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Homes for All: Richmond's 1950s Attempt at Integrated Housing
A group of Black ministers convinced a local Richmond developer to build homes that would be available to all Americans, including Black Americans, i…
3 years, 6 months ago
Why Doesn't BART Go More Places?
UC Berkeley graduate student Ziad Shafi was surprised when he arrived in the Bay Area and saw that BART trains only have one route through San Franci…
3 years, 6 months ago
Intoxicating Beats: The Bay Area’s African Music Scene
The Bay Area has a vibrant and eclectic music scene, but when Jessica Kariisa moved here last year she couldn’t find many places playing the African …
3 years, 6 months ago
Why A Lot of Plastic Isn't Getting Recycled
Oakland resident Paul Beach cares a lot about recycling. So, he was troubled to hear rumors that all his carefully sorted recyclables might be going …
3 years, 7 months ago
Did I Actually Contact a Dead Person? A Science Editor In Search of His Mother’s Ghost
Can spirits really speak to us from beyond death? That's what science editor and skeptic Jon Brooks has been wondering for 27 years, since he and a f…
3 years, 7 months ago
When and Why the Bay Area Became So Liberal
There’s no question that today, the nine-county Bay Area votes solidly blue. But it hasn’t always been this way. One of the most conservative Republi…
3 years, 7 months ago
Why Does the Bay Area Have So Many Microclimates?
Scott has lived all over the Bay Area and he still can't get over how different the weather can be from one place to another. He wants to know why th…
3 years, 7 months ago
Prop 31: Flavored Tobacco
Prop Fest 2022 breaks down all the statewide propositions on your ballot. Proposition 31 is a referendum on a law California legislators passed in 20…
3 years, 7 months ago
Prop. 30: Taxes For Greener Transit
Prop Fest 2022 breaks down all the statewide propositions on your ballot. Proposition 30 is a climate measure meant to reduce the state's greenhouse …
3 years, 7 months ago
Prop. 29: Dialysis
Prop Fest 2022 breaks down all the statewide propositions on your ballot. Proposition 29 would require onsite licensed medical professional at kidney…
3 years, 8 months ago