California Health Exchange Director Maps Out Future Plans and Policing Caught on Camera

California Health Exchange Director Maps Out Future Plans
Scott Shafer hears from Covered California's Executive Director Peter Lee about how the state's health exchange is faring. On Thursday, its board voted not to extend canceled insurance policies that don't comply with the new federal law. Covered California also released some of the first numbers showing which people are signing up and from what regions in the state.

Further Reporting: Californians With Canceled Policies Cannot Renew, Says Covered California Board

Policing Caught on Camera
Recent violent clashes between police and suspects captured on camera by onlookers are raising questions about the role of video on policing. Some departments are outfitting police with their own cameras for documentation. An incident in San Francisco involving the arrest of a bicyclist on the sidewalk outside the Valencia Gardens Apartments sparked community outrage.

Guests:
LaDoris Cordell, Independent Police Auditor, City of San Jose
C.W. Nevius, San Francisco Chronicle columnist

Further Reporting: Policing in the Age of YouTube: S.F. Police to Join Ranks of Camera-Toting Cops

Delicious Drama
An organic farmer struggles to wring a harvest from the sullen earth and contemplates suicide when he fails. A young woman learns to bake coconut cake the way her grandmother did. What we eat, where it comes from, and what it says about us are themes that the Berkeley Repertory Theatre is tackling in an ambitious series of performances commissioned from writers around the country. This report takes us behind the scenes with San Francisco-based playwrights Octavio Solis and Lauren Gunderson as they research and write their short dramas. Watch the segment here (YouTube).