KQED's The California Report

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KQED's statewide radio news program, providing daily coverage of issues, trends, and public policy decisions affecting California and its diverse population.... more

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July 08, 2020 Regents Appoint First Black President to Lead UC System
Regents Appoint First Black President to Lead UC System

The University of California Board of Regents has elected its first Black president in its 152-year history. Former UC Irvine Chancellor Michael Drake will lead the 10 campus system that serves some 280,000 students.

International Students Scramble Amidst In-Person Requirements

Colleges and universities all across California are grappling with how to meet new federal guidelines for the fall semester. Those guidelines require international students to take at least a portion of their classes in-person.
Reporter: Benjamin Gottlieb, KCRW

Covid-19 Response Could Make TB Harder To Contain

Los Angeles County’s top doctor is worried that the fight against the coronavirus could jeopardize decades of hard won gains in the battle against tuberculosis.
Reporter: Jackie Fortier, KPCC

How Geography Shapes Access to Covid-19 Testing

Depending on where in California you live, it may be harder to get a COVID-19 test than it was a few weeks ago. Some counties still don’t have enough lab space, or test kits, or funding to keep up.
Reporter: Sammy Caiola, CapRadio

Most Californians are Anxious About Reopening

More than three quarters of Californians are worried that they or a family member will get COVID-19, according to a new poll by the California Health Care Foundation.

Imperial County Hit Hard by Pandemic

Imperial County has the highest rate of cases and a shortage of ICU beds. Some patients have had to wait for a bed for as long as three days. Officials have transferred hundreds of patients to facilities outside the county to get treated.
Guest: Ana Ibarra, CalMatters

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July 07, 2020 COVID Outbreak Shuts Down California Assembly
COVID Outbreak Shuts Down California Assembly

A coronavirus outbreak in the state Legislature has indefinitely delayed the Assembly’s return to work from a scheduled summer recess. Speaker Anthony Rendon’s office says five people who work there have tested positive for COVID-19.
Reporter: Angela Corral, KQED

Governor Says San Quentin Outbreak is a 'Top Concern'

After weeks of criticism over the state’s handling of a massive COVID-19 outbreak at San Quentin State Prison, Governor Newsom said it’s one of his top concerns. The governor said the population at the over-crowded facility has been reduced since March, adding that his office is looking at other ways to move vulnerable people out.
Reporter: Kate Wolffe, KQED

Lawmakers Call for Halt to ICE Transfers During Outbreak

Dozens of state lawmakers are calling on the Governor to stop California prisons from transferring people to federal immigration detention during the pandemic. The coronavirus has sickened thousands in state prisons and immigration detention centers.
Reporter: Tyche Hendricks, KQED

Davis Peak Name Change Mired In Bureaucracy

Monuments to controversial historical figures are being removed essentially overnight across the nation, including here in California --following impassioned demonstrations against police brutality and racial injustice, but that’s not the case with every landmark.
Reporter: Scott Rodd, CapRadio

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July 06, 2020 Finding Home: Camp Fire Survivors Settle in Crossville, Tennessee
PG&E is out of bankruptcy. The utility entered into Chapter 11 in January 2019, weeks after the Camp Fire, which killed 86 people and wiped out much of the town of Paradise. A California State University, Chico, study has been mapping out where survivors of the wildfire ended up. A cluster of around 20 people had moved in and around Crossville, Tennessee, a town of just 12,000 people.
Reporter: Lily Jamali, KQED

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July 03, 2020 Wine Industry Limps Along With Tasting Rooms Closed
Wine Industry Limps Along With Tasting Rooms Closed

A report out this week from Sonoma State University estimates California wine businesses lost more than $4 billion dollars since the start of the coronavirus shutdown. More than 40,000 people, directly or indirectly involved in making, distributing and serving wine, could lose their jobs. We’re talking everyone from laborers harvesting grapes to sommeliers at upscale restaurants in L.A. and San Francisco. Saul Gonzalez visited wineries in Paso Robles to learn how they're coping.
Guests: Jason Haas, Tablas Creek Vineyard, and Dorothy Schuler, Bodegas Paso Robles

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July 02, 2020 Lawmakers Question Prison Officials Over San Quentin Outbreak
Newsom Reinstates Closures in 19 Counties As COVID Cases Surge

Not so long ago California was seen as a model when it came to fighting the coronavirus pandemic. But in the last couple of weeks, COVID cases and hospitalizations have surged in many places in California. Yesterday day Governor Newsom announced a step back from reopening.
Reporter: Danielle Venton, KQED

