Faye Carol has been part of the Bay Area music scene since she moved from Meridian, Mississippi to Pittsburg, California as a young girl. Known widely as the ‘Dynamic Miss Faye Carol,’ she defies labels -- singing everything from cabaret to gospel to jazz.

Ah, for the good old days, when you could buy a piece of Bay Area property for $1,000.

A few months ago, when it became clear that the small town of Brisbane was looking to build up a huge development that would not include any new housing at all, San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim floated the idea of basically annexing part of the town into her city, so that San Francisco could make sure housing got built. Annexing—yes, like the U.S. annexed Texas, or Russia annexed Crimea. 

In the last year, many remarkable story lines have shaped the San Francisco Bay Area: the affordability crisis changed the face of the region; local newsrooms united to call attention to entrenched homelessness and possible solutions; the California drought continued for a sixth year; Donald Trump was elected president. We mourned the Ghost Ship fire.

If today’s local music sounds like something you’d enjoy on a long drive, that’s by design, according to songwriter Kevin Lehner from Berkeley.

Why is it more important than ever to support local businesses? Amazon’s growing market power is threatening small businesses and “weakening communities,” according to a new study from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance.

Sandy Sohcot, director of " The World As It Could Be", joins Carol to discuss how students learn about human rights.  Their programs use the creative arts to deepen learning about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  They give youth the voice to teach their peers and adults about the importance of these concepts.