North Bay
By Steven Short on Sep 16 2010 - 9:14am
Have you ever been to the little town of Bolinas, near Point Reyes National Seashore? Have you ever wanted to go, but couldn’t find the turn-off from the highway? Well, that’s not by accident. It has been said that if Bolinas had a welcome sign – which it doesn’t – it could read: “Welcome to...
By Crosscurrents Producer on Sep 2 2010 - 6:05pm
Are you an organ donor? Have you thought about organ donation at all? It’s a heavy subject, especially when you factor in what it means: you die, you give your body parts to someone else -- it’s a very personal decision to make.
But, consider this: according to the California Transplant Donor...
By Genett Mills-Miller on Sep 1 2010 - 6:25pm
A new report says California's high-speed rail system would eliminate greenhouse gases from the system and create thousands of permanent jobs. What kinds of jobs the system would create remain to be seen...
For now, job seekers may have to settle for low-paying, labor-intensive jobs...
A California...
By Steven Short on Aug 25 2010 - 3:43pm
It’s always nice to live in an area with an attractive name. For example, various neighborhoods throughout the Bay Area have “Park” or “Heights” or “Vista” attached to them.
But there’s always an exception to the rule – and Dogtown in Marin County may take the prize for Least Attractive Name, as...
By Heather Gilligan on Aug 11 2010 - 5:10pm
Last week’s overturning of Prop. 8 was an important step in what is still going to be a long battle for gay marriage rights. Some same-sex couples, though, are in the middle of an even bigger fight. Not only do they want the right to marry, but they also want the right to sponsor their immigrant...
By Jude Joffe-Block on Aug 10 2010 - 2:46pm
Last month, California paid Jaycee Lee Dugard a 20 million dollar settlement for failing to supervise convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido. While Garrido was on parole for a 1977 kidnapping and rape conviction, he kidnapped Dugard as a child and held her captive for 18 years until she and her two...
By Hana Baba on Jul 29 2010 - 3:29pm
The Golden Gate Bridge’s suicide barrier came one step closer to becoming a reality this Wednesday.
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission approved 5 million dollars in funding towards the engineering on the suicide barrier. 45 million dollars are needed to actually build the barrier, but...
By Crosscurrents Producer on Jul 28 2010 - 10:41am
By Robert Rogers (Slideshow audio by Robert Rogers and photos by Armand Emamdjomeh)
As a child, Troy Williams grew calloused to the South Central Los Angeles street ethos: Gangs, violence, drugs and firearms.
But Williams, now barrel-chested and 43-years-old, didn’t have the confidence to speak up...
By Hana Baba on Jul 27 2010 - 4:29pm
Alcatraz may be San Francisco’s most famous island, but it just so happens that there are a lot of islands here: Treasure Island, Angel Island, Yerba Buena, Alameda. There are dozens, and local photographer James Martin is obsessed with them.
Martin grew up in San Rafael. He’s an adventurer,...
By Crosscurrents Producer on Jul 26 2010 - 12:42pm
San Quentin is the state’s oldest prison, and it is also the only one that still provides free college-level education to inmates. UC Berkeley graduate student Robert Rogers takes us inside the prison gates to explore the impact of the Prison University Project.
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