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Back to SearchWhy Are Stores Locking Up Basic Necessities?
You may have noticed that your local chain big box or drugstore has locked certain items behind plexiglass, requiring you to hail an employee to grab…
3 years ago
A History of Children's Fairyland
For generations, parents have been taking their young kids to Children's Fairyland, a storybook-themed amusement park next to Oakland's Lake Merritt.…
3 years, 1 month ago
Real High Schoolers of the Bay Area
High School—It's a pretty wild time in our lives. You're still growing and figuring out who you are, while juggling schoolwork, relationships, respon…
3 years, 1 month ago
Is Picking California Poppies Illegal?
After a wet winter, California hillsides are carpeted with wildflowers — especially our glowing, golden orange state flower, the California Poppy. In…
3 years, 1 month ago
San Francisco's Little Slice of Paris
During California's Gold Rush when miners flocked to the Bay Area, so too did people selling goods to those fortune seekers. One of these businesses …
3 years, 1 month ago
Our Night Skies Are Getting Brighter
If you live in a city, you've likely noticed that it's kind of difficult to see the stars at night through the glow of artificial lighting. That urba…
3 years, 2 months ago
Why Do People Fish off Hwy 101?
There’s a stretch of Highway 101 between South San Francisco and Candlestick Park where the road gets very straight and runs right next to the Bay. E…
3 years, 2 months ago
Farming in the Middle of a City
The greater Bay Area is surrounded by a lot of commercial farmland, whether it's vineyards in Napa or strawberries in Watsonville. But there are also…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Castro Theatre's Past and Future
The iconic Castro Theatre in San Francisco's historic LGBTQ+ neighborhood is more than just a movie theatre — it's a movie palace. No one denies its …
3 years, 2 months ago
Renaming a State Park
Today we’re getting a little outside the Bay Area because we’re headed to Folsom, just east of Sacramento. There, you’ll find a state park whose name…
3 years, 3 months ago