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Remembering Sanjiv Handa, the one-man news team that kept the Oakland City...

In the last week of 2011, a man named Sanjiv Handa passed away. KALW’s Rina Palta tweeted, “Oakland City Council meetings will be a lot less interesting.” It was a sentiment shared by many people.

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Controversy over new morality clause for Catholic teachers in Oakland

Current Pope Francis has famously said about homosexuality, “who am I to Judge?” But despite his progressive words, the Roman Catholic church does not...

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The last free ride: A pirate community goes legit

From the outside, Richardson Bay in tony Sausalito looks like a manicured sea of floating million dollar homes, bobbing up and down in orderly rows....

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Urban Shield: Training or militarization for first responders?

For the past eight years, one weekend in late summer brings first responders from across the country and around the world -- firemen, medics, SWAT teams...

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City Council Meeting: Political Theater

The importance of what actually transpires at a city council meeting can get hidden behind seemingly boring procedure – the shuffling of papers and the...

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Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz: A dissident superstar gives voice to political prisoners

The dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has become something of a superstar in America. He is known for his provocative artwork, his outspoken critique...

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Oakland Mayoral Race '14: Candidate Jean Quan

Mayor Jean Quan is the incumbent in the race, and she's been making the case for Oakland to give her a second term. But in the past four years, her...

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Audiograph's Sound of the Week: Diwali

All week long, we've been playing this sound, and asking you to guess what exactly it is and where exactly in the Bay Area we recorded it.

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Walk like a Radical: A tour through a century of progressive South Asians in...

There are a thousand hidden histories in the Bay Area – stories in the cement, just beneath the surface of our routes to work or school or play. There...

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David Thomson on "Why Acting Matters"

Awards season is behind us, with top honors for acting handed out at the Golden Globes and Oscars. But after all the pomp and circumstance is over and...

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Real talk about race: W. Kamau Bell and the Elmwood Café

In the auditorium of Willard Middle School, about 300 people have gathered, many of them sitting on those rickety school bucket chairs, the ones that...

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Punjabi-Mexicans in California: A story told through dance

California has long been a land of possibility. From the Gold Rush to the promise of fertile farmland, people from all over the world have flocked here...

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Journalist Cyrus Farivar on license plate surveillance

Journalist Cyrus Farivar knows a thing or two about surveillance. While reporting for Ars Technica, Farivar got the entire license plate reader dataset...

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