Covering the City

Reporting on the Stories that shaped San Francisco

In the last half of the Twentieth Century, it felt like the San Francisco Bay Area was the center of the universe. The technology revolution started in the garages and workshops of the Peninsula long before anyone called it Silicon Valley; gays demanded their rights and fought for their health; the homeless population grew out of control and defied easy solutions; and innovative chefs started a culinary revolution.

I was privileged to have a ringside seat for it all. I’m Ken Berry and here is what I saw while Covering the City.

Flying with Angels

I expected a fun-filled flight in a high-performance jet fighter. Instead I got a thrilling, but brutally punishing ride that I thought would never end.

15 seconds in october

The KGO Afternoon news was live on the air when the Loma Prieta earthquake hit. fter the shaking stopped, the work started.

two dog tales

Two stories, 16 months apart, tugged at the heartstrings of the Bay Area like few others. Both involved dogs and an outpouring of generosity.

On the streets of
San Francisco

How a homeless man with no hands was hired to cover life on the streets of San Francisco.

The Police Chief's
shoe

The night angry gay rights demonstrators knocked the former police chief and future Mayor of San Francisco to the ground and stole his shoe (and then it got really crazy).

Some stories hit close to home

Sometimes it’s the smaller stories that really hit you, especially when they happen just down the street from where you live.

L.A. Riots 1992

Driving a white minivan through the heart of South Central Los Angeles or sixty hours of lawlessness and violence in a city burning with rage.

humming toadfish of Sausalito, CA

A dark night, a boat outfitted with special underwater microphones, one of the world’s foremost marine biologists and the search for the source of the sound that was haunting Sausalito.

Inventing the High-speed chase

You know how TV loves to cover freeway chases live on the air? I’m afraid I might be partially responsible. Let me explain.

Portrait of Sarah

KGO Radio Raised over 20-million-dollars for leukemia research. The remarkable recovery of Sarah Liu gave us reason to keep up the effort.

tarnished silver: life in a nursing home

We found a nursing home where staff sexually molested, physically abused and robbed its patients. What’s remarkable is that the nursing home’s record wasn’t remarkable.

Law and Disorder

As a reporter, I always pushed hard to get the story. One spring I pushed too hard and paid the price.

A Time To Die

A leading oncologist admits he helped patients die to end their suffering. A terminally ill man is hoarding pills so he can die at a time of his choosing. Who decides when it’s “A Time To Die?”

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TJ
May 6, 2020 at 7:28 pm

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