15-year-old artist Stephanie Gutierrez is part of a new generation of activists coming of age in the Bay Area.

Have you ever driven down Market St. in San Francisco and wondered what that big, imposing building behind the Safeway is? It’s a big gray building sitting up on a hill, surrounded by high fences topped with barbed wire and cameras. Bay Curious listener Spencer Barton sees it on his his way to work, “It has very small windows,” he says, “It definitely looks government.” Now Spencer wants to know: What is that big gray building? It’s a U.S. Mint. There are six U.S. Mints spread out across the country. Each branch has its own __ role. The Washington D.C. Mint holds the Mint headquarters, the West Point Mint makes gold bullion coins, the Fort Knox Mint has vast, heavily guarded gold reserves, while the Denver and Philadelphia Mints make the circulation coins you’d find in your pocket. San Francisco used to make circulation coins, but not anymore. Learn more: https://www.kqed.org/news/11667314/this-s-f-fortress-is-full-of-money-that-will-never-be-spent

During the Fall semester of 1968, the Black Student Union at what was then called San Francisco State College presented a list of 10 “non-negotiable” demands to administrators, focusing on the creation of a black studies department and increasing black access to the university. College officials did not grant the demands. So the BSU, along with other student organizations and people of color organized as the Third World Liberation Front, launched what would become the longest campus strike in U.S. history. Read more: https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/15/new-documentary-looks-back-at-sf-state-strike-on-50th-anniversary/

In this edition of "Open Gym," the Texas A&M Men's Basketball team bounces back from back-to-back conference road games versus Auburn at Reed Arena.

The Beat, 12th Man Productions' all-access look into Texas A&M Athletics, features basketball's Tyler Davis. (air date 3.1.17) Catch The Beat all spring long on Wednesdays - 4 p.m. on FOX Sports Southwest and 6:30 p.m. locally in College Station on KBTX-TV.

All footage was shot and edited by JoeBill Muñoz. All footage was shot on: Sony’s fs700, f55, and a7s; Canon's DSLR Mark IV, and the DJI Ronin. This video was edited on AVID Pro Tools. Music: Legendary by Welshly Arms.

All footage was shot and edited by JoeBill Muñoz. All footage was shot on: Sony’s fs700, f55, and a7s; Canon's DSLR Mark IV, and the DJI Ronin. This video was edited on AVID Pro Tools. Music: "Son's Gonna Rise," by Citizen Cope.

All footage was shot and edited by JoeBill Muñoz. All footage was shot on: Sony’s fs700, f55, and a7s; Canon's DSLR Mark IV, and the DJI Ronin. This video was edited on AVID Pro Tools. Music: "Blessings," by Chance The Rapper.