Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman
Freelance Reporter - KALW Audio Academy '21 FellowI'm a freelance audio and print journalist based in San Francisco, CA.
I’ve worked as an arborist, bicycle mechanic, carpenter, zero waste educator, whitewater raft guide, and a freelance reporter for the Potrero View newspaper. My passions include everything outdoors, showing off my favorite spots in San Francisco, and most recently, swimming in the Bay.
I'm interested in sound-rich stories covering small businesses, environmental justice, and the things that make the Bay Area tick.
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On Thursday, the Oakland A's announced they'll play in West Sacramento for three seasons starting in 2025, a temporary move while they transition from the Bay Area to Las Vegas.
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CrosscurrentsRancho Grande refurbishes old, broken appliances and resells them at affordable prices. It’s a business that clashes with the part of San Francisco that adores the new and shiny, but their 25 years in business lets us know that newer isn’t always better. -
In some cities, Lyft is allowing women and non-binary passengers to match with women and non-binary drivers. It comes in the wake of lawsuits saying the company failed to protect users from assault.
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CrosscurrentsBetween March and April of 2020 unemployment in Alameda county quadrupled. Some Oaklanders turned to street vending at Lake Merritt to make ends meet. Now, the street vendors have their own market, but if they will be allowed to stay is another question. -
New ArrivalsSan Francisco author Claire Light writes as Jadie Jang. Her new book is "Monkey Around." It's a supernatural murder mystery that takes place in the Bay Area’s activist scene, full of monsters from non-Western mythologies pretending to be human. -
New ArrivalsOakland author Elizabeth Gonzalez James reads from her new book "Mona at Sea." In the first chapter Mona joins a support group for job seekers. -
Mother Brown’s Dining Room provides hot meals to anyone in need, but especially to the San Francisco Bayview neighborhood that it calls home. So when COVID-19 made it difficult for people to get their food, Mother Brown’s brought the dining room to them. -
CrosscurrentsLast fall, two ducks at Lake Merritt became a bit of a sensation. Through the worst parts of the pandemic, they inspired a community of Oaklanders to keep their heads up. But it turns out the ducks were in trouble of their own, and they almost didn’t make it. -
Tom Heyman is a San Francisco-based singer-songwriter, guitarist, and recording artist. In this week's My Mixtape, he shares one of his own songs that… -
CrosscurrentsWhat do you get when a clown, a clinical psychologist, and a patient walk into a hospital? You get something called the Medical Clown Project. This Bay…
