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Jun 13, 2025 • 11min

Appeals Court Allows National Guard To Remain In Los Angeles

A federal appeals court has blocked a judge’s ruling regarding the Trump administration's use of the California National Guard in Los Angeles. Federal Judge Charles Breyer ruled late Thursday that President Trump must return control of the National Guard to Governor Newsom. But the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals allowed the deployment to continue, scheduling a hearing on the matter for next week. A Republican senator from Missouri is threatening to criminally investigate one of LA’s leading immigrant rights groups. Reporter: Frank Stoltze, LAist California Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a Department of Homeland Security press conference Thursday, then pushed to the ground and handcuffed. Reporter: Juan Carlos Lara, KQED Legal aid groups that help immigrants are raising alarms over some fine print in the state budget bill, due for a vote Friday. Reporter: Tyche Hendricks, KQED California’s Assembly is set to consider a slate of bills that could make it harder for immigration officials to access certain places. Reporter: Jeanne Kuang, CalMatters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 12, 2025 • 11min

Increased ICE Raids Send Shock Waves Through Farm Worker Community

Multiple federal immigration enforcement actions involving farm workers have taken place in recent days in multiple regions of California including those in Ventura, Kern, and Tulare counties. Workers are being detained without warning, at job sites and in the fields. U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff are calling these actions “unjustified and unconscionable,” warning they could tear families apart and destabilize the entire food supply chain.  Guest: Teresa Romero, President of United Farm Workers Union Fresno County's Sheriff says he supports the use of the national guard in the Los Angeles protests. He’s one of the few sheriff’s speaking out publicly. Reporter: Rachel Livinal, KVPR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 11, 2025 • 12min

What Immigrants Should Know As ICE Enforcement Continues

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement escalates its efforts to detain as many people without legal status as possible in California, immigration advocates are reminding people of their constitutional rights. Guest: Nisa Khan, KQED Thousands of migrant families across the country received a text message from Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week asking them to report for what seemed like a routine check-in. But many were detained at these check-ins, including at ICE's field office in downtown Los Angeles. Reporter: Mark Betancourt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 10, 2025 • 12min

More Protests Held Across Southern California As Trump Administration Orders More National Guard To LA

Protests continued across Southern California, and the rest of the state on Monday over the Trump administration's immigration actions. Reporter: Megan Jamerson, KCRW A labor leader was released from custody on Monday after his arrest during a downtown L.A. immigration raid set off a firestorm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 9, 2025 • 12min

National Guard Deployed As Protesters Clash With Law Enforcement

Protests were held over the weekend across Los Angeles because of  the Trump Administration's immigration crackdown in the city. Things ratcheted up even further after President Trump announced the planned deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles, in light of the protests. Guest: Saul Gonzalez, The California Report When the immigration arrests began last week in the Los Angeles area, many of those who were detained were sent to the Adelanto Detention Facility in San Bernardino County. Lawmakers traveled to the facility on Sunday in an attempt to meet with some of the people detained.  Reporter: Anthony Victoria, KVCR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 6, 2025 • 12min

Latest Travel Ban Blasted By Immigrant Rights Groups

Immigrant-serving groups across the Bay Area are condemning a Trump administration travel ban that will bar most of the citizens of 19 countries from entering the U.S. Reporter: Tyche Hendricks, KQED Immigration lawyers and advocates say at least 15 people, including some children, were arrested outside of ICE offices in San Francisco this week. Reporter: Juan Carlos Lara, KQED A Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge has approved a temporary restraining order blocking efforts to restart the Refugio Oil Spill pipeline. Reporter: Amanda Wernik, KCBX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 5, 2025 • 12min

Community Outrage Continues Over ICE Raid At San Diego Restaurant

The fallout from the recent ICE raid on a San Diego restaurant continues as union leaders condemn the raid on Buona Forchetta, calling it cruel and an attack on workers. Reporter: Alexander Nguyen, KPBS One of the fiercest critics of the restaurant raid has been a San Diego City Councilman, who has called it terroristic and fascist, earning the condemnation of the Trump Administration. Guest: Sean Elo-Rivera, San Diego City Councilman A second man has been identified as a suspect in the bombing of a fertility clinic last month in Palm Springs. Authorities arrested him late Tuesday and say he supplied large amounts of chemicals that were used by the FBI’s primary suspect to make explosives. Reporter: Madison Aument, KVCR The Trump Administration says California's high speed rail program has “no viable path” to completion. They want to pull federal funding within 37 days. But supporters of high speed rail want to fight the move. Reporter: Dan Brekke, KQED Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 4, 2025 • 12min

California Supreme Court To Hear Case On State's Rooftop Solar Policy

It's an important day for the future of solar energy in California. Three environmental groups are set to go before the state Supreme Court to challenge a state policy on solar panels. Guest: Malena Corollo, CalMatters and The Markup The California Air Resources Board has launched a mobile monitoring program to collect pollution data from neighborhoods suffering from poor air quality. Reporter: Manola Secaira, CapRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 3, 2025 • 12min

Banks Asking For Customer's Voice Samples

Many of us have become accustomed to giving up some personal data to access financial services accounts, like Social Security numbers and the places we were born. But a growing number of financial institutions are also asking for customers’ voice samples. Reporter: Rachael Myrow, KQED Bay Area members of Congress are pushing the Trump administration to rehire National Weather Service workers it cut from its Sacramento and Hanford offices. Reporter: Kevin Stark, KQED Anyone entering a California prison could be subject to a canine search under a new policy that rolls out statewide this week. That’s according to a department of corrections memo obtained by our partner, CalMatters. Reporter: Cayla Mihalovich, KQED Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 2, 2025 • 12min

Los Angeles Ramps Up Preparations For Summer Olympics

In Los Angeles, the clock is ticking down, faster and faster it seems, to July 14th, 2028. That's the opening day of the Summer Olympics Games, followed shortly by the Paralympic Games. And as that date draws closer, the scale of the challenges that face Los Angeles to get ready is starting to sink in. Reporter: Saul Gonzalez, The California Report A transgender female athlete took home two gold medals and one silver medal at this weekend’s statewide track and field championships held in Clovis. It marked a rare moment for high school sports in California. But not everyone is celebrating. Reporter: Esther Quintanilla, The Central Valley Journalism Collaborative Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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