Some things you just have to learn on the job. This week, stories from funeral directors, garbage collectors, firefighters, and ironworkers on the Golden Gate Bridge about how their occupations challenged and changed them.

September 11, 2001 was 25 years ago. But if you lived through that day, it doesn’t feel like it. StoryCorps started recording survivors and the families of victims just a few years after, with the goal of archiving one interview for each person

On this episode of North Gate Radio, five reporters, including myself, explore how community has shaped the past and present of the Bay Area.

On this episode of North Gate Radio, five reporters, including myself, explore how local residents across the Bay Area are navigating current political realities and systemic challenges.

Artist Sara Pisheh drew inspiration from historical buildings in the Richmond and San Pablo areas like the Carnegie Library for a recent exhibit.

There's a new effort gaining momentum to create a Black history museum and other arts and culture programs to save this part of the past.

Having endured tremendous loss, Andrea Sexton-Dumas refers to grief as a friend and herself as a death and grief doula, grief gardener and spiritual companion.

An early design mock-up for the Street Spirit Resource Guide. Alastair Boone often gets calls for help from people experiencing homelessness. Some may be leaving abusive relationships or need urgent medical care. Others tell frightening stories of recent encampment sweeps or are despondent after

As part of a group project for our first-year audio class, a group of classmates and I produced this piece together about communities taking power back into their own hands for the better. Listen to my story from 37:30-43:07.

Metztli is a Latina-owned store in Richmond that sells products like pottery handcrafted by Jalisco artisans and key chains shaped like pan dulce.

Tucked away in East Richmond Heights, the Gyuto Foundation offers any and all a free respite to life's mayhem. You just have to show up.

Richmond City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to expand emergency assistance for immigrants, including funds for rent, utilities and food.

The new law exempts any city and county with less than 16 major transit stops — a carve-out affecting Contra Costa County.

For pet owners in the Tahoe Basin facing unimaginable choices between costly veterinary care and losing their companions, the Village Pet Foundation (VPF) is a lifeline. Since its founding in July 2023, this volunteer-run nonprofit has saved 120 pets—and counting—by providing funding for emergency veterinary care that prevents euthanasia. In just under a year, VPF…

TRUCKEE, Calif. - A renewed petition signed by 67 of 70 homeowners in Truckee's Green Point subdivision has brought a longstanding controversy back to the forefront: who is responsible for maintaining West Reed Avenue? At the heart of the issue is whether the road, created in the 1920s and long treated as public by residents,…

Dear Sierra Sun readers, I'm heading down to the Bay to pursue a Master's in Journalism at UC Berkeley, but before I go, I want to take a moment to say thank you. Thank you for reading. For stopping me on the street or in the grocery store to talk about stories. For caring—truly caring—about…

TRUCKEE, Calif. — After nearly a decade of planning, developers broke ground last week on the MTN Scout Hotel, a new hospitality project slated for Gray's Crossing. The ceremonial event, held June 24 at the site on Edwin Way, marks the official start of construction on what will be a 129-room boutique hotel under Marriott's…

For over 150 years, the Truckee community thrived in the Sierra Nevada, but it wasn't until 1993 that it officially took control of its own destiny. The push for incorporation was not just about self-rule—it was about reclaiming local decision-making from a distant county seat in Nevada City. Kathleen Eagan, Truckee's first mayor, vividly recalls…

LAKE TAHOE, Calif./ Nev. — Susan Norman has spent her life navigating wild rivers — from the Ozarks to the world stage. But no stretch of whitewater could have prepared her for the challenge she faced at 56: raising a four-year-old nephew as a first-time parent. "I had a very happy, child-free adventurous life with…

TRUCKEE, Calif. - Truckee Town Council met on Tuesday, June 24 to receive a presentation on the Draft Truckee River Revitalization Action Plan, also known as the R3 Playbook, which outlines a vision to restore, revive, and reimagine the river corridor along West and East River Streets.  Shaped by over 50 public meetings and broad…