Measure Q: the SMART train proposal

Aired on KQED Radio News October 29, 2008

http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R810290833

One of the most hotly contested ballot measures in the North Bay, Measure Q would levy a one quarter cent sales tax for the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit train. Supporters say SMART offers an alternative to gridlocked highway. Opponents question the proposal's efficiency and its $1 billion price tag.

Downtown High School

Published in Edutopia Magazine and on Edutopia.org in October, 2008.

Diplomas for (Would-Be) Dropouts: Project Learning Serves the Most At-Risk Students
http://www.edutopia.org/at-risk-students-project-learning

How To: Design Assessments for Project Learning
http://www.edutopia.org/at-risk-students-project-learning-how-to

Audio slideshow -- Sky Rocket: Celestial Lessons Turn Truant Into Graduate
http://www.edutopia.org/downtown-high-school-slide-show

Field Report

Aired on The California Report Magazine Friday October 3, 2008.

http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R810031630/d

A new website based in California is giving away hundreds of thousands of dollars for people's true-life stories. FieldReport.com is also trying to shake up the publishing model, with community-based story selection replacing editors.

Art at the Dump

Aired on National Public Radio's All Things Considered on Monday, September 22, 2008.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94900661

San Francisco recycles or diverts 69 percent of its trash, but sends 1,800 tons of garbage to the landfill each day. One way the city makes a dent in its landfill load is through an unusual program — sponsoring artists who turn garbage into art.

Ft. Bragg Mill Site Cleanup

Aired on KQED's The California Report Magazine on Friday, September 5, 2008.

http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R809051630/e

For almost 120 years, the coastal town of Fort Bragg in Mendocino County was home to one of the country’s largest redwood mills. When it closed in 2002, the town began to dream about its future with 3 ½ miles of rocky coastline no longer an industrial site. But the land is contaminated with dioxin and other pollutants. Last week, Fort Bragg’s city council approved an unusual plan to deal with the problem.

Birds Gone Wild

Aired on KQED Radio's The California Report Magazine on Friday, August 22, 2008.

http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R808221630/e

Yes, there’s yellow police tape blocking off Memorial Park in Willows, CA. But it’s not indicative of anything sinister. Just something loud. And really smelly. For the past three years, this farm town in the Sacramento Valley has been overwhelmed by birds -- egrets, and their black-crested night heron friends. This year, about 2,000 birds nested in the park’s trees. The lawn is turning gray, the guano is killing the trees, and the birds are definitely annoying Willows’ residents, who’ve stopped using the park for lunch breaks and Easter egg hunts.

Silver Girl

It's not made of Plexiglass, it's not made of fiberglass, it's not square...

Julie Caine and I made this piece for the Third Coast Festival audio challenge called Radio Ephemera, posted August 5th, 2008.

http://audio.wbez.org/thirdcoast/player/3player_new.asp?fileId=RE.silvergirl

Listen to all the Radio Ephemera entries here:
http://thirdcoastfestival.org/shortdocs_2008_archive_RE.asp