Lightning Round: Brisbane’s Stars, Millbrae’s Sweet Smells and Red Rock Island

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2018

⏱️ 12 minutes

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For our last episode of the year, we get the answers to three of your questions: What's with the stars in Brisbane? Why does Millbrae BART station smell like chocolate? And is Red Rock Island for sale?

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0:00.0	From K-QED. I'm Olivia Allen Price, and this is Bay Curious. The podcast will
0:07.0	answer your questions about the Bay Area. And you have a lot of questions.
0:12.0	Could creating one Bay Area city solve the housing crisis?
0:15.0	What's the history of the Emoryville shell mound?
0:17.0	Where's the fog in San Francisco called Carl?
0:20.0	Just this year, you all asked nearly 700 questions questions and while we won't be able to
0:24.6	answer all of them we are going to tackle not one or two but three questions in
0:30.6	today's episode you, catch up a little.
0:33.0	Today we'll find out why Brisbane is a light with handmade stars.
0:40.0	If there really is an island for sale in the bay and why the Milbray Bart station smells like chocolate, stick around.
0:51.0	Support for Bay Curious is brought to you by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, still family-owned, operated and argued over.
1:01.0	Explore their brews wherever fine beverages are sold and taste how
1:05.0	trailblazing runs in the family. Visit Sierra Nevada.com to find your new
1:10.0	favorite beer today. Our first stop on today's journey is the city of
1:15.6	Brisbane. If you visit during the holidays you're sure to be dazzled. The
1:20.2	hillside is dotted with dozens, if not hundreds, of illuminated 5-point stars.
1:26.0	Ashley Shively, remember seeing the display while growing up.
1:29.0	My father, who grew up in the city, has noticed this this forever and so every year when we would drive by
1:35.8	He would make sure to point it out
1:37.7	Ashley loves the stars and wants to know more about them my question is why does the City of Brisbane put up five
1:46.4	pointed lit up stars? KQD's Bianca Taylor takes it from here.
1:50.8	I'm in Brisbane at the Festival of Light. It's a very festive
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