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This Bay Area Sex-Loving Commune Is Still Going Strong
Sabrina McQueen grew up in Walnut Creek and would often see people driving around in purple limos. The locals call them "Purple People," and she's be…
4 years, 4 months ago
Nope, The Stanford Dish Isn’t Listening For Aliens. It Was Built to Spy on Russia
Former Menlo Park resident Jim Timmons remembers the park around the Stanford Dish fondly. It has tons of wildlife and great views. But he wants to k…
4 years, 4 months ago
Teens Take Us Inside Bay Area Sneaker Culture
If you see someone wearing a pair of pristine, gleaming white sneakers do you ever ask yourself: How do they keep their shoes so clean? We dig into s…
4 years, 5 months ago
For Many Tenants, Section 8 Is A Broken Promise. Can It Be Fixed?
Millions of people are evicted each year, often because they can't pay rent. That causes a cascade of problems and makes it harder for many to get ba…
4 years, 5 months ago
West Oakland's 16th Street Station Was Once A Community Anchor
Listener Tadd Williams often sees the 16th Street Station from I-880. It's a huge, stately building in the Beaux-Arts style. It's looking a little ru…
4 years, 5 months ago
Why You Might See Wacky Art Cars Rolling Downhill in McLaren Park
Bay Curious listener Rich Wipfler loves cars. So when he read that back in 1975 the museum that would become SFMOMA held a soapbox derby where local …
4 years, 5 months ago
What Makes a Street ‘Private’? And Why Does San Francisco Have So Many?
When Victoria Eng did a web search for her Duboce Triangle avenue she learned something curious. “It popped up on a list as an intersection of a priv…
4 years, 5 months ago
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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 months ago