Crosscurrents

We take a closer look at a November ballot measure making headlines. Then, a new book aims to help Black communities navigate psychiatric care.

Prop 40 is asking voters to approve a first-of-its-kind wealth tax on billionaires. Most of that money would go to healthcare, but could this measure also help California’s schools? 

A new book aims to help Black families as they navigate psychiatric care.

Today we hear all about beauty in prison. How women on the inside make do with Lipstick, mascara, and redefine what beauty means to them. 

We breakdown a statewide proposition that takes up 17 pages of your voter guide. Then, the federal corruption trial involving former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, and we finish with a poem!

An update from The Oaklanside's City Hall reporter Eli Wolfe, regarding the corruption trail of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and other defendants. 

A ballot measure seeks to speed up projects like housing and energy infrastructure. Opponents say it puts business interests ahead of environmental and civic protections.

In this poem Maria Guerrero uses Chile de Árbol as her muse to describe how its evolution and spiciness mimics much deeper emotions.

We hear from folks who proudly celebrate their love for Bay Area public transit, and we dive into the complicated history of BART.

BART’s facing cuts to its services. Voters put a measure on the ballot to fund it. But when two BART stations were built in the Mission in the 1970s, many locals fought against them.