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Read more about Brian Watt’s first Sharks game ever here. Ever wonder how the Sharks got their name? Check out that story here. Q’ed Up is hosted and produced by Ryan Levi. This episode was edited by Jeremy Siegel. This is the final episode of Q’ed Up. Thanks to everyone who helped make the show what it is: Queena Kim, Jeremy Siegel, Sonja Hutson, Angela Corral, Bianca Hernandez, Michelle Wiley, Tiffany Camhi, Rob Speight, Katie McMurran, Jim Bennett, Chris Hoff, Ceil Muller, Julie Caine, Vinnee Tong, Ethan Lindsey, Holly Kernan and all the reporters whose stories were featured on the show. Keep up with the best reporting from KQED by subscribing to The Bay. And you can hear more from Ryan by subscribing to Bay Curious. You can also follow Ryan on Twitter at @ryan_levi. Send us a note at qedup@kqed.org. Find more Q’ed Up at kqed.org/qedup.

Jonathan Osler’s Medium post: “Buying My Way Into An Oakland Public School” KQED’s ongoing coverage: Oakland Schools: Put to the Test Q’ed Up is hosted and produced by Ryan Levi. This episode was edited by Angela Corral. Follow Ryan on Twitter at @ryan_levi. Send us a note at qedup@kqed.org. Find more Q’ed Up at kqed.org/qedup.

You can read more about the vigil at the Islamic Center of Mill Valley here. Q’ed Up is hosted and produced by Ryan Levi. This episode was edited by Jeremy Siegel. Follow Ryan on Twitter at @ryan_levi. Send us a note at qedup@kqed.org. Find more Q’ed Up at kqed.org/qedup.

You can read more of Danielle Venton’s reporting on the science, history and politics of daylight saving time here and here. Q’ed Up is hosted and produced by Ryan Levi. This episode was edited by Queena Kim. Follow Ryan on Twitter at @ryan_levi. Send us a note at qedup@kqed.org. Find more Q’ed Up at kqed.org/qedup.

Bay Area band The Lumpen only recorded two songs in the 1970s, but the group’s music had a lasting impact on funk. Thanks in part to its loyalty to its parent organization: The Black Panther Party. Read Eric Arnold’s full article on The Lumpen here. Q’ed Up is hosted and produced by Ryan Levi. This episode was edited by Queena Kim. Follow Ryan on Twitter at @ryan_levi. Send us a note at qedup@kqed.org. Find more Q’ed Up at kqed.org/qedup.

Formula E is a new racing circuit, like NASCAR or Formula One, that’s trying to make it big. It can match the old-school circuits in speed, but its electric cars don’t have that same soothing rumble race fans love. Can this sustainability-focused league build and sustain a fan base? Read Craig Miller’s full article on Formula E here. Q’ed Up is hosted and produced by Ryan Levi. This episode was edited by Jeremy Siegel. Follow Ryan on Twitter at @ryan_levi. Send us a note at qedup@kqed.org. Find more Q’ed Up at kqed.org/qedup.

We hear a lot about magical first kisses. But what about last kisses? Read more stories of last kisses. Q’ed Up is hosted and produced by Ryan Levi. This episode was edited by Queena Kim. Follow Ryan on Twitter at @ryan_levi. Send us a note at qedup@kqed.org. Find more Q’ed Up at kqed.org/qedup.

Several Bay Area towns are trying to figure out what to do about the number of the short-term rentals popping up in their neighborhoods. In Stinson Beach, one man has made it his mission to figure out how many of his neighbors are actually full-time residents. Read more of Sam’s reporting on short-term rentals here. Q’ed Up is hosted and produced by Ryan Levi. This episode was edited by Jeremy Siegel. Follow Ryan on Twitter at @ryan_levi. Send us a note at qedup@kqed.org. Find more Q’ed Up at kqed.org/qedup.

Getting around in the Bay Area is a pain in the butt, especially for marginalized groups like those with low incomes, people with disabilities, the elderly and people of color. Autonomous vehicles could help alleviate our transportation inequities, or they could make them worse. Brian Watt talks to Hana Creger of the Oakland-based Greenlining Institute about whether we’re headed toward transportation heaven or hell. Read the report Creger co-authored on this question: “Autonomous Vehicle Heaven or Hell? Creating a Transportation Revolution that Benefits All” Q’ed Up is hosted and produced by Ryan Levi. This episode was edited by Queena Kim. Follow Ryan on Twitter at @ryan_levi. Send us a note at qedup@kqed.org. Find more Q’ed Up at kqed.org/qedup.

Sometimes the best way to get to know an artist is to explore the places that inspire them. For local theater artist Lisa Marie Rollins, one of those places is Brown Downtown in Napa, the tasting room for Brown Estate Winery. Listen in on her conversation with the winery’s co-owner Coral Brown. It’s their first conversation, but it doesn’t take them long to connect on a deep level. Learn more about Lisa Marie Rollins in her Bay Brilliant profile from KQED Arts. Q’ed Up is hosted and produced by Ryan Levi. This episode was edited by Queena Kim. Follow Ryan on Twitter at @ryan_levi. Send us a note at qedup@kqed.org. Find more Q’ed Up at kqed.org/qedup.

