Crosscurrents: August 9, 2012

Filing claims after the Chevron oil fire in Richmond, minority groups tend to take environmental issues more seriously than whites, a gathering in Fremont in observance of the Sikh shooting, Hear Here: Lotus Yee Fong and Marlene Tran; Bay Area comedian Nato Green, Jazz Perspective on Jane Monheit, and local musicians The Junior Choir of Berkeley's Young Musicians Program.