Maya Mirsky’s clips


Links to my City Visions shows
September 22, 2009, 5:59 pm
Filed under: Uncategorized

Visit the City Visions archives to hear some of my shows:

-Campus in Crisis: UC Budget Cuts and the Future of Public Education

-San Francisco’s Central Subway: Innovation or Boondoggle?

-Filling the Gap: Making Up For What’s Missing at Public Schools

-The End of Free Parking: How Parking Reform is Changing the Way We Drive

-Closing the Doors: Cutting Subsidized Health Care for the Undocumented

-Oakland’s 10K Housing Initiative: Ten Years Later

-Urban Forests: How Planting Trees on Sidewalks and Streets Is Impacting Our Cities



And in other news…Radio!
May 21, 2009, 6:28 am
Filed under: Uncategorized

Exciting fun for me, getting involved in live radio. I’m working on City Visions (www.cityvisionsradio.com), a live call-in panel show that focuses on topics important to Bay Area residents. Besides the producing credit, I’m falling in love with radio all over again. 91.7 KALW San Francisco.



And once again, I have not been posting or linking to my articles
May 21, 2009, 6:26 am
Filed under: Uncategorized

But! I have been writing. I did a piece on the 80th birthday of Neldam’s Bakery and got to poke around the giant mixing machines (love this job). There was another budget story (Oakland has no money) and a nice day at a middle school in Alameda, watching kids opening up with poetry slam workshops. I did a profile of the woman who runs Kids Paint the Town and an update on the Safeway story and…other stuff. So, still working!



Falling into the technology gap
February 28, 2009, 9:14 pm
Filed under: Uncategorized

My stories for BANG are also on the websites for the Contra Costa Times and the Oakland Tribune (known as Inside Bay Area).

Recently, when I search for my articles, I only see fairly recent ones. So some of the links below might not work anymore, and I don’t know why. I wrote my first one, for the Montclarion, in January of 2008 and I’ve written some 80 stories since then, plus had quite a few photos run. So I’m sorry there’s not a good record of all of that online anymore.



Music on the island
February 28, 2009, 9:08 pm
Filed under: Uncategorized

Forgot about this one, which ran in the Alameda Journal in December.
It was a lot of fun — the guys were so eager and earnest.

Bump in popularity for indie rock band

BYLINE: By Maya Mirsky Correspondent

SECTION: MY TOWN; Alameda; Oakland-Berkeley; News; Local

Alameda indie rock band Finish Ticket was anxiously waiting Dec. 14 to hear whether it had won anything after playing that day at a San Francisco competition. But band members missed the announcement because they had to go to bed.

That’s because all five band members are students at Alameda High.

“At seven in the morning I got a text message,” said guitarist Alex DiDonato.

It turned out the band had placed second at the event, in which some 50 bands played for the chance to win money and recording time.

“It was exciting and kind of amazing,” said drummer Garren Orr.



Economic forum during troubled times
February 28, 2009, 9:00 pm
Filed under: Uncategorized

I think this was in the Tribune, too. It was fun to go to city hall, of course. Although the council chambers have just terrible sight lines.

Oakland leaders discuss economy’s impact on city

By Maya Mirsky
Correspondent

Updated: 02/26/2009 03:08:47 PM PST

Oakland can’t expect the federal stimulus package or other outside help to ease it through tough economic times, but must step up and actively find workable solutions for itself, speakers concluded at a panel convened Feb. 20 by City Council President Jane Brunner.

Speakers did express cautious optimism about President Obama’s stimulus plan during the “Progressive Perspective on the Economic Crisis” panel planned and moderated by Brunner, who represents District 1, North Oakland, but several stressed that it is not a magic solution.

“It will not fix the Oakland budget problem,” Brunner said.



Two features for BANG
February 28, 2009, 8:58 pm
Filed under: Uncategorized

Two nice little human interest stories. I really enjoyed doing the one on the circus arts.

Talented girl flying high with her circus dreams

By Maya Mirsky
Correspondent

Updated: 02/05/2009 04:45:28 PM PST

Eight-year-old Cassie Weigel balances on the hands and feet of another girl, toes pointed and body perfectly arched. Then she jumps down and does a few flips on her way to hug her mom, who’s watching at the side of the room.

It’s Saturday morning, and instead of watching cartoons, Cassie is at Oakland’s Trapeze Arts school for three and a half hours of circus arts training. It’s the high point of the week for Cassie, whose passion for tumbling and trapeze are matched by her prodigious physical talents.

“From the first time she came, it was just magic for her,” said Cassie’s mother, Cheryl Weigel.

Learning about science first-hand

By Maya Mirsky
Correspondent

Updated: 02/05/2009 03:24:31 PM PST

Using science to catch an imaginary candy thief was the goal at Redwood Heights Elementary’s 13th annual “Science Alliance” fair on Tuesday.

The parent-organized event aims at getting school children excited and involved with the discipline.

“This is so important, to give kids exposure to science. Because science is fun,” said parent organizer Gail Widener.



Story in Oakland Tribune about solar power
February 28, 2009, 8:56 pm
Filed under: Uncategorized

North Oakland residents get help with solar panel costs
By Maya Mirsky
Correspondent
Posted: 01/21/2009 08:29:38 PM PST
Updated: 01/22/2009 06:36:02 AM PST

North Oakland residents are taking advantage of a chance to install solar power as part of an ambitious program run by a San Francisco environmental group.

One Block Off the Grid is harnessing Bay Area interest in clean energy and using the power of collective buying to obtain cheaper prices on solar panels in order to encourage people to use clean energy.

“This gives everyone an incentive,” said general manager Dave Llorens.

(more…)



I’m still working!
January 16, 2009, 7:53 am
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , ,

I am about two months behind in posting clips, which means about ten stories or so.

One of my most recent stories was about how the local merchants are weathering the shopping season.

Residents spend their dollars locally

By Maya Mirsky
Correspondent

Retail stores in Montclair and Rockridge have found local loyalty is helping them weather a tougher holiday season.

Merchants say Oakland residents are foregoing online shopping and chain stores, instead focusing their dollars locally in order to help out their favorite stores.

“People are stepping back and saying how important it is to keep the neighborhood vital,” said Tom Revelli of Montclair Sporting Goods.



Muggings, robbery reported in Rockridge
November 19, 2008, 5:31 am
Filed under: Bay Area News Group, Montclarion, crime, oakland reporting

(I think this one might have run in the Tribune.) Inside Bay Area

Muggings nearby the BART station and a brazen morning robbery of a gas station in Rockridge this past week have raised new concerns about safety in the neighborhood.

The crimes come after a relatively peaceful period of low crime, according to Oakland Police Department data.


previous »
Next Page »