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The Sights and Sounds of Bayview is a project of KALW and the San Francisco Arts Commission to tell the stories of the people who live, work, and have a positive impact on San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood. Radio producers and photographers documented the stories in sound and imagery.The first Sights and Sounds event took place September 19, 2013. Stories were presented live on stage at the historic Bayview Opera House in front of an audience of local community members and newcomers to the neighborhood.The second Sights and Sounds event took place June 19, 2015. Stories were presented live on stage at the Joseph Lee Recreation Center in Bayview.Hear and view the completed stories below.

Death is scary and unpleasant—something few of us like to contemplate. But we will all die eventually. The question is, will we be ready when our time comes? Right now, most Americans are woefully unprepared.In January 2017, Crosscurrents aired “The End of Life Radio Project,” a four-part series every Tuesday about options for care at the end of life.January 10: Having tough end-of-life conversations — before it's too lateJanuary 17: As medicine prolongs our lives, there's a shortage of doctors who help us dieJanuary 24: How do you want to die? Write it down.February 2: How one viral video helped make aid-in-dying possible in CaliforniaThe End of Life Radio Project is produced by JoAnn Mar and is made possible by KALW, the Association for Health Care Journalists, and the Commonwealth Fund.

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StoryCorps partners with the San Francisco Public Library to record, preserve, and share the stories of communities in San Francisco.

Turnstyle is an online information service powered by creative, culturally diverse young adults (18-34) serving as producers, reporters, writers, and engaged audiences.Turnstyle delivers a mix of news, opinion, commentary, and entertainment produced by bloggers, filmmakers, photographers, and poets. It’s content with an edge that has visual allure and eclectic pacing.Visit the site at Turnstylenews.com.

Connecting the Dots is KALW News' morning roundup of breaking news.

Every time KALW does an on-air fundraiser, we depend on local businesses who keep our staff and volunteers going with their generous donations of food and drink. If you have a chance, please thank them for supporting Local Public Radio!

Over the past five years, KALW’s Nancy Mullane has had unprecedented access to California’s prisons and the inmates living inside them. While she was reporting on criminal justice issues, Mullane noticed there were entire cellblocks and areas within the state’s prisons where no press were allowed to go.Last October, Mullane interviewed Scott Kernan, then Undersecretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (full disclosure: Scott Kernan is Crosscurrents host Holly Kernan’s cousin) and confronted him about her concern.Kernan offered to try to arrange for Mullane to have access to some of the most restricted areas in the state prison system. Over the next five months, Mullane followed up on Undersecretary Kernan’s promise and produced these stories in this series, Getting into Prison: Reporting from California's most restricted cellblocks.

KALW's coverage of Ellis Act evictions in San Francisco.