Phil Matier

Usually at this time, we'd be joined by KCBS Insider Phil Matier, but Phil is away today.  It's not out of the ordinary to see horses in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, but that soon will change. After a three month investigation led by the San Francisco Standard revealed long-standing evidence of mistreatment of animals, as well as several injuries among staff and the general public, horseback riding company Chaparral Corporation will no longer be able to operate in the city's park because officials revoked its permits.  To find out why, KCBS Radio's Bret Burkhart was joined by Gabriel Greschler, local government reporter with the San Francisco Standard. 

KCBS Insider Phil Matier is away today. We're seeing a rise in the rate of homeless individuals and families applying for aid and housing. The number rose from 9,936 to 15,334 last year. While Mayor Breed shared a two-year budget proposal for new emergency shelter spots and housing units, the city is incapable of meeting the demand. For more on this, KCBS Radio news anchor Margie Shafer spoke with San Francisco Standard Reporter David Sjostedt. You can listen to this entire interview and past interviews on the Audacy App. Download the app on your smartphone and favorite KCBS Radio. The interviews are posted in the On Demand section or you can utilize the Rewind feature to listen back. 

Usually right now is when we talk to KCBS Insider Phil Matier, but he's off this week. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is throwing his support behind two California ballot measures, one related to rent control and the other to restrictions on oil drilling. For more, KCBS Radio's Eric Thomas and Margie Shafer spoke with Sonoma State political science professor David McCuan.  

KCBS Insider Phil Matier is away this week. In San Francisco's Excelsior district, some residents are holding their parking spots with traffic cones, sparking conflict with others looking for spots where there just aren't many. For more, KCBS Radio news anchors Eric Thomas and Margie Shafer spoke with San Francisco Standard reporter Garrett Leahy. You can listen to this entire interview and past interviews on the Audacy App. Download the app on your smartphone and favorite KCBS Radio. The interviews are posted in the On Demand section or you can utilize the Rewind feature to listen back. 

KCBS Radio insider Phil Matier is away today. New polling suggests that San Francisco mayor London Breed may be able to keep her job after the next election, but it's going to be a close race. For a closer look, KCBS Radio news anchors Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas spoke to Gabriel Greschler, local government reporter for The San Francisco Standard, the Bay Area’s fastest-growing source for news and information.

For a closer look on Michael Cohen's testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial, KCBS Radio news anchor Margie Shafer spoke with David McCuan, Chair of the Political Science department at Sonoma State. He is in for Phil who is away this week. You can listen to this entire interview, and past Phil Matier interviews on the Audacy App. Download the app on your smartphone and favorite KCBS Radio. The interviews are posted in the On Demand section or you can utilize the Rewind feature to listen back.  

Usually at this time, we'd be joined by KCBS and San Francisco Chronicle Insider Phil Matier, but Phil is away today. He'll be back at 7:50 tomorrow morning. New research shows that while workers have been slow to return to the office in San Francisco, business after work hours is closing in on pre-pandemic levels. For more, we're joined on the KCBS Ring Central line by Kevin Truong, who's the Business Editor at the Standard, the Bay Area's fastest-growing news source.

Phil Matier is away this week. A new report illustrates how California’s massive efforts to shelter homeless residents during the COVID-19 pandemic were successful. But at the same time, the researchers pointed out a lack of available data on the program. With the little information they were able to access, they found that people who left the program had at least a 40% chance of returning to homelessness. For more on this, KCBS Radio news anchors Eric Thomas and Margie Shafer spoke with CalMatters Reporter Marisa Kendall. You can listen to this entire interview and past interviews on the Audacy App. Download the app on your smartphone and favorite KCBS Radio. The interviews are posted in the On Demand section or you can utilize the Rewind feature to listen back.  

KCBS Insider Phil Matier will be away for the next few weeks. Work is well underway on a $400 million dollar renovation of San Francisco's iconic Transamerica Pyramid. Staff at the Standard got an up close work at some of that work. For more, KCBS Radio's Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising spoke with Astrid Kane,  Senior Editor at The Standard, the Bay Area's fastest-growing news source.  

