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LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s Unlikely Rise to Power
This week, we bring you the first episode of the new season of a podcast from LAist Studios called Imperfect Paradise: The Sheriff. KPCC corresponden…
3 years, 11 months ago
Riding the Bánh Mì Bus; Rediscovering SF's Playland-at-the-Beach
In East San José, a scrappy strip mall anchored by a bánh mì shop doesn’t look like much. But it's a bustling transportation hub. Every morning by 8 …
3 years, 11 months ago
From Losing a Farm to Healing Trauma: Families in Transition
What is it like to be a dad and your first-born son goes off to college? That just happened for Adolfo Guzman-Lopez. He’s covered higher education fo…
4 years ago
'The Real Ambassadors': Dave Brubeck, Louis Armstrong and the Story Behind a Groundbreaking 1962 Civil Rights Jazz Musical
As the Monterey Jazz Festival kicks off again this weekend, we go back in time to a chilly evening in 1962. Sixty years ago, a groundbreaking musical…
4 years ago
Hollywood's First Chinese American Star + Pronouns Lost in Translation
The pioneering Asian American actress Anna May Wong will be one of five American women the U.S. Mint is recognizing this year with an image on the Am…
4 years ago
A Historically Black Community Honors Its Past – and Fights For Its Future
About 30 minutes off Interstate 5, in the Central Valley, there’s a town that’s a vital part of California's history, and Black history in the U.S. I…
4 years ago
Encore: Investigating COVID Deaths at Foster Farms
We’re reprising an investigation from The California Report’s Central Valley reporter, Alex Hall, that recently earned a National Murrow award for Ne…
4 years ago
A Reporter Reflects on Coping When Your Community is the News; Two Actresses of Color Receive Long Awaited Recognition
What does it means to be a journalist when the story you’re reporting on also affects you? That’s a question Ericka Cruz Guevarra, host of the KQED p…
4 years, 1 month ago
Getting Off Auto-Pilot and Into the World
Our lives are full of routines. From the time we get up, to what we eat for breakfast, to the modes of transportation we take from place to place. Bu…
4 years, 1 month ago
A Palauan Chef in Susanville + Pacifica’s Forgotten Prison Camp
This week, we’re heading to the high desert town of Susanville, to sample some of the most gourmet food you can find in Lassen County… in a community…
4 years, 1 month ago