Entertainment
By Holly Kernan on Sep 19 2011 - 5:35pm
KALW's Holly Kernan interviews David Weir, co-founder of the Center for Investigative Reporting who blogs about the changing media landscape and also writes about media and technology for 7x7 Magazine, of which he was the founding editor. Weir began the interview by talking about what the loss of...
By Crosscurrents Producer on Sep 19 2011 - 5:00pm
A special edition of Crosscurrents with a guest host!: SF Chronicle columnist Jon Carroll. The incredible shrinking media; one of the Bay Area journalism pioneers, Belva Davis; and the sounds of whales.
By Holly Kernan on Sep 19 2011 - 4:59pm
In 1964, the Republican Party was holding its convention in San Francisco. Barry Goldwater was running for president. President Johnson had recently signed the Civil Rights Act, and the Ku Klux Klan was demonstrating publicly in front of City Hall. And Belva Davis was a young black woman working as...
By Molly Samuel on Sep 19 2011 - 4:46pm
Alcatraz may not be the first place that comes to mind for bird-watching, but the authors of the birding blog Maganrord aren’t your typical birders. KALW’s Molly Samuel spoke to the bloggers and bird enthusiasts at Alcatraz and brought back signs of life from the long abandoned island.
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By Crosscurrents Producer on Sep 19 2011 - 12:59pm
KALW News continues its special week of guest co-hosts by inviting beloved San Francisco Chronicle columnist Jon Carroll to the mic.
Jon Carroll has written his popular weekday column since 1982, putting out more than 250 columns a year. Prior to his longstanding stint at the Chron, Carroll wrote...
By Erica Mu on Sep 15 2011 - 4:38pm
San Francisco's Real Vocal String Quartet has been playing a globally-inspired version of chamber music since 2003. You can find out what that means this Sunday, September 18, at an intimate living room concert hosted by Mark Schaeffer and Debra Goldentyer in Oakland.
By Crosscurrents Producer on Sep 15 2011 - 3:44pm
When drummer and composer Eddie Marshall died last week at the age of 73, he left behind a city whose musical landscape was forever altered by his work.
Known by friends as simply “Cool Al,” Marshall moved to San Francisco in 1968 and aided in the evolution of jazz through the innovative jazz-rock...
By Lilah Crews-Pless on Sep 14 2011 - 4:33pm
Veterans with untreated PTSD are more likely to wind up in the criminal justice system.
JOHN GALVAN: You get rage you can’t understand and you can’t control it. When I got arrested I was telling the police, “You need to get me away from this situation. There’s a high potential that I’m gonna do...
By Ben Trefny on Sep 13 2011 - 4:54pm
There are 16 candidates in this year’s San Francisco mayoral race, including the interim mayor, two city supervisors, and a state senator. There’s an educator, an entrepreneur, and an entertainer. The city’s public defender, city attorney, and assessor recorder. A taxi cab driver, a former...
By Crosscurrents Producer on Sep 12 2011 - 4:49pm
KALW originally aired this documentary on the 8th anniversary of the Iraq War. We republish it today in remembrance of the veterans and civilians whose lives were forever changed in the aftermath of 9/11.
HOLLY KERNAN: It was March 19, 2003:
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: My fellow citizens, at this...
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