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KRON 4 - Watching a live in studio newscast

KRON 4

2.3(151 reviews)
2.3 mi•North Beach/Telegraph Hill

I probably went for 10 years not watching or reading the news. This guy got stabbed - that lady had…read moreher kitty saved by firefighters. IDK there is a lot of stuff I don't want to know. You can watch Vice or Democracy Now... CNN. Drama TV. I suppose its most important that you realize its mostly for entertainment purposes. Too much bad news out there. I would recommend to read the good news.

KRON4 Ignored a Documented Story About Discrimination, Gatekeeping, Retaliation, and California's…read moreMental-Health Workforce I am giving KRON4 one star based on my direct experience with the station and its newsroom. I contacted KRON4 reporter Dan Kerman with a documented public-interest story involving alleged disability discrimination, LGBTQ discrimination, institutional gatekeeping, retaliation, higher education, professional licensing, and California's mental-health workforce. I provided enough information and supporting material for KRON4 to understand why I believed the matter had significance beyond one individual. I am intentionally not repeating the confidential details of that submission here. Those materials were provided to KRON4 for journalistic consideration, not public disclosure. I did not expect Dan Kerman to automatically take the story or agree with me. I expected basic professional courtesy. A simple response saying, "I received your information, but we are not pursuing the story," would have been enough. Instead, I experienced silence. That was particularly disappointing because Dan was someone I had known years ago through San Francisco's gay community and whose work I respected. Sharing a community connection does not obligate anyone to cover a story, but it made the dismissiveness especially disappointing. I expected professionalism, not preferential treatment. When I received no meaningful acknowledgment, I elevated the matter to KRON4 newsroom leadership. Again, I did not demand coverage. I asked for confirmation that the information had reached the appropriate editorial level and had been considered. Nearly three weeks passed without even that basic acknowledgment. At that point, the phrase "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree" seemed appropriate. When essentially the same dismissiveness continued after I moved from an individual reporter to newsroom leadership, my concern stopped being about one person and began looking, in my experience, like a broader newsroom culture. That is difficult to reconcile with KRON4 calling itself "The Bay Area's Local News Station." A local newsroom depends on the public. Tips, witnesses, sources, and viewers all come from the community. When someone submits documented information involving discrimination, disability rights, LGBTQ issues, retaliation, professional gatekeeping, education, licensing, and the mental-health workforce, I believe the minimum professional response should be acknowledgment--even if the answer is no. What makes this more frustrating is KRON4's editorial choices. KRON4 has devoted newsroom space to what I consider stupid, bizarre, and insignificant stories: kittens trapped in pipes, a baby fox traveling inside a construction pipe, a fur seal found in bushes, a giant marmot appearing in San Francisco, a bologna-inspired face mask, and other "Strange" or viral stories. Some viewers may enjoy those stories. Fine. But I have every right to question the priorities of a news organization that can find time and resources for those stories while a documented matter involving discrimination, retaliation, LGBTQ concerns, disability access, higher education, professional licensing, and California's mental-health workforce cannot apparently merit even a two-sentence acknowledgment. Although I now live in Los Angeles, this was not simply a private Los Angeles matter. The issues involved California institutions, California licensing, discrimination, disability access, and the statewide mental-health workforce. KRON4 also shares its parent company, Nexstar Media Group, with Los Angeles station KTLA 5. California stories cross television-market boundaries all the time. Again, I was not demanding coverage. I was asking a professional newsroom to review serious information and communicate whether it had any interest. A respectful "no" would have been professional. Silence was not. At the time I checked Yelp, KRON4 showed approximately 2.3 stars across roughly 150 reviews. My one-star rating, however, is based on my own direct experience. My criticism is not that KRON4 refused to broadcast my story. My criticism is that after submitting serious, documented information and then elevating the matter within the newsroom, I could not obtain the most basic professional acknowledgment. Two sentences could have prevented this entire review: "Thank you for sending the materials. We reviewed them and have decided not to pursue the story." That would have been professional. Silence was not.

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KQED - Even the board room feels like a work of art

KQED

3.6(178 reviews)
1.0 mi•Mission

Once a year, there's a KQED Fest outside of their headquarters, where there's music, food, booths,…read moreand a painting wall for all to enjoy. It's nice to support a local nonprofit, being part of the community, and celebrating public broadcasting. Mark your calendar for their next one!

