Fifth & Mission

Given great power during the coronavirus pandemic, local public health officers are dealing with great scrutiny — and sometimes intimidation and threats. Some have quit. Staff writer Carolyn Said on what's behind this anger and how the health officers are responding. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rising COVID-19 cases in the Bay Area and around the country are forcing communities to pause, and in some cases backtrack, on reopening plans. Health reporter Erin Allday on what's behind the surge and what you should do to stay safe. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William Rogers, CEO of Goodwill San Francisco, describes having to close all of his shops and furlough the majority of his 600 employees after learning his nonprofit was too big to qualify for federal help. Also, donation drop-offs have reopened and have seen a surge in goods from city residents who've spent the spring deep cleaning. | Coronavirus coverage: sfchronicle.com/coronavirus | Full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Features editor Sarah Feldberg discusses how airlines are responding and what travelers need to know to be safe from coronavirus if they have to board a plane, or if they want to for pleasure travel. Feldberg also talks about her own thorny decision whether to fly across the country to visit family with her baby daughter. | Full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More than 12,000 residents of the state tested positive for the coronavirus in just two days this week, prompting Gov. Gavin Newsom to caution Californians to continue being careful or the state's opening could be rolled back. Reporter Peter Fimrite explains. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

State prison officials dealt with a coronavirus outbreak at Chino State Prison by transferring untested inmates to San Quentin, and now the virus is ripping through the Marin County facility. Reporters Megan Cassidy and Jason Fagone detail the scenario and why Gov. Gavin Newsom is doing so little to solve it. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the removal of Christopher Columbus outside Coit Tower to the toppling of Father Junipero Serra, Francis Scott Key and Ulysses S. Grant in Golden Gate Park, the city's not-so-progressive statues are sparking controversy. Plus: a listen to TotalSF's tribute to legendary Chronicle science writer David Perlman, who died this week at the age of 101. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chronicle food writers Soleil Ho and Justin Phillips are hosts of The Chronicle's new food and culture podcast, Extra Spicy. They talk with Heather Knight about why they're launching a food podcast in these troubled times, and they give a sneak peak into what listeners can expect. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chronicle Editor in Chief and Fifth & Mission co-host Audrey Cooper says farewell as she heads off for her new job as editor in chief at WNYC in New York. She and co-host Heather Knight welcome Demian Bulwa back to the show. He preceded Heather behind the Fifth & Mission mic, and now he'll succeed Audrey. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reporters Peter Hartlaub and Annie Vainshtein play excerpts from and talk about their project Surviving the Virus, in which they interviewed people who have recovered from COVID-19. Plus: Rafael Arias, the subject of Matthias Gafni's story I Was Ready to Die, reads from his coronavirus diary. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices