From K-QED.

It all started on the day before Thanksgiving, the one day of the year that you really just need

everything in your kitchen to work.

My dishwasher finished at cycle and I pulled open the door.

Inside I found two racks of filthy dishes like worse than when I'd put them in

originally and six inches of really gross

standing water in the bottom of the machine. I spent some time troubleshooting but

no luck the dishwasher just wouldn't drain or even really respond to any of the buttons I was frantically trying to mash.

We had to put in a call to our landlord.

A few days later, after a lavish Thanksgiving meal where we hand washed every single pot pan dish, glass and fork, a service person came out.

Only to deem this dishwasher, which was only a few years old, gone for good, beyond repair, off to the landfill.

Now, this is an unfortunate story on its own, but what really grinds my gears is that this is the third dishwasher we've had since we started renting our

place eight years ago. Why can't these things be repaired?

Today on Bay Curious, we want to share an episode from our sister podcast, The Bay,

all about a new law that will go into effect in California this year that should help make it more possible to fix our stuff.

Plus, we'll take a trip to a Fix It clinic in Redwood City, where a growing right to repair movement is up and running.

I'm Olivia Allen Price.

Oh, and stick around at the end of the episode for an upcoming event all about fixing

something else, your clothes.

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