Nina Thorsen

1 month ago | kqed.org | Matthew Green |Nina Thorsen

Failed to save articlePlease try againU.S. President Donald Trump and golf legend Tiger Woods arrive for a reception honoring Black History Month in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The Black History Month celebration comes as Trump has signed a series of executive orders ending federal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and cutting funding to schools and Universities that do not cut DEI programs.

2 months ago | kqed.org | Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman |Nina Thorsen

Feb 5Failed to save articlePlease try againFond remembrances poured in Wednesday for Dennis Richmond, the storied KTVU journalist who was one of the nation’s first Black major-market news anchors and worked at the station for four decades. (Courtesy of KTVU)Dennis Richmond, the storied journalist who anchored KTVU’s 10 o’clock news for over 30 years with his trademark thick dark mustache and no-nonsense news delivery, died Wednesday, according to the station. He was 81.

May 31, 2024 | kqed.org | Sydney Johnson |Nina Thorsen

May 31Failed to save articlePlease try againInternational Bird Rescue members released eight rehabilitated brown pelicans, the first group to be returned to the wild, at Fort Baker in Sausalito on May 30, 2024, after they had been treated for starvation.

Apr 10, 2024 | kqed.org | Ericka Cruz Guevarra |Nina Thorsen |Maria Esquinca |Ellie Prickett-Morgan

Ericka Cruz GuevarraNina ThorsenMaria EsquincaEllie Prickett-MorganApr 10Failed to save articlePlease try againFans of the Oakland A's gather during a reverse boycott at the Oakland Coliseum to protest the ownership of the baseball team on June 13, 2023. (Aryk Copley/KQED)A full transcript will be available 1–2 workdays after the episode’s publication. It’s official: The A’s have a plan to leave Oakland.

Dec 22, 2023 | kqed.org | Nina Thorsen

Dec 22Failed to save articlePlease try againNguyễn Quí Đức looks down at a pack of Post-Its (not pictured) in April 2023. The Post-Its featured a 'Pacific Time' logo on them that he designed. It was his first visit to KQED in more than a decade. (Nina Thorsten/KQED)Nguyễn Quí Đức, who hosted KQED’s weekly radio program Pacific Time from 2000 to 2006, died in late November. He was 65 years old, and had been living in Hanoi, Vietnam since leaving the Bay Area in late 2006.