Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom claimed at Tuesday's gubernatorial debate that San Francisco dramatically reduced its homeless street population under his past leadership in the city. Capital Public Radio PolitiFact reporter Chris Nichols fact checked the claim.

Nurses across the UC system wrapped up their strike Wednesday as they supported janitors, technicians and other hospital workers as they asked for higher wages and better health care. But what happens to the patients when staf is out on strike? Capital Public Radio's Sammy Caiola has this report from the UC Davis Medical Center.

As California's homeless population continues to surge, policymakers struggle to respond. However, Riverside offers one model of success aftersuccessfully housing its population of homeless veterans, and is noiw looking to expand the program. With From public radio's California dream collaboration, here's KPBS's Amita Sharma.

This week of Lifestyles, Lillian has a conversation with Kevin O’Connor, host of the award-winning home improvement series This Old House and Ask This Old House . For more information on This Old House , you can visit www.thisoldhouse.com

We begin with "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," presented by Riverside Community Players. We have David Fleming in conversation with director Mia Mercado, and Shawn Warner, playing the role of Ransom Foster. That opens May 25th - riversidecommunityplayers.com for tickets and information. Then it's David in conversation now with Rusty Anderson. Anderson has been Paul McCartney's guitarist since 2001, though has also been fronting his own bands for years. The latest - The Rusty Anderson

The State Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife held a public hearing Tuesday, May 8th, on the plan to rehabilitate the shrinking Salton Sea in Imperial County. The Salton Sea has been shrinking rapidly in 2018, after most of the water it used to get from agricultural run-off was directed to other parts in the state last year. And less water means more exposed lake-bed, which comes with a number of problems. It’s exposing the communities around it to toxic dust, which has created an

The mayor of Adelanto was led from his home in handcuffs yesterday (Tuesday), following FBI raids at several locations in the city. Reporter Michelle Wiley explains.

George Deukmejian, who was governor of California during the 1980s, died yesterday (Tuesday) at age 89. More on the former governor's legacy from KVCR's Ken Vincent.

The six leading candidates for California governor debated last night (Tuesday) in San Jose for what might be the only time in this final month before the June 5 primary election. Capital Public Radio's Ben Adler offers up his takeaways.

A number of state legislators and other officials are unhappy about how long it's taking to implement a plan to preserve the shrinking Salton Sea before toxin-laden dust from the increasingly dry lake bed poses serious environmental and health problems in the region. More from Capital Public Radio's Ezra David Romero.