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Why Are People Convinced This California Ghost Town Is Cursed?
Episode 68
Countless people who have stolen items from this deserted town have come to regret it.
Reported by Carly Severn. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-P…
8 years, 6 months ago
America’s Emperor, San Francisco’s Treasure: Who Was Emperor Norton?
Episode 67
Almost 140 years after his death, the beloved eccentric is still celebrated and revered in San Francisco. So who was he?
Reported by Ryan Levi. Bay Cu…
8 years, 6 months ago
The Sculpture Wonderland That Once Delighted I-80 Drivers
Episode 66
Anonymous artists once created sculptures made from driftwood and trash at the Emeryville Mudflats.
Reported by Jessica Placzek and Maddie Gobbo. Bay …
8 years, 7 months ago
Car Break-Ins Are Up in San Francisco. What’s Being Done?
Episode 65
San Francisco saw more than 30,000 car break ins last year - three times that of 2010. We tag along with police as they try and catch one of these th…
8 years, 7 months ago
San Francisco Was Once Aglow With Neon
The city was right up there with places like New York, Los Angeles and even Las Vegas. Market Street alone had hundreds of signs lighting up the nigh…
8 years, 7 months ago
Eucalyptus: How California’s Most Hated Tree Took Root
Depending who you ask, eucalyptus trees are either an icon in California or a fire-prone scourge.
Reported by Daniel Potter. Bay Curious is Olivia All…
8 years, 7 months ago
The Beautiful Bay Bridge Frank Lloyd Wright Never Got to Build
Episode 62
What would the San Francisco Bay look like if Frank Lloyd Wright got to build the bridge he proposed in 1949?
Reported by Rachael Myrow. Produced and …
8 years, 8 months ago
Unwrapping the Bay Area Origins of the Fortune Cookie
There are California and Japanese connections to the fortune cookie, going back more than a century.
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8 years, 8 months ago
Why a Tire Shop Built ‘The City’s Biggest Fortune Cookie’
This sign in front of the tire shop was built in 1958, and it has displayed nothing but quotes ever since.
Reported by Jessica Placzek. Bay Curious …
8 years, 8 months ago
How Joseph Eichler Introduced Stylish Housing for the Masses
Between 1949 and 1974, when the developer died, his group built roughly 11,000 homes in California, mostly in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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8 years, 8 months ago