Author: Katie DeBenedetti
Katie DeBenedetti
has 12.9% among authors.
BS Score: 1.6%.
Articles analyzed: 50.
Words analyzed: 165,243.
Analyzed articles
KQED
- By Katie DeBenedetti
- 6/29/2026, 8:04 PM
Appeal to Emotion 28.6% - Optimism Bias 23.7% - Negativity Bias 23%
Survivors of clergy sexual abuse reached a nearly $400 million settlement with the Archdiocese of San Francisco, advocates announced Monday. The agreement impacts approximately 530 people who have brought abuse claims against former or current members of the city’s Catholic clergy, and is among the largest per survivor settlement in a... more
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- By Katie DeBenedetti
- 6/17/2026, 11:50 PM
Negativity Bias 29% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 24% - Framing Effect 20.7%
As their budget deadline approaches, Bay Area cities asked a federal judge in San Francisco on Wednesday to temporarily block the Trump administration from denying funding over local policies linked to gender, diversity, equity and inclusion and immigration. Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Redwood City are among 11 California and Oregon... more
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- By Katie DeBenedetti, Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman
- 6/15/2026, 11:07 PM
Negativity Bias 19.8% - Appeal to Authority 19.3% - Anecdotal 12.2%
The Bay Area saw its highest summer tides on record over the weekend, and more flooding and king tides are expected in low-lying coastal and bayshore areas through Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. Water levels peaked at 1.97 feet above normal Sunday — breaking the Bay Area’s summer record, set the previous day. Tides... more
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- By Katie DeBenedetti
- 6/15/2026, 9:58 PM
Appeal to Emotion 20.3% - Framing Effect 19.8% - Negativity Bias 18%
East Bay Assemblymember Mia Bonta announced new legislation on Monday that would require a full environmental review before granting new or expanded approval of coal operations, as the Trump administration pushes to open a long-opposed export terminal in West Oakland. President Donald Trump announced last month that he would direct $75... more
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- By Katie DeBenedetti
- 6/13/2026, 12:08 AM
Negativity Bias 26.8% - Appeal to Emotion 25.6% - Recency Bias 17.9%
More than a week after a fatal shooting left one dead and three injured following a graduation ceremony at Fairfield High School, community members gathered Friday in the campus’s parking lot to grieve and honor the victims. As information about the investigation remains sparse, the vigil, hosted by a coalition of faith leaders at the... more
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- By Katie DeBenedetti
- 6/5/2026, 11:56 PM
Negativity Bias 24% - Framing Effect 16.9% - Appeal to Emotion 14.6%
A parcel tax that Mayor Barbara Lee hoped would bolster Oakland’s sparse budget and ailing city services looks headed for defeat, after Alameda County election results showed it trailing by over 6,000 votes on Friday. Measure E, proposed by a coalition of city labor unions, is meant to bolster crime prevention, emergency response and... more
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- By Katie DeBenedetti
- 6/1/2026, 11:19 PM
Negativity Bias 48.7% - Availability Heuristic 21.7% - Framing Effect 20.2%
Attorneys from a prominent Bay Area civil rights law firm said they plan to file a lawsuit on behalf of the 16-year-old who was repeatedly punched in the head by a police officer after an altercation at Fairfield High School last month. Long-time police watchdog John Burris said Monday his firm had filed a government claim against the... more
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- By Katie DeBenedetti, Juan Carlos Lara
- 5/29/2026, 11:13 PM
Self-Serving Bias 27.3% - Negativity Bias 17.7% - Framing Effect 10.1%
Pro-Palestinian protesters who halted traffic across the Golden Gate Bridge in 2024 say they believed their actions were necessary to save lives amid Israel’s military strikes on Gaza. Activists facing more than a decade in prison told a San Francisco court on Friday that they felt they had exhausted other options to oppose the U.S.’s... more
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- By Katie DeBenedetti
- 5/27/2026, 9:14 PM
Optimism Bias 19.5% - Confirmation Bias 8.6% - Framing Effect 8.6%
San Francisco’s county office of education will open a new special education program for students with extensive needs, hoping to cut down on the school district’s reliance on expensive and inconvenient non-public school partners. The San Francisco Unified School District said Wednesday that the school will serve students with autism and... more
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- By Katie DeBenedetti
- 5/21/2026, 11:00 AM
Negativity Bias 36.4% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 28.3% - Unattributed Quote 25.1%
Bay Area congresspeople raised concerns Tuesday about processing delays for DACA renewals, which have left some residents unable to attend school or work, and at risk of deportation, amid the federal government’s immigration crackdown. In a letter to the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services... more