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Caroyln Brandy started playing the conga drum in the late 1960s.“It was something that women didn’t really do back in those days,” Brandy says. “You…
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Jeannette King-Harris grew up in Oakland and says she’s tired of all the difficulties young people face there today. So, she’s launching an organization…
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(Don't see an audio player above? Try reloading your browser window.)San Francisco resident Ileana Pulu is of Hawaiian, Mexican, and Portuguese descent;…
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(Don't see an audio player above? Try reloading your browser window.)What drives people from a neighborhood? Jose Vega lives in East Oakland with his wife…
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The spectacularly lit Mormon Temple in the Oakland Hills has been a fixture in the East Bay skyline for over almost fifty years. As part of our place…
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The Alemany Flea Market is a San Francisco institution. Every Sunday, vendors of useless knickknacks and pricey treasures set-up their wares in the dirt…
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What’s a place in your neighborhood that means something to you – and why? Our Hear Here community storytelling project wants to know the answer. Over the…
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On December 8, KALW’s community storytelling project Hear Here put on a live presentation of some of the great Bay Area stories it has gathered so far.…
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The foreclosure crisis has hit East Oakland particularly hard, but down the road by Lake Merritt, a community space has been able to keep its doors open.…
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KALW's Hear Here community storytelling team has been taking its microphones to the boundaries of San Francisco and Oakland, as far west as the Outer…
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Our community storytelling project Hear Here wants to get to know the places that make these Bay Area cities what they are by asking a simple question:…
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Our Hear Here community storytelling team has been asking San Francisco and Oakland residents the question: what’s a place in your neighborhood that means…