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Mayor Libby Schaaf Remembers the Oakland Hills Firestorm, Thirty Years Later

Thirty years ago, a small, mostly-extinguished grassfire was stoked by a hot, dry wind that ignited a firestorm in the Oakland and Berkeley hills killing 25 people and destroying more than 3,400 homes. As the Bay Area remembers the Tunnel Fire, we talk to Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf about the lessons the city and firefighters learned from the tragedy and her own memories of that fire which destroyed her family home. see more
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Mayor Libby Schaaf Remembers the Oakland Hills Firestorm, Thirty Years Later

Thirty years ago, a small, mostly-extinguished grassfire was stoked by a hot, dry wind that ignited a firestorm in the Oakland and Berkeley hills killing 25 people and destroying more than 3,400 homes. As the Bay Area remembers the Tunnel Fire, we talk to Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf about the lessons the city and firefighters learned from the tragedy and her own memories of that fire which destroyed her family home. see more
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An Agonizing Decision in Oscar-Nominated 'Last Day of Freedom'

Mina Kim
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 (Dee Hibbert-Jones, Nomi Talisman, Living Condition LLC)

In "Last Day of Freedom" Bill Babbitt recalls the agonizing decision to turn his younger brother Manny in for a terrible crime. The film explores the life events that led up to Manny's crime and his execution by the State of California. We'll talk to filmmakers Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman about this unthinkable story and their telling of it (through animation), which has been nominated for an Oscar in the short documentary category.

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Dee Hibbert-Jones, filmmaker and artist; producer, director and key animator for "Last Day of Freedom"; associate professor of art at UC Santa Cruz

Nomi Talisman, filmmaker and artist; producer, director and key animator, "Last Day of Freedom"

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