WARNING: This episode contains scenes in a slaughterhouse and a description of a cow being broken down. Think a cow is only good for mooing and eating? Think again. Cow parts are hot commodities in the biomedical research industry. Hides go toward cell research, and bones are made into screws for knee surgery and ground into dental fillings. Prather Ranch has sold everything from pituitary glands to eyeballs to uteri to pericardium. Lisa Morehouse hosts the “California Foodways” podcast, all about food and agriculture in the Golden State. Read Lisa’s story on Prather Ranch here. This story was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, a nonprofit, investigative news organization. Q’ed Up is hosted and produced by Ryan Levi. This episode was edited by Queena Kim. Follow Ryan on Twitter at @ryan_levi. Send us a note at qedup@kqed.org. Find more Q’ed Up at kqed.org/qedup.

We talk a lot about the Bay Area’s housing and homelessness crises. But it might be even worse on the Central Coast, which has some of the highest poverty rates in the state. At one school district in Salinas, more than 3,300 students — 40 percent of the student population — are considered homeless. Read more of Vanessa Rancaño’s reporting from Salinas: For Many Students in Salinas, Homelessness Has Become the Norm As Homelessness Rises, Salinas Officials Make Strides in Identifying Vulnerable Students Q’ed Up is hosted and produced by Ryan Levi. This episode was edited by Queena Kim. Follow Ryan on Twitter at @ryan_levi. Send us a note at qedup@kqed.org. Find more Q’ed Up at kqed.org/qedup.

Jerry Brown has been a force in California politics for nearly half a century, including two eight-year stints as governor. But on Monday, Jan. 7, Brown is leaving Sacramento for good, and coming into the governor’s mansion will be Gavin Newsom. The former San Francisco mayor and lieutenant governor promises to be a very different kind of a mayor. Read Scott Shafer’s full story on Newsom here. Q’ed Up is hosted and produced by Ryan Levi. Additional editing and production help on this episode from Queena Kim, Jim Bennett and Jeremy Siegel. Follow Ryan on Twitter at @ryan_levi. Send us a note at qedup@kqed.org. Find more Q’ed Up at kqed.org/qedup.

One of KQED reporter Hope McKenney’s greatest fears is eating bugs. Or should I say, it was eating bugs. She’s a seasoned pro now after a weekend in the wilderness learning survival skills from ex-military personnel, including what bugs are filled with nutritious protein and which will straight-up kill you. Read Hope’s full dispatch from survival training here. Q’ed Up is hosted and produced by Ryan Levi. The Q’ed Up team includes Queena Kim, Bianca Hernandez, Sonja Hutson, Jeremy Siegel, Tiffany Camhi, Rob Speight, Katie McMurran, Michelle Wiley, Julie Caine, Ethan Lindsey and Holly Kernan. Plus all of the amazing KQED journalists whose stories make this show what it is.

With the announcement of plans for a shiny, new waterfront ballpark, the future of the Oakland A’s in Oakland is as bright as ever. That’s good news because Oakland and baseball have such a long and proud history together. KQED’s Jeremy Siegel talks with KQED columnist Pendarvis Harshaw about what baseball has meant and continues to mean to the Town. Read Pendarvis Harshaw’s column on the A’s 50th anniversary in Oakland and baseball’s connection to Oakland’s black community.

When the Camp Fire broke out on Nov. 8, Janet Clark waited through hours of gridlock traffic before making it to safety in Chico. Her husband Don stayed behind at their property in Paradise. Now, they’ve come back together to look through what’s left of their home. Read Michelle Wiley and Jeremy Siegel’s story about the Clarks.

Individual rare diseases are very uncommon, but taken together into a single category, they afflict one in 20 people. All across the country, teams of medical sleuths are cracking these mystery cases and providing hope for families including some right here in the Bay Area. Read Lesley McClurg’s story about Chase and Carson Miller.

Stay caught up with the best of KQED’s reporting each week by subscribing to the Q’ed Up podcast. The “gig economy” is changing the world of work. Some people drive more than 90 minutes to work app-based jobs. Others are seeing their livelihoods threatened by those same app-based jobs. Today, two people, two stories, one gig economy. Read more of Sam Harnett’s reporting about Jodie Collins and Bill Peacock. And click here to hear Sam on “The Bay” podcast talking about how food delivery apps are changing how restaurants do business.

Stay caught up with the best of KQED’s reporting each week by subscribing to the Q’ed Up podcast. On Nov. 27, 1978, San Francisco City Hall became a deadly crime scene. Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk — California’s first openly gay elected official — were gunned down by former Supervisor Dan White. We look back on that tragic day and how it changed the city. Plus, what does Milk mean to young queer people today? Listen to those stories by clicking on the play button above.

40 years today, more than 900 people—mostly from the Bay Area—died in Jonestown, a remote settlement in the South American country of Guyana. They were members of the People’s Temple, led by Jim Jones, a charismatic white man who preached racial equality, through a kind of socialism. But Jones became increasingly paranoid and unhinged, eventually orchestrating what he called an act of revolutionary suicide, telling his followers to drink cyanide-laced punch. In part two of this two-part story, KQED reporter Tara Siler finishes the story of Robert Spencer, a Bay Area man determined to trace his own family connection back to Jonestown, even when others ask him: “Do you really want to know?”