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Jefferson Award
CBS 5's Sharon Chin profiles profiles Peter and Vivian Li, who use creative and productive fundraising methods to support Chinese orphans. (7/1; 1:44)
SJ Officials Concerned About Pension Losses
Some San Jose officials want professional money managers in charge of the City's pension funds.
Good Food Simmering at Bay Area Rescue Mission
A chef who knows his way around the kitchens of gourmet Napa Valley restaurants is cooking up recipes to turn lives around in the city of Richmond. Janice Wright reports in this KCBS Cover Story that the good food is just the beginning. (6/29; 1:46)
Radio Legend Retires
Overnights at KCBS will sound different after the final broadcast Friday of Dave McQueen, an anchor still remembered as the voice of KSAN in the 60s and 70s. (6/26; 1:59)
Still the King
KCBS' Holly Quan tours the new King Tut exhibit at the De Young Museum with one of Egypt's premier archeologists, ahead of the opening on Saturday. (6/25; 1:59)
Jefferson Award
CBS 5's Kate Kelly profiles Lawrence Gray Jr., a San Francisco man who brings his community together to address the problem of gun violence. (6/24; 1:53)
Jefferson Award
CBS 5's Sharon Chin profiles Darell Valentine, a man who both acts as janitor and mentor to students at Harding Elementary School in El Cerrito. (6/17; 1:57)
The Bard Behind Bars
San Quentin prisoners and the Marin Shakespeare Co. are teaming up to stage a very special performance. KCBS's Janice Wright was there and has this KCBS Cover Story.(6/16; 1:57)
Loyal to the Standards
KCBS and CBS-5’s Mike Sugerman meets an Oakland piano man playing the Alley Bar & Grill for 50 years during his travels About the Bay. (6/15/09; 1:48)
Triathlete's Leg Up on Competition
Sheer determination brought Andy May from an amputation to Sunday’s Escape from Alcatraz. (6/12/09; 1:23)
KCBS Centennial Celebration
A commercial-free version of the noon broadcast where KCBS celebrates its founding a century ago as San Jose Calling. (6/11/09; 44:43)
First Radio Station's Hot 100
KCBS' Matt Bigler explores how an all-news station grew from San Jose Calling, which appeared on the airwaves in 1909 a century ago today. (6/11; 2:16)
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