About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Bonn, GermanyTwitter
California Archive
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Tracy, Calif. residents to now pay for 911 services
Posted on February 21, 2010 | 1 CommentThe Tracy Press: On Tuesday, the council approved via a 4-1 vote (with Councilman Steve Abercrombie dissenting) a contract with ADPI-Intermedix, based in Oakland, to send the bills. The city expects to have a billing system ready next month, but doesn’t yet know when it... -
November 13: Cyrus on The California Report
Posted on November 13, 2009 | No CommentsDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my piece on the creation of the world’s longest California roll, is airing today on, appropriately enough, The California Report. It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): FRI – San Francisco – 4:30/6:30/11... -
Pith helmets: cool again in California
Posted on November 4, 2009 | 1 CommentJohn and Andy (in order of geographic proximity to me)– As an unfashionable Californian, I’m a little bit ashamed to think that some high-end California hat store is now selling pith helmets. I wish I was joking. As the Los Angeles Times reports: While I... -
New York Times Op-Ed (Herbert): Cracks in the Future
Posted on October 3, 2009 | No CommentsOctober 3, 2009 Op-Ed Columnist Cracks in the Future By BOB HERBERT Berkeley, Calif. While the U.S. has struggled with enormous problems over the past several years, there has been at least one consistent bright spot. Its system of higher education has remained the finest... -
California Council for the Humanities grant submitted!
Posted on September 25, 2009 | 2 CommentsAmigos y Amigas, For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been working on a grant to produce a one-hour, bilingual radio documentary about the history of taco trucks in California. I’m pleased to announce that I’ve just submitted it to the California Council for the... -
July 12: Cyrus on Weekend Edition Sunday (NPR)
Posted on July 12, 2009 | 2 CommentsDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my commentary on California IOUs will be on Weekend Edition Sunday (July 12)! It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams). New York – 8 to 10 am Eastern – WNYC – 820 AM... -
SF Chron: New land-use law’s message: build near transit
Posted on December 2, 2008 | No CommentsSF Chronicle: But [Stephanie Reyes, senior policy advocate with San Francisco's Greenbelt Alliance] and other advocates acknowledge that the importance of SB375, signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in late September, lies as much in the tone it sets as in what it will... -
Where do I get a poster like this?
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LA Times: Needles casts an envious eye elsewhere
Posted on May 27, 2008 | No CommentsLA Times: NEEDLES, CALIF. — Depending on their mood and whom you talk to, people in this parched railroad town clinging to the eastern edge of California call it the poor stepchild, the redheaded stepchild, the ugly stepchild of San Bernardino County. They grouse about... -
Modesto, in haiku
Posted on May 21, 2008 | 2 CommentsLast week I went to Modesto for some reporting for NPR. Yesterday, I wrote a haiku about what I learned: Here in Modesto they used to take the train but now they steal cars.
