Crosscurrents

Written on the Dock of the Bay: May 17, 2013

Holly McDede — Sat, 18 May 2013 03:26:19 +0000

BAY AREA BOOK WORLD BREAKING NEWS

Cannabis News Roundup: May 17, 2013

Steven Short — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:07:34 +0000

US Attny. targets SF center… Positives reported in two clinical trials… Jimmy Carter denounces legalization… Dueling conferences in Bay Area this weekend… and more!

>> Politics and Legalization

Audiograph's Sound of the Week: Berkeley Marina

Julie Caine — Fri, 17 May 2013 02:26:01 +0000

Revisiting San Francisco StoryCorps with Dave Isay

Hana Baba — Fri, 17 May 2013 01:26:22 +0000

StoryCorps founder Dave Isay joined KALW’s Hana Baba live by phone to revisit some memories recorded in San Francisco.

Building a more resilient economy with Bay Bucks

Jen Chien — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:16:05 +0000

Sergio Lub is walking me through the stockroom of his jewelry company’s headquarters in Martinez. All around the room, precious metal bracelets and rings nestle in cardboard boxes with labels like “Mardi Gras” and “Sage Bundle.”

Lub’s been making and designing jewelry for over 30 years, but I’m not here to talk with him about that. I’m here to learn about something else he’s been experimenting with for just as long – alternative economies, or as he puts it: “trying to find different forms of this human invention we call money.”