KALW

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KALW's mission is to provide listeners with independent, credible news and information from a variety of local, national and international sources. KALW also produces local programs that connect listeners to their communities, highlighting the music, arts and literature of the San Francisco Bay Area. Additionally, the station supports the educational mission of the San Francisco Unified School District by both informing the public about the San Francisco schools and creating opportunities for student-learning in radio.

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Where Twitter and Quakers meet
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The mid-Market district of San Francisco is undergoing tremendous change. Construction cranes literally cast shadows over the businesses and charit...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2013
  • Length: 11:15
Planting a permanent culture
From: KALW
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Permaculture is a design method focused on using space efficiently, working with nature, and sustaining resources rather than depleting them. It ai...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2013
  • Length: 07:45
Fighting the dropout rate for African-American youth
From: KALW
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In 2011, about 82 percent of San Francisco’s students graduated from high school. Ten percent dropped out. Break it down by ethnic group and the nu...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 08:17
Confusion at the gas pump: which grade is best?
From: KALW
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Gas prices in California are always a big problem. And this year, the average price per gallon is set to hit four dollars – the highest average eve...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 05:10
Taxi alternative Uber faces legal hurdles
From: KALW
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Hailing a taxi in San Francisco can be nearly impossible if you’re not downtown. Calling ahead isn’t a guarantee either – often, the cab is late an...

Bought by WAMC and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 2
Gaming museum warps players through time
From: KALW
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Lots of people talk about how addicted we are to our screens. We spend our days staring at smartphones, tablets, and computers. But the first digit...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 08:33
  • Purchases: 1
Seeing past the nudity at San Francisco City Hall
From: KALW
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San Francisco has long been known as a city where you can let it all hang out. Nudists from all over the world flock here to participate in events ...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 04:51
West Oakland landlords invest in city's most dangerous streets
From: KALW
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Mead Avenue is a single block in West Oakland in the triangle where San Pablo Avenue and Market Street meet. Like streets in a lot of low-income co...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 09:53
Inside the Adjustment Center at San Quentin State Prison
From: KALW
Caption: San Quentin State Prison
In 1851, the government of the new state of California legalized executions. But it wasn’t until 1891 that the state legislature required all execu...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 26:32
San Francisco’s volunteer seaweed fighters
From: KALW
Caption: Undaria laid out across the dock at the San Francisco Marina., Credit: Marianne Kavanagh
Picture a slimy seaweed thicket – each plant a dark gold-brown, with a strong spine – wrapping around ropes, chains, and other sea life. This is Un...

Bought by WAMC and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 2
Richmond inmate program bridging gap between prisoners and the outside
From: KALW
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With one of the highest crime rates in the country, Richmond, California, is a regular on the evening news. Zoom out to just California and that c...

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
Court budget crisis creates long lines at legal self-help centers
From: KALW
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One of the areas hit hardest by state budget cuts is California’s judicial branch. Governor Jerry Brown and the Legislature cut $350 million from t...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 04:56
A plague of frogs in San Francisco
From: KALW
Caption: Xenopus, or the African clawed frog, can be found in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.
Science loves a frog. And why not? They're easily disassembled, they produce large numbers of transparent embryos, and they walk goofy. But our ...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 04:43
On the road to a litter-free environment
From: KALW
Caption: Jeff Chen, founder of Pick up America speaks with volunteers cleaning up the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline., Credit: Laura Flynn
Pick up America is the nation’s first coast-to-coast litter pick up. KALW's Laura Flynn met the clean up volunteers when they arrived in San Franci...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 02:33
Prison rehab programs on the rise in California
From: KALW
Caption: Inmate Johnny Ames demonstrates his welding skills., Credit: Kyung-Jin Lee
After decades of neglect, prison rehabilitation programs are seeing a resurgence, despite some hiccups. For California, this emphasis on rehabilita...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Dec 02, 2012
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 2
How effective are sit/lie laws?
From: KALW
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From Santa Monica to Seattle, several cities on the West Coast have enacted sit/lie laws. San Francisco began enforcing its Sit/Lie Ordinance in Ma...

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 06:19
  • Purchases: 1
Citizens unite on San Francisco shore to protest Citizens United
From: KALW
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There are many ways to support your candidates- or propositions-of-choice before voting on November 6. You can obviously give your time, by volunte...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:59
A final resting place for furry friends
From: KALW
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Tiki, Hula Girl, Tagalong, Smokey, Bambi and Blondie, Dumbo, Koko, Pudin Dandridge, and Hollywood are some of the names inscribed across the grave ...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:48
Democrat vs. Democrat in California's 15th District
From: KALW
Caption: Democrat Eric Swalwell is challenging Democrat incumbent Pete Stark in the race to represent California's 15th Congressional District.
For the past 39 years, the California’s 15th Congressional District has been represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by 81-year-old Pete S...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 04:42
San Francisco’s Columbarium – where you can truly leave your heart
From: KALW
Caption: Neptune Society Columbarium, San Francisco
Oh, how the residents of San Francisco love their city! So often they’ll say, “We never plan to leave here. Never!” That’s a great sentiment, but t...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 05:25

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Staff of KALW

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Bill Helgeson (Admin)
Operations Manager
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Holly Kernan (Admin)
News Director
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Ben Trefny (Admin)
Executive News Editor
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David Latulippe
Producer, Ass't Operations Mgr KALW
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David Latulippe
Producer/Announcer/Operations
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Maria-Martina Castro
Independent Journalist
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Audrey Dilling
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Casey Miner (Admin)
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Seth Samuel (Admin)