Crosscurrents

CCSF students, teachers, and staff rally to keep the school's accreditation; a conversation with Noah Arroyo of SF Public Press on Earthquake preparedness; Summoning ghosts at the Oakland Museum; and the solution to this week's Audiograph!

A conversation with the recently appointed leader of California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, fighting prostitution in Oakland by writing to the Johns, another in our series of Money Diaries, and local musician Jay Trainer.

Immigration court and the difficulties of getting legal representation as a US immigrant, Andrew Lam talks about his short stories on being a Vietnamese immigrant to America, an urban astronomer talks comets and asteroids, and local musicians The Owl Paws.

Nancy Mullane takes a tour of the Protective Housing Unit at Corcoran Sate Prison; Dispatches from the Inside: Expectations, regulations and the realities of parole; and local Journey cover-band Evolution.

How the power of a photograph can change lives, pianist Sarah Cahill, L'Alliance Française in Berkeley, the audiograph answer of the week, and local musician Zakir Hussain.

Remembering the bay's Naval history before it floats away; Fiat Lux Redux: Ansel Adams Documents the UC-Berkeley Campus; Professional writers mentor aspiring young people in San Francisco; and local composer Daniel Capo.

New art installation lights up Bay Bridge's Western span; Middle Eastern theater company celebrates International Women's Day with live performance; Audiograph: Behind the scenes of the Napa grape harvest; Hear Here: Armenian Community Center Bingo Hall; StoryCorps: Meet Lillian Edwards; and local band Hot Einstein.

Getting a free ride on MUNI, another installment of "Money Diaries" in which young people reflect on their relationship with money, a commentary from a high school student on riding the bus, lawyers who prey on immigrants, and local musician Destiny Muhammad.

Oakland residents on the next "First Friday" Art Murmur event after the shooting, San Francisco musician and Noise Pop performer Meklit Hadero, San Francisco high school band "The Shes," and local musicians Before the Brave.

How do we define wilderness?; Brain Vitamin: Is desalination a viable solution to water shortages?; and Science commentary: The low-oxygen ocean lifestyle.