It’s free sandbag season in San Francisco, and in many other parts of the Bay Area. The Alameda County District Attorney is formally filing charges against the man accused of fatally shooting Laney College football coach & athletic director John Beam. A highway construction project in the East Bay that's been going on for a decade is finally finished. For three months straight, San Francisco has seen a decline in the number of people dying from an overdose in the city. Some 135 people will have a place to call home as of Monday in San Jose. The man accused of shooting and killing Laney College football coach and athletic director John Beam last week is now formally charged in the case. Starting Monday the FAA is doing away with the mandated cancellations at the nation’s 40 largest airports tied to the government shutdown. All this and more with KCBS News Anchor Margie Shafer

San Francisco's public safety strategy takes aim at fentanyl in an effort to reduce drug overdose and it's related crimes. More than 600 people have died from overdose in the last year, and to tell us more KCBS's Steve Scott spoke with Brook Jenkins, San Francisco District Attorney on this edition of the Bay Area all local.

Starting today, the FAA is doing away with the mandated cancellations at the nation’s 40 largest airports tied to the government shutdown. A new report from DoorDash suggests the city is leading the nation in recovery. A new study out of UC Berkeley finds almost half of Latino Republicans do NOT support deporting long time immigrant residents compared to 30 percent of White Republicans. Whether it’s restaurants or hotels, the World Cup next year in the Bay Area is expected to be an economic boon. Dozens of a people affected by car versus pedestrian incidents met at City Hall last night for the 11th annual World Remembrance Day... The Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to allow airlines to STOP having to pay passengers for delays. All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio News anchor Steve Scott.

A shooting at Oakland's Laney College led to a lockdown today. We are tracking the effects of the stormy weather caused by the atmospheric river moving over the Bay Area. North Bay State Senator Mike McGuire this morning is announcing a run for California's newly redrawn 1st Congressional District to unseat longtime Republican Congressman Doug LaMalfa. Starting next month, people living on Bay Farm Island in Alameda will have to head to the mainland to fuel up their cars. DoorDash wants to help local Mom and Pops flourish. After nearly 50 years, the Alameda Food Bank finally has a permanent facility to call home. MUNI is saying goodbye to a line of street cars that’ve been serving the city for three decades now. The government shutdown might be ending soon, but the pause in SNAP benefits could have a lasting impact through the holidays.

Today we're seeing rising rates of incoming college students with math skills below the middle-school level. The report out of UCSD calls grade inflation and standardized tests into question. To help break it all down, KCBS News Anchor Steve Scott spoke with Dr. Mark Schneider, senior fellow with the American Enterprise Institute.

A tense, hours-long standoff at the BART maintenance yard in Hayward has concluded safely. The government shutdown may be over, but the pause in SNAP benefits could have a lasting impact through the holidays. MUNI is saying goodbye to a line of street cars that’ve been serving the city for three decades now.

After months of controversy and turmoil, San Mateo County has a appointed a new Sheriff. Officials in San Francisco say a newly announced program is aimed at curbing violence that’s long plagued the city’s Tenderloin neighborhood. An East Bay bakery is finding a sweet way to give back to the community during the government shutdown. If you see a driverless Waymo on a San Francisco freeway today it didn’t get lost. That atmospheric river you've been hearing about is almost here and we're already seeing the effects. A food bank in the Santa Clara Valley is seeing a troubling trend: thousands of people showing up at their door for services. All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio news anchor Margie Shafer.

This is Ask An Expert, where every weekday at 9:20am, KCBS Radio is giving you direct access to top experts in various fields. Today: Gene-editing technology allows scientists to work with DNA in unprecedented ways, but there are larger scientific and ethical questions around the concept of a genetically engineered baby. That isn't stopping the super-rich of the startup world from pursuing it, and to help us break it all down, KCBS's Steve Scott spoke with Katie Hasson, Executive Director of the Center for Genetics and Society.

Brace for another challenging commute come Thursday morning as the next atmospheric river arrives in the Bay Area. In a push to clear its sidewalks and public spaces of open drug use, Sam Francisco's Mayor is launching a new sobering center that will allow police to pick up users and drop them off at a center to get sober and hopefully cleaned up. Sonoma County egg farmers are bracing for another outbreak of Avian Flu. The feds are now investigating so called "violent protests" outside the Turning Point USA event at UC Berkeley this week. Governor Newsom is in Brazil attending a UN summit on climate change as a new study sheds light on its increasing impact in the Amazon. This is the busiest time of the year for many Bay Area bakeries, as folks begin putting in orders for Thanksgiving pies. Italian pasta could become unaffordable for many in the US if tariffs proposed by President Trump come to fruition. All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio News anchor Steve Scott.

Now that this year's election is over, with the focus on Proposition 50, all eyes in California are turning to the 2026 Governor's Race. San Francisco Chinatown has long been considered an Internet desert. Old buildings and poor infrastructure means it’s hard to connect. But now, city leaders say they’re rolling out a plan that blankets most of the neighborhood with free WiFi. With SNAP benefits still on hold for many families, some Bay Area cities are asking residents to help by donating essential items. The start of November typically offers a bit of reprieve for drivers and their wallets, but that's not be the case this year... Today, project managers from BART and the VTA updated the progress of the BART to Silicon Valley Project. All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio news anchor Margie Shafer.

This is Ask An Expert, where every weekday at 9:20am, KCBS Radio is giving you direct access to top experts in various fields. Today: U.S. airlines have already cut hundreds of flights, as the FAA implements a 10% cut across major airports. Past the obvious impact on passengers, there's also significant problems if flight crews and cargo fall behind schedule and to tell us more, KCBS Radio news anchor Steve Scott spoke with Capt. Ross "Rusty" Aimer, CEO of Aero Consulting Experts.

