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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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Jun 20, 2025 • 12min
9th Circuit Rules In Favor Of Trump Administration Over National Guard Deployment
National Guard troops sent to Los Angeles by President Donald Trump can stay there, for now. That's a result of a ruling late Thursday from a federal appeals court.
Reporter: Guy Marzorati, KQED
Health care providers in California say they're worried immigration raids are keeping people from getting the medical care they need.
Reporter: Ana Ibarra, CalMatters
Across the country, young scientists are writing to their hometown newspapers—hoping their stories will rally public support and push back against deep federal research funding cuts.
Reporter: Lesley McClurg, KQED Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 19, 2025 • 12min
Section 14 Survivors Still Awaiting Payments From Palm Springs
In Palm Springs, a historic reparations effort for Black and Brown families who were forcibly removed from their homes 60 years ago is moving closer to reality. The city made history in November when it agreed to a nearly $6 million settlement with surviving former residents and descendants of the neighborhood known as Section 14. But roughly six months later, they’re still waiting on that money.
Reporter: Madi Bolanos, The California Report
Organizations across Northern California are celebrating Juneteenth Thursday and in the coming days.
Reporter: Jane Vaughan, Jefferson Public Radio
Black Surf Santa Cruz recently hosted their fifth annual liberation paddle-out to celebrate Juneteenth.
Reporter: Erin Malsbury, KAZU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 18, 2025 • 12min
Non-Profit Help Families Afraid To Leave Their Homes With Food Deliveries
Many immigrant families in Los Angeles are frightened to leave their homes, as federal immigration agents continue to make daily arrests in public places. So two local non-profit executives decided to do something about it. Deliver meals.
Reporter: Megan Jamerson, KCRW
A group of Democratic congress members, led by Representative Judy Chu of Pasadena, visited the Adelanto Detention Facility in San Bernardino County on Tuesday. They were denied entry there last week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.
Reporter: Anthony Victoria, KVCR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 17, 2025 • 12min
Sustainable Farming Practices Could Be Impacted By Federal Funding Cuts
Federal 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.
Reporter: Marisa Kendall, CalMatters
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Jun 16, 2025 • 12min
Thousands Protest The Trump Administration Across California
2,000 cities across the country participated in Saturday’s No Kings protest.
Organizers say five million people took to the streets. That included cities up and down the state of California.
If you're arrested and charged with a crime, you have a right to an attorney to defend you in court. But what about an investigator to collect evidence to help tell your side of the story? New reporting from our partner CalMatters has found that people accused of crimes in California are routinely convicted without an investigation to verify or debunk the accusations against them.
Guest: Anat Rubin, CalMatters
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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

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
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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

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.
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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