Aug 14 Watch 2:07 A surfing contest where everyone doggie paddles By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, four-legged waveriders take part in a unique surf competition. Special correspondent Laura Klivans of KQED reports, with video by Serginho Roosblad. Continue watching
Jul 18 California lawmakers celebrate bipartisan cap-and-trade victory By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press California's signature initiative to fight global warming will get another decade of life after lawmakers from both parties joined Gov. Jerry Brown in extending the law credited with reducing the state's carbon footprint. Continue reading
Jul 17 California lawmakers to decide fate of landmark climate law By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press California lawmakers are nearing a high-stakes decision that will decide the fate of a climate initiative that Gov. Jerry Brown holds up as a model to be replicated around the world to confront rising global temperatures. Continue reading
Jun 26 Supreme Court rejects gun rights challenge to California limits on concealed carry By Associated Press The justices on Monday left in place an appeals court ruling that upheld the San Diego sheriff's strict limits on issuing permits for concealed weapons. Continue reading
Jun 17 Watch 4:29 Labor violations force truckers into life of servitude By PBS News Hour An investigative report released Friday by USA Today exposes a truck driving industry rife with labor violations, forcing truckers into working conditions akin to indentured servitude. Brett Murphy, the article’s author, joins Hari Sreenivasan from Naples, Florida, to discuss the… Continue watching
Jun 08 Grab your earplugs. Invasive coqui frogs gain foothold in California By Kerry L. Shaw, Scientific American Coqui frogs -- voracious, cacaphonous amphibians -- have already disrupted the ecosystem of Hawaii's Big Island. Now they've got a foothold in the Golden State… Continue reading
Jun 03 After a horrific blaze, Oakland firefighters confront lasting emotional scars By Leah Rosenbaum, STAT After the Ghost Ship warehouse fire, Oakland firefighters want to create a peer counseling program to help cope with PTSD and other mental health issues. Continue reading
May 25 Tribes bash proposed Trump budget cuts to Native American programs By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press Members from Native American tribes in six Western states called on Congress to restore funding to tribes during budget negotiations. Continue reading
May 20 California Democrats take aim at Trump, GOP Congress By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press The party's elected leaders urged fired-up activists to work against the 14 Republicans in the state's 53-member congressional delegation. Continue reading
May 07 California leads the nation in life sentences. A new bill aims to change that By Kamala Kelkar California leads the nation with the highest percentage of prisoners serving for life, which critics say is an economic drain on the state. Continue reading