>>> tonight on kqed newsroom. the warrors beat the celtics, capturing their fourth nba championship in talking about a basketball dynasty. >>> what happened when an alleged group of proud boys scare children at a library this week. our news panel digs in this week. >>> this week something beautiful, a walk down clarion alley in san francisco's mission district. >>> coming to you from kqed's headquarters in san francisco, friday, june, 17, 2022. >> i am scott shafer in for priya david clemens. on thursday the golden state warriors held off the celtics winning their fourth nba championship in eight years. all of them under the leadership under coach steve kerr. here talk about the season is mark willard. mark, what a year? what a season. no one really saw this coming. anyone who said they did is probably lying. why was it, no one that the warriors could do it this year? >> is money. they were like one of the top five or six of the favorite, but it wasn't like anyone believed it. it was like a respect not for their p

hello and welcome to kqed newsroom. i am free at david clements. funerals began in uvalde for the 19 children and two adults killed in the mass shooting at a texas elementary school. in a rare evening address to the nation last night president biden called for more gun control laws but acknowledge that getting a ban on assault weapons past would be hard because of republican opposition. leaders have also spoken out against the lack of gun control as well as the leaders of two bay area sports teams. san francisco giants manager dave kepler and golden state warriors coach steve kerr have loudly protested gun violence in recent days. joining us now to discuss their actions is jamie who is a sports writer for the associated press based here in the bay area for the past couple of decades and she has been following the stories closely. thank you for being here. it is such a busy time for you with the warriors playing in the finals right now and you were there last night. >> thank you for having me and it was a shocker for warriors fans who have seen thei

coming from you from kqed at san francisco this friday, june 10, 2022. >> hello and welcome to kqed newsroom. i am priya david clemens. major economic news today. the consumer price index hit a 40 or hyperinflation as prices rose 8 1/2% from a year ago and stock markets dropped sharply with the dow falling 880 points and 2 1/2% response. there are increased concerns about a coming recession and the world bank is warning for a mix of low growth and high prices and president bin spoke this morning at the port of los angeles about these economic concerns. >> make no mistake. i do understand that inflation is a real challenge to american families. today's inflation report confirms what americans already know that the price hike is hitting america harden gas prices at the pump and energy and food prices account for half of the monthly price increases. >> all of this news is playing out against a political backdrop of primary elections and hearings on capitol hill. joining us now is the washington correspondent via skype and marketwatch san francisco bureau chief jeremy owens. thank you both for b

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understand this better i am joined by politics editor scott shafer with kqed in san francisco.re a lot of layers to what is happening here. help us understand how mr. boudin got here facing possible recall. scott: he has a nontraditional background. he was a public defender, which is unusual for someone who had once been the top prosecutor in the county, but he won. his parents were members of the weather underground. from the time he was young they were incarcerated for a robbery that went bad and ended up with two police officers shot and killed. he got into office without much support from law enforcement in san francisco. on top of that he takes office before the pandemic in january 2020. withhe t violence. add to that anti-asian he crimes. -- anti-asian hate crimes. a number of folks collected signatures for the recall to put it on the ballot, with help from republican donors and others. tomorrow voters will decide whether he gets to keep his job or not. lisa: millions have been spent on this recall election. what did chesa boudin promised to do when he ran for this office

to understand this better i'm joined by politics editor scott shafer with kqed in san francisco. scott, there are a lot of layers to what is happening here. can you help us understand, how did mr. boudin get here? >> he has a nontraditional background. he was a public defender which is unusual for someone who wants to be top prosecutor. but he won. his parents were members of the weather underground. from the time he was very young they were incarcerated for participating in a robbery that went bad and ended up with two police officers being shot and killed. he got into office without much support if any from law enforcement in san francisco. on top of that he takes office right before the pandemic in january of 2020. we saw crime beginning to go up across the country, more violence. add to that anti-asian hate crimes. what you have is this public defender is facing a recall. a number of folks collected signatures to put that on the ballot with a lot of help from some -- help from some big republican donors as well as others. tomorrow voters will decide whether they want him to k

november, we turn to amy walter of the cook political report with amy walter, and marisa lagos with kqedancisco. welcome to both of you. amy, you were telling us earlier you didn't see one overriding headline, but you saw a similarity among the republican winners. >> for democrats, the goal they see from these primaries on the republican side, what they would like to see is the less than ideal candidate on the republican side come out of those primaries. we have seen a couple examples. most notably in pennsylvania, where the candidate considered probab the most out of step with that swing state one the primary. in other races across the country yesterday, what we saw were the candidates that fit those districts. the candidates that republican strategists think are the best fit for those districts win ther e. this was a pretty good night for republicans in terms of putting up the stronger of the candidates to face democrats. judy: we are in early june. that is what it looks like. in your state of california, it is the results of the local races drawing the most attention, the san francisc