Tara Siler

KQED Contributor

Tara reports and  anchors for KQED news. She covers a range of issues from community-police relations to local politics. Tara started out in community radio in the Bay Area, where she was raised. She eventually moved to Washington DC where she covered Congress for eight years for Pacifica and Monitor Radio. Her stories have also been heard on NPR's All Things Considered, Morning Edition and The World. Tara lives with her husband in Oakland-- where they raised their two sons. She enjoys spending time with her family, gardening and hiking in the Oakland hills... and keeping up with the news.

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Two college-age students hold up signs that say 'Divest' and 'stop bombing Gaza.'

UC Santa Cruz Academic Workers to Strike Over University's Treatment of Pro-Palestinian Protesters

Two men putting up sandbags in front of a door in a an urban neighborhood.

Already Saturated Bay Area Braces for Yet Another Dangerous Winter Storm

An aerial view of a sign on a building that reads "@twitter" with a blue bird logo.

A Suspended Journalist and a Litigator Discuss Latest Spate of Suspensions at Twitter

A white building behind high security fencing with desert in the foreground and a blue sky above.

'We Need Care, Not Cages': California Criminal Justice Reformers Applaud Planned Closure of 2 State Prisons

An older white woman with a blue suit dress and wearing glasses.

'It's a Ridiculous Statement': Rep. Zoe Lofgren Assesses Rep. Kevin McCarthy's Call to Investigate Jan. 6 Committee

Elon Musk enters Twitter headquarters holding a sink

'He Wants Attention': As Elon Musk Takes Over Twitter, This Tech Insider Has Some Thoughts

People holding yellow and red signs and wearing red nurse outfits stand outside.

Multiple Bay Area Health Care Strikes Reflect a Workforce Under Increasing Strain

Protesters push down a large fence in a park.

City of Berkeley Reconsiders, Then Sustains Police Tear Gas Ban Following Unrest at People's Park

A group of workers stand at a port, large cranes in the distance, next to signs that say 'No AB 5.'

Why Are Truckers Blocking Access to the Port of Oakland?