Dec 5th, 2008 · A Mexican immigrant gardener in the Bay Area has just been awarded a $100,000 National Purpose Prize for his work raising hundreds of thousands of dollars to send Hispanic kids to college. Catalino Tapia saved all his money to send his son to college. When his son graduated, he got the idea to create Bay Area Gardeners Foundation to help other Hispanic youth get a college education.
Dec 3rd, 2008 · Singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson left Boston for California's Bay Area about 15 years ago, and eventually found himself opening shows for likeminded pop acts such as John Mayer, Guster and Tori Amos. In this performance, he plays songs from his 2007 album, Some Mad Hope, and enlists the help of fellow Mountain Stage guest Ingrid Michaelson on the song "Loud."
May 28th, 2008 · On his sophomore album, West Coast Vaccine (The Cure), the Bay Area rapper transforms the boisterous, slang-obsessed hyphy style of hip-hop into a darkly reflective take on the genre's diverse past.
Apr 18th, 2008 · California's plan to spray a fine pesticide mist over much of San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area has ignited a firestorm of protest from scores of worried residents. The spraying is aimed at killing a moth threatening California's agricultural industry.
Aug 31st, 2007 · Big oil companies tend to like big cities. ConocoPhillips is headquartered in Houston. BP: London. Chevron: San Francisco's Bay Area. But Murphy Oil, which runs about 1,000 gas stations outside Wal-Mart stores, is based far off the beaten path, in rural Arkansas.
Jun 24th, 2007 · On the evening of the longest day of the year, dozens of leading Bay Area musicians and their bands performed in an Oakland graveyard. It's the 10th anniversary of a celebration that has grown in popularity.
Apr 30th, 2007 · For thousands of commuters in the San Francisco Bay Area, the road home no longer exists. A crucial freeway interchange on the Oakland side of the Bay Bridge was destroyed early Sunday after a gasoline tanker truck exploded. Even though a huge section of the freeway is now just a mass of concrete and melted steel, the Bay Area's morning commute was easier than expected.
Mar 2nd, 2007 · The premiere Friday of David Fincher's film Zodiac is renewing interest in a series of Bay Area murders in the 1960s. But for some people, the mystery of the Zodiac killer has been a years-long obsession -- one that will persist until the case is solved.