from K-QED.

Hey everyone, Olivia Alan Price here, and I just wanted to pop in before we start this

week's episode with a quick note about how Bay Curious is going to operate for the

next few months.

Our plan is to bring you a mix of the kind of stories

that you know us for. Interesting stories about the Bay Area. Mixed in with some topical episodes

about coronavirus. We want to offer you escape when you need it, but also give you the answers

to the coronavirus questions that you're asking. We are answering those questions all the time

at KQED.org with the help of our other colleagues at KQED. They're really the Mount Yavlo is the Bay Area's grandest landmark.

It's often the first glimpse of home that you'll see after a long drive.

It stands apart from other mountains nearby, not just because of its prominence,

but because of the legends that surround it.

The Baye-Yawak tribe believe the mountain is sacred,

that it is the central point of the world's creation,

where man was made.

But it's a different story that caught the attention of

listener Mark Isaac. I've heard that the spot on the earth from which you can see

the most land, not just ocean but actual land, is the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, but that the

summit of Mount Diablo comes in second. Is that true?

Mark heard this legend so long ago that he can't remember where it came from, but he's not alone.

Lots of you have heard this story.

And it does seem possible. Mount Diablo is an isolated peak. It's a lot

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