Gun Violence in the Bay Area Was Decreasing. Then the Pandemic Happened

In the past few years, efforts to curb gun violence at the community level were paying off in Richmond and Oakland. But when the pandemic hit, a lot of in-person community building became unsafe, and now advocates fear years of hard work have been lost.

Abené Clayton, reporter for The Guardian’s “Guns and Lies in America” project, spoke with KQED’s “The Bay” podcast this week about the rise in gun violence, which she covered in a story published last December.

Listen to the episode below or read the transcript.

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