On today's episode, KCBS Radio Political reporter Doug Sovern looks at President-elect Biden's picks for his Cabinet, in particular the fact that while lower Cabinet-level heads include women and people of color, the higher-ranking Secretaries are mostly white, and mostly men

Doug was joined by KCBS Radio news anchors Jeff Bell and Patti Reising as they spoke with Dr. Anna Sampaio, professor of political science and ethnic studies and Chair of the Ethnic Studies Department at Santa Clara University

KCBS Radio news anchors Jeff Bell and Patti Reising spoke with Political Scientist from Sonoma State University Dr. David McCuan and Bay Area Congresswoman Jackie Speier. They discussed the recent news that California's ICU capacity has fallen to 12%.

Oracle is leaving the Bay Area for Texas. Hewlett Packard’s HPE is too. Larry Ellison is moving to Hawaii. Elon Musk is heading to the Lone Star State. Is California hemorrhaging big businesses, because of its economic climate and tax policy?

Leon Panetta thinks so. He is of course the former Monterey Congressman, Secretary of Defense, White House Chief of Staff and CIA Director, who now leads the Panetta Institute

He is also on the Board of Directors of Oracle, and he’s worried about the future of the “California Dream.” For more, KCBS Radio's Doug Sovern was joined by Leon Panetta former Defense Secretary and White House Chief of Staff and a member of the board of Oracle

California cast its 55 Electoral Votes for Joe Biden, putting the president-elect over the top with more than 270, enough for him to win the presidency. But President Trump’s supporters say they will send slates of alternate electors from some of the states they’ve been contesting, and today’s results are not official until Congress certifies them on January 6. For more on the Electoral College process, KCBS Radio's Doug Sovern was joined by constitutional law scholar Rory Little, a law professor at UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, and once upon a time, a clerk at the U.s. Supreme Court.​

KCBS Radio news anchors Jeff Bell and Patti Reising and KCBS Radio Political Reporter Doug Sovern spoke with Orrin Heatlie, the retired sheriff’s sergeant from Yolo County who is leading the “Recall Gavin 2020” campaign. They discuss the progress of the campaign and why they want to remove the Governor from office.