Phil Matier Audacy

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.  

 

A new state law that goes into effect July 1st will ban restaurants from tacking on surcharges to the bill. The law prevents businesses from slipping in so-called junk fees, but some in the restaurant industry say it will force them to cut pay and raise prices. 

KCBS Radio news anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart spoke to KCBS insider Phil Matier for more details.