KQED's The California Report
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KQED's The California Report
KQED's statewide radio news program, providing daily coverage of issues, trends, and public policy decisions affecting California and its diverse population.
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Waymo Continues To Increase Its Footprint In Los Angeles
In San Francisco, more people are now ordering Waymo robotaxis than Lyfts with human drivers. People are getting more comfortable using driverless car...
Delta Community's Finances Up In Air Amid Talks Of Disincorporation
A tiny California town in Sacramento’s Delta has struggled for decades, and within a matter of months, could face some big decisions on its status as...
Proposed Change to Endangered Species Act Threatens California's Sea Otter Haven
The Trump Administration is considering a change to the federal Endangered Species Act that could create new risks for an area in California that has...
How Fresno Schools Are Helping Students Get Back On Their Feet
For many families experiencing homelessness, school can be a difficult hurdle to clear. Chronic absenteeism is higher, and graduation rates are lower...
Preserving The Stories Of Altadena's Trees After The Eaton Fire
When you talk about Altadena, you can’t not talk about its trees. It’s why one young Altadenan is documenting the stories of the community’s trees in...
Masking Law Just Part Of Bigger Fight Over Immigration Enforcement
California made national headlines last month when Governor Newsom signed a bill barring law enforcement officers from wearing masks -- a law aimed at...
Investigation Sheds New Light On What May Have Sparked Eaton Fire
Almost nine months have passed since the Eaton Fire ripped through Los Angeles County. It destroyed more than 9,000 buildings and left billions of dol...
Following Medicaid Cuts, Californians With Intellectual, Developmental Disabilities Face Uncertain Future
When President Donald Trump signed his sweeping policy bill this summer, it included $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, known here as Medi-Cal. The prog...
New Movie Tells The Story Of Bus Driver Who Helped Students, Teachers Escape Camp Fire
The 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise remains California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire in history. The Northern California fire claimed the lives...
Joshua Tree National Park Nonprofit Concerned About Latest Government Shutdown
During the last federal government shutdown in late 2018 and early 2019, national parks here in California were greatly impacted. Some shut down compl...
Dust Storms An Increasing Problem Around The Salton Sea
Around the Salton Sea, dust storms have become an increasing problem, sparking dozens of public health studies. But many Imperial Valley residents hav...
State Looks To Hire Thousands Of Year-Round Firefighters
What once was a fire season in California is now a fire year. As a result, the state is looking to combat increasing wildfires with funding for more y...
San Rafael RV Park Residents Fight To Keep Rent Affordable
In Marin County, rents are among the highest in the nation. There, a group of mobile home park residents are in a years-long fight to keep hold of on...
NASA Mission, With Help From UC Berkeley, To Explore Earth's Exosphere
This week a SpaceX Falcon9 rocket launched from Florida – the mission? To study the outermost parts of the earth’s atmosphere. The mission is being s...
Healthcare Workers Look For Better Guidelines On How To Handle Immigration Encounters
Healthcare workers across Southern California are struggling to provide medical care to undocumented patients, without clear guidance on how to handle...
Experts Concerned About Imagery, Language In ICE Recruitment Materials
As concerns continue to grow over ICE detention and enforcement in California, the agency is also ramping up its hiring efforts, as it aims to bring o...
Car Owners Have Additional Tool To Find Out If They Can Recoup Money From Auctioned Vehicle
Did you know, if your car gets towed in California and sold because you didn’t claim it, you’re entitled to the profit? And if you don’t claim your mo...
Newsom Signs Bill Decreasing Cannabis Tax, Which Could Boost Struggling Industry
Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a new law lowering state cannabis taxes from 19% to 15%. Pot companies say it will bring much needed relief to an ove...
Lawsuit Could Shake Up Tequila Industry
Tequila is produced exclusively in Mexico and has become a star in California's cocktail culture. More than 50 million cases of tequila were sold in t...
