continue reading »


KQED-FM's First Manager: Launching NPR "Took A Lot of Doing"

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Yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of NPR. But if the U.S. military had killed Osama bin Laden back then, many NPR stations would not have been able to bring you live coverage. In fact, they'd have had to wait for … Continue reading »


Future of SF's Eagle Tavern Uncertain; Fans Rally to Stop Shutdown

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We're awaiting word from the owner of property on which the Eagle Tavern stands, to learn more about the future of this historic San Francisco bar. It's known as a hub for the leather community, a source for charitable fundraising, and … Continue reading »


Bay Area Connections to the Civil War

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Tuesday marks 150 years since the Civil War began when Confederates in Charleston, S.C., opened their bombardment of Fort Sumter. You might think of it as a years-long fight of North and South, but as it turns out the West … Continue reading »


Half Moon Bay Prepares to Dissolve Police Department

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Since it incorporated in 1959, the City of Half Moon Bay has had a police force.  Now, after 52 years in service and an ongoing fiscal crisis, the department is going away to save just over a half million dollars … Continue reading »


Calif. Politicians React to Giffords Shooting

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California's elected leaders and congressional delegation are reacting to the shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords and others were shot at a shopping area in her home district this morning, while she held a "Congress On Your Corner" public … Continue reading »