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KQED's The California ReportSustainable Farming Practices Could Be Impacted By Federal Funding CutsFederal dollars that help small growers experiment with farming more sustainably are drying up. One farmer in the Salinas Valley wants to find ways to keep her land nourished despite precarious funding.
Reporter: Elena Neale-Sacks, KAZU
A federal appeals court will hear arguments Tuesday on President Donald Trump’s decision to send armed troops to Los Angeles in response to immigration protests.
Reporter: Marisa Lagos, KQED
Governor Gavin Newsom and the state Legislature are proposing to gut California’s main source of homelessness funding.
Re...2025-06-1711 min
KQED's The California ReportSix People Presumed Dead After Private Jet Crashes In San Diego NeighborhoodSix people are presumed dead after a private jet crashed into a San Diego neighborhood early Thursday morning. Sound Talent Group, a music talent agency based in the San Diego area, confirms that it lost three employees in the crash, including co-founder Dave Shapiro.
California is suing the federal government for blocking the state’s ability to set its own clean air rules.
Reporter: Laura Klivans, KQED
The decision to take down a climate security website at Monterey’s Naval Postgraduate School signals broader self-censorship there around clim...2025-05-2311 min
KQED's The California ReportResearchers Work To Make Farming More Climate ResilientCal State Monterey Bay researchers and several partners are working to make Central Coast farming more climate resilient. The grant-funded project is focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from specialty crops - think lettuce and strawberries - by using things like compost and cover crops.Reporter: Elena Neale-Sacks, KAZUA new law in 2025 will scrub most medical debt from Californians’ credit reports.Reporter: Ana Ibarra, CalMatters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-12-2711 min
KQED's The California ReportResidents In Pajaro Still Waiting For Relief FundsIt’s been more than a year and a half since a levee breach flooded the community of Pajaro. The state of California gave Monterey County $20 million for recovery, with $10 million earmarked for direct aid to residents and businesses. But Pajaro residents are still waiting on most of that money.Reporter: Elena Neale-Sacks, KAZUA powerful atmospheric river continues to slam Northern California. Weather conditions have toppled trees, flooded roads, left thousands without power, and forced the closure of some schools as a precautionary measure. The National Weather Service warns Eureka and Hu...2024-11-2211 min
KQED's The California ReportSeveral School Board Races Not Even On November BallotIn recent years, you’ve likely heard news stories about fiery school board meetings. But most often, they’re pretty routine. In the November election, there are several school board races on the ballot. But many are not, because the races have not attracted more than one candidate.Reporter: Elena Neale-Sacks, KAZU Shasta County in far Northern California has been the epicenter of election denialism in the state, and the tension is taking a toll on election workers. Officials have confirmed that 10 out of 21 workers with the Shasta County Registrar of Voters have q...2024-11-0411 min
KQED's The California ReportJuvenile White Sharks Threaten Sea Otters In Monterey BayFor the last ten years, something strange has been happening in Monterey Bay. Juvenile white sharks, whose range historically didn’t reach Northern California, have been spotted in droves in places like Aptos and Marina. And these new predators are changing the ecosystem.Reporter: Elena Neale-Sacks, KAZU Governor Newsom touted new job figures showing the state added thousands of fast-food jobs this year. Those gains occurred after California raised the minimum wage for most fast food workers to $20 an hour in April.Reporter: Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQED Le...2024-08-2111 min
KQED's The California ReportSan Diego Program Helps Wage Theft Victims Recover Money They're OwedWorkers who are cheated on their paychecks often don’t recover the wages they are owed -- even after state regulators rule in their favor. In San Diego County, a first-of-its-kind government program aims to change that.Reporter: Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQEDAcademic workers at UC Santa Cruz go on strike on Monday, becoming the first UC campus to do so following a union vote last week. The walkout is in response to what the union calls unfair labor practices at UCLA, UC San Diego, and UC Irvine, where campus leaders called fo...2024-05-2010 min
KQED's The California ReportVoters Will Decide On Proposition 1, Mental Health And Homelessness MeasureProposition 1 would allow the state to issue more than $6 billion in bonds, for supportive housing and residential treatment facilities for people experiencing homelessness and mental illness. But local governments are eyeing the measure through a different lens, and what may be impacted locally.Reporters: Elena Neale-Sacks, KAZU and Erik Adams, North State Public RadioProp 1 isn't the first ballot measure that's tried to help Californians who live in that overlap between homelessness and mental illness. In 2018, voters passed No Place Like Home, a proposition that committed to building thousands of affordable housing...2024-02-2610 min