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Stories About Belonging Mar 03, 2018

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Taxi Drivers Losing Their Identity, Queer Skateboarders Confront Macho Culture, A Teen Loner Turns into a Celebrated Mapmaker of California's Wilderness

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Synchronized Ice Skaters and A Visit to Timbuctoo Feb 24, 2018

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On This Ice Skating Team There Are No Olympians and No One Under 25
Robyn Fernsworth wakes up before the sun rises every Saturday morning so she can ice skate for two hours. But she's not training for the next Winter Olympics, she's practicing with the IceSymmetrics, a masters synchronized skating team based in Oakland. The IceSymmetrics are a group of moms, lawyers, teachers, some professional skaters...and they're heading to Portland this week to compete in nationals. Bianca Taylor caught up with Robyn during practice.
The Lowly Seagrass That Could Save Your Oysters From Climate Change
What do you do when a global problem like climate change lands on your front doorstep? That’s what’s facing oyster farms up and down the West Coast, which are already feeling the impact. But, as KQED Science reporter Lauren Sommer tells us, one Bay Area oyster farm is teaming up with scientists to find a way to use nature to adapt.
Timbuctoo: The Ghost of a Ghost Town
For the next installment in our series "A Place Called What?!", about California places with bizarre or surprising names, we take a trip to Timbuctoo!
Sacramento Finds and Celebrates Itself in New ‘Lady Bird’ Walking Tour
While Hollywood prepares for the Oscars on March 4, a "Lady Bird"-themed walking tour began its inaugural trek in Sacramento. We join the tour and hear from guides and tourists about their personal connection to the semi-autobiographical movie. Lady Bird director Greta Gerwig called her film a “love letter to Sacramento.” What did the film mean for Sactown superfans?
Mean: A Conversation with Myriam Gurba
True crime, memoir and ghost story, "Mean" is the bold and hilarious tale of Myriam Gurba’s coming of age as a queer, mixed-race Chicana.

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Changing Identities, and Taking Back Power Feb 17, 2018

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When Italians in California were "enemy aliens," Black Panther: the Movie vs the Movement, The Body is Not an Apology, Life as a Stay-At-Home Dad

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Daytime Boogie Nights for the Senior Set, and Dispatch From a Salvadoran Deportee Feb 10, 2018

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No One Under 60 Allowed at This LA Dance Party, Singing Gondoliers, Facing Violence and Isolation as a CA Deportee in El Salvador, Lasting Health Effects of Sexual Harassment, Chinese History in Fiddletown

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Being in DACA Limbo and Seeking Help for Post-Partum Depression Feb 03, 2018

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Being in DACA Limbo, A Musician on Love and Loss, Conserving Water With GMO Beer, Seeking Help for Post-Partum Depression, A Town Named For Coal

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The Fight for Medical Cannabis in Public Schools and Worshipping the Art of Smell Jan 27, 2018

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Kids and Medical Cannabis, Grammy Nods for Young Composer, Moringa Mania, A Song Springs From Tragedy, Berkeley Perfume Museum

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Fighting Rape on the Night Shift and Johnny Cash’s Friend in Folsom Jan 20, 2018

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A Janitor Fights Back, Songwriter In a Cage, White Awake, Brothers Vie For Superbowl Spot

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The Legend of the Lyft Rapper and the Curse of the Gold Rush Town Jan 13, 2018

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A Ride with a Rapper, The Curse of Bodie, From Ashes to Ashes, #MeToo Sparks A Former Abuser to Speak Up, A Town Called You Bet

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Coming Together, One Conversation at a Time Jan 06, 2018

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As we head into 2018, we feature stories from our 'Start the Conversation' series, about people bridging divides despite their differences.

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Three Refugees, Three Journeys to California Dec 30, 2017

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Refugee Café, Viet Nguyen on why Refugees are Threatening. Holocaust Survivor’s Roommate? The Granddaughter of Nazis, Syrian Family Puts Down Roots in Oakland

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