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Back to SearchThe Bay Area’s Got A Wild Pig Problem
Originally imported to Monterey County for sport by a wealthy landowner in the 1920s, wild boars now number in the hundreds of thousands, and they are destroying sensitive habitats and suburban lawns…
Published on 7 hours ago
Amusement Parks of Yore: Playland-at-the-Beach and Idora Park
Summer is coming to an end, so we're taking a journey back in time to remember two amusement parks that have etched themselves into the imaginations of generations of Bay Area residents: Idora Park i…
Published on 2 weeks ago
Reversing Extinction? Sea Otters and Butterflies Hold Clues
The Bay Area is a biodiversity hotspot, home to species found nowhere else on Earth. But decades of urbanization have pushed many of these animals — and the ecosystems they depend on — to the edge. C…
Published on 3 weeks ago
Are Seagulls Native to the Bay Area?
Seagulls are everywhere in the Bay Area — flocking to Giant's games in San Francisco and crowding South Bay salt ponds. But are they actually native? Once seasonal visitors from Mono Lake, they've re…
Published on 4 weeks ago
How Fremont Became Known As 'Little Kabul'
Over the past 40 years, Afghans have steadily immigrated to the East Bay town of Fremont, hoping to start new lives close to others who share their language and culture. We trace four waves of immig…
Published on 1 month ago
Julia Morgan: A Thoroughly Bay Area Architect
Julia Morgan, the pioneering female architect, was born in San Francisco, raised in Oakland and educated at UC Berkeley and the the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. She designed over 700 buildings, man…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
How Daly City Became A Filipino Hub
Nearly one in three Daly City residents identify as Filipino, according to 2019 Census data. Bay Curious listener Ricky Tjandra wondered what makes this town just south of San Francisco such an inter…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
What Does It Mean to Live In an Unincorporated Area?
Alameda is the second most populous county in the Bay Area, after Santa Clara. Oakland is the biggest city, but the county stretches all the way out to Livermore in the east and Fremont in the south.…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
A Summer Trip on the Rails
Train travel isn't as common as it used to be, but there's one Amtrak route that train enthusiasts love because it's so beautiful -- the California Zephyr. The route starts in Emeryville, runs throug…
Published on 2 months ago
The Legacy of Alameda's Japanese-American Baseball Team
The island of Alameda has produced some great baseball players. Hall of Fame hitter Willie Stargell even has a street named after him! Some of those ballplayers were Japanese American. In the years b…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago