{"podcast":{"title":"The Bay","slug":"the-bay-504645","podcast_index_feed_id":504645,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC8259786327","website_url":"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/thebay/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/55805ad4-88bd-11ea-91c9-3b939e86e535/image/KQED_Podcast_tiles_-_NPR_network_The_Bay.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"KQED","episode_count":1215,"summary":"Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra talks with local journalists about what’s happening in the greatest region in the country. It’s the context and analysis you need to make sense of the news, with help from the people who know it best. New episodes drop Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T20:20:00.238766+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bay-504645"},"episode":{"title":"The Lowrider Community’s Long Fight to Ride Freely","slug":"the-lowrider-community-s-long-fight-to-ride-freely","published_at":"2026-03-23T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bay-504645/the-lowrider-community-s-long-fight-to-ride-freely","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bay-504645","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/KQINC8827367893.mp3?updated=1774044555","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/KQINC8827367893.mp3?updated=1774044555","summary":"This month, the United States Postal Service unveiled a new set of stamps honoring the lowrider community. This federal recognition comes three years after California lifted a decades-old ban on lowrider cruising. The state, widely understood as the birthplace of lowrider culture, has also historically been unfriendly to it. For decades, lowriding was blamed for traffic and alleged connections to gang violence. KQED’s Paloma Yaritza Abarca explains the years-long fight by community members to let their cars ride freely. This episode originally aired Nov 3, 2023. Links: The Provocative, Rebellious and Flamboyant Origins of Lowriding | KQED For Lowriders in San Francisco, It’s Not Just a Stamp — It’s Respect at the Federal Level Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"This month, the United States Postal Service unveiled a new set of stamps honoring the lowrider community. This federal recognition comes three years afte…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1116,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bay-504645/episodes/the-lowrider-community-s-long-fight-to-ride-freely/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bay-504645/the-lowrider-community-s-long-fight-to-ride-freely.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}