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- Added: Jun 04, 2015
- Length: 07:23
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Almost 17 percent of the babies born here in Dunklin County are born premature. According to data from the World Health Organization, if this were ...
- Added: Jun 03, 2015
- Length: 06:10
Dr. David Agus, one of the world's leading cancer physicians and researchers, chronicled innovative steps we can take to prevent illness and prolon...
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- Added: May 29, 2015
- Length: 07:10
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Burt Neuborne reads from his new book, Madison's Music: On Reading The First Amendment. Founding Father James Madison, main writer of The Bill of R...
- Added: Apr 17, 2015
- Length: 01:40
In the 1970’s, a series of laws ushered in a so-called “sunshine era” of government transparency. A new book examines the dark side of the Sunshine...
- Added: Mar 27, 2015
- Length: 03:53
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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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"Did you see a tiger?"
The first question asked of anyone who comes back from Jim Corbett National Park was asked of Sandip Roy recently. Here is ...
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- Added: Feb 09, 2015
- Length: 06:00
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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
- Length: 07:56
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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
- Length: 09:07
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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
Chemical weapons have played a chilling role in human history ever since World War I. As accounts of recent uses permeate the news, we decided to f...
- Added: Nov 07, 2014
- Length: 44:21
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
- Length: 12:49
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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
