Zócalo Public Square

Most of us have been buoyed by synergy or thrived off the energy of another person. We know that chemistry is something that exists between certain individuals—like, say, John Lennon and Paul McCartney. But we don’t know exactly what it is. Writer Joshua Wolf Shenk, author of Powers of Two, talked with Jonathan Ames, creator of the TV show Bored to Death, about the mysterious act of collaboration, which Shenk believes is a recurring quality in just about every instance of great creative work.

Before Obamacare became part of the American lexicon, San Francisco implemented healthcare reform of its own. What can Healthy San Francisco, which launched in 2007 to subsidize medical care for the city’s uninsured, teach the rest of the country? At an event co-presented by The California Wellness Foundation, California HealthCare Foundation president Sandra Hernández, former Healthy San Francisco director Tangerine Brigham, and HR Ideas CEO Deisy Bach talked with San Francisco Business Times reporter Chris Rauber about how the city’s past can help us to better understand the country’s healthcare future.

Before Obamacare became part of the American lexicon, San Francisco implemented healthcare reform of its own. What can Healthy San Francisco, which launched in 2007 to subsidize medical care for the city’s uninsured, teach the rest of the country? At an event co-presented by The California Wellness Foundation, California HealthCare Foundation president Sandra Hernández, former Healthy San Francisco director Tangerine Brigham, and HR Ideas CEO Deisy Bach talked with San Francisco Business Times reporter Chris Rauber about how the city’s past can help us to better understand the country’s healthcare future.

Los Angeles is the second-most expensive housing market in the country, behind the Bay Area. What makes Southern California such an expensive place to live—and what, if anything, can be done to lower the cost of housing here? At the Petersen Automotive Museum, The Economist's Lauren Schuker Blum moderated a discussion featuring USC Lusk Center for Real Estate director Richard K. Green, East LA Community Corporation founder Maria Cabildo, and Curbed L.A. senior editor Adrian Glick Kudler.

Los Angeles is the second-most expensive housing market in the country, behind the Bay Area. What makes Southern California such an expensive place to live—and what, if anything, can be done to lower the cost of housing here? At the Petersen Automotive Museum, The Economist's Lauren Schuker Blum moderated a discussion featuring USC Lusk Center for Real Estate director Richard K. Green, East LA Community Corporation founder Maria Cabildo, and Curbed L.A. senior editor Adrian Glick Kudler.

A Conversation with Randy Newman

A Conversation with Randy Newman

How do you engage a community in the arts--especially when resources, attention spans, and time are all limited? A panel of local musicians--MoBand director George Gardner, Modesto street corner singer Dellanora Green, and singer-guitarist Patty Castillo Davis--addressed this question and others from Modesto Bee editor Joseph Kieta at a "Living the Arts" event co-presented by the James Irvine Foundation in Modesto.

How do you engage a community in the arts--especially when resources, attention spans, and time are all limited? A panel of local musicians--MoBand director George Gardner, Modesto street corner singer Dellanora Green, and singer-guitarist Patty Castillo Davis--addressed this question and others from Modesto Bee editor Joseph Kieta at a "Living the Arts" event co-presented by the James Irvine Foundation in Modesto.

At a "Thinking L.A" event co-presented by UCLA and moderated by KCRW's Saul Gonzalez, Los Angeles Times columnist Jim Newton, political organizer and activist Torie Osborn, and UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Dean Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr. disagreed on what Mayor Garcetti’s first year in office tells us about what’s next for L.A., and on whether Garcetti is truly a rock star or a bureaucrat.