So, you’re broke but still want to stay fit, learn new things, and have fun while you’re at it? Good news! San Francisco is packed with free opportunities, from dance and lawn bowling to chess, sketching classes, writing workshops, and career skill-building. Here’s your click-and-go cheat sheet for free fitness,

It’s Springtime in San Francisco, which means it’s time to put your phone on silent for a while and step out into our fair city to sing, eat, and play with the wonderful people and programming on offer. Whether in the flesh or on a live stream, the journalists and

This March 27-29th thousands of people will gather at the Bioneers Conference – now situated in Berkeley at Zellerbach Hall and in various Downtown Berkeley venues

St. Patrick’s Day falls on March 17, and shepherd’s pie has long been associated therewith. It’s also a great comfort food for rainy days. Although there is a common strict notion that shepherd’s pie is a dish of ground lamb stewed with peas, carrots and corn and topped with mashed

BY JAMES CONRAD Although people from Detroit, Chicago, New York City and especially my hometown of New Haven each have very hard-and-fast rules about what pizza is and isn’t, the dish has existed in one form or another since the 6th century B.C.E. and is not specifically exclusively Italian in

By James Conrad Pollo alla parmigiana, better known in the United States as chicken parmesan or chicken parm for short is rooted in the Italian immigrant community throughout the eastern United States, from Rhode Island to Delaware to New Orleans throughout the late 19th and early 20th century. It was

Scientists have not yet figured out how to predict earthquakes, as they have not been able to find any differences between minor and major quakes, and the Earth does not have any information about the magnitude of an earthquake before it begins.

KQED is hosting a series of events in San Francisco this winter, including Fixit Clinics, Dungeons and Dragons Live, Chinese New Year Parade Viewing Party, Hella Asian: Bridging the Bay, and The Flavors of the Levant, all of which offer live journalism, performance art, and community-building activities.