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Beginning next fall, all San Francisco public schools will offer a class called Ethnic Studies. It’s a look at American history and culture from th...
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- Added: Mar 24, 2015
- Length: 06:16
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Oakland schools have a dropout rate that’s higher than the state average. So, the district made solving the problem a priority. Officials started t...
- Added: Jan 13, 2015
- Length: 06:18
On the state level, California is working to address the issue of sexual assault on campus. In September, the state passed a new “Yes means Yes” la...
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- Added: Jan 06, 2015
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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
Ai WeiWei has been under house arrest in Beijing since 2011, but that has not stopped him from making work internationally. He just opened a massiv...
- Added: Jan 05, 2015
- Length: 06:31
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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 ...
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- Added: Dec 28, 2014
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I am in a lab tucked away in the basement of a Stanford University engineering building. Bioengineering professor Manu Prakash is showing me a tiny...
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- Added: Dec 28, 2014
- Length: 07:09
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Bennett and Porter do their cooking in a shared kitchen that’s part of a transitional house in West Oakland. But they met many years ago.
“Well, w...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 10:42
With the start of a new school year, families all around San Francisco are sending their children off with hopes for a good year and a bright futur...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 04:00
Sky-high rents, Google buses and gentrification are all buzzwords around the Bay Area. But that is not the case in the city of Richmond. With unemp...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 05:59
Do you hold your cell phone against your ear? Your user manual probably warns against it.
Bret Bocook knew how to use a cell phone. So he didn’t b...
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- Added: Nov 03, 2014
- Length: 06:07
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It all started a couple of years ago, when a happy-go-lucky guy I swim with named Joe Omran showed up at Aquatic Park one day in a foul mood. Thirt...
- Added: Nov 03, 2014
- Length: 14:18
Arthur Streeter is taking me to meet an inmate who’s going to be released from jail today.
“So we’re going to pick him up and get something to eat...
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- Added: Oct 27, 2014
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After years of struggle, the Oakland Police Department is finally getting some positive news. Crime rates are down in all major categories, includi...
- Added: Oct 27, 2014
- Length: 07:24
At about 1:30am, after a night out with friends, Kyle Nichols-Schmolze is waiting for the AC Transit 800 bus near Market and Van Ness in San Franci...
- Added: Oct 27, 2014
- Length: 08:49
Nearly one in ten children in California have a parent in the criminal justice system, but it’s hard to find numbers for individual cities. Experts...
- Added: Oct 27, 2014
- Length: 05:37
Just over the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, a few miles from Muir Woods, lies Muir Beach. The beautiful and peaceful waterfront is a favorite...
- Added: Oct 22, 2014
- Length: 06:13
Tenants are facing a tough time in San Francisco. The city has some of the nation’s highest rents and laws like the Ellis Act have made evictions f...
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- Added: Oct 22, 2014
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Every time news of another school shooting hits the headlines, so does the debate about how to keep children safe. After the shootings at Sandy Hoo...
- Added: Oct 21, 2014
- Length: 10:14
Current Pope Francis has famously said about homosexuality, “who am I to Judge?” But despite his progressive words, the Roman Catholic church does ...
- Added: Oct 21, 2014
- Length: 06:06
Four people have been killed by cars on Van Ness Avenue in 2014 – more than half of the pedestrian deaths in San Francisco this year.
- Added: Oct 14, 2014
- Length: 05:58
The sharing economy in San Francisco is humming. Companies like Airbnb have figured out how to make a lot of money by using existing housing stock ...
- Added: Oct 08, 2014
- Length: 08:40
FIFA World Cup, Hurricane Cristina, Royal Caribbean news and more in 3 minutes
- Added: Jun 12, 2014
- Length: 03:00
Pakistan airport attack, Egypt tourist tax and more news in 3-mins
- Added: Jun 09, 2014
- Length: 03:00