I love KQED with a passion. I follow a few of their hosts/writers on social media, and I'm not…read moregoing to hide that it'd be a dream to be connected to KQED in any capacity, so I'm excited to leave this review. I got to attend the KQED FEST of 2026. It was my first time visiting the headquarters, and the space was just dopamine inducing: open space, walls of windows, areas that just scream community cultivation. There is so much to do at KQED Fest, and this is a FREE event! There was a variety of spaces designed especially for creative kids: painting, playing, looking under microscopes. There were also a good offering for the adults: panels, presentations by NPR, and auditions for Check Please, Bay Area! And if none of that sounds interesting than feel free to take your pick of tours, a stage with local live music (by such greats as: Tiny Desk Concert winner Ruby Ibarra or the 2024 KQED Bay Area Showcase winner Misa James), bingo, and lots of great food and drinks. Of course, I grabbed a little KQED swag as a physical souvenir of the day. I'm hoping (make that manifesting) I'll attend a live taping of any of the wonderful shows filmed right there at the headquarters. Thank you for opening up this incredible space for the public to visit. Attending KQED Fest fulfilled a dream long in the making for me.

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KOFY TV 20 - Princess Maya catching her breath in Golden Gate Gate park

KOFY TV 20

2.8(38 reviews)
2.3 mi•North Beach/Telegraph Hill

I miss the days when KOFY was owned by Granite Broadcasting. I miss Moris Knight on Dance Party,…read moreABC 7 news at 9 pm, and DJ Katie. Since they moved into the ABC7 building, I no longer get them over the air. This is because I've never been able to get ABC7 over the air. This is a common issue that most people in the Bay Area have. The only way I can get KOFY is by using locast. This isn't an issue with KOFY specifically however. I have a hard time getting KPIX as well. That's because of the spectrum change that happened earlier this year (with sutro tower). I can get it in my bedroom, but not my living room. I hope they plan to make new episodes of Dance Party once the pandemic is over.

I am feeling terrible as of this review that KOFY TV is permanently going away and instead it is…read morefeaturing a channel with 24/7 westerns. That means no more Steve Wilkos or Jerry Springer. Or other variety programs that were on their station plus the replays of ABC7 news in the evenings. I think the programming management is doing a bad thing as they can easily broadcast this channel on a digital sub channel and still keep the main station. My husband also is already not happy with this change. What was a good thing is now a bad and I don't think I would watch Western's programming 24 hours a day. MeTV, Antenna TV and Movies TV are all broadcast on sub channels without an impact to the main channels. Hell, Kron 4 can be generic with their programming at times with shows at night and so forth but at least they are still there! So good bye Kofy TV. We will miss you and even the cute local commercials featuring the dogs. At least Chabot College is airing Creature Features now and it sucks no more Dance Party.

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KPIX CBS 5 News - Sunday evening news

KPIX CBS 5 News

2.1(101 reviews)
2.2 mi•North Beach/Telegraph Hill

I've been meaning to leave a review for a while.. just want to say that Sara Donchey is absolutely…read morefantastic. She does so many interesting local profiles and stories. She is an anchor who makes you realize how much skill it takes to do live television really, really well. She is so articulate and quick on her feet. She's listening and processing in real time, and has organic follow-up questions - doesn't feel rigid and scripted. Her abilities are also especially noticeable during breaking news coverage and live interviews I've seen her do. She's genuinely engaged and pulls me in. She has presence, but she doesn't make the stories about herself. Also, her background is awesome! She is an SF State journalism grad who started at KPIX as a production assistant and worked her way up through newsrooms around the country before coming back to anchor in San Francisco. She's covered major events like Hurricane Harvey, the Dallas police shooting, and the San Bernardino terrorist attack. This is probably why when something unexpected happens on air she doesn't look rattled, always rolls with it. Thank you KPIX for supporting awesome, smart, confident, badass women with command at the anchor desk and in the community.

The T.V. schedule says let's make a deal and what's on women's basket ball!…read moreThis channel primary serves San Francisco and SCREWS the rest of the SF Bay Area... You call there phone and same excuses Blah Blah ..... Solve the problem kiss off channel 5 Watch other channels.

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