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San Francisco Unified school board commissioner Ann Hsu, who was widely condemned for racist comments she made earlier this year, has lost her seat to challenger Alida Fisher. Though previously Hsu was in third place in the Board of Education race — for three open seats — she dropped to fourth place on Monday, and never recovered. As of Thursday, Hsu had no viable path to win. Hsu has 17.14% of the vote, with challenger Alida Fisher surpassing her at 17.75%. Fisher is leading Hsu by 4,054 votes — an insurmountable lead considering the 800 ballots left to count by...

A panel discussion of California Republicans: Catherine Baker, FORMER Assemblywomen R-16; Kevin Faulkoner, Mayor of San Diego; Kristin Olsen, FORMER Minority Leader, California State Assembly, etc. etc.; Matt Shupe, Director John Cox for Governor and Chair of Republican party in Contra Costa county (East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area); Snarky Moderator Scott Shafer, KQED (PBS) Senior Political editor. All discussed how evil Trump was and how he cost them their races! I attended and feel obligated to report on this pathetic exercise.

President Donald Trump and the Republican Party are "so afraid" of women, people of color of members of the LGBTQ community in the midterm elections, according to Rep. Nancy Pelosi. The House minority leader (D-CA) made the remark during an interview with KQED on Friday after host Scott Shafer asked her if 2018 is going to be another "year of the woman." “It is," Pelosi said. "We're going to have so many women, and that's why the Republicans are so afraid, and that’s why President Trump is so afraid."

Common Core backers are sneaking a social and political agenda into nationalized curriculum, say critics, who now have new ammo in a writing lesson plan for teachers that they say gives a slanted perspective of the gun debate. A study guide dubbed, "The Battle Over Gun Control," authored by KQED, a northern Californian affiliate of National Public Radio, and the nonprofit, taxpayer-subsidized National Writing Project, states that "moderate gun control" measures introduced following the Sandy Hook school massacre were deep-sixed by the "powerful political influence" of the NRA. Second Amendment advocates say the wording, in supplemental material designed to help...

Roughly one million undocumented immigrants in California qualify for President Obama’s executive action of deferred deportation that he announced on Thursday. Of those 40% will be eligible for the states free Medi-Cal health services, while the remaining will be ineligible under the program’s income requirements. Medi-Cal is the state’s name for Medicaid, a federal health services program for people who have low income. According to KQED News, the newly protected illegal immigrants do not qualify for other benefits of the Affordable Care Act and are not eligible for subsidies on the Covered California exchange. “They’ll be in the same situation...

This is a different poll--they try 5 times to get you to change your vote--LOL.The best part is that guns rights are so far ahead in the poll that they have to include a disclaimer about the poll not being "scientific.

This is not just a poll. They are vetting out various arguments against assault weapons. You have to cast a total of 5 votes to vote no against "assault weapons". They are looking arguments that can convince the sheeple to support an extension of the "assault weapon" ban. Cast your vote! Vote no 5 times!

Here in San Francisco KQED TV is showing its true color. On the 60th anniversary of D-Day they showed some repeat of 70’s music. Today when every station is showing Regan’s funeral there showing cartoons. This is a station that will spend weeks and months with shows on Gay pride, or Black History. They will have shows on ever special interest groups, but will show nothing that is pro-American. What a bunch of anti-American Nazis. Oh the comment line is 415-553-2100. Let them know how you feel about their anti-American stance.

Immigration and Agriculture: Hiring Hands Most of us have heard about the challenges farm workers face, but what about the people who recruit these workers? Meet a licensed farm labor contractor who can't find enough legal workers to fill his crews each day. Immigration and the Changing Face of Rural America, The Migration Project, UC Davis "Why Didn't Collective Bargaining Transform California's Farm Labor Market?," Promise Unfulfilled: Unions, Immigration, and Farm Workers, reprinted by the Center for Immigration Studies, advocates for restricting legal immigration "Farmers: Let Our Workers Stay," CBS News "California farm labor by the numbers," Sacramento Bee, figures

KQED and The Center for Investigative Reporting in association with theRake, present GunShots, a one-hour television documentary examining the illicit gun market, gun violence and safety in our neighborhoods. GunShots investigates the largest gun trafficking case in the Bay Area. It also takes a look at citizens and law enforcement officials who are making an effort to stop the gun violence that has infected California and the nation. GunShots also examines current federal efforts to limit gun trafficking. The program also investigates a federal gun tracing program begun in 1996 that emphasizes finding the sources of crime guns and...

<p>Hard times have finally caught up to KQED, the Bay Area's public television and radio stations.</p> <p>Reductions in corporate donations this year will force KQED to cut operating expenses by about 10 percent, or $5 million for the 2004 fiscal year, management has told employees. About half the cuts will come from cutting payroll.</p>