Rock Paper Scissors Is Priced Out: End of an Era for Oakland Art Scene: A seminal art gallery is the latest victim of Oakland’s “coolness” — success that it helped create. LISTEN

Low-Power Radio Station Fights AIDS in New Orleans: WHIV is on the air and trying to change public perceptions. READ

Commuter Cops: Should police have to live in the city where they work? LISTEN

Porchfest!–Musicians Take over the Streets of Napa: A year after a significant earthquake, the best of Napa was on display in their version of what’s become a national phenomenon: LISTEN

5 Years After BP: In Conversation With Antonia Juhasz: One of the foremost experts on the oil industry says five years after the BP disaster, the Gulf of Mexico is struggling to recover, and the oil companies appear to have learned very little. READ

Battle Over a Sliver of Land in Changing Oakland Neighborhood: A Porta-Potty encapsulates the pressures of gentrification. LISTEN

Skateboarders Try to Legalize Skatepark: Can a renegade skatepark go legit? LISTEN

The People vs. Syngenta: Jackson County, OR bans GMO crops: A rural Oregon county takes on big Ag. LISTEN

4th Graders Want Deported Classmate Back in USA: Jefferson elementary students want to “Bring Rodrigo Home!” LISTEN

Immigration Reform Would Look Different for Africans And Afro-Caribbeans: Asylum, refugees, TPS…the issues are different than for many other immigrants. LISTEN