Holly Kernan

Helping low-income students save for college

Holly Kernan — Thu, 16 May 2013 00:20:00 +0000

Carl Rist is behind a local effort called 1:1 Fund. It combines social networking and crowd funding techniques to help low-income students save for college. The 1:1 fund is a project of the Corporation for Enterprise Development, or CFED, and Rist is executive director of the project. He spoke with KALW’s Holly Kernan.

Celebrating mothers with StoryCorps founder Dave Isay

Holly Kernan — Fri, 10 May 2013 00:44:51 +0000

StoryCorps is a national project that records of conversations between loved ones. Parents and their children, siblings, spouses and friends sit in a sound studio booth and record and interview with each other. StoryCorps is the brainchild of Dave Isay, an award winning documentary producer, and author of the book, Mom. Since he has inspired others to interview each other, we thought it would be nice to interview him. Isay sat down with KALW's Holly Kernan.

First Friday documentary digs into Oakland's dueling reputations

Holly Kernan — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 03:03:33 +0000

The question of who should or should not be on any given street in Oakland came to a head recently at the city’s monthly First Friday Art Murmur event. In the past few years, First Friday has grown from a small art walk to a street party that attracts more than 20,000 people. And increasingly, they’re people who represent very different Oaklands: the one that the New York Times named one of the world’s top five cities to visit, and the one where 30 people have been murdered so far this year.

The war comes home: transitioning to civilian life

Holly Kernan — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:15:31 +0000

Aaron Glantz is a reporter with the Center for Investigative Reporting and author of the book, The War Comes Home. He talked with KALW about what makes the transition to civilian life so hard.

From high school dropout to District Attorney: George Gascón's journey

Holly Kernan — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:52:58 +0000

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón has had a rapid rise in San Francisco politics. Gascón came into the city as Chief of Police, appointed by then-Mayor Gavin Newsom in August, 2009. After less than a year and a half, he was sworn in as the city’s first Latino D.A., replacing Kamala Harris. In 2011, voters elected him to the position.