Crosscurrents

The organization Playworks teaches kids how to play games again, the Exploratorium moves locations, a place profile of Treasure Island, a short history of the Bay Bridge, and local musicians Mazacote.

Governor Brown proposes a new state budget, living past the age of 100, the Musee Mchanique and the history of arcade games, the Latvian Cultural Center, and local musician Brendan Getzell.

We're living small today: new legislation passed in San Francisco allows for the construction of tiny apartments, owning a tiny house, a trip to the Alemany Flea Market, a taxi cab correction on the company of Uber, and local musicians Shannon and the Clams.

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

This article was originally published on December 13, 2012. It has been updated to include additional photos from the event.

Between 2000 and 2009, 57,000 men and women convicted of murder were released from state and federal prison.

Urban tribes and the younger generation's attitude towards relationships and family, going back in time with watches and clocks on San Francisco's Market St., composing sound and music for planetariums, and local musicans Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir form Oakland.

Oakland's Fruitvale and San Antonio neighborhoods: We take a look at a corner store on Foothill Boulevard, a funeral home that's playing a vital role in the community, and we take a ride on Oakland's bus line 1.

What’s working in juvenile justice; catching crime before it occurs; The City that Became Safe: New York's Lessons for Urban Crime and Its Control; and Berkeley's Mondo Loko.

Looking up: the search for extraterrestrial life; before chatroulette, there was ham radio; Hear Here: Meet Lita Hernandez; and local band Dark Hollow.