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What Happened to the Ohlone Shellmounds?
Shellmounds are man-made mounds of earth and organic matter that were built up by humans over thousands of years. They were created by the people nat…
4 years, 2 months ago
Latinos in La Misión: A Story of Resistance and Community
The Mission District is one of San Francisco’s most famed neighborhoods -- and one of its oldest. It’s lived a lot of lives, from the Yelamu native p…
4 years, 2 months ago
What's It Like to Live on the Filbert Steps?
Eric Johnson has been trying to explore more areas of San Francisco. He discovered the Filbert Steps on Telegraph Hill one beautiful spring day and i…
4 years, 2 months ago
The Sordid Saga of San Francisco’s Trash Cans
Bay Curious listener Matt Leonard asked: "What's the deal with San Francisco's trash cans? Why are they so unwieldy and why does it seem like it's so…
4 years, 3 months ago
Despite What You Learned, California Had Slavery. What Now?
When California became a state in 1850, it entered the union as a state that would not allow slavery. That's the history most people know. But in rea…
4 years, 3 months ago
When the Winter Olympics Came to Lake Tahoe
You might consider the 1960 Winter Olympics in Lake Tahoe a quaint affair compared to what's going on in Beijing right now, but these games had an ou…
4 years, 3 months ago
Bay Curious Presents: Berkeley's Rainbow Sign
Located at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Derby streets in Berkeley, The Rainbow Sign was a Black-centered space that was open to all —…
4 years, 4 months ago
Shipwrecked! How a 120-Year-Old Ship Ended up in the Martinez Mud
If you're out for a walk along the Radke Martinez Regional Shoreline at low tide, you might see the bones of an old ship poking out of the mud. How d…
4 years, 4 months ago
How You Can Responsibly Recycle Old Clothes
A lot of us are cleaning out our closets these days, getting rid of the stuff we don't wear and maybe even downsizing. But what do you do with all th…
4 years, 4 months ago
How You Can Help Save the Monarch Butterfly And Other Pollinators
Western monarch butterflies migrate to California to overwinter each year, traveling hundreds, even thousands of miles When they arrive, they need ne…
4 years, 4 months ago