Welcome back to bay area focus. Im susan sikora. The agenda has been preock pied by the drama in syria. Where does that leave Immigration Reform and what is the process of becoming a citizens right now. For answers, we welcome back dr. Sanders hernandez, the department of health for the city and county of San Francisco and is an assistant clinical professor at ucss school of medicine. Dr. Hernandez is the ceo of the San Francisco foundation, one of several groups partnering with the city to help eligible immigrants become citizens. Welcome back. Good to have you. Thank you. Lets talk about this and seems like Everything Else is on the burner. This is going to be pushed back again. Are you discouraged by that and do you think its going to get the play it needs and the attention it needs . Im not discouraged. I think important to note that the senate, on a bipartisan basis, has approved a bill. Uhhuh. That has many of the important provisions that we. Okay, lets talk about that. The sena
Si t summer welcome to the show, im susan sikora. If you want great summer grading, the season of the witch could be your best start. Now in paper back, this historical account reads like a novel. It is filled with characters you know, but may be filled with stories you are not. While San Franciscos summer of love is long over, it shaped who we are, our value, an our influence on the rest of the country today. Meet the author of season of the witch, david talbot. He also created salon. Com. Hi david. Hi susan. I havent finished the book, but i love it. Why have you decided to cover the years be6782 . I thought this was the revolutionary period in San Franciscos history. It radically transformed itself and then the world. Medical marijuana, immigrant sanctuary, livable wage. Bicycle friendly streets. All of this began here in San Francisco. Gay marriage. Of course the city went through great turbulence to work this all out. People were not bourn with flowers in our hair, we went through
I remember the moment clearly. Ill never forget that moment. Woman as long as i live. Man i realized, at that moment, when we first saw the damage, these people really needed us and i was going to make a difference, right here in my community. Together with local responders, we cleared trees and collapsed walls. We had to get to the family trapped beneath. As a citizensoldier, i made a difference. Announcer be there for your community, at nationalguard. Com. Hi, im susansy cora. Susan sicore a. Welcome to the show. The plan is to connect protected areas from canada to mexico so predatory animals like wolves can move from one wild place to another. How does this work . And why should wolves matter to us . For answers, meet mary ellen hanibal, an Environmental Writer who explains the idea in her book, the spying of the content. Continent. Shell make the case at the fore thumb summer at the Commonwealth Club. Fleming returns also. Nice to you have here. Thank you. You say were not connect
Welcome to bay area focus. Im susancy core as schools reopen, we return our attention to education, what promised, whats expected and whats delivered. Issues such as funding, standardized tests, teacher performance and curriculum updates shape what happens between the first bell and dismissal. For an early report card on school, we welcome San Francisco chronicle journalist jill tucker, who has reported on education for the last 16 years locally, nationally and statewide. Welcome, jill, good to have you here thanks for having me. You have spent some time in a classroom as a teacher years back . Years back. I wont say how long ago. And how do you go about your job . Do you visit the schools this person . Do you use social media . All the above. My favorite part of my job is being in the classrooms talking to students, being out there in the schools. But i do spend a little bit of time in school board meetings. I spend a little bit of time talking to state legislators of the i talk to pr
Get expert advisor choosing care for an elderly parent. Hear how controlling your brain could improve physical flexibility and can there be harmony among bicyclists, drivers, and pedestrians. A Study Reveals ways to keep everyone safe on the roads. Im susan sikora. That is on bay area focus. Next. ,,,,, week to the show, im susan sikora. Its hard to admit a parent or grandparent is declining with age. Theyre living independently, but the day may come when its no longer safe for them. Decisions must be made about help and care and often relocation to an assisted living or nursing home. The process can be difficult. Here with pointers, we welcome back david knifler, a jerentologist who has been working in the field since 1983, a member of the west Marin Senior Services and the Alzheimers Association at marin. He currently works as drake terrace, an assisted living facility. Welcome back. Nice to see you, susan. In the old days, it used to be grandmas sick and getting frail. She staid hom