Filmmaker Spends 7 Years Documenting Life Inside Soledad Prison
Usually when journalists try to get into a prison to talk to inmates, they might only get a few minutes with a "model prisoner" under the watchful eye of the prison publicity folks. But what about spending seven years filming inside a California prison, and talking to pretty much anyone willing to go on camera? That's what a San Francisco filmmaker was able to do in Soledad prison in Monterey County. We talk with Noel Schwerin, the producer, director and editor of "In An Ideal World."
After Destructive Butte Fire, How a Community Heals the Soil and Itself
In Calaveras County, a group of volunteers is unloading 200 bales of straw and spreading it onto pitch-black farmland. It was scorched by last September's Butte Fire, making it tough for farmers to grow anything there again. We follow them as they try to repair the soil for the ongoing series, "California Foodways."
My Spot: Even in Ruins, San Francisco's Sutro Baths Provide Healing
Our series "My Spot" celebrates personal experiences with special places in California. Today we meet a Berkeley resident who takes us to his favorite relic of San Francisco history, right on the edge of the Pacific.
L.A. Exhibit Makes Plastic Trash Impossible to Ignore
People around California are headed to the beach this weekend -- in recognition of Earth Day -- to pick up trash. The water bottles, pieces of styrofoam and old flip-flops have sadly become part of the coastal landscape in many areas. But now some artists in Los Angeles are trying to blow that trash up, giant-size, so we can't ignore it.
New Music Picks for April: Rogue Wave, Egyptian Lover and Terrace Martin
April is a busy month for music fans. Between Record Store Day and the Coachella Festival, it can be hard to keep up. Luckily, every month pop music critic Steve Hochman joins us to talk about new releases we shouldn't miss. Today's insights include Egyptian Lover, Rogue Wave and Terrace Martin.