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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Muslim Community in Monterey County Celebrates Ramadan
It’s the holy month of Ramadan, when Muslims around the world dedicate 30 days to prayer and reflection by fasting from sunrise to sunset. That includ...
Projects Under Initial Prop 1 Funding Hit Delays
In 2024, California voters approved Proposition 1. That ballot measure set aside billions of dollars to add more mental health and addiction treatment...
Teacher Strikes Continue Amid Year of Labor Strife
About one in ten K-12 students in the US attend a California public school. And those schools are seeing a lot of turmoil this year. San Francisco edu...
New Law Provides School Boards the Opportunity for Pay Raise
School boards across California are giving their members raises, which might sound strange at a time when teachers here are striking for better pay. I...
Bay Area Family Torn Apart by Deportation
Over the past year, we’ve watched the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown unfold violently in places like Minneapolis and Chicago. But even i...
California Farm Town Caught Up in Prop 50 Redistricting
Proposition 50 is now in effect in California. The law redrew political boundaries for congressional districts. And one of the communities soon to hav...
Some Gubernatorial Candidates Taking Different Path in Run for Governor
What makes a winning candidate for governor of California? Well, with the exceptions of movie stars Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger, every gov...
Otay Mesa Detainees Face New Challenges in Communicating With Outside World
At Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, authorities have shut down an underground channel that detainees used to communicate with the outside worl...
Iranian LA Councilman Says Attacks Leave Questions About Iran's Future
Across California, many Iranian-Americans are still in disbelief following the US-Israeli military strikes in Iran. Some are overjoyed with the death...
How Federal Homelessness Funding Changes Could Impact Those in Need
The Trump administration tried last fall to drastically reduce the amount of federal grant money counties could use for permanent supportive housing p...
State Workers Push for Telework Options
Sacramento County is home to California’s largest community of state workers, around 90,000 people. Governor Gavin Newsom says he wants them to come b...
Misinformation Leads to Confusion in Fresno's Immigrant Communities
In light of violent immigration enforcement in major cities like Chicago, LA and Minneapolis, immigrants around the country are wondering: could this...
CA Lawmaker Aims to Protect Renters Who Rely on Section 8 Vouchers
Hundreds of thousands of California families rely on federal housing assistance programs to make rent- you might know it as Section 8 vouchers. Based...
Church Members Maintain Presence at Santa Ana Immigration Court
Since last summer, when the Trump administration ramped up deportation efforts, a group of volunteer observers has kept a constant presence at the San...
California's Winter Storms Do Little to Ease Climate Change Worries
The string of storms that have swept through California has brought much-needed water and snow throughout the state, but climate scientists say, level...
Elderly Japanese Americans Warn Same Threats Rising That Led to Internment
This week marks the 84th anniversary of the United States, under president Franklin D. Roosevelt, enacting Executive Order 9066, which led to U.S. res...
Eight Dead, One Still Missing Following Tahoe-Area Avalanche
Eight people have been confirmed dead after an avalanche in Tahoe's Donner Summit region on Tuesday buried a group of 15 backcountry skiers. Six of th...
Nine Missing Following Avalanche in Nevada County
Search and rescue crews are looking for nine backcountry skiers after an avalanche near Castle Peak in the Sierra Nevada Tuesday morning. Six people w...
AI One of the Main Sticking Points in Hollywood Labor Talks
SAG-AFTRA is beginning its second week of contract negotiations with Hollywood studios. The union, representing actors and performers, is hoping to av...
Trump Administration Sends Pregnant Unaccompanied Minors to Texas Shelter Flagged as Medically Inadequate
The Trump administration is making changes to how it treats unaccompanied migrant children who are pregnant, and that's raising alarm bells inside the...
State Launches Civil Rights Investigation into Eaton Fire Response
California’s Department of Justice is opening a civil rights investigation in connection with last year’s deadly Eaton Fire. Attorney General Rob Bont...
Maidu Tribe Returns to Its Roots of Ancestral Fire
Amongst the ponderosa pines in California’s Butte County, Native Maidu people are lighting fires to encourage the re-growth of useful plants and reduc...
Teachers' Unions Across The State Mobilizing In Labor Fights
San Francisco teachers are in their third day of a high stakes labor fight with the district, leaving nearly 50,000 students out of school. And they'r...
Families Struggling To Find ICE Detainees Who Are Hospitalized
As federal immigration enforcement efforts continue across California, families of detainees are struggling with a new problem. Many can't find loved...
Bay Area Latino Community Celebrates Bad Bunny Halftime Show
It was another historic halftime show at this year’s Super Bowl at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara as global superstar Bad Bunny took the stage.
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Sign Language Interpreter Will Also Make History During Super Bowl Halftime Show
This Super Bowl Sunday at Levi’s Stadium, Bad Bunny will make history, headlining the halftime show, and singing entirely in Spanish. It will also be...
San Jose, Santa Clara Still Feel Shunned By TV Broadcasts At Levi's Stadium
Super Bowl 60 will air on NBC on Sunday. And if you can’t watch the game in person at Levi’s Stadium, you’ll likely be one of millions glued to a TV s...
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show Comes At Politically Charged Time
This weekend's Super Bowl halftime show is expected to be one of the most-watched performances of the year, and this time it's headlined by Bad Bunny....
Big Bear Ski Resorts, Businesses Face Challenging Winter
Every winter, skiers trek up to the Southern California mountain town of Big Bear to hit the slopes. But this winter, snow has been hard to come by. R...
LA Fire Victims Look To 1940's Project To Build Homes Quicker
Since the catastrophic fires in Los Angeles more than a year ago, rebuilding has been slow. So some local architects have been thinking about how to m...
With New Laws In Place, Lawmakers Look At Solutions For Housing Shortage
For the past few years, the California legislature has passed a bevy of laws aimed at cutting red tape and spurring housing construction. Assemblymemb...
Still Unclear What's Behind California's Declining Crime Rate
California is seeing a decline in crime rates across the state, especially when it comes to homicides. So why is this happening? That answer, as it tu...
Sierra Foothills Community Could Provide Blueprint For Building Homes In Era Of Megafires
With insurance companies reluctant to back fire-prone parts of the state, officials and builders are looking for ways to get people into homes designe...
Residents Challenge Official Response a Year After Moss Landing Battery Plant Fire
It has been about a year since a fire burned the battery plant at Moss Landing in Monterey county. While the fire prompted many residents to move away...
California Trump Voters Grade President's First Year of Second Term
It's been about a year since President Donald Trump began his second term in the White House. Californians that voted for him in the 2024 US president...
Bay Area Winemaker Tried To Bridge Food And Wine Gap At Chinese Restaurants
Wine isn’t often the drink of choice in Chinese restaurants, yet the country’s immigrants played a key role in planting Northern California vineyards...
No Consensus From Labor Unions On Gubernatorial Candidates
The race for California governor is coming into focus -- after Attorney General Rob Bonta and Los Angeles developer Rick Caruso announced last week th...
Senators Decry Conditions On Tour Of California City ICE Facility
As tensions rise over the conduct of federal immigration enforcement – and in-custody deaths are increasing – California’s two U.S. senators say they’...
Changes Coming For Travelers Without Real ID
If you're planning on taking a domestic flight soon, there are some things you need to know. Starting February 1, if you don't have a Real ID driver's...
Push For Reparations For Black Californians Continues Despite Setbacks
As we celebrate and honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today, we wanted to take a closer look at some of the issues that are facing Black Ca...