Crosscurrents

An empty movie palace on San Bruno Avenue gets a second act. A historic reservoir keeper's cottage serves as a community and gardening hub. High school students let loose in McLaren Park.

Meet farmers fighting climate change with cow poop. Is it possible to be a vegetarian without giving up meat?

Why is it hard for some black folks to say I love you? The Stoop, a new podcast about black identity, explores the question in this sneak preview.

Is California's drought over yet? A San Jose woodworker who finds beauty in doing things the hard way. The story behind this week’s Audiograph mystery sound.

Hundreds rally in San Francisco for International Women's Day. Ahotline to call if ICE shows up at your door. Arefugee rights lawyer discusses President Trump's immigration order.

A minister who works the late-night shift. A podcast created by a local insomniac that tries to put you to sleep. Inside San Quentin's annual celebration of peace.

Trump supporters rally in Berkeley. The history and future of San Francisco's sanctuary status. Reverend Deborah Lee leads a growing interfaith movement to support undocumented immigrants.

A history of warehouse spaces here in the Bay Area. How one warehouse is fighting to stay put. A conversation with someone who was displaced by the Ghost Ship fire. A look back at one space that tried for years to comply with local permitting requirements.

How the city of San Francisco is trying to protect affordable housing from the free market. Leadership changes at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development may trickle down to Bay Area households. A Bay Area Beats with the Oakland-based Balkan brass band Inspector Gadje.

What would it take to improve the Section 8 voucher program in the Bay Area? A first-of-its-kind chamber music festival in the U.S.The latest edition of "Ask an Estonian."

Legal aid attorneys battle displacement in eviction court. Two advocates debate the rent control law known as Costa-Hawkins.

The Trump administration is derailing the Bay Area's transportation plans. Laugh along with San Francisco stand-up comic Irene Tu. Discover the answer to this week's Audiograph clue.

San Jose residents try to recover from the flood of the centuryA segment of the program On The Media considers why the information age has become the disinformation age

Transgender people rush to complete gender transitions in case the process becomes harder under President Trump. NPR host and international reporter Kelly McEvers on high-stakes reporting. Thrillpeddlers believe in the power of live theater to get you out of your comfort zone.

Japanese American farmers who were incarcerated during World War II and resisted. A San Francisco teacher reflects on her early childhood experience in an incarceration camp. The story behind this week’s Audiograph mystery sound: Tanforan.

A original documentary looking at the lasting impact California’s drought has had on the Central Valley, specifically in the tiny community of Okieville, Calif.

How do you pronounce Portola? We investigate. A book store turned playing card battleground. A local reading group for people with special needs.

Step inside Fresno's high-speed rail construction site. Why some farmers oppose the massive infrastructure project. Some mega-commuters may not reap the benefits of California bullet train. The bullet train's halting journey into downtown San Francisco.

A conversation with an ACLU attorney about President Trump’s immigration ban. Three San Francisco students reflect on the Women’s March on Washington. An Iranian-American composer whose music bridges cultural divides.

Bay Area Muslims respond to President Trump's executive order limiting immigration. A new edition of Bay Area Beats with the band Bang Data. Squatting in the "ghost town" of San Francisco's Presidio. Today's local music is the Screaming Bloody Marys.

San Francisco experiments with computers to modernize its bail system. A Bay Area Beats with the Village Road Trio. One of Golden Gate Park's most tranquil corners.

President Trump's latest actions on immigration and the potential effects on Californians. Bay Area writers share thoughts about this new political era. Local filmmakers take us inside Tunisia’s fledgling democracy.

Just one third of Americans have a document spelling out their end-of-life medical wishes. A local author spent a week with the Dalai Lama and the Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Looking for enlightenment through fasting.

Bay Area voices from the Washington, D.C. and local protests. Perspective from Jason Clark, the chairman of the San Francisco Republican Party. Writers respond to Trump. How President Trump's first actions will affect the Bay Area. The first in our series "Ask an Estonian."

Bay Area women read their letters to the incoming president. How art can reveal and illuminate women’s experiences. This week’s Audiograph mystery sound.