Artificial intelligence inside California schools feels a lot like building the plane as it's flying.

Morgan walks us through three different approaches educators are adopting to deal with AI in their classrooms.

Hospitals are pausing or ending gender-affirming care for transgender youth, even in blue states like California.  Stanford and Kaiser have both halted gender-related surgeries for minors, and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles shut down its venerated Center for Transyouth Health and Development earlier this summer. Marisa is joined by the San Francisco Chronicle’s Erin Allday to … Continue reading Even in California, Hospitals are Halting Gender Affirming Care for Trans Youth →

Here are your headline stories for the morning of Tuesday, August 26th, 2025:  The Tubbs Fire that struck the North Bay in 2017 shed light on an unseen threat that wildfires pose to clean water supplies; and a civil engineering professor out of Indiana has devised the playbook that utilities rely on to address the … Continue reading The Playbook to Fight Wildfires’ Unseen Threat to Tap Water →

Aisha Wallace Palomares, a 2025 UC Berkeley Journalism School graduate, returned to her hometown this summer to report on immigration raids targeting her community.

Republican lawmakers argue Democrats illegally advanced Proposition 50 to replace maps drawn by California’s independent redistricting commission, reshaping congressional districts before the 2026 midterm election.

Here are the morning’s top stories on Monday, August 25th, 2025: State Lawmakers have paved the way for Governor Newsom’s redistricting plan to go before voters on a November ballot, but not all voters are sold on the idea of taking a partisan approach to draw up California’s district map–even if Texas plans to do … Continue reading California Heads Into Uncharted Territory With Redistrict Vote →

In the Arms Down program, “firearm addiction” is treated like an alcohol addiction.

In this episode of the Sunday Music Drop, Oakland-based artist Madeline Kenney shares her song "Scoop" from her new album "Kiss From the Balcony."

Republican Congressman Kevin Kiley’s district currently covers a wide swath of eastern California, running from the Lassen National Forest through the Lake Tahoe region and down to Death Valley in the south. But under a new proposed congressional map approved by Democrats in the state Legislature this week, Kiley’s district would shrink significantly and its … Continue reading Republican Congressman Calls to End the National Arms Race over Redistricting →