For about a year and a half now, KALW has been popping into the 81st Avenue East Oakland library to record the stories of the people who live and work in…

Pamela Alston was raised in Emeryville along with her eight brothers and sisters. She noticed something particular about the place where she was growing…

The song you can listen to above is being played by Solomon Munghia. Patrons of the 81st Avenue East Oakland library might occasionally hear Munghia…

San Francisco is well known for its bread, especially its sourdough, which gets its flavor from a special kind of bacteria in the air here. Combine that…

Esther Goolsby is from East Oakland, and she is one of the people Carl Rist’s program might have helped if it were around back in the 90s. She was living…

Roger Boyvey lives in a three-story house he built himself. It contains a complete kitchen, a view room, computer room, living room, master bedroom, guest…

Sometimes we pass a place in our neighborhood everyday, but never know what happens behind the building's facade. When KALW's Anna Sterling decided to…

(Don't see an audio player above? Try reloading your browser window.)Denis Sanchez lives in a Hare Krishna temple in Berkeley. He details motorcycles,…

(Don't see an audio player above? Try reloading your browser window.)Oakland resident Maria Lourdes Castellanos and her daughter Veronica have each…

(Don't see an audio player above? Try reloading your browser window.)As a relationship coach, Oakland resident Cristina Robinson has some strong…

(Don't see an audio player above? Try reloading your browser window.)San Francisco resident Ileana Pulu is of Hawaiian, Mexican, and Portuguese descent;…

(Don't see an audio player above? Try reloading your browser window.)What drives people from a neighborhood? Jose Vega lives in East Oakland with his wife…