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Fifth & Mission

The flagship news podcast of the San Francisco Chronicle. Producer/host Cecilia Lei and co-host Laura Wenus discuss the biggest stories of the day with Chronicle journalists and newsmakers from around... Read more

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Aging Into Homelessness

Aging Into Homelessness

A groundbreaking study shows that nearly half of all homeless people over the age of 50 became homeless for the first ti... Read more

3 Apr 2019

30mins

Ranked #2

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1906 Earthquake: Secrets from the Archive

1906 Earthquake: Secrets from the Archive

The Chronicle archive has photos dating back to the 19th Century. Critic Peter Hartlaub and librarian Bill Van Niekerken... Read more

18 Apr 2019

24mins

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Crisis at School

Crisis at School

Teachers and parents say one S.F. middle school has devolved into violent chaos and the district is refusing to send hel... Read more

14 Feb 2020

24mins

Ranked #4

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How to Stop Homelessness

How to Stop Homelessness

Since 1982, The Chronicle and the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund have found a novel way to keep people from becoming ho... Read more

27 Nov 2019

25mins

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Meet Mission Bay

Meet Mission Bay

Urban design critic John King explores the history of San Francisco's newest neighborhood, what went wrong in designing ... Read more

28 Aug 2019

23mins

Ranked #6

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Why SF's North Beach Is Struggling

Why SF's North Beach Is Struggling

San Francisco's Little Italy has seen a spike in empty storefronts. Residents, business owners and city officials blame ... Read more

13 Jun 2019

23mins

Ranked #7

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From Homeless to a $4 Million Home

From Homeless to a $4 Million Home

Otis Taylor Jr. talks about Greg Dunston and Marie Mckinzie, a black homeless couple he first wrote about in January. A ... Read more

3 May 2019

24mins

Ranked #8

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SF City Insider: An Epidemic of Untreated Mental Illness

SF City Insider: An Epidemic of Untreated Mental Illness

Fifth & Mission presents an episode of the Chronicle podcast San Francisco City Insider. The city is compelling far ... Read more

14 Aug 2019

17mins

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SB 50: The Battle Over California's Housing Crisis

SB 50: The Battle Over California's Housing Crisis

From the archives: SB 50, a new housing bill, has drawn national attention to a growing crisis in California. And it’s r... Read more

6 May 2019

24mins

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What Is Bay Area Culture?

What Is Bay Area Culture?

The Bay Area is a quirky place. And The Chronicle is launching an effort to explore all of those quirks that make us hel... Read more

3 Oct 2019

21mins

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Is San Francisco the Next New York?

Is San Francisco the Next New York?

The epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus pandemic is New York City, where officials acted more slowly than the Bay Area to ... Read more

27 Mar 2020

21mins

Ranked #12

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Jeff Adachi, a Police Raid and the Freedom of the Press

Jeff Adachi, a Police Raid and the Freedom of the Press

After SF Public Defender Jeff Adachi's death, a confidential police report with photos leaked. This week, police raided ... Read more

17 May 2019

41mins

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Coronavirus: When Will This End?

Coronavirus: When Will This End?

Health reporter Erin Allday joins Audrey Cooper to talk about whether the current shelter-in-place is working to #Flatte... Read more

21 Mar 2020

29mins

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What Will Our New Normal Be? A Doctor's View

What Will Our New Normal Be? A Doctor's View

Dr. Jessica Briggs, an infectious disease fellow at UCSF, tells Heather Knight what Bay Area life will look like as the ... Read more

24 Apr 2020

23mins

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Mid-Market: Vision vs. Reality

Mid-Market: Vision vs. Reality

The “Twitter tax break” San Francisco created in 2011 to draw companies to the downtrodden Mid-Market neighborhood is ex... Read more

9 May 2019

22mins

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Thefts on BART

Thefts on BART

Cell phones and laptops are being stolen from BART passengers at a higher rate than ever. Phil Matier and Audrey Cooper ... Read more

22 Jan 2020

15mins

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Bay Curious: Your Questions on Homelessness

Bay Curious: Your Questions on Homelessness

In a collaboration with the NPR podcast Bay Curious from KQED, Chronicle editor in chief Audrey Cooper and reporter Kevi... Read more

31 Jul 2019

17mins

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Muni's Mess and Mayor Breed

Muni's Mess and Mayor Breed

San Francisco Mayor London Breed didn't campaign on transportation issues, but she zeroed in on them once she took offic... Read more

19 Jun 2019

15mins

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BART: Parking vs. Housing

BART: Parking vs. Housing

As the transit agency begins filling its lots with residential buildings, it’s chipping away at a perk commuters have en... Read more

1 Nov 2019

18mins

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The Suspect Next Door

The Suspect Next Door

After Leola Shreves was brutally beaten and killed in her own home, police got a confession from her next-door neighbor.... Read more

10 Jan 2020

32mins

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