Ben Trefny
By Ben Trefny on Aug 30 2011 - 4:38pm
We’re more than 14 months away from the next presidential election. But, if you’ve been following the news, you know the campaigning is in full force.
Here in the Bay Area, we’re much closer to voting in a different election. In just over two months, San Francisco will elect a new mayor, and today...
By Ben Trefny on Aug 30 2011 - 5:40am
David Chiu is president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He's running for mayor. KALW's Ben Trefny sat down with Chiu to discuss his candidacy.
By Casey Miner on Aug 25 2011 - 5:00pm
A note to our listeners: the following story has been slightly rewritten for print.
Monday night’s anti-BART protests closed two downtown stations during rush hour, for the second week in a row. Yesterday, the BART board took up the issue at a special meeting. “Instead of fixing the situation, we...
By Ben Trefny on Aug 15 2011 - 5:33pm
The death of a three-year-old boy in an East Oakland shooting last week sparked community outrage and calls for more police presence on the street. Oakland police chief Anthony Batts spoke at a press conference last Thursday:
ANTHONY BATTS: Maybe the loss of young Carlos … three-year-old, that...
By Ben Trefny on Aug 1 2011 - 5:21pm
Earlier today, KALW's Ben Trefny sat down San Francisco Chronicle political reporter Joe Garofoli to discuss the winners and losers of redistricting in California in this interview. To learn more, check out this extended interview, and send us your thoughts at news@kalw.org.
By Ben Trefny on Aug 1 2011 - 5:14pm
There’s a new map of California, created by the people and for the people. It’s fallen under the somewhat unwieldy title of “redistricting,” but its purpose is clear: to make political boundaries that really represent California’s diverse communities.
Fourteen civilian commissioners – not...
By Ben Trefny on Jul 27 2011 - 5:13pm
President Obama’s Race to the Top program has challenged schools to excel, providing grant funding for states that implement measurable programs to achieve “significant improvement in student outcomes.” He talked about the program in a commencement address this year at Booker T. Washington High...
By Ben Trefny on Jul 7 2011 - 6:00am
A whole new generation is meeting The Beatles. Two years ago, EMI released a 206-song CD box set of remastered Beatles tunes. At the same time, Harmonix introduced gamers to the boys from Liverpool with The Beatles: Rock Band. The game follows the Fab Four through the 1960s, as they play their way...
By Ben Trefny on Jun 28 2011 - 4:36pm
Jonathan Stalls is a pretty typical young American. Nice guy. Loves his family, his friends, his country. You’ll learn more about all that later. For now, you should just know that this is a tall, strong and passionate man who, one day, decided to take a walk.
Now, I might not have made it clear...
By Crosscurrents Producer on Jun 27 2011 - 4:19pm
HANA BABA: Sports aren’t for everyone. And baseball, in particular, can be a hard sell. The baseball season has 162 games, and these games feel like they last forever – the players always seem to do a lot of standing around and spitting, never much actual playing.
So why is it the national pastime...
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