Bay Area – North Gate Radio

Rationing Insulin

There are thirty million people living with some form of diabetes across the U.S. Seven million of those need insulin to survive.

PFAS: The New Toxic Chemical in Town

There’s a new toxic chemical turning up in a study of preschool carpets, and in Californian’s drinking water. So what are PFAS, where do they come from, and how worried should we be?

How a Housing Co-Op Seeks to Resist Bay Area Resident Displacement

Reporter Amy Mostafa speaks to the East Bay Real Estate Cooperative’s Noni Session on how their model of co-ownership and co-management works; and their vision for future east bay housing communities.

Running Toward a Cure for Crohn’s Disease

1.6 million Americans suffer from Crohn’s and IBD, and many of those people are taking their body back from the disease through running.

Struggling to Breathe in the Bay Area

Low income people and people of color struggle to get the care they need for asthma. Children are especially at risk of being hospitalized for asthma symptoms. Kaitlin Benz set out to find why that is and how providers in the Bay Area are fixing it.

Keeping Samoan Culture Alive in the Bay Area

Reporter Sara Harrison explores how one diaspora community in San Francisco, a Samoan community is working to keep its traditions alive and pass them on to the next generation.

Ghost hunting in the Bay Area

Journalist and UC Berkeley student Cameron Clark was very skeptical of the world of paranormal investigating when he first encountered ghost hunters in the Bay Area. Now his views have changed.

FBI Spying on Pakistani Americans

Many Muslims in the Bay Area say that after 9/11, the FBI started tracking them even if they never committed a crime. Advocates say these surveillance practices don’t stop radicalism.

Audio Postcard from the Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra

The Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra, led by principal conductor Omid Zoufonoun, rehearses every Sunday at Laney College in downtown Oakland.