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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
- Length: 08:29
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Bob Dylan biographers Sid Griffin, Clinton Heylin and Greil Marcus begin this series on Dylan's The Basement Tapes with the Band by calling it "a m...
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- Added: Oct 22, 2014
- Length: 05:57
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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
World Footprints Travel Report provides today's world and travel news in 3 minutes.
- Added: Jun 04, 2014
- Length: 03:00
Today's travel and world news in 3 minutes.
- Added: Jun 02, 2014
- Length: 03:00
Reported by NPR's Jason DeRose, May 2014.
Earlier this year the president of Uganda signed into law an Anti-Homosexuality Bill. It makes being gay...
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- Added: May 21, 2014
- Length: 06:44
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When it comes to sending a message to the community, one way to do it is to simply stand together. That’s what one Oakland organization is doing by...
- Added: May 20, 2014
- Length: 07:54
The Bay Area’s cultural diversity is translated in so many different ways; you can hear it in how many languages are spoken here. For parents want...
- Added: May 20, 2014
- Length: 07:01
Last June, the U.S. Congress made a landmark decision to pass immigration reform. The new law eliminates the Diversity Immigrant Lottery Visa, also...
- Added: May 20, 2014
- Length: 07:07
A small unknown town in India has a history that makes it worth stopping in to have a look.
- Added: May 19, 2014
- Length: 04:30
The California Clapper Rail is a bird that likes to be heard, but not seen. But today, on this windy morning at Arrowhead Marsh in Oakland, they ar...
- Added: May 17, 2014
- Length: 07:13
Frontier Airlines continues its Washington Dulles promotion with $39 flights today only. Vatican officials tours Philadelphia. Interpol announces...
- Added: May 14, 2014
- Length: 03:00
Brand-new one hour special from Joyride Media takes in depth look at Roy Orbison's 1989 posthumous comeback album, "Mystery Girl."
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- Added: May 01, 2014
- Length: 59:00
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100-second module, from our readings for May. An early computer composed classical music!
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- Added: Apr 25, 2014
- Length: 01:40
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100-second module, from our weekday readings for May. Video game titans do battle.
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- Added: Apr 25, 2014
- Length: 01:40
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100-second module, from our weekday readings for May. What are the Top 50?
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- Added: Apr 24, 2014
- Length: 01:40
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