Crosscurrents

Today we're bringing you a special show featuring recent award-winning stories from our news department. First up, we’ll consider what a focus on the butterfly means for other creatures affected by climate change. Then, we’ll meet a young man who’s helping his Mayan community speak their truth in Bay Area courts. And, a delicious Audiograph.

The Great Highway at Ocean Beach will be closed for the next couple months because of erosion. We’ll meet the urban designers working on a solution. Then, an interview with one of the founders of Burning Man about the year that changed everything And, get ready for Thanksgiving dinner with an award-winning San Francisco chef.

Bay Area lawmakers are fighting to abolish private immigration detention centers. We'll find out how ICE has responded. Then, we’ll hear how activists create a sacred space for Native Americans at San Quentin. And, we’ll hear about some of the ways that Native Americans have fought for their rights while incarcerated.

A team of San Francisco public defenders is attempting to change the system. We’ll hear how rapid response legal counsel can get people out of jail faster. Then, this week's Audiograph takes us to a 'big game.'

Fifty years ago today, dozens of Native American activists occupied Alcatraz Island. We’ll hear from people fighting to preserve their culture. Then, a popular 19th-century Japanese magician in the United States inspired one actor to tell his story on stage. And, we take a look at the natural world of Shakespeare in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.

A new type of housing is launching soon in San José — tiny homes. They’re temporary, cheaper to build, and easy to relocate. Then, we meet the Boys & Girls Club’s National Youth of the Year, and she’s from right here in San Francisco. And, we’ll hear about a former cop who bought a castle in San Francisco at a steep discount.

Today, San Francisco Chronicle’s energy reporter has been immersed in PG&E news ever since he took the job. What's he paying attention to? Then, we hear how yoga brings people together — in prison. The latest episode of Uncuffed.

Mark Zuckerberg invited civil rights groups to dinner, to talk about hate content on Facebook. What did they talk about? Then, it’s about more than just spinning tunes for San Francisco DJ Lamont. And, we head to a local diner for this week's Audiograph.

An East Oakland community is still grieving over a hit-and-run accident and a laundromat is honoring the victims by pushing to make their streets safer for pedestrians. Then, if you live in East Oakland, where can you get fresh produce with a WIC voucher? And, a tech reporter goes deep into her troubling family history.

San Francisco’s next District Attorney pledged to end mass incarceration. What will that take? Then, the new season of THE INTERSECTION explores some of the less expected nooks of Burning Man — we’ll follow a family as they finish building a mutant vehicle in honor of their 91-year-old grandmother.

Mayor London Breed has been fighting for safe injection sites since she was first elected. We’ll hear what’s next in the legal battle. Then, author Carolina De Robertis explores what it means to be LGBTQ in her family’s country. And, for this week’s Audiograph, we’re venturing into the wild... right here in the city.

San Francisco’s Sheriff Vicki Hennessy reflects on the moments that shaped her career working in the city’s jails. Then, we’ll spend a day on the street with a professional canvasser.

It’s election day! We’ll hear about changes to the way San Francisco funds its candidates. And, we’ll meet people whose job it is to scope out polling places.

Incarcerated men reflect on their relationships with their fathers, and their sons in the second episode of Uncuffed. And, we’ll hear how the climate science community is talking about the wildfires.

We’re heading north to the kelp forest collapse that’s closed the nation’s largest recreational abalone fishery. Then, an art exhibit addresses women’s labor disparities. And, we meet someone who tracks down ghosts.

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Richmond community members get involved with regulating their own air quality. Then, we continue our series of interviews with San Francisco mayoral candidates — meet Ellen Lee Zhou. And, how a Bay Area community helped overthrow a dictator thousands of miles away.

First up, we meet a candidate for mayor who wants to use revenue bonds to make San Francisco the greenest city on earth. Then, our partners in California prisons have a new series: Uncuffed is now available wherever you get your podcasts.

First up, we start our series of interviews with candidates for San Francisco mayor with opera singer Wilma Pang. Then, a big data project helps shed light on the achievement gap for students here in the Bay, and across the country. And, for today’s Audiograph, we learn something new.

San Francisco’s public housing is in the middle of a huge transition. In 2007, the city rolled a plan to redevelop four of the city’s public housing sites in phases to avoid displacing any residents. Now, residents in Potrero Hill are in the first phase.

First up, a candidate for San Francisco District Attorney wants to take politics out of the prosecutor’s office. Then, a new band out of Oakland uplifts black women through their special sound. And, for today’s Audiograph, we’re headed to the rodeo.

First up, former police commission president Suzy Loftus on why she should be San Francisco's next top cop. Then, we hear about a BART director’s attempt to stop panhandling on BART. And, a Mountain View gathering this weekend wants to connect Silicon Valley to Africa.