Crosscurrents

Showers for the homeless in old buses, Mother Browns in San Francisco, foraging for food from trees and gardens in the city, and local musician Mike Sugar.

Little Opera: Behind the scenes of a children’s theater company; a new study aims to promote choir singing for healthy aging; Hear Here: Carolyn Brandy's mysterious dream; and local band Crosscut.

A Crosscurrents special: A Real Living Wage.

Lost Weekend Video finds new ways to entertain in the digital age; Making a home for bees by the freeway; Audiograph's Sound of the Week revealed! and local band Bells Atlas.

Drake's Bay oyster farm, our relationship with wild animals, China Camp state park, and local musicians The Mantles.

Napa community comes together to rebuild after earthquake; finding a home on Hotel 22; homeless hackers head to Noisebridge for shelter; In legal grey area, West Oakland resident discovers free house; and local band Rupa and the April Fishes.

The tourist rental industry in San Francisco, a discussion of possible solutions to San Francisco's housing crisis, this week's Audiograph game answer, and local musicians Aireene & The Rarities.

An antidote to time served: Alameda County’s Operation My Hometown; an interview with Lieutenant Marty Neideffer; Reentry: Learning to be a father after spending half a lifetime in prison; and local band Vetiver.

Women in STEM: Marine Mammal Center combines science with animal welfare; The Spiritual Edge: Opening the voice with Silvia Nakkach; Get your lotus hands ready for some Hindu Swing; and local band Bayonics.

Mission district residents give insight into academic achievement gaps, the origins of the town's name of Orinda, the social media star and Star Trek actor George Takei, Kathryn Ma's favorite author, and local musicians French Cassettes.

A theater company that seeks diversity, the inventive nature of religion in the Bay Area, this week's Audiograph game answer, and local musicians Locura.

What it takes to be a cop in Oakland; Black Girls Code trains young women of color for careers in tech; Candlestick Memory: Joe Burke; and local band Mr. Kind.

The Altamont Pass -- good for renewable energy, bad for birds; an interview with Tai Moses, author of Zooburbia; Martina Castro learns to appreciate the city pigeon; Caroline Hickson's Candlestick Park memory; and local band Old Owl.

The 31st anniversary of National Night Out, a local playwright's search for God, Creativity Explored in the Mission, Audiograph's sound of the week, and local musician Kimrea.

Reentry: Two men seek homes after prison release; thinking more strategically about the Bay Area economy; and local singer Jesse DeNatale.

A potential new late-night transit option across the Bay Bridge, how and when BART does its maintenance, a short history of Bolinas, CA, a remembrance of Morse code, and a festival in honor of Jerry Garcia.

Urban agriculture ordinance heads to fruition in Richmond; Richmond youth learn agriculture and more at Urban Tilth's summer apprenticeship; A Jazz Perspective: Oscar Hernandez; Fatima Duran's My Mix Tape; and local band Goodnight, Texas.

Off-leash dog laws in Golden Gate National Recreation Area, helping immigrants gain US citizenship, this week's Audiograph game answer, and local musician Erick Jekabson.

All about the "Re-Entry Pod", a new program designed to prepare inmates for their release. Plus, local singer Tommy Castro.

Bay Area Muslims disagree on when to end Ramadan, searching for signs of life in outer space, the jazz of Arturo Sandoval, and local musicians Loyal Rose.

Richmond debates Chevron’s plan to modernize its oil refinery; Digging deeper into the Richmond Chevron refinery hearings with reporter Robert Rogers; a Richmond mom brings literacy to laundromats; The Book Report: Anisse Gross; and local bandThe Droptones.

Guns! A Visit to the Richmond Rod and Gun Club; Jay Allison's reluctant relationship with guns; how one Bay Area city is causing national controversy with local gun control; Audiograph's Sound of the Week revealed! (it involves guns); and local singer Liz Kennedy.

What Alameda is doing to deal with rising sea levels, imagining life in the Bay Area after the next big earthquake, a small dancer in the shoes of a big boxer, and local musicians The Quartet San Francisco.

The San Francisco chapter of the Jewish-Palestinian Living Room Dialogue; The Spiritual Edge: Bay Area Jews head to the desert to re-claim their Biblical roots; a conversation with filmmaker David Washburn about his new film, An American Mosque; and local band Gojogo.

Pedestrian safety in San Francisco, the latest concerns about the new span of the Bay Bridge, a woman making music even while losing her hearing, and local musicians the SF Boys Choir.