Wine isn’t often the drink of choice in Chinese restaurants, yet the country’s immigrants played a key role in planting Northern California vineyards and building wineries after the Gold Rush. Now, a Chinese American winemaker is bringing a taste of that history — along with her Sonoma and Napa wines — to Chinatown restaurants in the Bay Area and beyond.

Reporter: Tina Caputo

California State University has reached a legal settlement with its faculty union over the sharing of faculty information with federal authorities.

Reporter: Juan Carlos Lara, KQED

After over a decade of planning, and years of construction, Butte County finally has a new jail.

Reporter: Claudia Brancart, North State Public Radio

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The race for California governor is coming into focus -- after Attorney General Rob Bonta and Los Angeles developer Rick Caruso announced last week that they will not join the field. But one important constituency has yet to agree on a candidate: organized labor.

Reporter: Guy Marzorati, KQED

California counties are starting their homeless point-in-time counts this week. This is the annual census where volunteers fan out statewide to try to answer the question: Is California's homelessness crisis improving…or getting worse?

Reporter: Marisa Kendall, CalMatters

A federal immigration agent shot at a suspect during what's being called a targeted operation in South Los Angeles Wednesday. No one was hit by the gunfire.

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As tensions rise over the conduct of federal immigration enforcement – and in-custody deaths are increasing – California’s two U.S. senators say they’re “aghast” at conditions inside the newest immigration detention center in the state. That’s after a visit Tuesday to the California City Detention Facility.

Reporter: Tyche Hendricks, KQED

California prosecutors are expressing alarm at the Trump administration’s response to the January 7 fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an immigration agent, including claims that ICE officials have absolute immunity from prosecution.

Reporter: Marisa Lagos, KQED

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If you're planning on taking a domestic flight soon, there are some things you need to know. Starting February 1, if you don't have a Real ID driver's license or another federally approved document like a passport, you'll need to pay a $45 fee at the airport to be able to get on your flight. This new fee was announced by TSA back in December.

Guest: Carly Severn, KQED

Until this year, drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy had been covered under Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program. Now, the state says patients who only take these GLP-1 drugs for weight loss, are no longer covered.

Reporter: Ana Ibarra, CalMatters

Siskiyou County has reached a partial settlement in a class-action lawsuit alleging discrimination against Asian residents.

Reporter: Justin Higginbottom, Jefferson Public Radio

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As we celebrate and honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today, we wanted to take a closer look at some of the issues that are facing Black Californians. In particular, the state’s reparations efforts. While lawmakers approved a handful of measures meant to ensure reparative justice for Black Californians, others have been tabled or vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom. So where does it all stand?

Guest: Lisa Holder, civil rights attorney, former member of the California Reparations Task Force

A special election is happening in Northern California this year that could further chip away at Republicans’ slim majority in the House of Representatives.

Reporter: Andre Byik, North State Public Radio

For the second time in four months, a group of Kaiser workers are going out on an open-ended strike at hospitals and clinics across California and Hawaii.

Reporter: Daisy Nguyen, KQED

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Renters are worried after a major tenants’ rights bill died this week in Sacramento. It would have capped annual rent increases and expanded protections to more households. With affordability top of mind, some tenants are concerned about their own housing security now that relief is nowhere in sight.

Reporter: Adhiti Bandlamudi, KQED

The Trump administration is not entitled to sensitive information on California's 23 million voters. That's according to a federal court out of Southern California on Thursday.

Reporter: Jill Replogle, LAist

In a 4-3 vote, the Santa Barbara City Council approved two tenant protection ordinances this week -- a temporary rent freeze and changes to its eviction protections.

Reporter: Gabriela Fernandez, KCBX

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California health officials are renewing their warning to avoid mushroom foraging this season as more people have become ill from eating death caps. They’re calling it the largest outbreak of mushroom poisonings in the country.

Reporter: April Dembosky, KQED

A federal court has upheld California’s voter-approved congressional redistricting map, handing Governor Gavin Newsom and state Democrats a big win.

Reporter: Marisa Lagos, KQED

Republican Assemblymember James Gallagher is running in the special election to fill the vacancy left by the death of Congressman Doug LaMalfa.

Reporter: Andre Byik, North State Public Radio

State fish and wildlife officials are gathering input on the first new deer conservation and management plan since 1976.

Reporter: Danielle Venton, KQED

Fresno is moving towards becoming a professional soccer city. City leaders gathered at city hall Tuesday to announce the next steps toward bringing the sport in a professional capacity to the Valley.

Reporter: Samantha Rangel, KVPR

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In recent days, immigration authorities have turned away members of Congress who were trying to visit a detention facility in Minnesota. But here in California, Congressman Ro Khanna recently did get inside the newest and largest immigration detention center in the state. And he said what he found was alarming.

Guest, Tyche Hendricks, KQED

Survivors of November's mass shooting in Stockton gathered at the state capitol Tuesday, calling on lawmakers to change what they say are misplaced priorities in California’s budget.

Reporter: Chris Felts, CapRadio

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A little-known database controlled by the San Diego Association of Governments has long concerned local privacy advocates. Now, as we enter the second year of President Trump’s deportation campaign, advocates are more worried than ever about how federal immigration agents use that data.

Reporter: Gustavo Solis, KPBS

Under state law, California residents can demand that data brokers stop selling their personal information. But there hasn’t been a way to submit these requests en masse – so consumers would have to complete each opt-out form individually. Now, the state has launched a website that offers one stop shopping for opting out.

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It's been a year since the wildfires in Los Angeles County destroyed homes and communities. In order to start rebuilding their homes, everyone needs permits. A rebuild permit from the city or county determines whether a family is still in limbo waiting to start construction or is already framing up a new house.

Reporter: Megan Jamerson, KCRW

California Attorney General Rob Bonta says he will not be running for governor this year, ending months of speculation around one of the state’s top Democrats.

Reporter: Guy Marzorati, KQED

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