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A food truck in the region. (CBS/ Getty Images)

KCBS Cover Story: Watching What You Eat – Part 5

Pop-up restaurants, food trucks and farmers’ markets. The Bay Area’s obsession with food is spreading to all sorts of new locations, making life even more difficult for overwhelmed health inspectors – who say they already have too much on their plate.

2012/10/26

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KCBS Cover Story: Richmond Summer Camp Focuses On Kids’ Nutrition

Medical professionals, educators and parents have all been sounding the alarm about the skyrocketing problem of childhood obesity. Teaching kids about eating right is important – and can be challenging in any environment – but it’s an especially welcome lesson this summer at the Nevin Community Center in Richmond’s rough Iron Triangle neighborhood.

2012/07/09

A bald eagle tends to its chick. (US EPA)

KCBS Cover Story: Rare Peninsula Bald Eagles Draw Flocks Of Visitors

Bay Area bird lovers are flocking to Crystal Springs reservoir in San Mateo County, to see the Peninsula’s first nesting bald eagles in almost a century.

2012/04/18

Nissan Leaf Electric Car. (Nissan)

San Jose Ups Number Of Electric Car Charging Stations

As gas prices continue to climb steadily, so are electric car sales, and this has Bay Area cities gearing up for a driving revolution.

2012/03/28

Minister Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, speaks at a press conference near United Nations headquarters on June 15, 2011 in New York City. Farrakhan expressed support for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and condemned the NATO-led military strikes in Libya. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

KCBS Cover Story: Farrakhan UC Berkeley Appearance Stirs Debate, Protests

Controversial Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan was slated to visit the University of California, Berkeley this weekend, as part of a conference organized by the university’s Black Students Union.

2012/03/09

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Business Climate Improves In San Francisco With Tech Leading The Way

In this KCBS Cover Story, reporter Margie Shafer looks at how the tech sector is leading to a more optimistic business climate in San Francisco.

2012/02/28

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Cover Story: Oakland Rapper Preaches Non-Violence

A rapper with a troubled past is singing a message of hope to young people in violent and impoverished neighborhoods…

2012/02/22

SF State researcher Kwee Say (right) interviews Karen refugees from Burma Tha Mee (center) and Mu Doe (left) at a health fair in Oakland. (SF State University)

Myanmar Refugees Flock To East Oakland

Myanmar – formerly known as Burma – has been at civil war for 60 years, but it’s only been in recent years that the U.S. instituted a policy of accepting its refugees. 400 hundred such refugees now live in east Oakland.

2011/12/07

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Oakland ‘Pop-Up’ Neighborhood Fights Back Against Bad Economy

Economic development has been slow in Oakland. The city has been plagued by a down economy and high unemployment and foreclosure rates. But a new popup neighborhood is evolving, filling vacant storefronts in Downtown Oakland.

2011/11/02

A view of the 1991Oakland Hills firestorm. (DART/NASA Ames)

20 Years Later, East Bay Hills Less Susceptible To Firestorms

Twenty years ago Thursday, a hillside fire blown out of control by hot, dry winds killed 25 people and destroyed more than 3,000 homes in the Oakland and Berkeley hills.

2011/10/20

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