Gillian Emblad

Bay area transit agencies face a fiscal cliff when federal funds run out in 2025. In this episode we'll learn what is being done to avoid that disaster. Plus, Berkeley was the first city in the nation to enact a ban on natural gas in new construction. Now that ban is being overturned. What will lawmakers do? Lastly, meet comedian Chris Corrigan in our "People you should know" series.

FIRST: Jessica Wolfrom updates us on San Francisco's climate action plan. PLUS: We'll uncover the mystery and history of Alcatraz: the prisoners, protests, escapes and more...AND: We'll hear about another great bay area gem: The Pacific Pinball museum in Alameda.

Pros and cons of Prop 30, Advances in ACEs research and Spacemoth's Maryam Qudus are on the agenda for this week's show.

Oakland A's Howard Terminal ballpark controversy, DignityMoves interim supportive housing, Wicked Game, Michael Goldberg's biography of Jimmy Wilsey.

Aging experts Ariana Alex and Jenay Cotrell discuss growing old in the Bay area. Nataliya Anon updates us on the crisis in Ukraine and we talk with America's oldest competitive snowboarder Dick Shultze.

Author and Parent Educator Julie King talks about her new book "How to Talk When Kids Won't Listen. Whining, Fighting, Meltdowns, Defiance and Other Challenges of Childhood ".

"The Formerly Incarcerated People's Performance Project", National Student Poet of the West Sarah Fathima Mohammed

THIS WEEK: We'll learn about groundbreaking medical research going on right here in the Bay Area. AND... We'll get the latest on the San Francisco courts backlog of criminal trials from San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju. PLUS: We'll hear about the documentary My Name is Pauli Murray a film on the life and ideas of a non-binary Black lawyer, activist and poet.

Hosts Grace Won and Joseph Pace discuss the Sunset district's affordable housing controversy with SF Chronicle's J.K. Dineen.Bay area author and gynecologist Dr. Jen Gunter offers facts and feminism in her new book The Menopause Manifesto. And, the Monterrubio brothers tell of their record breaking highlining across the Yosemite canyon.

At the top of the hour we will talk with Supervisor Mandelman about the state of the Castro.Next we'll hear all about the Academy Award winning documentary "Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution" from Bay area directors James LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham.And finally, LeShawn Holcomb and Symil Austin tell us about Marin City's Griot Theater Company. Hosts: Grace Won and Ethan ElkindProducer: Gillian Emblad