Brian Watt
KQED Public Media
Oakland, CA, United States
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Oakland Coliseum's Best-Known Hot Dog Vendor Serves Up Frank Takes on A’s
KQED's Brian Watt sat down with all-star hot dog vendor Hal Gordon for his take on the Oakland A’s season. → Read More
Will Klay Thompson Play at His Peak Again? This Study Thinks So
Basketball players who often drive to the hoop are more likely to suffer an ACL tear, but also more likely to make a full recovery, researchers found. → Read More
Barber in the Bubble: The East Palo Alto Stylist Giving Coronavirus Cuts to NBA Stars
Sedric Salinas, a barber from East Palo Alto, is giving cuts to the NBA players starting their season in the 'bubble' at ESPN's Complex near Orlando. → Read More
It's 'Bring Your Own Warriors Fan' at This (Polite) Canadian Deli in Berkeley
At Augie's Montreal Deli, Canadians and their fellow long-suffering Raptors fans have found a haven to watch the NBA Finals series, with a few Warriors fans, too. → Read More
No More Ridin' the Rails at 4 A.M.
BART will stop offering its 4 a.m. train service on Feb. 11 in order to retrofit the Transbay Tube to better withstand major earthquakes. Workers will install a new liner in the 3.6-mile underwater structure to prevent flooding after a big quake, a project that's expected to take three and a half years to complete. That leaves 3,000 people who ride BART during its first hour of service looking… → Read More
How an Oakland Oaks Baseball Player Broke Barriers
Artie Wilson was the first black player for the Oakland Oaks in the Pacific Coast League. → Read More
Has Oakland’s Fruitvale Neighborhood Ever Recovered From ‘Redlining’?
The Community Reinvestment Act is a 40-year-old law designed to get banks to invest in low-income communities and help them recover from the negative effects of → Read More
Harborside’s Cannabis Pioneer Primed for New Customers
The sale of recreational marijuana is set to become legal on Jan. 1. → Read More
Black Pastor, Holocaust Survivor, Vet and Immigrant Join Anti-Far Right Protest Ranks
Four Bay Area residents share why and how they plan to protest this weekend's far-right rallies. → Read More
Tell Us: How Has Online Shopping Changed Your Main Street?
KQED is taking a multi-faceted look at online retailers, how on the one hand they offer jobs, and the other, contribute to the shuttering of small businesses. → Read More
A new strategy to stop wage theft in the garment industry: Looking at what retailers pay for clothing
Investigators are looking at how much retailers and middlemen pay for wholesale clothing, and tracing that down to the garment stitchers who were shortchanged. → Read More
LA County Supervisors approve strategic plan to prepare workers for future jobs
The plan forecasts the need for skilled workers in technical fields. It calls for county-sponsored training programs so locals can land those high-paying jobs. → Read More
LA County supervisors to consider plan to patrol wage theft
Most of the companies in LA county's unincorporated areas don't have county business licenses. Supervisors may change that as they buckle down on wage compliance. → Read More
Metro Board allocates $3.7 million for more CicLAvias
CicLAvia receives funding to expand bike and walking routes to East LA, Pasadena, Southeast Cities, Culver City and the San Fernando Valley → Read More
Film and TV tax credit expansion bill moves a step forward
There's still no dollar figure attached to it, but a bill that would expand California's film and television tax credit program has passed a Senate committee. → Read More
LA loses ground in TV pilot production; New York gains
New York is now the most attractive place to shoot a pilot for an hour-long TV drama, while L.A. continued to lose its share of pilot productions. → Read More
Fairplex's horse racing meet will move to Los Alamitos
In another sign of consolidation in the horse racing industry, a meet that has been a feature of the LA County fair at Fairplex will move to Los Alamitos → Read More
Potential labor strife nudges up cargo traffic at ports
Ports of LA and Long Beach see rises in cargo volumes, as retailers rush to move goods ahead of a potential labor dispute. → Read More
Landlord Donald Sterling: Has he improved in 4 years since bias claims?
Years ago, Sterling paid out millions in settlements and legal fees after tenants sued, alleging violations of the Fair Housing Act. What's his record been since then? → Read More
E3 in Los Angeles: Will some attendees be looking for a job?
As E3 rolls around, Video game industry continues to see sales growth, but the project-driven cycle of work makes layoffs routine. → Read More