Santa Cruz
By Ben Trefny on Dec 8 2011 - 4:10pm
As part of last Saturday's live edition of "Crosscurrents," KALW's Ben Trefny interviewed Nikki Silva on stage at the Polish Club in San Francisco.
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BEN TREFNY: And with me today is one of the famous radio-producing sisters. It’s Nikki Silva....
By Holly McDede on Dec 1 2011 - 9:20am
In the battle between Bordertown Skatepark vs. Caltrans, Caltrans has won. Skateboarders who helped build Bordertown beneath a 580 freeway overpass in Emeryville showed up to video tape the demolition. In August, skateboarders also lost The Spot Skatepark to Caltrans. But, there could be another...
By Mwende Hahesy on Nov 22 2011 - 5:07pm
Compared with the rest of the nation, the Bay Area is an easy place to go green – many restaurants will give you take-out with biodegradable containers and silverware, trash cans have a section for recyclables, and San Francisco, along with other Bay Area cities, even offers compost collection
But...
By Ali Winston on Nov 9 2011 - 5:39pm
In Oakland, the Occupy movement is at a critical juncture. A now-famous confrontation between demonstrators and police on October 25 involved tear-gas, less-than-lethal projectiles, and injuries to demonstrators. It also brought worldwide attention to the protest.
Last Wednesday, the city’s first...
By Crosscurrents Producer on Sep 19 2011 - 11:45am
Pianist Richard Sears grew up in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He is described by Reviewers as "fierce" and "inventive" to describe his style.
You can hear him Wednesday, September 21 at a free concert at Levi's Plaza in San Francisco, starting at 6pm.
By Crosscurrents Producer on Sep 1 2011 - 5:55pm
When minors commit less serious crimes, they won’t necessarily go to state prison, but they still face the possibility of incarceration at county juvenile halls. Their fate really depends on where they’re from. KALW’s Rina Palta recently reported on how Santa Cruz and Monterey counties are...
By Erica Mu on Aug 4 2011 - 5:27pm
One of California’s greatest assets is its natural environment. Nearly every landscape imaginable is within a day’s trip from here. To the east you’ve got the snowy Sierras. To the south, the blazing deserts. In the middle lie the plains and the sunny valleys. And right here in the Bay, black rock...
By Charlie Mintz on Aug 1 2011 - 4:26pm
Bernal Heights is a San Francisco neighborhood of about 25,000 located in the southern part of the city. The main commercial street in Bernal Heights is Cortland Avenue, a ribbon of small, community-owned businesses: the Good Life grocery store, Liberty Cafe and Bakery, Bernal Family Chiropractic,...
By Crosscurrents Producer on Jul 25 2011 - 11:57am
A jug band is a band that consists of a jug player and incorporates other homemade instruments into the mix. The "host band" of the San Francisco Jug Band Festival, the Tarantulas incorporate sounds from the 1920's and blend Delta blues, field and work songs, ragtime, tin-pan-alley favorites...
By Holly McDede on Jun 18 2011 - 7:16am
BAY AREA BOOK WORLD BREAKING NEWS
Daily Californian's Mark Levins isn't picky about his penguins. He says the new movie screen version of Mr. Popper's Penguins doesn't follow the children's classic exactly, or even close to exactly, or even close to being close to exactly. But Levin's still pleased...
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