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Back to SearchHow South San Francisco Went From Industrial City to Biotech Hub
When scientists began tinkering with DNA in the 1970s, biotechnology was not welcome in leafy residential neighborhoods or many college towns. But it…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
The Eccentric Personalities Behind Sunnyside Conservatory
Mary Balmana grew up in San Francisco and has driven down Monterey Boulevard near the Glen Park neighborhood hundreds of times. She often notices a l…
3 months ago
The Case of the Missing Tree Frogs
Bay Curious listener Dave Ellis lives in the South Bay city of Saratoga. When he was a kid growing up there, he remembers loud tree frogs chorusing a…
3 months, 1 week ago
How Italian Is North Beach? The Surprising Stats
Bay Curious listener Grant Strother has been visiting San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood his whole life. He loves to get a caprese sandwich at …
3 months, 1 week ago
The Rise and Fall of Bay Area Streetcars
Commuting from East Bay cities like Berkeley and Oakland into San Francisco can be dismal. So when people learn there used to be an extensive street…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Meet the Duduk Whisperer
While you might not recognize the name, there’s a good chance you’ve heard the haunting, almost otherworldly sound the duduk makes. This humble sheph…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The SF Landmark You've Never Heard of...Unless You're French
There's a blue house in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood that is constantly mobbed by French tour groups. Bay Curious listener Helen Walker wants …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Are We Having a 'Crow-maggedon'?
Recently, several listeners have written to us wondering about the large flocks of crows they see darkening the skies over the Bay Area at sunset eac…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Local Olympians to Cheer For During the Winter Games
The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan start tomorrow and there are a lot of Bay Area athletes representing our region at the games. We sit down with othe…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
The Ukrainian Rebel Priest of Hayward
High in the Hayward Hills, Ukraina marks the farm and grave of Ukrainian dissident priest Agapius Honcharenko, who fled Russian authorities and settl…
4 months ago