When Aaron Rothman and his wife decided to stay in San Francisco to raise their child, they factored in the cost of private school. That was what most of their friends with two working parents did.

Residents of the artsy East Bay neighborhood of Point Richmond have at least 30 fun reasons to take a walk around their neighborhood. Dozens of little fairy dwellings are scattered along three blocks of Washington Avenue, inviting pedestrians to delight in their magical worlds.

If you live in the Bay Area, chances are you’ve set foot on a former military base. Decades after the military shuttered operations, many of these sites are still being repurposed, razed and re-envisioned.

After the Gold Rush, the San Francisco Bay Area grew into one of the biggest military centers in the world. Why did the armed forces leave?

A deadly wildfire, flooding and a seemingly endless malaise. Jennifer Porter has found her way through it all.

If you’ve ever set eyes on a California beach, you’ve seen ice plant. Most agree it’s pretty, but this invasive succulent has a dark side: It squeezes out native plants and critters.

Alameda was once a peninsula jutting out of the East Bay. About 150 years ago, local leaders lobbied for the mass excavation project to separate the city from mainland Oakland. Why?

Why were 10,000 Italian citizens living near California’s coastline and military sites forced to leave their homes during World War II?

A physician dives into a deeply personal practice of “curiosity” to help her check assumptions about parenting and to discover her son’s strengths. Author Scott Shigeoka discusses how curiosity can help us forge stronger connections with others.

In each telling of the Lone Tree legend, the names, dates and even murder weapons change. But this gruesome story about a cemetery has deep historical significance to local people.

Dr. Omar Guzman reflects on how a practice to cultivate more respect shaped the way he interacts with his patients.

War veteran and country music singer Sal Gonzalez tries the Taoist practice of Wu Wei to improve his relationship with anger.

We explore how feasible it would be to convert empty offices in downtown San Francisco to living space as a way to create much-needed housing and revive downtown at the same time.

California has seen exponential growth in the use of zero-emission vehicles.  Officials say that’s cleaned up the air, although it’s hard to quantify.

As Children’s Fairyland in Oakland approaches its 75th anniversary in 2025, park leadership is pondering how to better reflect the city’s ever growing cultural diversity.

A six-part podcast series about people tackling seemingly insurmountable problems such as gang violence and intergenerational trauma in one South Sacramento neighborhood.