Industrial East Bay: Exploring how Big Business Shaped our Region on Thursday March 27 from 6:30pm to 8pm at The Backroom 1984 Bonita Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704. This is a KPFA fundraiser. Get tickets here.

From the gold rush to the tech boom, this region has been shaped by successive waves of business growth and the growth of Silicon Valley. In this conversation, renowned urban geographer Richard Walker, author of Pictures of a Gone City: Tech and the Dark Side of Prosperity in the San Francisco Bay Area, and East Bay Yesterday host Liam O’Donoghue explore the history of local development through the lens of Big Business.In this wide-ranging conversation will give historical context to our present moment and revisit stories from the past that might provide useful clues for understanding the future.