KALW-FM (San Francisco, CA)

KALW is a public radio station located in San Francisco, California. It transmits its FM signal at 91.7 MHz, covering the San Francisco Bay Area. Additionally, listeners can enjoy live streaming audio of its broadcasts online.

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Bay Made showcase: Peer Talk

1 day ago | kalw.org | Ben Trefny

This conversation aired in the June 5, 2025 episode of Crosscurrents. Click the button above to listen Today, we bring you an excerpt of a live event put on by KALW. Peer Talkis a youth leadership and civic engagement program created by 7th grade students at Willie Brown Middle School, in San Francisco's Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood. It’s a part of Beyond the Fog Radio. At this event, middle schoolers were asked to interview a billionaire, former CEO of Gap Inc., Bob Fisher.
San Francisco city workers aren’t happy with the mayor’s budget

2 days ago | kalw.org | Wren Farrell

“No cuts! No layoffs! No cuts! No layoffs! Defend! Public Services!”Last week, Mayor Lurie released his highly anticipated budget. Facing an almost 800 million dollar budget deficit, he wants to cut almost 200 million dollars worth of contracts with non-profits over the next two years. He’s also proposing to eliminate almost 1400 city jobs. “ I take no joy in this.
KALW Almanac - Wednesday June 4, 2025

2 days ago | kalw.org | Kevin Vance

Today is Wednesday, the 4th of June of 2025,June 4 is the 155th day of the year10 days remain until the end of the year. 17 days until summer beginsSunrise at 5:48:17 amand sunset will be at 8:28:56 pm. We will have 14 hours and 40 minutes of daylightThe solar transit will be at 1:08:36 pm.
Times Are Changin'

3 days ago | kalw.org | Sandip Roy

Decades ago I went to a modest university in the United States. It wasn’t an Ivy League school but it offered a teaching assistantship and a tuition waiver. My proud mother called all the aunts. My father called travel agents. I remember being both excited and nervous. It was the first time I, a sheltered Bengali boy, would live far away from home. I barely knew how to boil an egg. My mother later said the enormity only sunk in after the plane doors shut.
San Mateo County Board of Supervisors meets to begin removal of embattled sheriff

3 days ago | kalw.org | Sunni M. Khalid

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors is holding a special meeting tomorrow afternoon to consider initiating the process to remove Sheriff Christina Corpus from office. This action would mark the first test of Measure A, a charter amendment passed by voters in March granting the Board of Supervisors authority to remove a sitting sheriff for cause with a four-fifths majority vote.
Report: Oakland needs 200 more police officers

3 days ago | kalw.org | Wren Farrell

An independent consulting group has been working for more than a year to identify the staffing needs of Oakland’s Police Department. However, the city doesn’t have a centralized database tracking its cases, and there was limited data on 911 calls after 2022. Due to these issues the report stated that its information “cannot be individually guaranteed to be accurate.”OPD, like many police departments across the country, is struggling to recruit and retain police officers.
Berkeley Flea Market on verge of closing

3 days ago | kalw.org | Sunni M. Khalid

The iconic Berkeley Flea Market could be closing down after a half-century. Flea market general manager Yasin Khan told The Berkeleyside declining attendance and dwindling numbers of vendors have led to the proposed closure. He said the weekend flea market was losing between eight-thousand to 10-thousand dollars-a-month. Flea market vendors were notified last week that the flea market will “cease all operations” on June 28th.
San Francisco billionaire wants to donate millions to police surveillance

3 days ago | kalw.org | Sunni M. Khalid

he founder of a local cryptocurrency company wants to donate nearly nine-and-a-half million dollars to a new San Francisco Police Department surveillance unit. The donation is from a nonprofit created by Ripple Labs founder Chris Larsen. Mission Local reports the donations would be funnelled through The San Francisco Police Community Foundation, which Larsen created two years ago. The donation would fund the purchase of a dozen police drones.
KALW Almanac - Tuesday June 3, 2025

4 days ago | kalw.org | Kevin Vance

Today is Tuesday, 3rd of June of 2025June 3 is the 154th day of the year211 days remain until the end of the year. 17 days until summer beginsThe sun rose this morning at 5:48:34 amand sunset will be this evening at 8:28:20 pm. Today we will have 14 hours and 39 minutes of dayllightThe solar transit will be at 1:08:27 pm.
Ep.2: Coach Nakase Is Full Of Firsts

4 days ago | kalw.org | Erin Lim

The newly formed San Francisco basketball team, the Golden State Valkyries, have officially been part of the WNBA for a couple of weeks now. Today, we bring you the second episode of BOUNCE. KALW’s basketball podcast that’s all about The Valkyries first season in the Bay. This one’s all about the team’s fearless leader: Coach Natalie Nakase.