Can You Go To Jail For Picking California’s State Flower?

Does Anyone Play Polo at the Golden Gate Park Polo Field Anymore?: We go back in time to the days when polo was king at Golden Gate Park. by Bay Curious

11 min listen

Why Hasn’t the Tenderloin Gentrified Like the Rest of San Francisco?: Tenderloin neighborhood residents wanted to preserve its affordability. But will they be forced out as improvements come to the neighborhood? by Bay Curious

15 min listen

How Worried Should You Be About Shark Attacks on the California Coast?: Learn why our coastline is called the Red Triangle and how you can minimize the risk of an encounter with a great white shark. by Bay Curious

10 min listen

The True History of Irish Coffee and Its San Francisco Origins: Legend has it the Irish coffee was brought to the U.S. by the Buena Vista Cafe in San Francisco. by Bay Curious

13 min listen

Everything You Want to Know About Legal Weed in California: Bay Curious answers your questions about legal weed in California. by Bay Curious

18 min listen

Eucalyptus: How California’s Most Hated Tree Took Root: Depending on whom you ask, eucalyptus trees are either an icon in California or a fire-prone scourge. by Bay Curious

17 min listen

The Forgotten Men of the Point Reyes Life Saving Service: A tiny hidden cemetery reveals the brutal realities of saving shipwrecked sailors in the 19th century. by Bay Curious

15 min listen

Why Are People Convinced This California Ghost Town Is Cursed?: Countless people who have stolen items from this deserted town have come to regret it. - Reported by Carly Severn. Edited by Victoria Mauleon. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Jessica Placzek, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho, Erika Kelly, by Bay Curious

12 min listen

The Origins of Bay Area Place Names: California was named after a fictional island for black Amazon-like warrior women, ruled by Queen Calafia. What about Bay Area names? - Reported by Jessica Placzek and Dan Brekke. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Jessica Placzek, Ryan Levi, by Bay Curious

12 min listen

The San Francisco Origins of Green Goddess Dressing: California's iconic Green Goddess Dressing may be herbal and delicious — but its name has a not-so-savory history. by Bay Curious

13 min listen

What Makes San Francisco Sourdough Unique?: When it comes to the mecca of sourdough, separating scientific fact from lore means breaking a few taboos. by Bay Curious

14 min listen

This S.F. Fortress Is Full of Money That Will Never Be Spent: The prettiest pennies are made in San Francisco. Take a trip inside the S.F. Mint. by Bay Curious

15 min listen

How the San Francisco School Lottery Works, And How It Doesn’t: San Francisco's complicated school lottery system offers opportunity that isn't always realized. by Bay Curious

15 min listen

The Serpent Statue in San Jose That People Think Is Something Else: Is the Quetzalcoatl sculpture in San Jose the best tribute to the city's Mexican heritage? It's a matter of debate. by Bay Curious

15 min listen

What’s That Thing Off 280? The Flintstone House: Take a tour inside this unique Peninsula home that architects find whimsical. by Bay Curious

14 min listen

Spinning Rims, Spinning Cars: the History of the Oakland Sideshow: Sideshows have a bad reputation, but they are also a long-standing tradition in Oakland with deep ties to the hyphy movement. by Bay Curious

14 min listen

The Sculpture Wonderland That Once Delighted I-80 Drivers: Anonymous artists once created sculptures made from driftwood and trash at the Emeryville Mudflats. by Bay Curious

13 min listen

420 Started in the Bay Area. Meet the Guys Who Invented It: It all began with a treasure map to secret weed plants abandoned somewhere in Point Reyes. by Bay Curious

12 min listen

How Do You Define the ‘Bay Area’?: Where the boundaries of this region are will vary according to who you ask and what you're looking to define. by Bay Curious

12 min listen

El Camino Not-So-Real: The True Story of the ‘Ancient Road’: Legend has it that El Camino Real is an ancient road that connects the Spanish missions. But is it true? by Bay Curious

12 min listen

Oil Beneath San Mateo County? You Betcha: Bay Curious travels down the Peninsula and back in time to discover the history of oil drilling in San Mateo County. by Bay Curious

11 min listen

What’s With the Bison in Golden Gate Park?: The first one was brought to the park in 1891. It was soon joined by more bison from private and public herds. by Bay Curious

10 min listen

Ode to the Foghorn: The Sound of the Sea: Take a trip around the San Francisco Bay and get to know our local foghorns -- where they are, how they work, who turns them on. by Bay Curious

16 min listen

Voting on Daylight Saving Time, Animal Confinement and Water. Propositions 3, 7 and 12, Explained: Should California go full-time daylight saving time? Take animals out of cages? Pass a water bond? For Bay Curious Prop Week, we explore the three science-related propositions. by Bay Curious

15 min listen

There Were Once More Than 425 Shellmounds in the Bay Area. Where Did They Go?: These mounds were used by Ohlone as burial sites for their ancestors, to help navigate bay waters and as a gathering place. by Bay Curious

16 min listen

The Buried Ships of San Francisco: The hulls of several dozen ships can be found below ground in the middle of San Francisco. - Reported by Jessica Placzek. Produced and edited by Olivia Allen-Price, Vinnee Tong, Paul Lancour and Julia McEvoy. Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller. - by Bay Curious

10 min listen

Rusty Navy: The Bay Area’s ‘Mothball Fleet’ Enters a New Era: Clusters of old military ships are anchored side by side in Suisun Bay. Most of them are decades old. by Bay Curious

13 min listen

Hetch Hetchy Water’s Epic Journey, From Mountains to Tap: Take a journey with the Bay Area's drinking water -- from mountain to tap. by Bay Curious

13 min listen

Ghost of a Legend: How a San Francisco Civil Rights Icon Was Made a Monster: One of San Francisco's purported 'ghosts' has a remarkable real-life story often left out of San Francisco's history books. by Bay Curious

15 min listen

Have Ride-Hailing Apps Made Traffic Worse?: Traffic is worse in the Bay Area. Are Lyft and Uber making it worse? Or could they be our salvation? by Bay Curious

10 min listen

Discover this podcast and so much more

Can You Go To Jail For Picking California’s State Flower?

Can You Go To Jail For Picking California’s State Flower?

Description

Titles in the series (100)

More Episodes from Bay Curious

Related podcast episodes