Steven Short
- Username: CSS
- individual producer
- Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent
Recent Pieces from Steven Short
The Tenderloin’s sanctuary of song
(05:46)
From: KALW
Rebecca Roudman and Jason Eckl, members of the band Dirty Cello, are doing a sound check in the middle of the day, in an unconventional location: the lobby of the Cadillac ...
"Scurrilous and scandalous": subversive humor at the SF Public Library
(06:34)
From: KALW
Sometimes the things we write can cause controversy, and even end up being deadly. Early this year two gunmen opened fire in the office of the French satirical magazine ...
The tangled tale of Haight Street
(07:46)
From: KALW
Many people still think of San Francisco’s most famous intersection -- Haight-Ashbury -- as the epicenter of the hippie movement of the mid-1960s. Plenty of the businesses ...
Bay Area Beats: Matt Jaffe & The Distractions
(07:31)
From: KALW
“You know, you can only paint a painting once. But a song, you can replay, re-envision, re-imagine virtually an infinite number of times,” says Matt Jaffe. And that’s one ...
Care to join me in a Mint?
(07:08)
From: KALW
The Old Mint was the only financial institution still operational following the 1906 earthquake and fire. At one time, it held a third of the nation’s gold reserves. All ...
Learn to ride a bike, the 21st Century way
(04:59)
From: KALW
San Francisco is a bike-friendly city, despite its famous hills. There are designated bike lanes on streets throughout town, and the number of riders increases annually. In ...
Give me a home where the sea elephants roamed: Orinda
(06:46)
From: KALW
California seems to be getting it from both sides. The state is in a serious drought at the same time coastal areas are studying ways to avoid being drowned. This is nothing ...
The only ghost town in the Bay Area, Drawbridge
(07:44)
From: KALW
Think of a ghost town, and San Francisco Bay is not likely to come to mind. Yet the remnants of such a place are currently sinking into the marshes near Fremont. Back in the ...
The long journey to recognize California’s State song
(10:47)
From: KALW
Can you name California’s State Song? Are you even aware that California has a State Song? Well, it does, and it used to be sung widely at special events, such as the ...