Usually right now we'd be chatting with KCBS Insider Phil Matier, but he's away today. Waymo could be coming to the South Bay, as local leaders try to get more autonomy to regulate driverless vehicles in their counties and cities.  For more, KCBS Radio's Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas were joined by San Jose Spotlight reporter Sakura Cannestra.

 KCBS Insider Phil Matier will be away for the next few weeks. A San Francisco homelessness nonprofit accused of nepotism reportedly raked in over 100 grand after investigators announced this week that the Providence Foundation of San Francisco will be barred from applying for or receiving funding after reportedly faking invoices. For more, KCBS Radio news anchors Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas spoke with Gabriel Greschler, Local Government Reporter for The San Francisco Standard, the Bay Area’s fastest-growing source for news and information. You can listen to this entire interview and past Phil Matier interviews on the Audacy App. Download the app on your smartphone and favorite KCBS Radio. The interviews are posted in the On Demand section or you can utilize the Rewind feature to listen back.    

Usually at this time we'd be hearing from KCBS Insider Phil Matier, Phil is away today, so KCBS Radio's Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising were joined by Peter Hartlaub, culture critic for the SF Chronicle. Upon San Francisco Mayor London Breed's return from China, she heralded the arrival of a pair of new pandas destined for the San Francisco Zoo. While this marks the first appearance of pandas at the San Francisco Zoo since 1985, it's not the city's inaugural encounter with these beloved creatures. Previously, a group of pandas made a notable stopover at the St. Francis Hotel.

KCBS Radio insider Phil Matier is away today. The San Francisco mayoral race is getting underway, and one of these candidates is not like the others. Aaron Peskin has reportedly pulled in just $150,000 in donations, meager compared to the big tech and philanthropic moguls he's running against. For more, KCBS Radio news anchors Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas spoke to Gabriel Greschler, local government reporter for the San Francisco Standard, the Bay Area's fastest-growing news source.

Phil Matier is away today. It's going to be a busy week in politics as we inch closer and closer to what's looking like a close election. For more, KCBS Radio news anchors Eric Thomas and Margie Shafer spoke with David McCuan, chair and professor of the political science department at Sonoma State University.

Usually at this time you'd be hearing from Phil Matier, but he's away today.  It's going to be a busy week in politics, as we inch closer and closer to what's looking like a close election.  For more, KCBS Radio's Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas spoke with spoke with David McCuan, Chair and Professor of the Political Science Department at Sonoma State University.

It appears the famed Bay Bridge light display will return next year. The founder of Illuminate, Ben Davis, says March 2025 is the target date for the lights to come back on. The lights went dark last March, but with donations totaling $10 million of the $11 million needed to fund the lights, they could be back in no time. For more, KCBS Radio news anchors Eric Thomas and Margie Shafer spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier. You can listen to this entire interview and past Phil Matier interviews on the Audacy App. Download the app on your smartphone and favorite KCBS Radio. The interviews are posted in the On Demand section or you can utilize the Rewind feature to listen back.  

A new report shows that crime in Oakland is down 33 percent in the first four months of the year, compared to the same time period last year. But, the good news is tempered by the number of robberies, which are actually up 11 percent.  For more, KCBS Radio's Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier. 

New data shows what state police in San Francisco have been doing since being deployed a year ago, including about 500 arrests and the seizure or nearly 700 pounds of fentanyl. For more KCBS Radio's Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas were joined by KCBS Insider Phil Matier.

A San Francisco political group says its dropping efforts to put a charter reform measure that would have strengthened the Mayor's powers on the November ballot. To hear more, KCBS Radio's Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier

Service fees are soon going to be illegal in California, with the state's attorney general confirming a new ban on junk fees will apply. For more, KCBS Radio news anchors Eric Thomas and Margie Shafer spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier. You can listen to this entire interview, and past Phil Matier interviews on the Audacy App. Download the app on your smartphone and favorite KCBS Radio. The interviews are posted in the On Demand section or you can utilize the Rewind feature to listen back.