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.
View ArticleControversy 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...
View ArticleThe 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....
View ArticleUrban 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...
View ArticleCity 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...
View ArticleAi 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...
View ArticleOakland 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...
View ArticleAudiograph'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.
View ArticleWalk 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...
View ArticleDavid 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...
View ArticleReal 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...
View ArticlePunjabi-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...
View ArticleJournalist 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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