launch kqed's original "newsroom" in 1968.tion kpfa in berkeley and a prolific documentary filmmaker with more than 110 films to his credit many of which he narrated. >> there are now more people in california than in any other state in the union. >> in ok1963 moore invited the writer james baldwin to san francisco tolp chronicle the lives of the city's black residents. he also made films about duke ellington and photographers ansel adams andlp dorthea lange. as a young man moore was one of the san francisco renaissance poets, crafting poetry in his writing shed. friátj describe moore as a lifelong pacifist, a belief reflected in his poetry.ñr >> i have knelt in the four dusty corners of my life and have been shown the bloody hands of the keepers of theÑi promised land. >> moore published his first book of poems at 90. in a 2009 intu$@%ew he described what inspired his creative efforts. >> that the world is vanishing immediately upon our efforts to enunciate it clearly. >> well versed ine1 american music, moore said he borrowe

announcer: a kqed television production. kacyra: it kind of was like the bang that set off the night. rogers: that is the funkiest restaurant. man: the honey on the prawns will make your insides smile. klugman: more tortillas, please. man: what is comfort food if it isn't gluten and grease? man: i love crème brûlée. woman: the octopus should've been, like, quadropus, because it was really small. sbrocco: and you know that when you split something, all the calories evaporate and then there's none. man: that's right, yeah.

have a good night. ♪ announcer: a kqed television production.: it's like holy mother of comfort food. woman: throw it down. it's noodle crack. patel: you have to be ready for the heart attack on a platter. crowell: okay, i'm the bacon guy. man: oh, i just did a jig every time i dipped into it. man #2: it just completely blew my mind. woman: it felt like i had a mouthful of raw vegetables and dry dough. sbrocco: oh, please. i want the dessert first! [ laughs ] i told him he had to wait.

. >>> next on kqed "newsroom" demands for change at the san francisco police department. >> healing has to start from the top. >> greg suhr has a challenge. he has to reform his organization. >> the public's trust in us has been damaged to be objective and fair and respond and do our job for all people. so we need to be about winning that back. >> the challenge is to restoring public trust. >> welcome to kqed "newsroom" i'm thuy vu. on tonight's show we will examine the stand also that have shaken the public trust in the san francisco police department. you will hear from chief greg suhr and attorney george gascon. >> i was appalled shocked and astonished that in this day and age something like this could happen in the san francisco police department. >> sergeant yulanda williams is a 17-year veteran of the san francisco police department and president of officers for justice which represents african-american policemen and women. earlier this year she learned her name was mentioned in a series of racist text messages exchanged between fellow officers. >> i take it was not a personal att

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he is a reporter for kqed science. so daniel, it's sort of obvious. people look and think, well, california's is obviously right next to the pacific ocean. why isn't desalinationation a bigger conversation about the drought? >> i think the short answer is because desalination-- set upg a desalination plant is a very long-term process. it requires a lot of permitting and a huge amount of investment. so setting up a desalination plant, a lot of people i have talked to have said there is a good chance that plant will not be finished until long after the drought ended. >> stewart: are there desalination plant working in progress in california? i know there are a couple that are in the process of being constructed correct? >> reporter: there are a few tiny ones that already exist and are desalinating presently. the biggest one is in carlsbad. it's set to come on line probably this fall, and when it's ready it will produce something like 7% of the water for san diego county. that project is on the order of something like $900 million or maybe $1 billion. >>

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. >>> next on kqed "newsroom" demands for change at the san francisco police department. >> healing has to start from the top. >> greg suhr has a challenge. he has to reform his organization. >> the public's trust in us has been damaged to be objective and fair and respond and do our job for all people. so we need to be about winning that back. >> the challenge is to restoring public trust. >> welcome to kqed "newsroom" i'm thuy vu. on tonight's show we will examine the stand also that have shaken the public trust in the san francisco police department.

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. >>> good evening and welcome to kqed "newsroom." i'm thuy vu. we all know that getting around the bay area can be difficult. traffic is a mess, and public transportation isn't always easy. on tonight's show, we're going to look at what is and is not working with the bay area's biggest public transit system. in a moment, i'll talk with

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. >>> good evening and welcome to kqed "newsroom." i'm thuy vu. we all know that getting around the bay area can be difficult. traffic is a mess, and public transportation isn't always easy. on tonight's show, we're going to look at what is and is not working with the bay area's biggest public transit system. in a moment, i'll talk with leaders of caltrain, muni and the valley transportation authority. but w

. ♪ >>> good evening and welcome to a special edition of kqed newsroom. >> tonight, we have a rare opportunitywe're going to talk with the mayors of the bay area's three largest cities about the region's most pressing issues. joining us are the mayor of san jose, the new mayor of oakland,

announcer: "truly california" is a kqed production presented in association with... next on "truly california"... long before marijuana became big business... syreeta: people have moved into the emerald triangle just to grow marijuana and make as much money as they possibly can and they don't really care about anything else. announcer: ...a group of farmers headed to humboldt county in search of community and a slower pace of life. syreeta: just the culture of homesteading is so rare in america now. we are

. >>> good evening and welcome to kqed "newsroom." i'm thuy vu. we all know that getting around the bay area can be difficult. traffic is a mess, and public transportation isn't always easy. on tonight's show, we're going to look at what is and is not working with the bay area's biggest public transit system. in a moment, i'll talk with leaders of caltrain, muni and the valley transportation authority. but we'll begin with bart where ridership is soaring and passenger satisfaction is sinking. scott shaver spoke with bart's general manager, grace crunican. >> welcome to "newsroom." >> thank you. >> what do you see as the biggest challenge facing bart? >> well, we have a couple of challenges on our plate. we have the challenge of new riders wanting more of our service. we have the highest ridership ever. we have challenge of replacing almost the entire system. we're about 45 years old in construction. 42 years from the public's point of view. and we don't have the money to replace all of that. >> what's your experience? >> generally, really great. i