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Steve Lopez and a 20-year conversation with his readers
is one of California’s legendary columnists and reporters. In his 45th year in journalism, 20 of those writing a column for the L.A. Times, Lopez’s life has merged with the fabric and lifeblood of the city he covers. The author of the best-selling…
Read MoreConor Dougherty on why every problem is a housing problem
Conor Dougherty — New York Times economics reporter, Bay Area native, and the author of “” — looks deeply into California’s housing crisis, the historical economic forces that have driven it, the sad results we see on our streets, and the…
Read MoreDavid Talbot’s stroke provides a parable for our time
David Talbot, a long time Bay Area journalist and political activist returns to the California Sun podcast to share a reimagined view of the world after his life-threatening stroke. His near-death experience, and what he learned from it, is also the…
Read MoreKen Turan talks Oscars, Hollywood and Netflix
Kenneth Turan, L.A. Times film critic for almost 30 years and the regular film critic for NPR’s “Morning Edition,” looks at the state of Hollywood on the eve of the Oscars. He describes a business edgier than some of this year’s movies, one…
Read MoreSen. Scott Wiener argues for SB 50
State Sen. Scott Wiener makes his case for SB 50 by first reminding us that almost one-third of the nation’s housing shortage is in California. In homes per capita, California ranks 49th among U.S. states. Wiener argues that the California tradition…
Read MoreDr. Jared Farmer on how trees define our California history
Jared Farmer — an environmental historian and geohumanist, sometimes just called “the tree guy” — chronicles California’s post-Gold Rush history through the evolution of four emblematic tree species: redwood, eucalyptus, orange, and palm. As…
Read MoreThomas Wolf’s Tenderloin resurrection
Thomas Wolf wants to use his experience with and recovery from drugs and homelessness on the streets of the Tenderloin as an opportunity to help others, thank the police officer who rescued him, and reinvent San Francisco’s response to the drug crisis.
Read MorePaul Kitagaki Jr. photographed the survivors of WWII internment camps
Paul Kitagaki Jr., a Pulitzer Prize-winning Sacramento Bee photographer, tells the personal stories of Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II. Inspired by a Dorothea Lange photograph of his parents’ and grandparents’ internment, he…
Read MoreSam Liccardo on San Jose and PG&E
Sam Liccardo, the 65th mayor of San Jose, shares his view of the city as facing unique challenges and only now coming into its own. Liccardo also discusses his effort to get elected leaders around the state behind a proposal to turn PG&E into a…
Read MoreDavid Ulin explains Joan Didion
David Ulin, the former L.A. Times book editor, interprets Joan Didion, just as she interpreted California. As the editor of the new multi-volume edition of her collected works, Ulin shares insights about Didion as a writer and cultural figure and…
Read MoreAndrew Yang: If you think tech is under siege now, just wait
California and Silicon Valley may have created much of today’s America. But according to tech entrepreneur and presidential candidate Andrew Yang, the impacts are only just beginning. While we worry about Facebook and social media, we’re…
Read MoreLincoln Mitchell connects the dots of the last 41 years of San Francisco
Lincoln Mitchell, author of “,” makes the case that the San Francisco of today begins in 1978. The assassination of George Moscone and Harvey Milk, the massacre of Peoples Temple members in Jonestown, the explosion of the city’s punk rock scene, and…
Read MoreWillow Bay on educating our next generation of journalists
Willow Bay, dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, details how the school is developing our next generation of journalists while taking advantage of the unique media resources of Los Angeles and Silicon Valley.
Read MoreSoleil Ho: Every restaurant tells a story
Soleil Ho, the newly minted restaurant critic at the S.F. Chronicle, shares her modern approach to food criticism, the politics of food, and the responsibility of being our culinary cartographer at a time when food is inseparable from who we are.
Read MoreHollywood’s Golden Age told through the passion of personal letters
Producer Rocky Lang and film archivist Barbara Hall share the intimacy of personal letters from the likes of Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, Frank Sinatra, John Huston, Ingrid Bergman, and others. Their collection, “” is a voyeuristic but heartfelt…
Read MoreIs traffic heading the wrong Waze?
Jonathan Littman, an author and innovation consultant, discusses his recent that pries open how the traffic app Waze is hacking our city streets and adversely impacting neighborhoods — all with the artificial hope that we might get somewhere a few…
Read MoreAutumn McDonald on the power of social entrepreneurship
Autumn McDonald, the director of and a former advisor to the late San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, details her organization’s disruptive efforts to promote and aid non-profits in seeking economic equity and inclusion via innovation, technology, and…
Read MoreAnne Lamott and reasons for hope
Anne Lamott, the beloved California author, has always strived to help us better understand ourselves. She shares some personal touchstones she holds onto in the midst of turmoil and global chaos and she reminds us that “everything will work if you…
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