Some of the issues plaguing San Francisco can be found in nearly every community across the country — poverty, crime, homelessness and mental health. KNTV, NBC Bay Area in San Francisco is searching for solutions to these deep-rooted problems plaguing the city in a streaming investigative series, Saving San Francisco.
Some of the issues plaguing San Francisco can be found in nearly every community across the country — poverty, crime, homelessness and mental health.
NBC O&O KNTV San Francisco is searching for solutions to these deep-rooted problems plaguing the city in a streaming investigative series, Saving San Francisco.
The first episode was released on Monday, Feb. 28, on its streaming platforms including NBCBayArea.com, and on the NBC Bay Area App on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, ROKU and YouTube. New episodes will be released every Monday for the next six weeks.
The first episode of Saving San Francisco begins with the story of a San Francisco neighborhood known for stunning ocean views and lush forests, where residents begin to witness strange things happening in what is usually a quiet and peaceful part of the city.
The mystery unfolds when we meet a former English teacher who became a convicted felon — caught up in drugs, homelessness and accusations of an obsession with a woman who lives alone.
Led by Senior Investigative Reporter Bigad Shaban along with Investigative Producer Robert Campos and Photographer/Editor Jeremy Carroll, the six-part series begins with uncovering how this neighborhood and man became emblematic of the city’s systemic problems involving homelessness, poverty, crime and mental health.
“Behind each of the problems plaguing San Francisco, are people — real people — who are suffering with their own unique needs and stories,” Shaban says. “Our hope in chronicling one man’s experience is to shed light on the exhausting and fractured journey more than 8,000 homeless San Franciscans experience every day.”
In later episodes, the investigation broadens the lens and takes a wider look at the many problems plaguing San Francisco, outlining the key players in the city’s broken system and the web of connections among them.
“Saving San Francisco is the latest in our series of investigations that explore systemic problems in the Bay Area and that offer possible solutions,” says Stephanie Adrouny, KNTV’s VP of news. “The beautiful city of San Francisco has changed drastically over the last few years and we want to contribute to a discussion that will spark change that leads to improving the quality of life for people in San Francisco and the Bay Area.”
Saving San Francisco is the fifth digital investigation released by NBC Bay Area. The previous production, The Moms of Magnolia Street, followed the journey of four mothers as they took on a large home-flipping corporation and challenged the city of Oakland’s power structure. The investigation won an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award.
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