Santa Cruz Couple Are Considered Celebrities At Local Karaoke Bar
Almost every night for nearly three decades in Santa Cruz, Bob and Patti Vasconcellos have gotten a little gussied up. They throw their walkers in th...
Valley Fever Cases Skyrocket in Salinas Valley
Santa Barbara Senator Monique Limón is set to become the leader of the California Senate this November, and a recent housing bill she authored is rais...
Santa Ana Police Called Out For Tactics Used During Protests
In the wake of George Floyd’s death and the protests that followed, California passed a law limiting the use of force against people exercising their...
Central Valley Publisher Preserves Music Of Latin Jazz Artists
The world lost an icon when Latin jazz pioneer Eddie Palmieri died last month. His music lives on through recordings, but also through sheet music, th...
Carwash Workers Are Organizing Patrols To Watch for Immigration Sweeps
Shasta County's voter-approved plan to become a charter county has been delayed by over a year because local officials failed to file necessary paper...
Latino Communities Contend with the Mental Health Toll of Increased Immigration Enforcement
Across Latino communities, the fear of arrest has become a part of daily life under stepped up immigration enforcement. Advocates say that constant st...
Trump Administration's Shift On Homelessness Leaves California In Limbo
For two decades, the nation’s solution to homelessness has been pretty straightforward: get people into housing. This approach is known as Housing Fir...
Immigrant Advocates Vow To Continue Fight Despite Supreme Court Ruling
Immigrant communities across Southern California are once again on edge after the US Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration’s roving immigr...
California's Aging Farm Labor Work Force Leaves Questions About The Future Of Agriculture
California’s farm labor force is aging and younger generations aren’t stepping in to fill those jobs. At the same time, agriculture itself is changin...
Central Valley Coffee Shop Training The Next Baristas
Climate change and tariffs may be shaking up the coffee industry. But young people are still abuzz these days about specialty drinks like lattes and m...
Debate Over Key Climate Change Program Continues In Sacramento
At the state capitol, negotiations are heating up over California's signature program to fight climate change. It's called cap and trade, and the stat...
Sonoma Wineries Prepare For Possible Impacts from Immigration Enforcement
The federal budget allocated a record-setting $170 billion for immigration enforcement. The money is set to go toward expanding detention facilities a...
Volunteers Help Monitor For ICE Activity Near Where Day Laborers Gather
Hundreds of volunteers in California are getting up early in the morning to stand at corners where day laborers wait for jobs. The goal? To watch out...
Dolores Huerta On The State Of Worker's Rights In California
On this Labor Day, we're taking a closer look at the labor force here in California. With increased immigration enforcement from the Trump administrat...
Modesto Loses Its Longtime Minor League Baseball Team
Minor league baseball has a rich history in California, going back more than a century. But minor league baseball is changing. Like other professiona...
What Newsom's Approach To Battling Trump Might Mean For Political Aspirations
California Governor Gavin Newsom is making national waves as he takes on President Donald Trump -- on social media and, soon, at the ballot box, with...
North State Voters Brace For Changes With Possible Redistricting On The Horizon
In rural Northern California, voters represented by Republican Congressman Doug LaMalfa are bracing for big changes. A proposed congressional map on t...
The Playbook to Fight Wildfires' Unseen Threat to Tap Water
The Tubbs Fire that struck the North Bay in 2017 shed light on an unseen threat that wildfires pose to clean water supplies; and a civil engineering p...
California Heads Into Uncharted Territory With Redistrict Vote
State Lawmakers have paved the way for Governor Newsom's redistricting plan to go before voters on a November ballot, but not all voters are sold on t...
Hikers Can Walk Among Grazing Cattle At New Coastal National Monument
A stunning national monument just opened to the public in Santa Cruz County. It’s called Cotoni-Coast Dairies. It's opening was delayed due to the pan...
Two Recent In Custody Deaths Increase Scrutiny Over San Diego Jails
San Diego County’s jail system is facing new scrutiny in a class action lawsuit that challenges nearly every aspect of daily operations. The case cent...