Now, reaction to PG&E's bankruptcy filing yesterday (Tuesday) from a state lawmaker who represents much of the Northern California area devastated by wildfires in 2017. Democratic Senator Bill Dodd also authored last year's wildfire liability law that sought to stabilize PG&E's finances and avoid bankruptcy. He originally favored a change in liability law backed by PG&E and former Governor Jerry Brown. That proposal would have absolved the utility of liability for wildfires started

This edition of KVC-Arts is devoted entirely to "The Terry Kath Experience." SO many have heard and love that guitar... and that voice! But the name Terry Kath is lost to the majority of the general public. He was also mostly unknown to his daughter, who was only two when Terry lost his life due to an accidental self-inflicted gunshot. David Fleming speaks with Michelle Kath Sinclair about the journey she undertook to not only introduce the world - and herself - to her father. Icluding comments

On Tuesday morning, record numbers of people volunteered for Riverside County’s annual Point in Time Count of the homeless. Nearly 800 people showed up — about double the number who showed up last year. Nearly a year since the City of Riverside debuted its “Housing First” strategy, officials said they’ll be working hard to find housing for those they count. During last year’s Point in Time Count, the City of Riverside counted 366 unsheltered people. Emilio Ramirez, Riverside’s Director of the

“Where did you sleep last night,” Alejandra Larson asked her co-worker Cynthia Whittenberg. “Um...on a bench over there at the park,” Whittenberg said. The two colleagues, who work for Riverside’s Department of Social Services, were at a training, practicing interviewing people for the homeless Point in Time Count. Tomorrow, they’ll join nearly 800 volunteers across the county for the yearly tally of the homeless population. Breaking their role-play, Whittenberg stressed to Larson that they’ll

California kids in polluted areas may be at higher risk for obesity than those who live around clean air, as Capital Public Radio's Sammy Caiola explains.

People around California and around the world saw videos and stories of residents desperately trying to flee the massive wildfire in Paradise last fall. Capital Public Radio's Sally Schilling reports residents in other fire-prone areas - like Nevada County in northern California are wondering how they would escape.

California U.S. Senator Kamala Harris this past weekend officially kicked off her campaign to be the Democratic nominee for president in 2020 at a big rally in downtown Oakland. KQED's Sonja Hutson has this from the California Report.

Longtime Inland Empire journalist and KVCR contributor Cassie MacDuff and KVCR's Ken Vincent review some of the Inland Empire's top news stories this week, including: Inland Empire members of Congress, Democratic and Republican, got seats on the powerful House Appropriations Committee. San Bernardino’s new mayor used his tie-breaking vote to kill a public relations contract that was to rebrand the city. In Colton, as one manufacturer announced 100 layoffs, another announced plans to open a new

The California Assembly has a new Democratic member. San Diego Assemblyman Brian Maienschein jumped from the Republican party to the other side of hte aisle yesterday (Thursday), enhancing the Democrats' supermajority. Capital PUblic Radio's Sami Soto has more.

Governor Gavin Newsom Wants to make big changes to California's juvenile justice system, but some advocates are skeptical about what his plan will actually do. Captial Public Radio's Sammy Caiola has more.