For many families experiencing homelessness, school can be a difficult hurdle to clear. Chronic absenteeism is higher, and graduation rates are lower among homeless students. But the Fresno Unified School District has been working to combat this problem. And the efforts appear to be working.

Reporter: Rachel Livinal/KVPR

Doctors at Adventist Health White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles County say administrators are allowing federal immigration agents to interfere in medical decisions and block doctors from properly treating detained patients who need emergency care.

Reporter: Jill Replogle/LAist

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When you talk about Altadena, you can’t not talk about its trees. It’s why one young Altadenan is documenting the stories of the community’s trees in the wake of the Eaton Fire.

Reporter: Erin Stone, LAist

A 29-year-old man has been arrested for starting a fire that eventually became the deadly Palisades Fire.

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California made national headlines last month when Governor Newsom signed a bill barring law enforcement officers from wearing masks -- a law aimed at immigration agents. Federal officials say they won’t comply. But

New data suggests Fresno is a more prosperous city than it was 12 years ago.

Reporter: Kerry Klein, KVPR

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Almost nine months have passed since the Eaton Fire ripped through Los Angeles County. It destroyed more than 9,000 buildings and left billions of dollars in damages. At first, attention focused on Southern California Edison's transmission lines as the likely cause. But a new NPR investigation shows there may have been other failures, too.

Guest: Chiara Eisner, NPR

Another immigrant has died in the custody of federal immigration authorities in California, this time in the Imperial Valley. New questions are being raised about the care of detainees under the Trump administration’s ongoing mass deportation campaign.

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When President Donald Trump signed his sweeping policy bill this summer, it included $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, known here as Medi-Cal. The program is recognized for helping low-income people access health care, but it also funds services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Now, many Californians with disabilities face an uncertain future.

Reporter: Izzy Bloom, KQED

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops from California to Oregon.

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The 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise remains California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire in history. The Northern California fire claimed the lives of 85 people. Now, a new movie depicts the real-life heroic escape of one local bus driver.

Reporter: Claudia Brancart, North State Public Radio

Yosemite National Park remains open during the government shutdown, but there won't be many rangers there to help visitors.

Reporter: Carly Severn, KQED

The US Department of Education is ending several grant programs that support minority-serving institutions. Department officials say these programs are discriminatory. California stands to lose more grant money than any other state - for programs that support Black, Latino, Asian and Native American students on college campuses.

Reporter: Adam Echelman, CalMatters

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During the last federal government shutdown in late 2018 and early 2019, national parks here in California were greatly impacted. Some shut down completely, meaning a significant loss in potential revenue. Others remained open, but were not fully staffed. That includes Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California. Vehicles drove off-road, causing major damage to sensitive areas, and trash piled up, scattered around the park. The hope is things will be different this time around.

Guest: Kenji Haroutunian, Executive Director, friends of Joshua Tree

Santa Clara County prosecutors have secured a grand jury indictment against 11 pro-Palestinian Stanford University protestors who barricaded themselves in the campus president’s office in 2024.

Reporter: Joseph Geha, KQED

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Around the Salton Sea, dust storms have become an increasing problem, sparking dozens of public health studies. But many Imperial Valley residents have grown weary of repeated studies that all basically say the same thing: that the air quality is bad and getting worse.

Reporter: Kori Suzuki, KPBS

National Parks are once again caught up in the middle of the federal government shutdown. During the last shutdown – for more than 30 days in 2018 and 2019 - parks that remained open were unstaffed, leading to widespread vandalism and environmental damage. There’s growing concern that an extended shutdown could once again put at serious risk of damage.

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What once was a fire season in California is now a fire year. As a result, the state is looking to combat increasing wildfires with funding for more year-round firefighters.

Reporter: Rachel Livinal, KVPR

California voters approved a $10 billion climate bond measure, last November. We're now getting a sense of where the first round of Prop 4 money is going.

Reporter: Manola Secaira, CapRadio

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In Marin County, rents are among the highest in the nation.  There, a group of mobile home park residents are in a years-long fight to keep hold of one of the county’s few affordable options. They’re residents of the RV Park of San Rafael, where a property management company has been raising the rent, setting new rules and threatening residents with eviction.

Reporter: Madi Bolaños, The California Report

The Trump administration has expanded its investigation of alleged antisemitism on college campuses to the California State University system.

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