From Warehouse Parties to Worldwide Stages: Flamingo Pier's Kiwi Dance Music...
New Zealand’s Flamingo Pier is touring the U.S. for the first time, and they have a new EP dropping on the highly acclaimed Soundway Records.
View ArticlePIT Counts can lead to permanent supportive housing, but is this system flawed?
Every other year, communities across the country count the number of unhoused folks in their area. It's a way to get federal funding. But is the model working?
View Article'Shuffled, Never Broken' by poet Youssef Alaoui
Today Youssef Alaoui gives us a poetic tour of that wondrous place we call Oakland.
View ArticleBay Area Olympic Athletes / Local Politicians React to Threats of Violence /...
We'll meet the Bay Area athletes competing in the Paris Olympics, discuss how legislators are responding to an increase in violent threats and preview the San Francisco Marathon.
View ArticlePresident Biden withdraws, endorses Vice President Kamala Harris
On Sunday, President Biden called off his campaign and endorsed Vice president Kamala Harris to be the new candidate. How will this change the race?
View ArticleBiden drops out of presidential race, endorses VP Harris
A political earthquake erupted in Washington Sunday morning, sending out aftershocks across the nation and the world, as President Joe Biden formally withdrew from his bid for re-election and endorsed...
View ArticleBay Area could prove pivotal in Harris-Trump presidential race
Tom LoBianco, a longtime national political reporter, whose been covering Washington for 20 years and currently the co-founder and editor of 24sight News. KALW News Editor Sunni Khalid asked him about...
View ArticleWAYS OF KNOWING: An Inexact Science (e01)
Today on Bay Made, the first of four episodes from the latest season of Ways of Knowing produced by KALW alum Chris Hoff and Sam Harnett, the duo behind The World According to Sound.
View ArticleBay Area under heat advisory through Wednesday
Baby, it’s hot out there. And it’s going to stay that way, as a three-day heat wave will bring another round of high temperatures to much of the Bay Area starting today, according to the National...
View ArticleA recent lawsuit claims SFPD is violating facial recognition bans
Last week, a lawsuit was filed against the San Francisco Police Department, alleging that SFPD, among others, has violated the city’s ban on facial recognition technology.
View ArticleOpportunity: Production Assistant Fellowship
We are looking for an early-career audio producer to join our team as a Production Fellow. The Production Fellow will work closely with the Crosscurrents team to coordinate script, audio, and digital...
View ArticleCalifornia Forever project measure pulled from November ballot
California Forever pulled its ballot measure for a planned city in rural Solano County on Monday, just one day before it was up for a vote by county supervisors.
View ArticleThe Specialist: Cane Trainer / Poetry With A Purpose
In this episode, we meet a woman who teaches blind people how to get around in the world. Then, with Oakland's literary festival Beast Crawl coming up this weekend, we revisit a conversation with...
View ArticleJason Roberts writes about rivalry that shaped our relationship to the...
Jason Roberts lives in Oakland. His book is about one of the most important rivalries in history, a rivalry that shaped the nature of our relationship to the natural world.
View ArticlePoet Paul Corman-Roberts Reflects On Society's Ills With Grit And Hope In...
Paul Corman-Roberts talks about his latest book "Bone Moon Palace" and hosting the upcoming East Bay literary festival Beast Crawl.
View ArticleThe Specialist: Cane Trainer
Getting around independently as a blind person means learning a specialized set of skills. For Disability Pride Month, we meet someone who helps newly blind people learn how to navigate.
View ArticleWhite Poverty: Exposing Myths About Race and Class
"White Poverty" exposes a legacy of historical myths that continue to define white and Black people, creating what might seem like an inseparable divide.
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