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Think the Bay Used to Be Bluer? You're Not Imagining It
When Bay Curious listener Justin Hartung was growing up in Oakland, he remembers the Bay being blue. After moving to New York for college in the earl…
6 years, 10 months ago
It's Our Birthday! Come Behind the Scenes
To celebrate the third birthday of the Bay Curious podcast we are answering listener questions about our favorite episodes, how we make the show, our…
6 years, 10 months ago
Secret Tunnels Under San Francisco?
San Francisco is 49 square miles, but contains more than 1,000 miles of sewer mains, running under every block. Take a trip with Bay Curious reporter…
6 years, 11 months ago
Why Can't You Swim in Most of the Bay Area Lakes?
The Bay Area is defined by water. Not just by the bay itself, but by the Pacific Ocean and myriad rivers, reservoirs, lakes and ponds. Yet most of th…
6 years, 11 months ago
How Rocky Road Ice Cream Got Its Start in Oakland
Two Oakland ice cream makers claim they invented the famous flavor — Fenton's Creamery and Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream. Either way, the depression-era c…
6 years, 11 months ago
You Gotta Check Out These Offbeat Museums
Our first stop is the Bay Model in Sausalito, a roughly 1.5-acre model of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta system. We vis…
6 years, 11 months ago
Do Preserved Bodies Dwell in Lake Tahoe's Depths?! The Truth Behind Tahoe's Myths
Lake Tahoe is the backyard playground for many in the Bay Area, so earlier this year we asked the Bay Curious audience what questions they had about …
6 years, 11 months ago
Sutro Tower’s Journey From Eyesore to Icon
Back in the 1960s, San Francisco had really bad television reception. By many accounts, it was the worst of any city in America.
Good reception requir…
7 years ago
The State Capitol Almost Moved to Berkeley and All It Got Was This Sweet Bear Fountain
If you’re in Berkeley and wander far enough up Marin Avenue, there’s no doubt you’ll run into the Fountain at The Circle. The grand Beaux Arts founta…
7 years ago
Oh, SFO: Why So Delayed? (And What’s With the “O”?)
It might seem like everyone thinks their local airport is the worst of them all: the longest security lines, the worst food, the most delays.
But we i…
7 years ago