AIDS at 30
Thirty years ago, the Centers for Disease Control reported that five previously healthy young men in Los Angeles had come down with a rare lung disease. It was the start of a medical mystery, solved years later with the discovery of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. We talk with activists and caregivers in San Francisco who were part of those early days of the epidemic.
'Tales of the City' Opens in San Francisco
"Tales of the City: A New Musical" has just opened at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater. It's based on Armistead Maupin's much-loved 1977 novel, and the first of its many sequels. It's a story of sexual liberation gay and straight, and the clash of values between bohemian and old money San Francisco.
Jazz Review: Anthony Wilson's 'Campo Belo'
Anthony Wilson is hardly the first musician to fall in love with the seductive sounds of Brazil. But in his review of Wilson's new album "Campo Belo," jazz critic Andrew Gilbert says the Los Angeles guitarist's passion has taken him a long way from California.
The Khan Academy
The biggest buzz in education circles these days is coming not from an educator, but from a onetime hedge fund manager in Silicon Valley. The former Ivy League whiz-kid has revolutionized math instruction, with a series of online lessons that have gone viral on YouTube. Now, his Khan Academy is rocking California classrooms.