Forbes journalist Katia Savchuk joins us in-studio to discuss her investigation into the San Francisco’s for-profit Academy of Art University, the family dynasty that owns it, and the real estate empire they’re building. Plus: We talk to the UC Berkeley researcher who built a gentrification map of the Bay Area and ask: What is gentrification? … Continued


We spend the hour with Rick Perlstein, who has devoted three sweeping books to chronicling the rise of the right in American politics. The first, Before The Storm, covers Barry Goldwater, the insurgent Republican primary candidate who galvanized a generation of movement conservatives. The second, Nixonland, covers the president who looked like he would be … Continued


#E12thWishlist After months of knocking on doors, organizing direct actions, shutting down a City Council meeting, and a leaked memo showing that the City Attorney advised Oakland Council members last February that the deal was illegal, EastLake United for Justice successfully stopped a sweetheart deal between the City of Oakland developer Urban Core.  The deal … Continued


OPD Shooting Nathaniel Wilks.  That’s the name of the 24-year-old black man who was shot and killed by Oakland Police Officers this Wednesday at the intersection of 27th and Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Oakland.  The shooting took place after police chased him across town by car.  Wilks crashed his car, and from there … Continued