Risky Business

Today's show is about Risky Business. We'll be talking with people in dicey lines of work, and learning about the chances they’re taking to pay the bills. We’ll visit an East Oakland gas station, where refugee employees are faced with the tough reality of life in America. We’ll sneak a peek into the risqué world of a professional dominatrix. And we'll dig through the challenges of urban recycling in hard economic times.

Today’s show was produced by Diana Montaño. The co-producer was Huda Ahmed and the executive Producer was Peter Finch. Our engineer was Rina Palta, and the webmaster was Ian Sherr. The anchors were Huda Ahmed and Matt Durning.

Refugees still in danger

Arco Gas Station located on International Boulevard and 98th Avenue in East Oakland is a 24 hours service. Most of the employees are young refugees from Burma, Iraq and Afghanistan who came to America Fleeing their countries, and found work that helps them survive and at the same time could kill them. Reporter Huda Ahmed came with this story from East Oakland.

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One of the gas station employees deals with a customer through the window.


Kenneth, an employee at the gas station checks the locks on the store's front door.

Ivan Basso

Crashes, broken bones, road rash and hours a day on a bike are part of the risky business of professional cycling. While in Europe, reporter Linnea Edmeier caught up with elite Italian cyclist Ivan Basso and asked him about his new habit.

Recycling to Live -- And the Living Ain't Easy

In a bad economy, hundreds of people in Oakland have turned to urban recycling as a means to survive. If they're lucky, they can make up to $75 dollars a day. But competition is fierce -- and the living isn't easy. Kristine Wong reports.

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The recycling yard at Alliance Metals.


Floyd Shepard Smith going about his daily routine in West Oakland.


Floyd Shepard Smith.

Day Laborers

Many immigrants have risked their lives crossing rivers and deserts for the chance to work here. And even these workers are not immune to these chancy economic times. Diana Montaño takes to West Berkeley, where day laborers try their luck every morning waiting for work on the street corner.

Leather Boots and All

In this interview, we meet a local woman who has been working in a risky – and risqué – business for 11 years. Reporter Shaleece Haas speaks to 39-year-old professional dominatrix to find out what’s behind the whips and chains.

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April 21st, 2009
Categories: Uncategorized . Author: ian

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