Turbulent Week in Oakland as 'Occupy' Protest Continues
Oakland is trying to figure what comes next after thousands of protesters marched through the city Wednesday as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement. We talk with Oakland Tribune journalist Josh Richman who has been reporting on the protests this week. How are the protests affecting the city? And political consultant Chris Lehane tells us how city leaders' reactions to crises can make or break their political careers.
S.I. Hayakawa Biography Reveals an Enigmatic Figure
A California politician from another era launched his career by taking a hard line against protesters. In 1968, as president of San Francisco State University, S.I. Hayakawa got international attention for ripping the wires out of a sound system that student demonstrators were using to advocate a strike.
Pro Surfing Comes to San Francisco
Hundreds of surfing fans turned up at San Francisco's Ocean Beach this week to watch the world's best surfers compete in the Rip Curl Pro Search surf contest. The contest kicked off under cloudless skies Tuesday, with one question: Could Florida's Kelly Slater win an unprecedented 11th World Tour surf contest?
Surfing the World While Doing Good Deeds
One of the surfers competing at Ocean Beach is part of a group that started a non-profit organization pairing wave chasers with critical infrastructure projects. It's like "Endless Summer" meets Habitat for Humanity. We catch up with them in El Salvador.