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This week on KALW's showcase for the best stories from public radio podcasts and independent radio producers..."Las Hermanitas Garza" produced by Texas…

If you’ve visited your local library recently, you might have seen some kids listening to story time ... teenagers seated in front of computers ... adults…

Ted Atkinson grew up in East Oakland – and while he watched his neighborhood decline throughout his lifetime, he also had his own run-ins with the law. He…

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…

The spectacularly lit Mormon Temple in the Oakland Hills has been a fixture in the East Bay skyline for over almost fifty years. As part of our place…

The Alemany Flea Market is a San Francisco institution. Every Sunday, vendors of useless knickknacks and pricey treasures set-up their wares in the dirt…

On December 8, KALW’s community storytelling project Hear Here put on a live presentation of some of the great Bay Area stories it has gathered so far.…

Our community storytelling project Hear Here wants to get to know the places that make these Bay Area cities what they are by asking a simple question:…

Our Hear Here community storytelling team has been asking San Francisco and Oakland residents the question: what’s a place in your neighborhood that means…

KALW’s Hear Here story and sound installation popped up in the grassy courtyard of the Oakland Museum of California this Friday evening amidst palm…