KCBS News Interviews

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, who some have tabbed as a potential VP candidate for the Hillary Clinton campaign, joined KCBS anchors Stan Bunger and Susan Leigh Taylor for a discussion on the 2016 race, Donald Trump, and his state's marijuana policy.

A construction and premises safety expert weighs in on the deadly Berkeley balcony collapse and the potential factors that could have contributed to the structure's failure when at least 13 people plunged when it gave way.

David Mayeri, the president of the Berkeley Music Group and UC Theater, on the groundbreaking of the city's latest new music venue.

Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease specialist from the University of Pittsburgh, answers questions about the effectiveness of vaccinations amid the current measles outbreak and recent news that an infected person may have exposed some BART riders.

More attention is being paid to childhood-vaccination issues since the measles outbreak began Disneyland. It's accelerated the conversation about whether parents who withhold vaccinations are doing the right thing, despite overwhelming science evidence that shows otherwise. KCBS anchors Stan Bunger and Susan Leigh Taylor talk with a prominent vaccination skeptic Dan Olmsted about their point of view.

Mercury levels are on the rise in the Hawaiian Yellowfin Tuna—a fish popularly used in sushi and island cuisine. Researchers from the University of Michigan have found an increase of at least 3.8-percent year-to-year between 1998 and 2008. KCBS’ Susan Leigh Taylor and Stan Bunger talk to one of the study’s authors, Paul Drevnick.

Autonomous cars will be commonplace by 2025 and have a near monopoly by 2030. The sweeping change will eclipse every other innovation our society has experienced. That's the prediction of Zack Kanter, a futurist and founder of several startups.

News Interview: Hilly Rose talks with George Harrison and Paul McCartney of The Beatles at the height of their fame in an original KCBS interview back in 1964 during Beatlemania.

News Interview: KCBS interview with chemist and researcher, Dr. Joseph Stetter, on a portable device being developed to help border patrol agents in detecting illegally smuggled money through vapors the money gives off.

News Interview: Law Professor Erwin Chemerinsky About The U.S. Supreme Court's Decision

News Interview: New research suggests youth aren't abandoning Facebook after all. Toby Miller, who studies social media trends, explains what this might mean for the company's future.

News Interview: KCBS interview with a Stanford researcher who is looking at children's hand-washing behavior in a developing country through use of video cameras placed outside of bathrooms.

News Interview: BART spokesperson Alicia Trost addresses the equipment malfunction in the Transbay Tube that resulted in system wide delays all day Friday.

News Interview: Bob Hertan, an associate professor of Aviation Safety and Human Factors at Embry Riddle University with his analysis on new information regarding the Asiana Airlines crash at SFO.

News Interview: San Jose Police Spokesman Albert Morales on the arrest of 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver, Friday morning, on a variety of charges including reckless driving and felony hit and run.

Taking a closer look at the influence of Chinese gangs, KCBS' Stan Bunger and Holly Quan spoke with investigative journalist and author Gerald Posner, who wrote "Warlords of Crime: Chinese Secret Societies--The New Mafia."

News Interview: Attorney Tony Schoemberg, who represents the City of Sunnyvale in their gun magazine case against the NRA, comments on a Supreme Court justice's decision to deny the gun lobbyist's request to overturn a voter-approved ban.

News Interview: San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano with reaction to the possible assault of a Hercules High transgendered student and how public schools should deal with trans-phobia going forward.

KCBS News Interview: USC sports media expert Dr. Daniel T. Durbin gives his analysis of Colin Kaepernick's call for acceptance should Michael Sam ends up in an NFL locker room.

KCBS interviews Ecologist Larry Serpa with the Nature Conservancy about species that practice sexual cannibalism and other weird mating quirks.