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Lawsuit Pressuring California to Decide Wage-Theft Claims Faster Moves Forward
Lawsuit Pressuring California to Decide Wage-Theft Claims Faster Moves Forward | KQED
The Labor Commissioner’s Office often takes years to decide workers’ claims of unpaid wages, though the agency said it has made improvements to reduce its backlog.
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September 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM
That @mnisakhan.bsky.social is delivering...

And I'm here to help you process this 'normalized confusion'

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‘Normalize Being Confused’: How Newer Valkyries Fans Can Follow the 2026 Playoffs | KQED
For the second year in a row, the Golden State Valkyries have made it to the playoffs. Here’s how you can follow the team in the Bay Area.
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September 29, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Getting ready for the @gsvalkyries.bsky.social game 2 of @wnba.com playoffs on Wednesday...

This morning on @kqednews.kqed.org radio...

@mnisakhan.bsky.social talks about the electricity in #BallHalla for Game 1

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Fans Rally at Chase Center as Valkyries Win Their First Playoff Game on Sunday | KQED
WNBA playoffs have begun, and the Golden State Valkyries started strong with a win over Dallas.
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September 29, 2026 at 2:25 PM
California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops
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California Farmers Are Struggling to Sell Grapes as Demand for Wine Drops | KQED
Many California growers can’t find buyers as the industry produces more wine grapes than the market wants. Wine consumption is declining globally as people drink less.
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September 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM
California Farmers Are Struggling to Sell Grapes as Demand for Wine Drops

Many California growers can’t find buyers as the industry produces more wine grapes than the market wants. Wine consumption is declining globally as people drink less
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California Farmers Are Struggling to Sell Grapes as Demand for Wine Drops | KQED
Many California growers can’t find buyers as the industry produces more wine grapes than the market wants. Wine consumption is declining globally as people drink less.
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September 29, 2026 at 8:39 AM
California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops
California Farmers Are Struggling to Sell Grapes as Demand for Wine Drops | KQED
Many California growers can’t find buyers as the industry produces more wine grapes than the market wants. Wine consumption is declining globally as people drink less.
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September 29, 2026 at 6:57 AM
California Farmers Are Struggling to Sell Grapes as Demand for Wine Drops

Tariffs have reduced exports, particularly to Canada, which was the largest foreign buyer of American wine www.kqed.org/news/1210153...
California Farmers Are Struggling to Sell Grapes as Demand for Wine Drops | KQED
Many California growers can’t find buyers as the industry produces more wine grapes than the market wants. Wine consumption is declining globally as people drink less.
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September 29, 2026 at 3:01 AM
California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops | Discussion
California Farmers Are Struggling to Sell Grapes as Demand for Wine Drops | KQED
Many California growers can’t find buyers as the industry produces more wine grapes than the market wants. Wine consumption is declining globally as people drink less.
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September 29, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Wine was my go-to when I couldn't afford whiskey. What is Gen Alpha drinking? If anything at all?

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California Farmers Are Struggling to Sell Grapes as Demand for Wine Drops | KQED
Many California growers can’t find buyers as the industry produces more wine grapes than the market wants. Wine consumption is declining globally as people drink less.
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September 28, 2026 at 10:08 PM
On Day 2 of Portola Music Festival, breakthrough European pop stars Adéla and Zara Larsson brought their hits and turned up the sexy, while Kelela bridged the gap between R&B and electronic music under a full moon.
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Zara Larsson and Adéla Turned Up the Sexy Vibe at Portola on Sunday | KQED
Pop princesses mixed with indie sleaze acts and hot electronic R&B on Portola‘s second day.
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September 28, 2026 at 6:28 PM
People point to Truth Social, and X for the organizing the hate - yet how it has been and is being done on Facebook - the social media people really enjoy or rely on needs to be known

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Whistleblower Frances Haugen on Facebook's 'Social Reckoning' | KQED
Haugen details the personal and professional cost of exposing Meta and going public.
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September 28, 2026 at 5:29 PM
He'd heard my #Sparkletack episode on RLS which discussed Stevenson's affinity for and brief connection with Chinese immigrants and Chinatown, and let me know he'd used it at City Hall in its defense.
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SF Chinatown Weighs in on Controversial Monuments in Portsmouth Square | KQED
San Francisco is implementing new processes for replacing and redefining art in public spaces. Several pieces at the historic Portsmouth Square will soon be up for review.
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September 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen exposed internal documents that sparked a reckoning over the company’s impact on society. We’ll discuss what she revealed and what’s changed since.

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Whistleblower Frances Haugen on Facebook's 'Social Reckoning' | KQED
Haugen details the personal and professional cost of exposing Meta and going public.
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September 28, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Newsom Signs New Protections for LGBTQ, Reproductive Rights
Gov. Gavin Newsom has beefed up protections for reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights in his latest rebuke of what he and advocates say are attacks from the Trump administration. The outgoing governor signed over a dozen bills into law, some authored by Bay Area lawmakers, that increase safeguards around LGBTQ+ identity data, change how health insurance companies reimburse for HIV prevention drugs and expand access to medication abortion on certain community college campuses. “The Trump administration has launched an all-out assault on the LGBTQ community, using medical records to target U.S. servicemembers and civilians alike, hurting countless people and betraying hard-won trust,” Newsom said in a statement. “California will not stand for it.” Newsom’s package of new laws are only the latest instance in which California has been at odds with President Donald Trump over policies focused on transgender residents. The administration unsuccessfully sued the state over its refusal to ban transgender athletes from girls sports. The president banned transgender people in the military early into his second term, but one of the bills Newsom signed this weekend expands veteran benefits to servicemembers who were discharged under that policy. Tony Hoang, executive director of Equality California, said the signings were yet...
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September 28, 2026 at 4:58 PM