Our new community storytelling project, Hear Here is popping up in libraries, food banks, and schools to capture these stories and snapshots of life in Oakland and San Francisco. A few months ago, Hear Here set up shop in the Golden Gate branch of the Oakland Public library to talk to local residents about work. They heard this story from Regina Tolbert.
Listen to the full story above. This story originally aired on July 24, 2012.
There's one issue that both the Democratic and Republican parties are dealing with in this upcoming election: the economy. In San Francisco, the unemployment rate surpassed 7.5% in July – just short of the national average. But across the bay in Oakland, unemployment has reached a startling 14.5%. KALW's Hear Here community storytelling team recently met one Oakland resident who lost her job, but found a new way to feed herself.
