Brian Pelletier
By Brian Pelletier on Oct 27 2011 - 6:24pm
The Bay Area’s Occupy movement continues, today, with tents set up in San Francisco’s Justin Herman Plaza and protesters in Oakland’s Frank Ogawa Plaza. Iraq War veteran Scott Olsen, who became a rallying figure after being critically injured by a projectile Tuesday night in Oakland, has been...
By Brian Pelletier on Jan 10 2011 - 3:31pm
Recently, a student at MIT designed and created a working flute using a 3D Printer.
Yes, you heard right – a musical instrument came out of a printer. It’s hard to imagine, but there have been such advances in 3D printing technology that today you can print clothing and food, even human tissue. And...
By Brian Pelletier on Dec 7 2010 - 4:35pm
The city of Novato was established in 1960, but people have lived in that area for thousands of years. The city is near the center of what’s now Sonoma and Marin counties – an area that was home to the Coast Miwok tribe for centuries before the first Europeans arrived in California. Now, Novato is...
By Holly Kernan on Oct 4 2010 - 3:50pm
The reality of California’s overcrowded prisons is something our street team member Richard Gilliam lives daily. He’s an inmate at San Quentin State Prison, and he corresponds with us through letters about the issues he witnesses from inside. In August, a violent riot broke out in nearby Folsom...
By Martina Castro on Oct 1 2010 - 4:47pm
Litquake strikes, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass erupts, Oakland’s redwoods rejoice in art and performance, and the Castro gets its freak on...
This is your Arts/Culture/Weekend:
ALL WEEKEND
Litquake is San Francisco’s annual (mostly free) literature festival, and it runs through October 9th with over...
By Brian Pelletier on Aug 30 2010 - 4:12pm
SmartMeters have been getting a lot of media attention lately, and PG&E, the company behind the wireless devices, has been ramping up its public relations campaign. A lot.
COMMERCIAL: California is on the cutting edge of the new green economy and SmartMeters are part of that edge. We’ve been in...
By Brian Pelletier on May 5 2010 - 3:24pm
Robots: we love them, we fear them, we laugh at them, and we cheer for them. But if your knowledge of robots ends with a few pop culture references to R2D2 and the Terminator, you probably missed out on the world’s largest Robotics Competition, held each year in the Bay Area. KALW’s Brian Pelletier...
By Brian Pelletier on Apr 27 2010 - 3:46pm
America’s new health care plan is taking shape, and the cost projections are coming in. Medicare’s chief actuary, Richard Foster, has written a report saying the new law will save Medicare more than $500 billion in the next decade. But he also notes those savings will be offset by expanding...
By Brian Pelletier on Apr 8 2010 - 3:05pm
Caped crusaders, vile villains, robots from the future, and cartoons from across the Pacific…These are all things you might have seen if you spent any time in downtown San Francisco last weekend. KALW’s Brian Pelletier did, and he brings us the wonders of Wondercon.
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By Crosscurrents Producer on Mar 29 2010 - 4:49pm
Even though some inmates may benefit from State budget cuts, those that remain in prison feel the economic crisis in a unique way. KALW Economic Edge Street Team reporter Richard Gilliam is an inmate at San Quentin State Prison. In this letter, read by KALW’s Brian Pelletier, Gilliam...
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