Trauma-Informed Daycare Center in LA Serves Families Affected by Gangs
A nonprofit that has helped disempowered children around the world is now working in Downtown LA. They’ve opened at Homeboy Industries, the...
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Saving Money at Professional Baseball Games
This summer, KPBS and KQED teamed up to look at different ways that Major League Baseball fans save money when going to a game, so that mayb...
Agave Takes Root in Central Valley Ag School Programs
A new plant is taking root in ag classrooms: agave. At a test plot in Merced County, agave is becoming the primary subject of coursework. Re...
Sonoma County Agency Agrees to Reel in Drone Program After Privacy Violations
Changes are coming to a controversial drone code enforcement program in Northern California’s Sonoma County. The county's land use planning...
Immigration Related Threats by Employers Spiking in California, Worker Advocates Say
California signed off earlier this summer on an agreement to share state driver’s license data with a national database. Reporter: Wendy Fry...
Native Americans in Central California Ring in Powwow Season
Powwows are common in many parts of the country where Native Americans call home. But did you know some regions have powwow seasons? Califor...
Heading Outdoors for Labor Day Weekend? Here's Some Wildfire Safety Tips
Big Sur is being consumed by two wildfires …the Timber Fire to the north started in the first week of August. And at the end of the month, t...
Formerly Incarcerated Advocate on Why Sexual Violence Persists in Men's State Prisons
California prison officials and advocates met this week in Sacramento to discuss the ongoing crisis of sexual abuse and assault in men's pri...
Lawyers Say Laken Riley Act Is Eroding Due Process Rights for Immigrants
During his second term, president Donald Trump has done very little that can be considered even remotely bi-partisan. But one thing stands o...
Voters in This Competitive California District Say Healthcare Is the Key Issue
As the 2026 midterm elections approach, one of the top issues for voters across the country is healthcare, following major cuts last year to...
Head Start Would be English Only Under Proposed Trump Overhaul
The Trump administration wants to overhaul Head Start .. an early education and antipoverty program .. that serves about 75 THOUSAND childre...
The Santa Cruz Recovery Group Helping Fire Victims Rebuild Their Homes
It’s been six years since the CZU fire burned nearly 700 homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Less than 1/3 of those have been rebuilt. Report...
Can California farmers produce solar energy alongside food?
Water shortages, climate change and rising production costs are a few of the many challenges California agriculture has been facing in recen...
How Immigration Raids are Affecting Children in Los Angeles
The Trump administration's deportation policies are separating families across the country. And for some children left behind, that separati...
Central Valley Farmers are Growing Agave to Save Water
For centuries, Mexico has capitalized on growing and harvesting a plant often distilled into Tequila or Mezcal. It’s called agave and it thr...
Monterey Park Becomes a Role Model for Banning Data Centers
Across the US, communities are mobilizing in the fight against data centers. And they’re turning to Monterey Park in LA County, which this y...
California Senators Express Concern Over Potential Shasta County Elections Hire
California Senators are expressing grave concern over a plan by Shasta County’s top elections official to hire former Colorado clerk Tina Pe...
Central Valley Conservation Group Uses Animals to Fights Invasive Species
Thousands of Ukrainians across the Bay Area are waiting anxiously for a decision today from the Trump administration on whether they’ll be a...
Grizzly Flats Residents Still Struggle to Recover Five Years After Wildfire
A federal judge in Oakland heard opening statements in a lawsuit brought by four states against Meta. Reporter: Rachael Myrow, KQED A nation...
Who Represents Unaccompanied Migrant Kids In Immigration Court
A California lifeguard and the boy he rescued off the coast of Santa Cruz last month were reunited at the White House yesterday as the presi...