

KQED's The California Report
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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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Jul 30, 2025 • 12min
Unhoused Senior Population Grows In Los Angeles As Services Are Cut
More older adults in Los Angeles are falling into homelessness. That’s according to recently released data from the region’s annual point in time count. Meanwhile, organizations that serve vulnerable seniors are being forced to cut back in the face of funding cuts.
Reporter: Makenna Sievertson, LAist
California's coastal areas are on alert after a massive earthquake Tuesday off the eastern coast of Russia. Much of the coast remains under a tsunami advisory and there's a portion of northern California under a tsunami warning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 29, 2025 • 12min
Stargazers Treated To Star Party In Central Valley
On a recent night in the town of Kerman in Fresno County, hundreds of people gathered at the local football field. They were there for an event that has happened in Kerman only twice before. And it left the community star-struck.
Reporter: Samantha Rangel, KVPR
California will deploy almost $2 million to prevent thousands of people from losing their health insurance, as White House cuts hit the Affordable Care Act marketplace.
Reporter: Carly Severn, KQED Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 28, 2025 • 12min
Immigrant Adoptees Who Never Became Citizens Fear Possible Deportation
Imagine growing up in the U.S., going to high school, starting a career, having a family - only to learn that you’re not an American citizen. That’s exactly what happened to thousands of children born in other countries and adopted by American parents in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. And now, with the increased immigration crackdown from the Trump administration, many fear possible deportation.
Reporter: Gustavo Solis, KPBS
The battle over immigration raids across much of Southern California will have another day in court Monday afternoon. The Trump administration is looking to end a temporary restraining order that’s in place, barring indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests.
Reporter: Keith Mizuguchi , The California Report Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 25, 2025 • 12min
Riverside County Hosts Midnight Adoption Event To Help Clear Overcrowded Shelters
The kennels at the Riverside County Animal Shelter are packed with dogs and cats. So last week, Riverside County waived adoption fees and stayed open until midnight to help more furry friends find a forever home.
Reporter: Madison Aument, KVCR
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, which is the largest affiliate in the country, is closing five of its clinics in California.
Comic-Con is taking over San Diego this week. And yeah, it’s got all the usual stuff: celebrities, superheroes, and lots of cosplay. But there’s more to it than just fanfare.
Reporter Katie Anastas, KPBS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 24, 2025 • 11min
DACA Recipient's Detention Highlights Concerns For Immigrants With Disabilities
A recent ICE arrest in Southern California is raising more questions about how immigration enforcement is being carried out and who gets caught in the crossfire. The man taken into custody is a DACA recipient. He's deaf and primarily communicates through sign language. His ordeal, for the most part, left his friends and family in the dark, until he was finally able to return home.
Guest: Brittny Mejia, LA Times
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is asking a judge to bring LA County's juvenile halls under state control.
Reporter: Libby Rainey, LAist
The new federal budget signed into law by President Donald Trump is expected to negatively impact many people enrolled in Covered California, the state’s marketplace for subsidized health plans.
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Jul 23, 2025 • 12min
Children's Hospital Los Angeles Ends Transgender Care
For the past 30 years, Children's Hospital Los Angeles has provided gender affirming care to trans children and young adults. But for nearly 3,000 patients, that ended on Tuesday, under pressure from the Trump administration. Families are struggling to find new doctors, and a way forward.
Reporter: Megan Jamerson, KCRW
Immigrants in Los Angeles have been losing income because of federal immigration raids. Cities want to help, but they've been dealing with budget cuts.
Reporter: David Wagner, LAist
California Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of abortions in the state, lost its federal funding this week under a court order that allows that money to be withheld while a larger legal dispute plays out.
Reporter: Kristen Hwang, CalMatters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 22, 2025 • 12min
Immigration Enforcement Leads To Political Activism Among California Latinos
Could the Trump administration's aggressive – and some would argue illegal – immigration raids spark the beginnings of a new political movement that unites Latinos?
Reporter: Aisha Wallace-Palomares
A group of Democratic state senators are proposing a bill aimed at stabilizing gas prices, but environmental groups are pushing back.
Reporter: Manola Secaira, CapRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 21, 2025 • 12min
Despite Three 911 Calls, Two Homebound Disabled Men Died In Eaton Fire
30 people died in January’s unprecedented fires in Los Angeles County– most of them older, and many with disabilities. LAist recently obtained 911 calls from two disabled Eaton Fire victims through a public records request. The calls shed light on why, and how emergency planning continues to leave people with disabilities behind.
Reporter: Erin Stone, LAist
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is currently investigating an apartment complex in Santa Monica. It may be connected with an explosion Friday morning at one of the department's training facilities, which left three deputies dead.
Siskiyou County has declared a local emergency over the use of dangerous pesticides at illegal cannabis grows.
Reporter: Justin Higginbottom, Jefferson Public Radio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 18, 2025 • 12min
As Pistachio Harvest Season Ramps Up, Concerns Grow About Workforce
Across the Central Valley, the agriculture industry is ramping up for harvest season. But for some farmworkers, this year’s job search is different. It comes with a shadow– the threat of immigration enforcement.
Reporter: Madi Bolanos, The California Report
Border Patrol agents descended on a Home Depot in South Sacramento Thursday morning, the latest immigration enforcement action in California.
Reporter: Manola Secaira, CapRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 17, 2025 • 12min
LA Program Aims To Ween Unhoused People Off Of Meth
Some homeless services providers in L.A. County are offering an innovative treatment option to help unhoused Angelenos quit using stimulants, like methamphetamine. It involves rewarding people with small gift cards when they pass a drug test. The simple approach has been around awhile, but is now making headway in LA’s homeless services sector.
Reporter: Aaron Schrank, LAist
In what it's calling a final decision, the Trump administration has killed $4 billion in federal funding for California's troubled high-speed rail project.
Reporter: Dan Brekke, KQED
New details are emerging from the recent immigration raid at a cannabis farm on the Central Coast. A US Army veteran says he was wrongfully detained and violently arrested by federal immigration agents, even though he’s an American citizen.
Reporter: Gabriela Fernandez, KCBX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices