California is now 44 days without a budget and some of the state’s bills are unpaid. Health providers funded by the state’s Medi-Cal program are among those being squeezed by the financial crisis. We report on why some of the state’s most vulnerable patients are being put at risk.
In San Francisco, smokers looking to pick up a pack of cigarettes at their local drugstore will soon have to look elsewhere. From member station KQED, Jacob Fenston has more.
As a wildfire rages toward Yosemite Valley, one of the highways leading into the famed national park is closed. So far the fire has consumed 26-thousand acres, 12 homes, and injured 4 firefighters. From member station KQED, Jacob Fenston has more.
Now, we travel back to 1940’s Los Angeles, as part of our continuing series, California Songs. Musician Mark Guerrero explains how his dad, Lalo Guerrero, got young Mexican-Americans—Pachucos—dancing boogie-woogie all over the state.
Four people are dead and four critically injured after another week of gun violence in Oakland. One of those victims—the city’s 73rd homicide this year—was active in an anti-violence movement.
The Budweiser plant in Fairfield is the second largest private employer in Solano County. Not everyone’s happy the “Great American Lager” will soon be in foreign hands.
Nearly 15 hundred wildfires are still burning in California. But improved visibility, and some humid coastal air, are making them easier to fight. From member station KQED in San Francisco, Jacob Fenston reports.
The T-shirt is a staple of the American wardrobe, worn by pretty much everyone at one time or another. It’s a sort of common denominator in a culture marked by differences. On this edition, we’ll hear how three T-shirt designers use the garments as a way to fight racism, communicate cultural identity, and mourn friends who’ve passed away.