East Bay Yesterday

East Bay Yesterday

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East Bay history podcast that gathers, shares & celebrate stories from Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.

Recent Episodes

  • Sea walls won’t save us: The past and future of the Bay’s shifting shorelines

    2 weeks ago
  • “These stories still matter”: Bay Area Lesbian Archives starts a new chapter

    1 month ago
  • “The mecca of pleasure seekers in California”: Exploring the rise of the amusement industry

    2 months ago
  • “Those wonderful smells”: A Bay Area coffee history crash course

    3 months ago
  • “Everybody wants it preserved”: Time is running out to save this Oakland landmark

    4 months ago
  • "A crazy gamble": Celebrating 75 years of KPFA radio

    5 months ago
  • “The jewel of Oakland”: Exploring Lake Merritt and Children’s Fairyland

    6 months ago
  • “The neighborhood time forgot”: A strange sliver of waterfront

    8 months ago
  • “Climbing was all I had”: A history of bouldering in the Berkeley Hills

    8 months ago
  • “The streets have changed”: “Drug Lords of Oakland” author on the rise and fall of local kingpins

    9 months ago