Factors Contributing to Extinction of Large Mammals Due to Human-Caused Wildfires

A state legislator wants to create a new state agency that might one day administer reparations to the descendants of slaves.

Reporter: Guy Marzorati, KQED

Southeast Asian refugees could get protection from deportation under a bill reintroduced in Congress this week by a Los Angeles area Democrat.

Reporter: Tyche Hendricks, KQED

When you visit the Los Angeles La Brea Tar Pits you see an enormous variety of fossils from mega-fauna that roamed the Southern California landscape thousands of years ago. But where did all those creatures go? And why did most go extinct so fast? A landmark new study aims to answer those questions.

Reporter: Saul Gonzalez, KQED

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