Podcast Episodes

Sacramento Resident Pleads For Help For Family Abducted In Israel

It’s been nearly two weeks since Hamas militants abducted nearly 200 people from Israel. Many foreign nationals, including at least 13 Americans, are among the hostages. Here in California, families …

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Palestinians In California Watch Conflict In Middle East In Horror

A fast growing humanitarian crisis has erupted in Gaza because of the war between Hamas and Israel. More than 5,000 people have been killed since the war began last week. Conflict in this region has …

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Loophole In Clean Air Act Obscures Its Impact

In more than a dozen California counties, a little-known rule in the Clean Air Act has forgiven air pollution – not from the sky, but from the record. After wildfires flourished across North America …

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Biden Administration Settles Lawsuit Over Family Separation Policy

Thousands of migrant families who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border by the Trump administration, will now get some benefits and a shot at asylum under a proposed settlement with the federal go…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

California Now Requires That Coastal Cities Plan for Sea Level Rise

For the first time in California history, all coastal cities are now required to plan for sea level rise, a looming climate impact yet to be fully experienced. A new law requires those cities to come…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Newsom Vetoes Workplace Safety Protections For Domestic Workers

Hundreds of protesters in Los Angeles and San Francisco rallied against Governor Gavin Newsom’s veto of a bill that would have extended workplace safety protections to domestic workers.

Reporter: Fari…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Doctors From Mexico Fill Critical Language And Health Gaps For California Patients

Attorneys representing people who reported being sexually assaulted during Uber rides are seeking safety improvements from the company, as part of a new consolidated lawsuit.

Reporter: Azul Dahlstrom-…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

More Changes Could Be Coming For California's Solar Market

California regulators are poised to shake-up the solar market for apartments, schools and farms. An administrative law judge is proposing changes that make the economics of investing in solar project…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

California to Levy Heavier Punishment for Fentanyl Traffickers

Large-scale traffickers of fentanyl could soon face stiffer criminal penalties in California; that's the result of a law signed by Governor Newsom over the weekend.

Reporter: Guy Marzorati, KQED

Govern…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Child Care Providers Win Big In Summer Of Labor Strife

As workers across industries walked off the job during this remarkable year of strikes, one union in California won big in its fight for child care providers. The organizers behind this movement were…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago