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The California Report Magazine

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20,000 Scientists Gather in San Francisco
If earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis or hurricanes fascinate you, San Francisco is the place to be this week. Some 20,000 scientists are attending the American Geophysical Union's Fall Conference, discussing the latest research on those topics and many others.

Recycling the Raider Nation
Nowhere is pre-game tailgate partying more boisterous than at Oakland Raiders games. Afterward, the Oakland Coliseum parking lot is a sea of cans and bottles left behind by the Raider Nation. And some Oakland residents are cashing in by recycling all that garbage discarded by fans.

Central Valley Shopkeeper Celebrates Six Decades in Business
The Central Valley is home to dozens of tiny farmworker towns, and in many of them the general store is the town hub. We profile one man whose market has survived the boom and bust of California cotton for six decades.

California Songs: Chuck Berry's 'Promised Land'
Chuck Berry is widely admired as one of rock 'n' roll's pioneers. He's best-known for hits like "Johnny B. Goode." But another song, "Promised Land," chronicles a journey Berry made to California from Virginia after serving time in prison. We talk to Berry's biographer Bruce Pegg about the tune's back story.

Learning to Dance the Bollywood Way
Hollywood has inspired more than its share of dance crazes over the years. Not to be outdone, India's film industry, nicknamed "Bollywood," is generating new dance studios catering to the booming Indian-American population in Silicon Valley. We stop by one of the valley's busiest Bollywood dance companies, StepZ.

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