What is now the longest government shutdown in history continues to plague air travel and the Bay Area is feeling it. As the government shutdown continues, a food crisis is getting worse in the Bay Area and across the nation as SNAP benefits are still in limbo. In Contra Costa County, families will soon be issued local debit cards to buy groceries. The recent atmospheric river has made its way out of the Bay Area, but the rainy season has just begun. The town of Paradise has about 40% of its homes rebuilt as it looks towards tomorrow's seventh anniversary of the devastating Camp Fire. The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors is not wasting any time in holding public interviews for the search for a new Sheriff. They're still counting votes in Santa Clara county, but Measure A, the sales tax measure, is expected to pass, All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan.

Santa Clara County Health is taking dental care on the road with a new program geared towards veteran. San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has appointed the first Fillipina-American to the city's board of supervisors. VTA officials are poised to approve a half million dollars for a program to help businesses in East San Jose affected by the construction from the light rail to BART extension. Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi's career was full of historic achievements. Now as she announces her retirement, we take a look back. With federal food aid on hold, supermarkets are supercharging their food rescue efforts. The San Francisco Public Defender's Office says it doesn’t have enough staff to deal with its increasing caseload. Thousands of dollars worth of ROSES are gone from Oakland's 8 acre Rose Garden. The San Francisco Police Department is once again bringing holiday cheer to children in need. All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio news anchor Margie Shafer.

This is Ask An Expert, where every weekday at 9:20am on KCBS we give you direct access to top experts in various fields. Today we're exploring the historic political legacy of Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, who announced her retirement this morning. For more on this, KCBS Radio news anchor Steve Scott spoke to Marc Sandalow, KCBS political analyst and author of Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi's Life, Times, and Rise to Power, as well as Deborah Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics, a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University.

Following months of speculation, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi is making it official saying she plans to retire from Congress at the end of her current term. Right now there are two main candidates already declared for retiring Nancy Pelosi's Congressional Seat. Air travelers are bracing for chaos as the FAA proposes massive flight reductions across the U.S. San Francisco's newest supervisor is totally green when it comes to politics. SF physician, Dr. Nasser Mohamed, is suing Waymo. Thousands of dollars worth of ROSES are gone from Oakland's 8 acre Rose Garden. For the past decade, Dr. Priscilla Chan, along with her husband Mark Zuckerberg, have focused part of their philanthropy on a lofty goal. A retired Fairfield firefighter has died of cancer related to his job. 7 years ago, the 150 thousand acre Camp Fire incinerated the town of Paradise in Butte County. The FAA is preparing to slash air traffic at forty of the nation's busiest airports due to the ongoing government shutdown. San Francisco's adopt-a-drain program is going strong almost a decade after it began. Data centers some say we need them now more than ever to power this AI boom. The San Francisco Public Defender's Office says it doesn’t have enough staff to deal with its increasing caseload. All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan.

Starting Friday morning, the FAA will be reducing air traffic across the country by 10% to deal with staffing shortages caused by the continued government shutdown. The lights are coming back on for the thousands of PG&E customers that had their power knocked out by this latest powerful storm. The man allegedly responsible for sexually assaulting a child in a Golden Gate Park restroom last month was arraigned in court today. Two new grocery stores with an emphasis on lower prices are opening in the South Bay today. Tax increases are a hard sell to voters these days, but Measure A appears to be passing in Santa Clara County. Industry leaders in AI companies Google, Anthropic, and Open AI — usually competitors — are teaming up for once to help one South Bay City improve AI literacy for all its residents. All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio news anchor Margie Shafer.

This is Ask An Expert, where every weekday at 9:20 am, KCBS Radio is giving you direct access to top experts in various fields. Today: We're exploring how GLP-1 weight loss drugs are transforming the weight loss and wellness landscape in America. For more, KCBS's Steve Scott spoke with Dr. Scott Kahan, Director of the National Center for Weight and Wellness.

Many Bay Area commuters this morning are battling the wind and rain of our latest storm system moving through the region. The ongoing shutdown continues to have a very real impact on the nation's poor and hungry. The US travel Association and hundreds of travel organizations are pushing Congress to do something about the government shut down before the holiday travel season. Tax increases are a hard sell to voters these days, but Measure A appears to be passing in Santa Clara County. The California Republican Party not wasting any time by filing a federal lawsuit to invalidate the passage of Prop 50, the ballot measure to overhaul the state’s congressional district boundaries. Some California Republicans worry that as with the passage of Prop 50 could portend the beginning of an even harder time for their party in California. All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan.

San Francisco police say they’ve arrested the suspect responsible for sexually assaulting a minor at a Golden Gate Park restroom last week. Already facing a tough industry climate, two Petaluma duck and egg farms are again responding to an outbreak of the avian flu. While many companies are laying off employees, one of the biggest employers in the Bay Area is expanding its workforce. All this and more on this edition of the All Local, hosted by KCBS Radio anchor Holly Quan.

It's time now for Ask An Expert. Every weekday at 9:20 AM on KCBS we're giving you direct access to top experts in various fields. Today, we're exploring the debate over AI-generated "deepfakes" of our political figures. While "deepfake" videos have become a staple of our social media feeds, they also make misinformation and disinformation more accessible than ever. For more on how AI misinformation is testing our democracy in new ways, KCBS Radio anchor Steve Scott spoke with Maya Kornberg, Senior Research Fellow and Manager in the Elections & Government Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law.