May 19 Artist rearranges the world with objects she mines from Google Maps By Joel Wanek and Kristin Farr, KQED Ask Bay Area native Jenny Odell to describe her artistic practice and she just might tell you her work is more akin to a scientist or archivist. Typically it involves scouring the internet for images on Google Maps, YouTube, Yelp… Continue reading
Apr 12 8 things you didn’t know about Truvada By Daniel Costa-Roberts Truvada can be used for what is called "PrEP," short for "pre-exposure prophylaxis," the controversial practice of using antiretroviral drugs to prevent HIV infection. Continue reading
Apr 11 Watch 9:02 How San Francisco plans to ‘get to zero’ new infections of HIV By PBS News Hour An ambitious new plan in San Francisco aims to completely end the transmission of HIV, which infects about 50,000 people every year nationwide. In a city where huge strides have already been made in battling the epidemic, public health officials,… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch the 1000-year-old dance tradition nearly killed by the Khmer Rouge By Cynthia Stone, KQED Charya Burt trained as a classical Cambodian dancer, Now, she's passing on her art and drawing on a painful family history under the Khmer Rouge to push her dance in new directions. Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch 3:34 Watch the 1000-year-old dance tradition that was almost killed by the Khmer Rouge By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch 1:42 Drive-by jargon: Decoding Silicon Valley’s puzzling tech billboards By PBS News Hour Billboards with language aimed at the tech industry are plentiful along a 49-mile stretch of freeway between San Francisco and San Jose. KQED San Francisco's Scott Shafer reports. Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch 4:05 To draw fresh crowds, symphony offers modern take on classical music By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 25 Lawrence Ferlinghetti recounts more than six decades of life in San Francisco By Joanne Elgart Jennings The first time I met Lawrence Ferlinghetti was unforgettable: It was early on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, and Elizabeth Farnsworth and I were working on a story about him for the PBS NewsHour. Continue reading
Mar 03 Artist builds a wind-powered soup-serving soil-testing kitchen in Philadelphia By Joel Wanek, KQED For one week in 2011, North Philadelphia residents could see a windmill atop the roof of a formerly abandoned building. Test tubes of soil floated in the downstairs window of what was advertised as "Soil Kitchen," a place where you… Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch 5:47 Artist Amy Franceshini wants to confuse you … and that’s a good thing By PBS News Hour Continue watching