San Mateo Rides Tech Boom But Keeps Small-Town Feel
San Mateo has long been a bedroom community for tech hubs to the north and south. But in recent years, it's built a niche for itself as a home to tech startups such as GoPro and Solar City, among hund...
9 Helmi 20156min
Construction Continues to Boom on S.F. Skyline
San Francisco's skyline is full of one sign of the times: construction cranes. In the past two years, there were close to 60 crane permits issued by the Department of Building Inspection. Reporter: Ti...
9 Helmi 20152min
Tech Bust 2.0? Maybe Not
History teaches us that in this region, boom follows bust. Maybe you were here when the tech bubble burst in the year 2000. San Francisco alone lost 12,000 workers in one year. What happened then? Are...
9 Helmi 20154min
Could Teacher Housing Stipends Work in the Bay Area?
Last week, we learned about an effort in the booming oil town of Midland, Texas to give teachers housing stipends. Could that work here? We asked Mountain View's interim Superintendent, Kevin Skelly. ...
6 Helmi 20151min
Battle Over Porta-Potty in Gentrifying Oakland Neighborhood
Driver Plaza is a large traffic median at the Oakland-Berkeley line. It's not much to look at but it is also a longtime gathering place in a historically African-American neighborhood. Driver Plaza il...
6 Helmi 20155min
Where's the Prosperity for Lower-Wage Workers?
For all the talk about the prosperity of the tech boom, more than a third of Bay Area jobs pay less than $36,000 per year. KQED's Forum looks at what the current economic boom means for low and middle...
6 Helmi 201551min
