On this week’s episode of Smartmouth, we talk about Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to the Bay Area, the California state auditor’s report card on BART finances (and who will pay to keep the system going), and new developments in the statewide push to get police officers to wear body cameras.

Oh, yeah — the “we” discussing these stories: Joshua Johnson, KQED News morning anchor; Queena Kim, host of KQED’s The California Report; and yours truly, blogger and chief bottle washer for KQED’s News Fix blog.