Storied: San Francisco

In this podcast, Arabella picks up where she left off in Part 1 . She was in New York working various journalism jobs but still not totally fulfilled. This is when her self-described "Goldilocks Era" began. She shipped herself back out West to live with family again, this time in Santa Clarita. From there, it was down to Orange County. Summoning her experiences writing online, she cold-called the...

Arabella DeLucco was raised by a village. In this podcast, we get to know Arabella, beginning with the story of her Filipino family. Her grandfather fled to the hills outside Manila during World War II, a story Arabella learned shortly before he died. When she was 5, Arabella came to Los Angeles to live with aunts and uncles who were already there. It was a cramped house, but she was a happy kid w...

Alfredo Uribe  and Lucia Ippolito-Gonzalez 's love story revolves around milk. In this special episode of Storied: SF, we get to know Fredo and we reconnect with Lucia, our guest on Season 3, Episode 42 ( Part 1  / Part 2 ). First, we hear from Fredo. He was born in Oakland and grew up in Pinole. His neighbors there had a dairy delivery company and San Francisco was a big part of their route. Youn...

In this podcast, Jim picks up where he left off in Part 1 . He didn't care for grammar school much, but he enjoyed his time at Sacred Heart High School, where he spent a lot of time playing saxophone in band. He says that, being a musician, he was accepted by just about every clique. Jim's house was a serious one. His dad worked to support four kids going to private school while his mom stayed hom...

Jim Argo 's family has deep San Francisco roots. In this podcast, we get to know Jim, a born-and-raised San Francisco mortgage broker. His grandparents on his mom's side met in the Marina, each a member of an immigrant family from Italy. Jim's grandfather played saxophone and met his grandmother at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition . His great-grandfather on his dad's side took his child...

In this podcast, Rachele picks up where she left off in Part 1 . Her heart broke when she moved from San Francisco to Oakland, but it made sense given her new job as a reporter at the Tri-Valley Times . Oakland has changed a lot in Rachele's nearly 40 years there, but she came to love it nonetheless. The paper became the Contra Costa Times and her editors assigned Rachele to the medicine beat. She...

Rachele Kanigel  comes from a long line of readers. In this podcast, Rachele shares her life story with us. Today, she's the chair of the Journalism Department at SF State. She's published The Diversity Style Guide , among other books. She also was one of Jeff's teachers back in 2005 when he went to SF State, so there's that. Rachele was born in Brooklyn and raised in a suburb of New York City on...

In this podcast, Alex picks up where he left off in Part 1 , with his first trip to San Francisco. He was with his dad and much older sister when she was scouting colleges. They ended up staying with family friends in Presidio Heights. He shares the stories of things they did and saw while here in the 1990s. Alex spent a lot of time in New York City, where his sister wound up going to college. Lat...

Both of Alex Maxa 's parents are journalists. In this episode, we hear the life story of the founder of Gillibus , who "specialize in not only Bay Area day trips, nighttime cruises, and mobile performances but also stationary events and overnight camping." Alex's granddad on his dad's side was in the Army, and so his dad moved around a lot, but ended up in Washington, DC, for high school. He was t...

​​This is the final installment in our four-part series with Creativity Explored , whose mission is "to provide developmentally disabled people access to the human right of creative expression." Please listen to Part 1 , Part 2 , and Part 3  if you haven't already. Vincent Jackson  has been making art at Creativity Explored for more than half of his life. In this podcast, Vincent shares his life s...

This is the third in a four-part series we're doing with Creativity Explored . CE's mission is "to provide developmentally disabled people access to the human right of creative expression." Please listen to Part 1  and Part 2 and check back next week for the final episode in this series, with artist Vincent Jackson. You'll hear Vincent a little in the background as he sat in with Jeff and Paul dur...

This episode is the second in a series we're doing with Creativity Explored . CE's mission is "to provide developmentally disabled people access to the human right of creative expression." Check back Thursday for the next episode in this series, where we meet Studio Director Paul Moshammer. ​ Joseph "JD" Green  lives close enough to Creativity Explored on 16th Street that he walks to get there. JD...

This episode is the first in a series we're doing with Creativity Explored . CE's mission is "to provide developmentally disabled people access to the human right of creative expression." Check back next week for the next episode in this series. In her own words, Linda Johnson "always had a passion for city life." In this podcast, the executive director of Creativity Explored shares her life story...

