How 'The Blob' Has Triggered Disaster for California Seals
The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito is calling 2015 “a year like no other,” and not in a good way. The center says the 1,747 seals and sea lions it has rescued this year is an all-time high,...
View ArticleWhere and When to See King Tides in the Bay Area and California (Map)
In February, we wrote, “Ya gotta love a flood alert from the National Weather Service that includes the phrase, “The sun, moon and the earth are in proper alignment… .” Well, the same thing applies for...
View ArticleSave Water, or Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson Will Be Upset
Forget Jerry Brown. Forget the drought scolds. Forget, even, future generations to whom you will bequeath a barren, waterless wasteland. Just don’t ignore the Splash Brothers. Stephen Curry and Klay...
View ArticleAlamo Drafthouse Makes Deal to Preserve Titles From Vast Le Video Collection
At one time San Francisco’s Le Video could arguably be hailed as the world’s best video store. That argument — if anyone was still having it — ended last month, because Le Video went out of business....
View ArticleState Prison Worker Who Attacked Praying Muslim Could Face Charges
A woman who threw coffee at a Muslim man who was praying with his friends and hit him with an umbrella at Lake Chabot Park on Sunday could face criminal charges, the East Bay Regional Park District...
View ArticleGrowing Up in Colma
Christian Cagigal is a San Francisco kind of guy. He used to work with the Mime Troupe and performs a lot in the city as a magician. But Colma remains a part of his makeup — he grew up a mile or so...
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Is Colma Actually Shaped Like an Angel?
I knew I had been researching Colma cemeteries way too long when I typed in “Colma” on Google maps and immediately thought: “My God, it’s shaped like an angel.” Was this not the greatest coincidence in...
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Why Are There So Many Dead People in Colma? And So Few in San Francisco?
As part of our series Bay Curious, we are answering questions from KQED listeners and readers. This one comes from Matt Brown and Katherine Murphy, who both had questions about Colma. When you drive...
View ArticleBerkeley’s Zaytuna College Asks Muslims to Think Outside the Mosque
If the American Muslim community has a tendency toward isolation, Zaytuna College is where that insularity comes to die. At the only accredited Muslim college in the United States, students spend a lot...
View ArticleFormer A’s Outfielder Dave Henderson Dies at 57
Dave Henderson, the former major league outfielder who hit one of the most famous home runs in postseason history, died Sunday after suffering a massive heart attack. He was 57. Henderson died early...
View ArticleSidecar, Onetime Uber Competitor, to Shut Down New Year’s Eve
It’s the end of the road for Sidecar. The ride-service company’s co-founders announced today it would cease operations on New Year’s Eve. At one point, Sidecar — along with Uber and Lyft — was one of...
View ArticleHighway 37 Elephant Seal Sedated (Video)
Update, 3:40 p.m. Tuesday: Using a kayak to get the seal to move its 900 pounds where rescuers wanted it to go didn’t work. Thus, Plan B: sedation and transportation to Point Reyes, where presumably an...
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Cops, Soaring Rents, Drought and Fire: KQED’s Top News Stories for 2015
Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it, goes the famous quotation. So before you head out into 2016, take a moment to review 2015. Was it any more eventful than previous years? Probably...
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In Reversal, Some Drivers Ditching Uber and Lyft for Cabs
As you will quickly discover if you ask your cab driver what he or she thinks about Uber and Lyft, those who work in the taxi industry consider the ride-service companies to be four-letter words of...
View ArticleSan Francisco Bay Area Forecast: More Rain This Week
Good news for our ability to sustain a population of 39 million, bad news if you were planning a picnic: The National Weather Service forecasts one-quarter to 1.5 inches of rain, depending on location,...
View ArticleBerkeley City Worker Dies After Being Pinned by Garbage Truck
A City of Berkeley worker who was pinned by a garbage truck in the Berkeley Hills on Monday has died of his injuries. Johnny Tolliver, who had worked for Berkeley for 25 years, died Monday, according...
View ArticleAmmo Background Checks Draw Overwhelming Support in California Poll
A new Field Poll released Tuesday shows 80 percent of registered voters in California favor a requirement that anyone buying ammunition in the state should undergo a background check. That’s up 5...
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Relocation Watch: Raiders Reportedly Staying in Oakland, For Now
Update, 7:00 p.m. Tuesday: With a 30-2 vote, NFL owners voted Tuesday night to allow the St. Louis Rams to move to a new stadium just outside Los Angeles, and the San Diego Chargers will have an option...
View ArticleLumosity Can’t Prove Claims, Say Scientists, But 'Brain Training' Worth...
The company behind the “brain-training” program Lumosity settled a complaint by the Federal Trade Commission last week that it engaged in false advertising when it claimed its online games could delay...
View ArticleFive Criticisms of the Obama-Biden Cancer 'Moonshot'
Vice President Joe Biden convened a panel of cancer research experts today at the Davos World Economic Forum, the culmination of a week’s worth of discussion and media coverage since President Obama...
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