A battle is brewing over whether Joshua Trees should be included on the endangered species list, and as The California Report discovers, the debate is anything but straight-forward. National Native News travels 200 miles off the coast of Alaska to the small island of St. George and KVMR’s Felton Pruitt gets the details about this Friday’s Small Business Summit hosted by Sierra Commons.

A holiday centered entirely around food creates food waste, and food waste is a huge contributor to greenhouse gasses. The California Report explains how to mitigate the harmful effects of your Thanksgiving meal. Science Correspondent Al Stahler encourages us to look up this holiday weekend. News producer Julia Ggem brings us a special Thanksgiving installment of her Vox Pop series. We close with a commentary from Shirley Freriks.

Julia Ggem prods the community for personal anecdotes involving their most memorable Thanksgivings. 

The state’s last remaining nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon, operated by PG&E on the Central Coast, gets more than a billion dollars in federal funding to keep running for five more years. The California Report gives voice to the debate over its revival. Gary Zimmerman has a lesson on inflation indicators, and Marc Cuniberti shares a Money Matters commentary.

Economist Gary Zimmerman shares a lesson on inflation indicators with Paul Emery.

Members of Congress are demanding answers from the US Forest Service after the agency failed to prevent the Caldor Fire from decimating Grizzly Flats despite predicting for decades that wildfire could wipe out the town. The California Report has the story. National Native News looks at history making in Minnesota and an uncalled congressional seat race in Alaska. KVMR’s Felton Pruitt shares the details about the upcoming 17th annual Michael Edward Bratton II Turkey Trot.

KVMR’s Felton Pruitt shares the details about the upcoming 17th annual Michael Edward Bratton II Turkey Trot.