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Oakland city officials issued a call Tuesday for 500 volunteers for the 2026 Point-In-Time Count on January 22. -
Joe A. Kunzler Photo/Flickr / Creative CommonsSan Francisco’s public transportation system is preparing to meet the demand prompted by tonight’s New Year's celebrations.
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Collage created by Porfirio Rangel & Ellie Prickett-MorganOn today's show: we're having a roundtable discussion of Ryan Coogler's "Sinners." -
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Image courtesy of co-signThe Grammy-nominated trumpeter talks about his latest album and how a residency in Shanghai helped him shed his inhibitions about genre. -
KALW Music's, Margarita Azucar, shares her favorite music documentaries of 2025. The list includes It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley, Selena y Los Dinos: A Family's Legacy, and Lillith Fair: Building a Mystery.
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Pool/Getty Images North AmericaMayor Zohran Mamdani took the oath of office in New York City after midnight Thursday. The city's first Muslim mayor, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, has promised to focus on affordability and fairness. -
Kirk Siegler/NPRSurvivors of the Eaton and Palisades Fires find healing and community working on a Rose Parade float to honor the lives and communities lost in last year's wildfires. -
Felix Lipov/AlamyThe city shut down the station in 1945 on New Year's Eve. Eighty years later, it's a symbolic venue choice for the incoming mayor's private swearing-in ceremony. -
Alex Brandon/APThe U.S. military says it struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days. The attacks killed eight people, while others jumped overboard and may have survived. U.S. Southern Command did not reveal where the attacks occurred.
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Bay Area residents can expect a wet welcome to 2026, as forecasts call for showers to continue through the end of the week. -
Randi Weingarten's new book is a love letter to public school educators and an expose of the well-funded campaign behind attacks on teachers and the war on knowledge. -
Introducing When We All Get to Heaven a new 10-part audio documentary series from Eureka Street Productions that focuses on how the MCC congregation in San Francisco responded to the personal and political trials of the AIDS epidemic, including the deaths of hundreds of its members. -
A Spare the Air Alert has been issued for the Bay Area, the third such alert issued so far this winter. -
A new law that will prohibit U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from concealing their faces with masks goes into effect January 1, while a Trump administration lawsuit to stop it is pending. -
Weather forecasters say the Bay Area is set to begin the New Year with more cold weather, steady rains, strong winds and possible coastal flooding.
