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Home prices are higher than ever before in the Bay Area. So it begs the question: are we in a housing bubble or a housing crisis?
- Added: Jan 06, 2015
- Length: 06:18
For over a decade, Oakland has attempted to abate the illegal dumping of mattresses, electronics, furniture, and other large items onto city street...
- Added: Jan 05, 2015
- Length: 07:20
When most of us talk on the phone we don’t think much about the cost—it’s pennies. If we don’t like a phone company or can’t afford a plan, it’s pr...
- Added: Jan 05, 2015
- Length: 07:39
For the past eight years, one weekend in late summer brings first responders from across the country and around the world -- firemen, medics, SWAT ...
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Dec 28, 2014
- Length: 09:07
- Purchases: 1
There’s a new push to get tourists in New Orleans off bourbon street and into nature. Eco-tourism is the new way to explore Louisiana according to ...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Dec 08, 2014
- Length: 04:34
- Purchases: 1
More than eight years after it flooded and closed due to Hurricane Katrina, the Circle Food Store on the corner of Claiborne and St Bernard Avenues...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 12, 2014
- Length: 04:42
- Purchases: 3
Federally, marijuana production is still a major crime, one that can land you in prison for decades. Yet, in northern California, there’s a whole e...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Dec 29, 2013
- Length: 11:26
- Purchases: 1
Forbes magazine estimates that more than $3.5 billion will move through the “sharing economy” this year, but that’s practically pennies compared wi...
- Added: Jun 22, 2013
- Length: 05:30
Upon entering the Eastside Arts Alliance in East Oakland, it’s clear that this a special kind of conference. On the welcome table is a stack of nam...
- Added: Jun 22, 2013
- Length: 08:42
- Purchases: 2
Personal Audio LLC owns a patent that it says covers the entire concept of podcasting. Podcasters are being asked to pay licensing fees for the rig...
Bought by KUOW and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jun 05, 2013
- Length: 07:36
- Purchases: 2
The mid-Market district of San Francisco is undergoing tremendous change. Construction cranes literally cast shadows over the businesses and charit...
- Added: Jan 25, 2013
- Length: 11:15
Gas prices in California are always a big problem. And this year, the average price per gallon is set to hit four dollars – the highest average eve...
- Added: Jan 14, 2013
- Length: 05:10
Mead Avenue is a single block in West Oakland in the triangle where San Pablo Avenue and Market Street meet. Like streets in a lot of low-income co...
- Added: Jan 14, 2013
- Length: 09:53
Spending too much time on Facebook or compulsively checking your smartphone might seem innocuous. But, as more people find it difficult to put the...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jan 07, 2013
- Length: 05:55
- Purchases: 2
In February, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved the expansion of an existing ban on plastic, single-use bags to apply to restaurants, ...
- Added: Oct 22, 2012
- Length: 07:57
The drought that settled into Oklahoma last year is getting worse. And it’s hurting business owners such as Harold Blackledge, an agricultural pilo...
- Added: Aug 20, 2012
- Length: 03:30
TOMS shoes promises that if you buy a pair of its canvas slip-ons, they'll give a pair to a child in need. The company's "Buy One, Give One" busine...
- Added: Mar 15, 2012
- Length: 19:11
- Purchases: 3
When it comes to poverty in California, it boils down to some pretty startling numbers: Last year, six million people in the state were officially ...
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 06:35
Kentucky's signature distilled spirit--bourbon--is surging in popularity in the U.S. and abroad.
- Added: Sep 20, 2011
- Length: 03:21
The city of Oakland has received more than $140 million in stimulus money over the past three years for workforce development and energy efficiency...
- Added: Aug 29, 2011
- Length: 08:43
Since the banking crisis of 2008, major lenders have become much more cautious about giving out loans. That’s left many people who have low or no c...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jun 06, 2011
- Length: 04:46
- Purchases: 1
May 11 marked the two-month anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. The 9.0 quake set off a devastating tsunami, taking the lives of more t...
- Added: May 16, 2011
- Length: 10:08
They say death, like taxes, is one of the few certain things in life. But the way that culture deals with death is not a static institution. In New...
- Added: Jan 24, 2011
- Length: 04:17
The local food movement is beginning to threaten global agricultural brands like the iconic Idaho potato.
- Added: Sep 08, 2010
- Length: 06:12
Last week, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack traveled to Fort Collins to underscore what he says is a startling statistic. Over the past three deca...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Sep 01, 2010
- Length: 04:46
- Purchases: 1
