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For the past year, KALW has focused in on East Oakland. We've hosted live community events and took our collaborative journalism project Hey Area there to…

This story most recently aired in the May 10, 2023 episode of Crosscurrents.Meditation teacher and author Spring Washam wanted more diversity and focus on…

Sights & Sounds is your weekly guide to the Bay Area arts scene. Playwright, stage actor and sports columnist for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Chuck…

There are stars in East Oakland. Not just the ones in the sky, but homegrown, right in the community. Third-generation East Oakland resident John Jones…

The death toll from the storm stands at 23, with victims ranging in age from 6 to 93. One family, connected by marriage and living in two homes along the same road, lost seven members.

The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France met in Belarus on Wednesday in an effort to stop the war in Ukraine. The negotiation comes amid the heaviest fighting yet in eastern Ukraine, where Russian-backed rebels have been gaining ground in a fierce offensive.

This story aired most recently in the May 1, 2023 episode of Crosscurrents.If you’ve ever been to Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood, chances are that…

Rescue crews search for survivors of the deadliest U.S. tornado since 2013. A new NPR probe reveals inequities in the way FEMA disburses aid. Canada's prime minister is embroiled in a scandal.

This story most recently aired in the June 14, 2023 episode of Crosscurrents.Starting a marijuana business is not so simple; there are a lot of rules and…

One was identified as an employee of a New Orleans-based logistics company who had been held since March. The other, from Michigan, worked as a security consultant.

Moscow is demanding that Kiev's new constitution give so much autonomy to its diverse regions — particularly the Russian-speaking ones — that they could even conduct their own foreign policy.