Hey Area News Today

A recent San Francisco transplant wants to know if the Marina, which was damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, would be safe during the next big tremor.

Hey Area is where you ask the questions and we find the answers. Isabella Tilley asked " Why do none of the Bay Area native tribes have federal recognition"?

Beginning in the late 1960s, the city of San Francisco uprooted a once-thriving jazz scene and the black community at its heart. Jazz champions have been working to keep the jazz culture alive and commemorate the Fillmore’s rich history.

Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Hey Area is where we find answers to questions you ask. Steve Shea wanted to to know, "Why is the Richmond bridge built on a four-mile gap in the bay when it could have been built over a one-mile gap just a little bit farther north?" It’s 7:45 a.m. and I’m in the car with Albany resident Steve Shea. We’re headed from the East Bay to his office in Novato. “Yeah I’ve been commuting to this job ten years now,” he says, his hands on the wheel, eyes fixed on t...

Hey Area: You ask, we answer. Hey Area is a collaborative reporting project of KALW News. Audience members submit questions about the Bay Area and if your question is selected you may be contacted to participate in telling the story behind it. What have you always wondered?

For the past year, KALW has focused in on East Oakland. We've hosted live community events and took our collaborative journalism project Hey Area there to