San Francisco's Sliver of Alameda

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

When Bay Curious listener Lori Bodenhamer looks at Google Maps, she's always wondered why a small slice of Alameda island is part of San Francisco. The answer takes us all the way back to women the Spanish colonized the area. Additional Reading: Why Is Part of Alameda Island in San Francisco? Sign up for our newsletter Enter our Sierra Nevada Brewing Company monthly trivia contest Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts This story was reported by Ryan Levi. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Bianca Taylor and Christopher Beale. Additional support from Cesar Saldana, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Jasmine Garnett, Carly Severn, and Holly Kernan.

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0:00.0	From K-QED. We start today's episode on a beautiful, clear, and sunny day back in 2018.
0:10.0	Could you tell us where, where have we brought you today?
0:12.0	Yeah, we're on the western side of Alameda Island
0:15.6	and we're very close to the, I see the Port of Oakland,
0:18.8	we're in the Hanger 1 Vodka area, I think it's called Spirit Sally now I'm standing in front of a
0:25.5	giant sign that says warning restricted area authorized personnel only with
0:31.6	this week's question asker.
0:33.2	My name is Lori Bodenhamer.
0:34.6	I've lived in San Francisco for about 20 years.
0:37.2	We've come to Alameda to check out a peculiar piece of land that Lori noticed.
0:42.0	My little shortcut to get to the Google Maps I just
0:44.4	type in SF map and then Google pops up and it outlines San Francisco in red and
0:50.4	notice there were some bits of red in Alameda.
0:54.0	The border of San Francisco should be simple.
0:56.0	You've got water on three sides and a straight line across the southern edge.
1:01.0	But not so. I wondered why there is a little sliver of San Francisco on the western edge of Alameda.
1:10.0	This is Bay Curious, the show where we answer your questions about the Bay Area.
1:14.6	I'm Olivia Allen Price.
1:16.2	Today we travel from 19th century Spanish California to a World War II era Navy station in Alameda, all to figure out why the heck San Francisco
1:27.1	has jumped the bay.
1:28.5	This episode first aired in 2018 and we're re-erring it today because it tells one of the wackier histories of land ownership that we found.
1:37.0	Stick around.
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