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By Sara Bernard on Dec 13 2011 - 5:29pm
Until 2002, Adrian Allen was working a good paying job in construction.
“I went to school for construction,” she says. “Graduated at the top of my class. I was the only female on an all-men’s crew.”
But then she developed thoracic outlet syndrome, a rare condition that creates terrible...
By Crosscurrents Producer on Nov 23 2011 - 4:20pm
The true art of storytelling is in bringing stories to life, either as comedy, a compelling radio piece, or a movie. But what happens when what you want to bring to life is a piece of art in itself? Like making a movie about a poem?
[Clip from "Howl" (2010)]: Angel-headed hipsters burning for the...
By Casey Miner on Oct 26 2011 - 5:42pm
Occupy Oakland has been making international headlines. Early yesterday morning police shut down the tent city that stood in front of Frank Ogawa Plaza for nearly two weeks. KALW’s criminal justice reporter Ali Winston reported from the plaza.
By late afternoon, as many as a thousand people...
By Julie Caine on Oct 26 2011 - 5:24pm
For many of us, the time we spend riding BART or Muni can be one of the least inspiring parts of the day. It’s a time out of time, spent mostly waiting to be somewhere else. Commuters with headphones snake headphones from ear to ear, eyes focused on smartphones and iPads, or on the pages of books...
By Sara Bernard and Jen Chien on Oct 24 2011 - 5:25pm
The Occupy Wall Street movement continues to develop in cities around the country and here all around the Bay. Early this morning, San Jose police arrested four protesters outside City Hall, and cited another for camping on public property.
In downtown San Francisco today, interfaith religious...
By Holly Kernan on Oct 24 2011 - 5:08pm
The Bay Area has historically been a population magnet, but few have arrived here to find that their new homes would be train boxcars – still on the tracks – in Richmond, California. Yet this happened just decades ago, beginning in the late 1920s.
Perhaps equally as odd: The new inhabitants of...
By Julie Caine on Oct 10 2011 - 7:37pm
In local artist Brett Amory’s “Waiting” series of paintings, isolated figures inhabit washed out, spare landscapes—solitary people waiting at bus stops and crosswalks, on BART platforms or at the airport. It’s an ongoing series, focused on themes of anticipation, distraction, and the culture of...
By Laura Flynn on Oct 5 2011 - 5:53pm
If you’ve ever been to Ghirardelli Square, then you’ve probably seen the mermaid fountain that’s right in the middle. Would you have guessed it was created by a female artist? Well it was – by sculptor Ruth Asawa. San Francisco is actually rife with successful female artists: Photographer Imogen...
By Joaquin Palomino on Jul 18 2011 - 5:19pm
Take a stroll through the Tenderloin District in San Francisco – or the Mission, or the Western Addition – and you’ll pass at least one single room occupancy (SRO) hotel. Most SROs offer long-term renters a small room with a shared kitchen and bathroom. In San Francisco, they're one of very few...
By Casey Miner on Jul 14 2011 - 5:31pm
Remember when your parents told you to look both ways before crossing the street? It’s good advice – and not just for kids. In San Francisco, crossing the street can be pretty dangerous. Pedestrian-car collisions account for almost a quarter of the city’s trauma patients. Why are our streets so...
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