Lake Merritt's Bonsai Garden / Morcom Rose Garden / Frontline Prophet
In this episode, we head to Oakland to meet some very old and very short trees and the dedicated volunteers who care for them. Then, we stop and smell the roses at the Morcom Garden. Plus, a traveling...
View ArticleNature, art, and patience at Lake Merritt's Bonsai Garden
Tucked away in the heart of downtown Oakland, there’s a tranquil garden where redwoods, junipers, oaks, and maple trees grow right alongside one another.
View ArticleArt exhibit in Oakland honors the many sides of James Baldwin
"Frontline Prophet: James Baldwin" is a traveling art exhibit that has made a stop in Oakland. It celebrates the activist and writer's 100th birthday. Detroit artist Sabrina Nelson and Oakland-based...
View ArticleQueerMandu
Nepal’s constitution protects sexual minorities. Most recently after a long struggle Nepal registered its first same sex marriage, something India next door has refused to do. And now Nepal’s tourism...
View ArticleUC Berkeley students join Columbia, others, in ‘Gaza solidarity encampments’
On Tuesday morning, more than 50 tents were pitched outside of Sproul Hall at UC Berkeley, with students and organizers there asking that the university meet a number of demands – including divesting...
View ArticleLegacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine
Dr. Uché Blackstock's new book is "as much about my work and awakening as a physician as it is a call to reimagine who we are as a country."
View ArticleCIVIC: Is SF a Sanctuary City if There's No Shelter for Migrants?
The second of three investigative stories airing this week from CIVIC, a podcast produced by SF Public Press.
View ArticleVoting Rights in America: Where We’ve Been, Where We Are, Where We’re Going
Tonight on Your Legal Rights, with an emphasis on voting technology, we take a look at voting rights in America: where we’ve been, where we are, and where we’re going.YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, and...
View ArticleLatest Tesla layoffs will hit Bay Area hard
Tesla is set to lay off some 3,300 workers in California in June, with the majority of jobs being lost coming from the Bay Area.
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