In this episode, Kim picks up where she left off in Part 1 , with her decision in 1985 to stay in town and go to college at SF State. She was, as she says, "deeply" into politics. She attended protests at the DNC in 1984, which took place in San Francisco. She felt pressures from the Red Power Movement, and talks about how tricky it was to be just the right amount of Indian. It was the middle of t...

  Kim Shuck 's parents met on Market Street in the late-1950s when her dad wrestled an ocelot away from its grips on her mom. In this podcast, the San Francisco poet laureate emerita talks about the five generations of San Franciscans on her mom's side. Her dad joined the Navy partly to get out of Oklahoma. He was "career" for a while, but then left that to become an electronics engineer in Silico...

​In this episode, David picks up where he left off in Part 1 . He had just met Rose, whom he would eventually successfully woo. It was the heyday of roller skating, with thousands of skaters flooding Golden Gate Park on the regular. But there was a large and growing number of naysayers. Early in his San Francisco skating days, David joined Skate Patrol at the park. It's a colorful story that he te...

David G. Miles, Jr. , is the godfather of skate in San Francisco. In this podcast, the founder of the Church of 8 Wheels joins us to share his life story. David came from a multi-ethnic family and grew up in Kansas City. On one side, his grandparents were Irish and Indian, while his dad's family hailed from the South. His single mom, a nurse, raised David and his sisters. The Black baseball legend...

Hear Kitten on the Keys, our guest on the show this week, play tunes on the piano at Royal Cuckoo Market ! "Twin Peaks Theme" "Just Like Heaven" "Get Out and Get Under the Moon" If you missed them, here's Part 1 and Part 2 with Kitten. Photography by  Michelle Kilfeather

In this podcast, Kitten picks up where she left off in Part 1 . In 1981, she started going to school at SF State. It was her official move to The City. She talks about dorm life, which involved lots of music and stereo wars. She kept going to see live shows, something she began doing as a teenager when she lived in the East Bay. Kitten catalogs bands she was in during her time in college, includin...

Kitten on the Keys 's musician dad was born with crossed-eyes. In this podcast, Kitten, a musician in her own right, traces her story back to her parents. Both were born and raised in southeastern Missouri. Her dad made his way out as a traveling musician when he was 14. Her mom took a job after college in Washington, DC. Eventually, the two made their ways back to their shared hometown: East Prai...

In this episode, Matt picks up where he left off in Part 1 . He talks about places in the US that his family traveled before Matt went to college in Santa Cruz. He shares what went into his decision to stay close to home for school. He graduated in five years and stayed one extra because he didn't want to leave. Then he came back to what is essentially his hometown: San Francisco. His first place...

One side of Matt Sterling's lineage is a big, Irish Catholic family. In this podcast, the bartender and pub quiz host delves into his family's history in San Francisco. Three generations ago, great-grandparents came here from Ireland, established their roots, and had kids. Matt's maternal grandma was one of them. She grew up in Ingleside and raised seven kids of her own, including Matt's mom. Matt...

In this podcast, Shizue picks up where she left off in Part 1 . Her paternal grandmother, Shige, had just located her husband in Stockton. Shizue goes into more depth about her grandmother's life. Her dad, Barry, grew up in Stockton and went to UC Berkeley. He was set to graduate in June 1942. But then Pearl Harbor was bombed in December 1941. The order to "relocate" Japanese-Americans to internme...

This podcast is almost totally about Shizue Seigel 's ancestors. In the episode, the poet and author digs deep into her family's history, which goes back to Japan just two generations ago. Sakuichi Tsutsumi and Umematsu Yokote Tsutsumi were from Kyushu, a large island in the south of Japan. Irene Yoshiko Tsutsumi Saiki, Shizue's mom, was born in Hawaii. Her family moved there to work on sugar plan...

In this episode, Andrew picks up where he left off in Part 1 . He starts with the different bands and music projects he took part in during high school. He got a guitar and started writing solo songs when he was 16. Andrew shares the story of how he got his stage name. (Surprise! Andrew St. James isn't his real name.) It involves being totally smitten with a woman way, way older than he was at the...