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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Caption: Flickr photo by cskk. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cskk/3350709402/
While traditional farming might be getting more and more difficult, growing food in tight urban spaces has become very popular – especially here in...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 05:43
Caption: Flickr photo by Sara K. http://www.flickr.com/photos/23120041@N03/3188903870/
Individual urban farmers use the land they live on to create gardens and raise farm animals. But many schools have also begun to experiment with g...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 03:16
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When you think about gangs and organized crime in the early to mid 20th century, you might think of Dillinger, Capone, Pretty Boy Floyd and Babyfac...

Bought by Public Radio Remix and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 13:41
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Norteño gang graffiti., Credit: Flickr photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/metalcowboy/2761077635/#/
Four years ago, San Francisco faced a stubbornly high crime rate. To fight back, City Attorney Dennis Herrera and the police department turned to a...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 08:26
Caption: Street mural by Jet Martinez., Credit: Jet Martinez
San Francisco is famous for its colorful murals, which you can find on walls all over the Mission District and throughout the city. But there's a f...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 04:51
Caption: Communications specialist Berta Villalva is one of the voices behind BART announcements., Credit: Casey Miner
Going across the bay for many people means getting on a train. While hundreds of passengers inch forward to squeeze onto a car, few people talk to ...

Bought by Public Radio Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Muni Bus Interior, Circa 1947. , Credit: Flickr photo by Troy Holden. http://www.flickr.com/photos/troyholden/4089462563/
If you live in San Francisco, sooner or later you’re probably going to have to take a Muni bus. And during that bus ride, you may chance upon a sto...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 06:21
Caption: San Bruno’s Crestmoor neighborhood., Credit: Flickr photo by Troy Holden. http://www.flickr.com/photos/troyholden/5006725433/
On September 9, a natural gas pipeline exploded, killing eight people and destroying dozens of homes. This week, the city of San Bruno announced it...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 06:36
Caption: Henry Ossawa Tanner's "The Banjo Lesson" (1893)
With the advent and explosion of contemporary Gospel music on the scene, Negro spirituals have been on the decline. One local group that’s trying t...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 08:53
Caption: Fofo Pierre and Djenane St. Pierre., Credit: Darian Avelino for Cuba Caribe.
These days mark the first anniversary of the catastrophe that was the Haitian earthquake – a 7.0 magnitude temblor that rocked the tiny country isl...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 07:12
Caption: Mark Twain, also known as Samuel Clemens. Photo by Albert Bigelow Paine (1906), courtesy of the Mark Twain Project.
David Ross tells the tale of Mark Twain in this original documentary.

Bought by WRPI


  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 23:13
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Flickr photo by Tricia Wang. http://www.flickr.com/photos/triciawang/4075802935/
On January 3, the federal government re-opened registration for hospitals and individual doctors interested in using federal money for digitizing t...

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 07:17
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: One team shows the tools they’re using to create a false mustache on a publicly-viewable image. Photo courtesy of SFZero
An online game that was started in the Bay Area is trying to help people connect their virtual socializing with their real world lives. Reporter Na...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:16
Caption: Locals are promised jobs in the redevelopment of Hunters View, which is easier said than done. , Credit: Mabel Jímenez.
We’ve been looking at the massive redevelopment project in San Francisco’s BayviewHunters Point. Yesterday, we took you behind-the-scenes in the se...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 14:40
Caption: Flickr photo by Rachel Welles. http://www.flickr.com/photos/agent_rouge/4396208538/
In the 1940s, San Francisco’s Bayview Hunters Point was home to one of the most important shipyards on America’s West Coast. The shipyard employed ...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:41
Caption: Photo courtesy of Barbara Dane
KALW’s Steven Short brings us the story of blues legend and political activist, Barbara Dane.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 11:48
Caption: Senator Mark Leno spoke to single-payer advocates on Saturday at St. Mary's Cathedral in the City. , Credit: Erica Mu.
The state continues to suffer through a struggling economy, yet heath care costs are on the rise. Late last week, Blue Shield of California, a not-...

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Flickr photo by Chris Rosakranse. http://www.flickr.com/photos/willworkforcheese/37292
In West Oakland, imagination and creativity are at the heart of a center called The Crucible. The goal at this industrial arts center is also to in...

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:35
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Photo courtesy of Bespoke Innovations
Recently, a student at MIT designed and created a working flute using a 3D Printer. Yes, you heard right – a musical instrument came out of a prin...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:20
Caption: McDonald's nutrition facts, http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/food/food_quality/nutrition_choices.html
San Franciscans take guesses at how many calories are in different McDonalds meals

  • Added: Jan 17, 2011
  • Length: 02:43