Nancy Mullane
By Nancy Mullane on Oct 1 2010 - 5:09pm
KALW's Nancy Mullane was chosen as one of nine media witnesses for the execution of Albert Greenwood Brown that was supposed to take place on Thursday, September 30 at San Quentin Prison. Read Part I and Part II of Nancy Mullane's reflections.
I didn't expect to feel that much relief. It wasn't...
By Nancy Mullane on Sep 28 2010 - 5:12pm
KALW's Nancy Mullane was chosen as one of nine media witnesses for the execution of Albert Greenwood Brown that is tentatively taking place on Thursday, September 30 at San Quentin Prison. Read Part I and Part III Nancy Mullane's reflections.
It’s 1:33 on Tuesday afternoon, September 28. I...
By Nancy Mullane on Sep 28 2010 - 11:01am
KALW's Nancy Mullane was chosen as one of nine media witnesses for the execution of Albert Greenwood Brown that was supposed to take place on Thursday, September 30 at San Quentin Prison. Read Part II and Part III of Nancy Mullane's reflections.
I never thought I would be asked to witness an...
By Rina Palta on Sep 27 2010 - 4:34pm
The death penalty is all over the news right now as California gears up for its first execution in over four years. Unless legal appeals are successful, convicted murderer Albert Greenwood Brown will be executed by lethal injection later this week. Reporter Nancy Mullane has been selected to...
By Nancy Mullane on Aug 25 2010 - 4:30pm
Often huge developments like Mission Bay or AT&T park define a city for decades.
There’s been one man whose job is to make big visions like those a reality. Michael Cohen is the director of the Office of Economic and Workforce Development. That is, he was the director. After 15 years of public...
By Nancy Mullane on Aug 25 2010 - 4:25pm
For over a century, the U.S. military had bases all over the Bay Area. In Oakland, Alameda and San Francisco, the Army and Navy built installations, trained personnel and moved cargo and ships in and out of ports. But in the 1990s, with the end of the Cold War, the military began pulling out,...
By Nancy Mullane on Jun 22 2010 - 9:45am
If you listen to KALW a lot, you might have heard KALW’s Alan Farley reading the San Francisco public schools’ lunch menu…
ALAN FARLEY: ...And in the Elementary Schools: toasted cheese on wheat, baby carrots, and fresh orange wedges...
That sounds pretty good, but some public schools in the...
By Nancy Mullane on Jun 8 2010 - 3:48pm
One of the most important challenges facing parents is how to get the best education for their child. Private school or public school? Conventional or charter? Many parents, including President Barack Obama, have become increasingly interested in the charter option.
The charter school movement has...
By Callie Shanafelt on Jun 7 2010 - 8:29pm
In Monday’s Crosscurrents, Nancy Mullane reports on how the recession is affecting graduating seniors at Oakland Tech High School. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says the teen unemployment rate is running at about 26%, the highest since 1948, and among black teens, the latest numbers show the...
By Nancy Mullane on Jun 7 2010 - 5:52pm
It’s that time of year for high school seniors. In a couple of weeks, Bay Area graduates will walk across the stage and collect their diplomas.
But, crossing the stage isn’t the only thing graduating seniors are looking forward to. There’s going to the prom and getting the yearbook….....
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