Ben Trefny
Paul Salazar writes the blog The Urban Astronomer out of his home in San Francisco's Richmond District. KALW's Ben Trefny sat down with Salazar to find out the latest buzz from the astronomy community. The Bay Area is about to bear witness to a meteor shower. Best viewing will be before dawn this...
The national “First Tee” program teaches kids life lessons and helps them build character as they smack balls around. San Francisco’s chapter of the program was founded by Frank “Sandy” Tatum. The Stanford alum is the former head of the United States Golf Association....
A documentary tracking the evolution of San Francisco's Polk Gulch neighborhood over the past four decades, through the tragic story of one man.
The piece was reported and produced by Joey Plaster. It was edited and mixed by Ben Trefny. It was made possible in part by a grant from the...
It’s getting harder to find comprehensive health care coverage in the workplace, and it’s also getting more expensive. A study released yesterday by global HR firm Hewitt Associates projects a six percent rise in average premiums for employers next year - same as last year, and the year...
Jeremy Marie is hitchhiking around the world - literally. He sat down with KALW's Ben Trefny to talk about some of his adventures. You can follow Jeremy Marie at his website.
A small and growing group of California citizens are angry that the state's budget process appears to be broken and they've decided to take action. Legislators are crafting dozens of plans to ease the budget process, but civic groups aren't waiting. The Bay Area Council is calling for a...
KALW's Ben Trefny speaks with Jack O'Connell about the fiscal hits, and testing shortfalls, of the California public school system.
This week, San Francisco is hosting a meeting of several of the world's most powerful companies, like Pepsi and Cisco at the "Corporate Water Footprinting Conference." They're discussing how to cut their net water consumption to zero. But not everybody's buying it. Wenonah Hauter is executive...
In the Bay Area, election results are still being finalized. Counties will be certifying the tallies over the next several weeks. One result that is not in question is San Francisco voters\ rejection of Proposition L, which would guarantee first-year funding for a Community Justice Center. 57...
Davis resident Kermit "Kert" Dees, born in 1910, recalls the early years of the Great Depression, when he was a college student from cotton country, and how the crash changed everything for him and his neighbors. As told to KALW's Ben Trefny.
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