Governor Newsom’s proposed 2020 state budget includes increased funding for higher education, health care, child care and preschool, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and raising Earned Income Tax Credits, in addition to the $750 million earmarked for homeless services and rental assistance reported by the Los Angeles Times.

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Christy Lemire, Tim Cogshell and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases.

At the Golden Globes last Sunday, host Ricky Gervais wasted no time taking aim at what he sees as the hypocrisy of Hollywood.

Buck Henry, the versatile writer, director and character actor who co-wrote and appeared in “The Graduate,″ has died in Los Angeles. He was 89.

Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Wednesday calling for state land, vacant state hospitals and travel trailers to be used to help with California’s homelessness crisis.

Two U.S. officials said Thursday it was “highly likely” that an Iranian anti-aircraft missile downed a Ukrainian jetliner late Tuesday, killing all 176 people on board.

This year, California will become the first state to pay doctors to do screenings for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on Medi-Cal patients. First studied in 1998 but there is now a growing body of research to suggest that ongoing stressful events can trigger changes in brain and body chemistry among young children and teens that can increase their risk of developing diseases like asthma, depression and even cancer.

For algorithms, spotting trolling or harassment online largely relies on monitoring keywords -- a blunt instrument that doesn’t account for context or the evolution of conversations. But a new machine learning algorithm might change that.

Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, said they are planning “to step back” as senior members of the royal family, a stunning revelation that underscores the wish of the couple to forge a new path for the royals in the modern world.

A 2019 Department of Defense report concluded that the effects of a changing climate, including wildfires, threaten dozens of military bases.