Southern California Hit Hard By High Unemployment

A new report shows big differences between north and south when it comes to job losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic. They’re terrible in the L.A. area, but not as bad around the Bay Area.
Reporter: Matt Guilhem, KCRW

Lawmakers Question Prison Officials Over San Quentin Outbreak

At a state Senate oversight hearing yesterday, lawmakers asked prison officials to take responsibility for the role they may have played in increased COVID-19 cases in the state’s prisons. State Senator Nancy Skinner, chair of the Senate Public Safety Committee, called for the oversight hearing in response to an outbreak at San Quentin State Prison.
Reporter: Mary Franklin Harvin

COVID Positive Refugee Not Turned Over to ICE

A Cambodian refugee, who feared being turned over to immigration authorities after completing his prison sentence, is a free man after his release yesterday from San Quentin prison. He’s also infected with COVID-19.
Reporter: Tyche Hendricks, KQED

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July 01, 2020 State Senate Takes Up Prison COVID-19 Outbreaks
What Happened to Sacramento's Focus on Housing

Before the coronavirus hit, housing and housing affordability seemed to be the state's biggest problems and there were lots of proposals in Sacramento to fix them. But is getting roofs over people's heads still a priority for Governor Gavin Newsom and the state legislature?
Guest: Erin Baldassari, KQED

LA Wants to Divert Non-Violent 911 Calls from LAPD

The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to explore replacing armed LAPD officers with unarmed first responders in some cases. They’re going to look for ways to divert non-violent 9-1-1 calls away from the police.
Reporter: Anna Scott, KCRW

A Third of San Diego Essential Workers Are Immigrants

As the coronavirus crisis continues, there’s an even greater reliance on essential workers. In San Diego, a new report by the city and UCSD shows that more than a third of the most critical essential workers are immigrants.
Reporter: Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQED

State Senate Wants to Know Why Coronavirus Is Spreading in State Prisons

COVID-19 is sweeping through San Quentin State Prison, where over a thousand inmates have tested positive for the virus and one has died. The coronavirus is also spreading at several other prisons across California. At a hearing in Sacramento this morning, state senators are expected look for answers and solutions.
Reporter: Julie Small, KQED

Did San Diego Biotech Lab Inflate Progress on Coronavirus Vaccine?

A coronavirus vaccine being developed by a southern California biotech lab is showing promising results in human trials. At least that’s what Inovio Pharmaceuticals announced yesterday.
But a series of lawsuits says the CEO has intentionally misled investors for profit.
Reporter: Tarryn Mento, KPBS

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June 30, 2020 Coronavirus Cases Spike Across The State
Coronavirus Cases Spike Across The State

When it comes to progress in fighting the coronavirus pandemic, the news out of Los Angeles County, where about one in four Californians live, is bad. There were more than 2,900 new COVID cases in the county reported on Monday.

Fresno County Jail Hit By Coronavirus Outbreak

The Fresno County Sheriff’s Department reported 507 positive COVID-19 cases at the county jail on Monday. That’s almost a quarter of the lock up’s population. But testing has been limited to just one part of the facility.
Reporter: Madi Bolaños, Valley Public Radio

Golden State Killer Pleads Guilty In Public Hearing

Joseph DeAngelo, the defendent in the Golden State Killer case, has pleaded guilty to dozens of rape and murder charges, stemming from crimes in the 1970s and 80s. The guilty pleas were part of a deal to avoid the death penalty.
Reporter: Scott Rodd, CapRadio

Workers Strike Over Outbreak At Pistachio Plant

Workers at a Central Valley pistachio plant say they were exposed to COVID-19 because their employer did not take preventive measures. After closing for cleaning and on-site testing Monday, the plant is set to reopen today. But union representatives are still worried about worker safety.
Reporter: Mary Franklin Harvin, KQED

Enforcement of Consumer Privacy Act Begins July 1st

Starting tomorrow enforcement will begin for the California Consumer Privacy Act. The landmark law went into effect in January and is intended to give consumers greater control over what companies do with their personal information online.
Guest: Rachael Myrow, KQED

New Americans Take Part in 'Drive-Thru' Naturalization

The coronavirus pandemic put a hold on large-scale naturalization ceremonies across California, But thousands of immigrants have safely become citizens thanks to naturalization “drive-thrus.”
Reporter: Max Rivlin-Nadler, KPBS

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June 29, 2020 Cal State University System Prepares to Reopen in the Fall
Reopening Halted as Coronavirus Spreads Across the State

If you thought you could ease up a bit on worrying about the coronavirus pandemic, news the last few days has been like a big bucket of cold water to the face.

