Crosscurrents

Iraqi refugee Ahmed Al Kubaisi's story.

Using new gadgetry to make government information more easily accessible, Oakland's first ever Chief Information Officer, transforming traditional Mexican music with electronic beats, and local musicians Tumbleweed Wanderers.

A starting place for former foster youth; Changing the lives of Oakland teens "Ever Forward"; the X-Segment: Outtakes from Mills; and local band Disappearing People.

The amount of water it takes to put out a fire, the San Francisco Asian-American film festival, Audiograph's answer to the sound of the week, and local musicians The Farallon Recorder Quartet.

A show on the San Francisco housing crisis through the point of view of non-renters: landlords, eviction assistance workers; and rent-control explained. Plus local musicians Nesta.

First Mayoral forum in series tackles jobs and diversity in SF; a day in the life of the underemployed; helping the homeless at the S.F. Public Library; and local band The Broun Fellinis.

Interview: A second chance after life in prison; Will prison arts programs make a comeback in California?; Making a book from beginning to end, with one of San Francisco’s last remaining bookbinders; an installment of The X-Segment: KALW's Stacks of Books; and local band the Gravel Spreaders.

Navigating the Delta: Where the Levees Break; The San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival enters its 11th Year; Bay Area Beats: Striving to be the Ellen Degeneres of music; and The Stompy Jones Band of San Francisco.

In SF, unemployment -- and spirits -- at a new low; StoryCorps: Nathan Baxter's journey; 50 years later, old soul finds new fans; and The Christopher Youmans Band.

Squatting in the East Bay, a landlord held financially hostage by her tenants, the origins of San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood, and local musicians Yesway.