Riley Palmer

Welcome to 2026, the future time of METROPOLIS, released in 1927.

I’ve worked for more than a dozen news orgs in my 20+ year career, but KQED is the only one where people beam back in excitement to learn who I’m with. “I love KQED” is the most common reaction. Overwhelmingly proud to keep the standards extremely high with great coworkers.

Massive crowd at the San Francisco #NoKingsProtest

Feeling incredibly grateful to have won first place for an education story I wrote for the Napa Valley Register about cell phone usage in schools at CNPA awards this May. Thank you to all my mentors, the Napa Valley Register & the Napa community as a whole ❤️

True shoutout to @SaulGonzalezCA for his great reporting, but happy to produce a piece like this 🤩

@alexandraandnyc the homework is also late the minute it is assigned

being a journalist is committing to a life always feeling like you have homework due

trying to stay tender hearted despite it all

During a dreary week filled with rain and feelings of collective unease, the sun came out in Calistoga last week over protesters of all ages who rallied for the rights of people who helped build the Napa Valley — immigrants.  #1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">napavalleyregister.com/news/napa-vall…

Early Wednesday afternoon, Eric Medeiros was at Kennedy Park sifting through his belongings, which were scattered in the dirt around a nearly barren campsite under a winter sun. He’s the last person to leave the encampment, per city order. napavalleyregister.com/news/local/nap…

A Napa County judge on Monday sentenced a former cross country coach at American Canyon High School to 15 years in state prison after he pleaded guilty to 10 counts of sexually abusing two students. Read here: napavalleyregister.com/news/local/cri…

At age 28, Rembrandt, nicknamed Remi, has already entered retirement. One would never guess that champion hunter and jumper horse was once depressed. Ingrid A. Foster's horse sanctuary is working to fix that. napavalleyregister.com/news/local/ama…

Measure B, the $230 million bond measure to maintain and upgrade Napa-area public schools, passed with just 37 votes to spare in official vote counts issued by the Napa County Elections Division on Tuesday. Read here: #tracking-source=home-top-story" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">napavalleyregister.com/news/local/nap…

@fauxdea Hi Sandy, there isn’t an option to DM you, but the program is for ages 12-30. Although there may be specific criteria that might not make the program a match. Sorry I didn’t see this earlier.

@ReporterRileyp Hi Riley - my friend in Napa has a son that suffers with bipolar disorder & is 26. She called Aldea & they said they can’t help him - they only treat children for early intervention. It sounded like it was for adults too. Do you know who she could contact to get help for her son?

I spent months working on a piece about Aldea’s SOAR program, which aims to treat symptoms of psychosis. I am so honored that Marissa LeCount and Brandon Staglin, who play key but different roles in early intervention care, let me share their stories. napavalleyregister.com/news/local/ald…

Two non-profits in Napa are teaming up to provide therapy for LGTBQ youth. The program is called the Queer Trans AFFIRM Project or QTAP, and offers free individual and group talk therapy to people between the ages of 12 and 21. #tracking-source=home-top-story" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">napavalleyregister.com/news/local/nap…

This one was written straight from the heart at 4:32 am..

It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them. While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And they’re right.

35 years ago this Thursday, I was hanging off the top deck of the Bay Bridge and made this image. Will never, ever forget that night.

He looks so uncomfortable