Civic
Civic is the flagship audio program from the San Francisco Public Press, a nonprofit news institution, covering important local issues and the unique experiences of living and working in San Francisco. The radio program airs Tuesdays and Thursdays on KSFP -LP 102.5 FM in San Francisco.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 569
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Documentary Film Industry Responds to Pandemic
The Bay Area is the third largest economy for film and entertainment in the U.S. after New York and Los Angeles, and is home to more documentary filmmakers per capita than any other region. With film…
01:02:10 |
Tue 28 Apr 2020
Shelter-in-place will last through May
The shelter-in-place order keeping Bay Area residents in their homes except for essential activities will be extended through the month of May, San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced Monday. Dr. …
00:59:54 |
Tue 28 Apr 2020
Farmers markets, as essential food sources, adapt to the pandemic
Farmers markets are able to reconfigure stalls and have the advantage of often being open-air, but some are also adapting to social distancing health orders by increasing access to fresh produce for …
00:32:05 |
Sat 25 Apr 2020
SF shelter-in-place could be extended next week
San Franciscans may be required to shelter-in-place well beyond May 3, the expiration date of the city’s current public health order. In a brief aside during Friday’s Department of Emergency Manageme…
01:03:19 |
Sat 25 Apr 2020
Stanford volunteers are developing a financial support hub
A group of Stanford-affiliated volunteers has set out to develop a tool to make accessing financial support, whether public or private, easier. The project, called Healthier Finance, is part of Stanf…
00:29:30 |
Fri 24 Apr 2020
SF again expands coronavirus testing
City officials on Wednesday announced expanded access to coronavirus testing. Tests will now be available to essential workers who must leave their homes to work and anyone who has symptoms, regardle…
01:11:29 |
Thu 23 Apr 2020
Nonprofit faces quarter-million monthly cost of coronavirus adaptations
The St. Anthony Foundation of San Francisco has paid some $400,000 of its own money, and expects to pay $250,000 a month going forward, for equipment, staff and service changes necessary to meet the …
00:29:27 |
Thu 23 Apr 2020
Supervisors set goal of 8,250 hotel rooms, city secures 2,209
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors unanimously passed legislation last week that obligates the city to procure 8,250 hotel rooms by April 26. As of April 20, 2,209 were under contract. Activists ar…
00:29:27 |
Tue 21 Apr 2020
Mission district has most COVID-19 cases
San Francisco’s Mission District has the highest number of COVID-19 infections, based on new data released on the San Francisco Department of Public Health’s Data Tracker map. Dr. Grant Colfax, direc…
01:14:30 |
Tue 21 Apr 2020
SF officials announce mask requirement
Read more about the mask rule here.
00:41:06 |
Fri 17 Apr 2020
How could the economy be rebuilt — more equitably?
With millions filing for unemployment benefits across the state, a projected unemployment rate of more than 18% and whole industries out of business, the state is facing dire needs and stark inequali…
00:29:30 |
Fri 17 Apr 2020
SF ramps up contact tracing and coronavirus testing
San Francisco is training a corps of city workers to trace the contacts of people who may have been exposed to someone suffering from COVID-19. City officials also announced the opening of a new driv…
01:20:00 |
Thu 16 Apr 2020
How emergency medical responders are managing coronavirus risks
Some 80% of calls the fire department responds to are medical emergencies. Emergency medical workers with the San Francisco Fire Department, with help from dispatchers, are implementing distancing wh…
00:29:29 |
Wed 15 Apr 2020
S.F. Officials explain their efforts to house homeless
City officials explained their efforts to place homeless people in hotel rooms during the COVID-19 pandemic at a press conference April 13. Mayor London Breed explained the multiple challenges to qui…
01:33:28 |
Tue 14 Apr 2020
With increased isolation comes increased risk of being scammed
In this recording of a live webinar organized by the Public Press, two leaders of the Elder Abuse Prevention Program at the Institute on Aging and San Francisco’s district attorney describe how autho…
00:29:30 |
Tue 14 Apr 2020
70 Coronavirus Cases Confirmed at S.F. Homeless Shelter
The MSC South homeless shelter is being turned into a medical facility for COVID-19 patients after 68 of its residents and 2 staff members tested positive for the coronavirus, San Francisco officials…
01:10:25 |
Sat 11 Apr 2020
How firefighters are adapting their routines to the coronavirus pandemic in SF
San Francisco firefighters are still on duty, working shifts at the firehouse, responding to calls and conducting fire safety inspections. As part of an ongoing series of conversations with front-lin…
00:29:30 |
Sat 11 Apr 2020
How Sunset neighbors created a mutual aid society
Now more than 850 members strong, the Sunset Neighborhood Help Group is made entirely of volunteers and was sparked by just one person’s post offering to pick up groceries for those unable to leave t…
00:29:30 |
Fri 10 Apr 2020
The San Franciscan, a new magazine, offers tribute to local creative subcultures
Some San Francisco bookstores carry a colorful magazine that looks like the New Yorker of the west coast. This is the San Franciscan, a volunteer passion project. Amanda Legge and Erica Messner are t…
00:29:29 |
Thu 09 Apr 2020
SF Officials give updates on hotel rooms, mental health support
City officials said Wednesday that the city would be leasing some 7,000 hotel rooms to house those who may have COVID-19 and cannot isolate themselves, and some vulnerable homeless people, and also a…
01:29:00 |
Thu 09 Apr 2020
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