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This week, the California Department of Education gave us some grim news: according to its biannual report on the financial health of the state’s school systems, nearly one-fifth of school districts in...
View ArticleConnecting the Dots: Top news stories for Tuesday, June 5, 2012
SF Chronicle // Starbucks has bought the Bay Area based chain La Boulange Cafe and Bakery for $100 million. Starbucks plans to start to replace its current pastry selection with La Boulange products in...
View ArticleFoie gras fans flocking to eat controversial delicacy before July 1 ban
San Francisco’s Humphry Slocombe ice cream parlor is known for its unique flavor selection. On a given week, your choices might include Sour Cream, Salt and Pepper, and Boccalone Prosciutto. Right now,...
View ArticleWhat's up with the whirlybirds?!
Maybe you've just seen The Bourne Legacy and have nagging feeling that you're being watched at all times. Maybe you related a little too much to Close Encounters of the Third Kind. So if you see...
View ArticleCrosscurrents takes the stage for second annual live show
On Saturday, December 8th, KALW hosted its second annual Live Crosscurrents in the James Moore Theater at the Oakland Museum of California. Hana Baba hosted the event, supported by Tin Cup Serenade as...
View ArticleExploratorium moves on from the Palace of Fine Arts
Science is rarely easy to understand and even harder to explain. But here at the Exploratorium, science isn’t hard – it’s fun. Why? In order to learn, you have to play.
View ArticleArts/Culture/Weekend: Russian Fest, Drunken Spelling Bee, & Oscars with...
Yes, President’s Day is over. No, we don’t have another three day weekend until May, not that I’m counting. But buck up kids, the weekend will not only bring sun, but also the promise of international...
View ArticleWhat's your flavor? A coffee tour of the Bay Area
This past summer, Peet's Coffee, founded in Berkeley back in 1966, was purchased by a German Company for $1 billion. Over the last half-century, on its way to becoming a billion dollar company, Peet's...
View ArticleHeard Here: Extraordinary stories of ordinary people – April 12th in San...
A surfer takes on a Maverick wave. A woman turns a transportation problem into an LGBT taxi service. A writer acquires an unexpected tenant – and his house plant. These stories and more told live on...
View ArticleExploratorium opens doors at Pier 15
Yesterday was opening day for the new and improved Exploratorium over in San Francisco's Embarcadero. Right around Pier 15, the new space boasts 330,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor exhibits, 150...
View ArticleA day with the Eviction Assistance Unit
When a landlord and a tenant are involved in a dispute, an eviction from the property is the last resort. And when evictions do occur in San Francisco, there are two people who are involved with every...
View ArticleHear Here goes to ROCK
Our community storytelling project Hear Here also had the chance to visit the ROCK program at Visitacion Valley Middle School to record the stories of young people there.
View ArticleHear Here: Pete Villaseñor finds a home in San Francisco
Pete Villaseñor moved to San Francisco from his home state of Texas almost 20 years ago. That’s well before the Bay’s current housing troubles began. But, moving to a new place can come with other...
View ArticleHear Here: Jeannette King-Harris wants to turn her neighborhood around
Jeannette King-Harris grew up in Oakland and says she’s tired of all the difficulties young people face there today. So, she’s launching an organization called Planting Special Seeds to change that....
View ArticleThe Book Report: Anisse Gross
The Book Report is a new series where we talk to local authors about the books they love. Writer Anisse Gross shared her pick, The Abortion, with NinnaGaensler-Debs.
View ArticleKALW goes to National Night Out
Tuesday night was the 31st year of National Night Out - an event that aims to help prevent crime by encouraging people get to know their neighbors and strengthen their communities. We sent reporters...
View ArticleThe Book Report: Kathryn Ma
The Book Report is a new series where we talk to local authors about the books they love. Writer Kathryn Ma shared her pick -American Pastoral, by Philip Roth - with Ninna Gaensler-Debs.
View ArticleHear Here: Carolyn Brandy's mysterious dream
Caroyln Brandy started playing the conga drum in the late 1960s.“It was something that women didn’t really do back in those days,” Brandy says. “You didn’t grow up and think, ‘I’m gonna be a conga...
View ArticleThe Book Report: Cara Black
The Book Report is a new series where we talk to local authors about the books they love. Writer Cara Black shared her pick - The Lover, by Marguerite Duras - with Ninna Gaensler-Debs.
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