Q'ed Up

Baseball season might be getting all the press, but the San Jose Sharks aren't ready for hockey to end quite yet.

There are a lot of ways that wealthier, more in-the-know parents have a leg up on getting their kids into the city's top schools.

How do you cope when at least 50 people were gunned down for sharing your faith? Support from people outside the community helps.

Switching to daylight saving time doesn't just cost us an hour of sleep. It has real physiological consequences, according to researchers.

When the Black Panthers needed a funk band to help galvanize the masses, The Lumpen didn't miss a beat.

Electric cars are already all over Bay Area roads. Could Bay Area race tracks be next?

Californians tell stories of last kisses that were just as meaningful as their first.

'It’s like the aliens have come and abducted everybody except for a couple of houses.'

Autonomous vehicles are coming. Will they be a good thing or a bad thing for equity?

What's better then a good glass of wine and connecting with a new friend?

'If we’re gonna take the animal’s life, I believe we have the moral obligation to utilize the animal as much as possible. First, it’s good business; but it’s good morals.'

How do you teach when nearly half of your students don't have a stable home to go to at the end of the day?

It's time to meet our new governor.

Why you should cook crickets, boil roly-polies and beware of red, yellow and black bugs.

Baseball in Oakland goes way back.

Separated for weeks by fire, a couple comes together to look through what's left of their home.

They're the last hope for many families who have nowhere else to turn.

What's your 'gig economy' story?

Looking back on the deadly day that changed San Francisco forever.

Robert Spencer's biological mom and siblings died at Jonestown. His search for family will lead him to a life-changing discovery.

The mass suicide at Jonestown is one of the most infamous events in U.S. history. Would you want to know if you were related to the man at the heart of the tragedy?

Election is just two days away and Q'ed Up is zooming in on important local measures across the Bay Area. Q'ed Up host Ryan Levi talked with KQED reporters Guy Marzorati, Farida Jhabvala Romero and Sonja Hutson to get the lowdown on a range of local ballot measures ranging from taxes on businesses and vacant properties, as well as, an affordable housing bond in Santa Rosa.

The ghosts that haunt the Point Sur Lighthouse don't do it because they’re souls can’t rest. They do it because the lighthouse is in such a gorgeous spot on the California coast.

The deadly consequences of extreme heat in the Bay Area.

What happens when a tiny community radio station becomes an essential source for nonstop wildfire information?

At 18, California ballerina Miko Fogarty landed her dream job with a top company in the United Kingdom. A year later, she walked away from the ballet world.

What happens the day after someone is deported?

What's it like to live through a year-round wildfire season when your husband is gone for weeks at a time fighting fires?

Lake Merritt is a witness to many of the hardest battles and greatest celebrations in Oakland.

These prisoners are getting paid to code on the inside for companies on the outside.

Almost 10 years ago, someone dug a 60 foot deep hole in the side of California's highest volcano. One video store clerk went on a mission to find out why.

There's a lot of baseball history in Oakland. For the latest episode of Q'ed Up, KQED columnist Pendarvis Harshaw talks about the most notable baseball players from Oakland, what they've meant for the sport and the city's African American community.

While some teachers don't last one semester, LuPaulette Taylor has been changing students' lives in West Oakland for nearly 50 years.

You can trace the first FDA-approved, cannabis-derived prescription drug back to one family in Berkeley.

Since leaving her Santa Rosa home last year, Danielle Bryant has struggled with many symptoms of trauma, a common experience for people after a life-threatening event.

A 19-year-old spoken word artist reflects on family separation at the border and in his own life.

Experts say it’s possible to avoid catastrophic harm to human and forest health by setting planned burns before human error, lightning or arson choose when fires start. But it's easier said than done.

Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947. But that was far from the only color barrier in professional baseball.

From the silver screen to the New York Times Best Sellers list, this is the summer of Oakland.

In 1987, Perry Foster led his high school football team in Michigan to a state championship. In 2018, he died on the streets of San Francisco.

California is full of natural wonders – both aboveground and below.

What role does science play in summer blockbusters season?