Crosscurrents

Another City College update, the wardrobe supervisor of "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert", the long-time Bay Area drag queen Glamamore, the Audiogrpah answer of the week, and local musician Aram Shelton.

Sky cowboys: The ironworkers who built the new Bay Bridge; The glory that was the original Bay Bridge; and an episode of 99% Invisible: Galloping Gertie.

An Oakland school takes a new approach to solve its dropout problem, confronting your fears, random acts of kindness, and local musicians The San Francisco Lyric Chorus.

Fishermen harvest dinner in the bay – at their own risk; talking tuition with UC Berkeley's new chancellor; the significance of Downtown Berkeley's Post Office; and local boogie woogie pianist Wendy DeWitt.

Gun owners trade their firearms for cash at local gun swap; approaching juvenile crime head on; a teacher turns a challenging year in the classroom into a play; StoryCorps: One mom, two dads, and one baby; this week's Audiograph answer revealed! and local band Jest Jammin.'

The political and cultural consequences of choosing to be childless, a Richmond exhibit explores childcare's wartime origins, Solvatur Ambulando, and local musicians Eric and Erica.

A special Books! edition of Crosscurrents. Plus, local band Finish Ticket.

San Francisco's soup kitchens introduce healthier foods, an audio postcard of San Francisco's Portsmouth Square, the Perseid meteor shower, the answer to this week's Audiograph game, and local musician Larry Vuckovich.

Six months in the lives of two new Oakland City council-members; everything you always wanted to know about break-dancing but were afraid to ask; and local band Goodnight, Texas.

Mrs. Small did something big last Saturday: She got arrested at 90 years old; Mt. Sutro's eucalyptus trees raise question of how to manage urban forests; and a tour of Leland House.

The plan to move the Warriors to San Francisco, working as a pedicab driver in the city, paintballing, and local musician Solomon Mungia.

Is a BART Strike imminent?; Transit-oriented developments are taking the Bay Area back to the future; The California Cap and Trade board game, brought to you by San Francisco Public Press; and this week's Audiograph answer revealed!

The hunger strike in California prisons and being put away in the Security Housing Unit (SHU), long-lasting consequences of having a juvenile criminal record, an East Oakland man changes his path away from criminality, and local musicians Te Pura O Te.

One year later, the People’s Library transforms into a community space; Fruitvale Station re-frames cinematic portraits of African American males; a new exhibit explores Muslim women's art and voices; KALW's Seth Samuel is engaged to KALW's Alyssa Kapnik!! and local blues artists Stu Allen and Mars Hotel.

Prison hunger strike continues; Brothers in Pen: Creative writing from San Quentin; [freespace]: a temporary space for lasting change; this week's Audiograph answer revealed! And local songwriter Beth Marlin.

Broken Windows.

Controversial Plan Bay Area adopted by regional planners; Homeless Haircuts, Revisited; A new book chronicles African American history in the Bay Area; and Give a hand to the Golden Gate Park Band!

A special show about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD. Local musicians are Wild Moth.

The social work of Meals on Wheels, an interview with San Francisco's poet laureate Alejandro Murguia, and singer Kelly McFarling on the importance of San Francisco as home.

Tech startups give power back to the family farm; Hear Here: Ryan Lee's love affair with bread; Sacred Harp: the punk rock of choral music; and local pianist Mike Greensill.

Fracking: a small town deals with big oil; raising a polar bear; and local group Joyful Noise Jazz Band.

The Bay Area's reaction to the Zimmerman verdict, remembering the oft-forgotten people who die in San Francisco's Tenderloin, Richmond fights the banks over home foreclosures, and local musicians Down & Outlaws.

An in-depth interview with Seth Rosenfeld about his book, "Subversives: The FBI's War on Student Radicals and Reagan's Rise to Power."

An in-depth interview on the idea of unquestioningly accepting the "natural" as something healthy vs. our tendency to have undying faith in anything modern technology gives us.

A Crosscurrents special on Oakland schools, plus memories from within the newsroom of our favorite teachers! Engaging students at Franklin Elementary in East Oakland, music class in public schools, transitioning from public to charter school, charter schools explained with Ingrid Seyer-Ochi, teaching with students in mind at American Indian public schools, Skyline Public High School's high tech cl...