Coronavirus Cases on the Rise at San Quentin

971 people incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison have tested positive for COVID-19. One state lawmaker is calling it a major catastrophe.
Reporter: Angela Corral, The California Report

Cal State University System Prepares to Reopen in the Fall

How do you plan for safely educating more than 480,000 students on 23 different campuses during a pandemic? As the fall school year approaches, that's the challenge facing the California State University system, the largest four year university system in the country.
Guest: Timothy White, Cal State Chancellor

King City to Outfit Police Guns with Cameras

Monterey County’s King City—at the southern end of the Salinas Valley—is the first California city to outfit all of its police officers with cameras on their guns. This is even though the city of just over 14,000 residents has had no officer-involved shootings in recent memory.
Guest: Greta Mart, KCBX

Mayors Take Their Push for Universal Income National

A coalition of U.S. mayors is kicking off a campaign in support of the idea of universal basic income. It’s led by Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, who started a guaranteed income pilot project in his city in February 2019.
Guest: Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs

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June 26, 2020 Construction Firms Offer COVID-19 Tests To Workers
Stuck and Scared Amid San Quentin Outbreak

As of this morning, 539 inmates have contracted the coronavirus at San Quentin State Prison -- more than at any other state prison in California. Inmates are stuck and scared.
Reporter: Mary Franklin Harvin, The California Report

Construction Firms Offer COVID-19 Tests To Workers

If you’ve tried to get a covid19 test lately, it may have felt like a scramble. But what if your job offered you one? Some Sacramento construction crews now have that option. Other employers are exploring if they should do the same.
Reporter: Pauline Bartolone, CapRadio

Injunction Would Make Gig Workers Into Employees

California’s Attorney General is seeking a court injunction that would force ride-hailing companies Lyft and Uber to make their drivers employees immediately.
Reporter: Sam Harnett, KQED

Samaritan Podcast Explores Homelessness in LA

A new podcast from our partners at KCRW in Los Angeles looks at homelessness through the eyes of one native Angeleno who's trying to get a roof over her head in the midst of the pandemic. It’s called "Samaritans."
Guest: Anna Scott, KCRW and "Samaritans" podcast producer

Rounding Up a Big Week in Immigration News

It has been quite a week for immigration news. The Supreme Court yesterday agreed with the Trump administration that if asylum seekers are turned down in an initial interview, they can be rapidly deported without the right to go before a judge. We have a roundup of all things immigration and what it means for California.

Guest: Tyche Hendricks, Immigration Editor, KQED

Injunction Would Make Gig Workers Into Employees

California’s Attorney General is seeking a court injunction that would force ride-hailing companies Lyft and Uber to make their drivers employees immediately.
Reporter: Sam Harnett, KQED

'He Played With People’s Minds': Fresno Priest Left a Trail of Sexual Abuse Allegations

This week on our sister show, The California Report Magazine, Reporter Alex Hall takes us inside a Latino church in Fresno where parishioners are forced to confront whether their priest is a miracle worker or a predator.

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June 25, 2020 Berkeley Lab Testing New Saliva-Based COVID Test
Californians Will Vote on Affirmative Action In November

California voters will decide in November whether the state should restore affirmative action. This after the state Senate voted yesterday to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot.
Reporter: Katie Orr, KQED

Dr Fauci Says Coming Weeks Are Critical for California

Perhaps no one has been as vocal during the COVID 19 pandemic than infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci. He’s often the bearer of bad, but indispensable news. Here are some highlights from a virtual Sacramento Press Club event yesterday.
Reporter: Sammy Caiola, CapRadio

Berkeley Lab Testing New Saliva-Based COVID Test

California is experiencing a surge in reported cases of COVID-19. Three months into the pandemic tests remain scarce. Early on, at UC Berkeley, Dr. Jennifer Doudna who co-discovered CRISPR gene editing technology, transformed her lab into one focused on COVID testing. Her team has come up with a saliva-based test, they’ve been trying out on campus this week.
Guest: Jennifer Doudna, Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UC Berkeley

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FAQs about KQED's The California Report:

How many episodes does KQED's The California Report have?

The podcast currently has 2,838 episodes available.