State Prison Officials Meet with Inmate Advocates to Discuss Efforts to Contain COVID-19 Outbreaks

What started as a handful of coronavirus cases early last month at Folsom State Prison has ballooned to over 500. Further south, Avenal State Prison in Kings County has had 22 hundred cases. That’s more than any prison in California, including San Quentin.

Reporter: Kate Wolffe, KQED 

Adelanto Immigration Detention Center Grapples with COVID-19 Outbreak

The immigration detention center in the desert city of Adelanto, northeast of Los Angeles, continues to face a COVID-19 outbreak there. 39 individuals have tested positive.

Reporter: Benjamin Purper, KVCR

How to Build in the Era of Climate Change and Raging Wildfires

As fire crews across the state continue to battle record-setting blazes, many people are asking what can be done to make sure future fires aren’t as destructive in an era of climate change. Many experts say one big solution is improved planning and not building homes where they’re threatened by fire.

Guest: David Shew, CalFire

Calls Grow for LA County Sheriff to Resign

There are increasingly angry calls from elected officials for LA. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who runs the largest sheriff’s department in the country, to resign. Villanueva’s critics cite an attempt to rehire a deputy accused of domestic abuse, his threat of lawsuits against critics, gang-like cliques of deputies in the department, and controversial deputy-involved shootings

Hot, Dry Summer Likely to Continue For Most of California in The Fall

Our state has had a hot and dry summer, and scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are forecasting that will continue for most of California in autumn. That means the wildfire threat continues.

Reporter: Kevin Stark, KQED

UC Berkeley Launches New Center to Study Science of Psychedelics

Berkeley’s center will instead focus on how psychedelics affect the brain. The center will also train people to be guides or facilitators for psychedelic research and therapies.

Reporter: Laura Klivans, KQED

How the Pandemic is Shaping Dialogue Around Death and Dying

The pandemic is forcing us to have hard conversations about something no one really wants to talk about: our wishes around death and dying.

Reporter: Sasha Khokha, The California Report Magazine

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