Phil Matier

Dedicated lanes have become a big point of contention for business owners and residents across San Francisco. Now comes word that it won't be an issue in at least one neighborhood in the City: Chinatown.  For more, KCBS Radio news anchor 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.  

Speaking at a convention in Houston, Vice President Kamala Harris condemned former President Trump's remarks about her racial identity, but rather than engaging in a direct debate with him, she criticized his divisiveness, stating that the American people deserve better. For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Margie Shafer spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier and former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown. 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.  

Just days after announcing a new, aggressive approach to deal with homeless encampments in San Francisco, Mayor London Breed is giving crews another tool to help the clean up. She has issued an executive order directing workers to offer relocation services to the homeless before offering them shelter or other services here.  KCBS Insider Phil Matier joins KCBS Radio's Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart for more.

Governor Newsom is urging Oakland leaders to revise the city's police pursuit policy, arguing it allows criminals to evade capture due to its restrictions.  For more, KCBS Radio news anchor 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.  

New analysis by the San Francisco Standard shows that parking control officers in San Francisco handed out more than 14,000 tickets to delivery drivers in 2023. What are delivery companies supposed to do? KCBS Insider Phil Matier is joined by KCBS Radio's Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart to discuss this parking situation.

With all eyes on Vice President Kamala Harris, Republicans are digging deep on Harris' San Francisco record, and they seem to have solidified one of their main attack lines against the Vice President, calling her a "San Francisco liberal."  For more, KCBS Radio news anchor 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.  

In a landmark deal, Oakland agreed to unload its share of the Coliseum to a private developer, avoiding mass layoffs amid a huge budget deficit. For more, KCBS Radio's Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas were joined by KCBS Insider Phil Matier.

City officials in San Francisco are proposing legislation that would pay some welfare recipients $100 a week if they stay drug free. For more on the proposal, KCBS Radio news anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier.

Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance will be back in the Bay Area this week to host a fundraiser reception at a private home in Palo Alto.  For more, KCBS Radio's Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas were joined by KCBS Insider Phil Matier.  

It's only a matter of days since President Biden dropped out and she became the presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee. Polling shows Vice President Kamala Harris has narrowed the gap between her and former President Donald Trump.   For more, KCBS Radio news anchors Eric Thomas and Margie Shafer spoke with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown and 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. 

It's time for our daily chat with KCBS Insider Phil Matier. Phil spoke with KCBS Radio anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart. San Francisco Mayor London Breed has gotten a major endorsement with the city's Democratic Committee backing her on November's ballot. 

Governor Gavin Newsom will give the green light to state officials later today to start dismantling thousands of homeless encampments, following the Supreme Court decision that upheld an Oregon city's ban on homeless people sleeping outdoors. For more, KCBS Radio's Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas were joined by KCBS Insider Phil Matier.

It's time for our daily chat with KCBS Insider Phil Matier. Phil was joined by KCBS Radio anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart. If you've driven on I-80 in the East Bay, you may have noticed sets of electronic signs over the freeway between Richmond and Emeryville, which are hardly ever used. Well, CalTrans is about to change that. 

More than $400,000 a year: That's the amount Police Officers in San Francisco could soon be making if a new retention program is approved by voters in November.  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.  

It's time for our daily chat with KCBS Insider Phil Matier. Phil joined KCBS Radio anchors Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising. A new report shows that overtime pay makes up the majority of compensation for a number of public safety employees in San Francisco. That according to the San Francisco Chronicle which looked over data from the City's Controller's office. It found that nearly 200 people made more than Mayor London Breed, including one sheriff's deputy who made almost as much in overtime as the mayor received in total compensation.

As we've been reporting, Vice President Kamala Harris received a unanimous endorsement from the California Democratic Party last night. With the requisite support from the delegates, Harris looks to be the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. For more, KCBS Radio's Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas were joined by KCBS Insider Phil Matier.

It's time for our daily chat with KCBS Insider Phil Matier. Phil was joined by KCBS Radio anchors Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising. Backers of a plan to build a new, green city in Solano County near Travis Airforce Base are pulling a measure from the November ballot that would have had voters weigh in. 

As President Joe Biden bows out of a historic race, the Bay Area's own Kamala Harris could become the first Black and Indian American woman to lead a major party ticket. For more, KCBS Radio news anchors Eric Thomas and Margie Shafer spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier and former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown. 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. 

Following Joe Biden's announcement that he will not run in the 2024 presidential race, Governor Newsom praised him as an extraordinary and selfless president. Despite recent speculation, Newsom confirmed he will not be a nominee.  Meanwhile, Donald Trump Jr. criticized Harris, claiming she will be easier to beat than Biden, and House Speaker Mike Johnson called for Biden's immediate resignation. To hear more, KCBS Radio's Matt Bigler was joined by KCBS Insider Phil Matier and Doug Sovern, KCBS Political Analyst.

Several sources close to President Biden suggest he may be accepting the idea of dropping out of the race due to mounting pressure from his party. Despite not making a final decision, influence of key figures like Nancy Pelosi, as well as state polls and donor boycotts, have shaken his resolve.   For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Eric Thomas spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier and former Mayor of San Francisco, Willie Brown. 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.