Mar 13 Critics, supporters await Trump during tour of border wall prototypes in California By Julie Watson, Associated Press Rallies for and against Donald Trump's "big beautiful border wall" with Mexico are expected to mark his first visit to California as president amid growing tensions between his administration and the state over immigration enforcement. Continue reading
Mar 08 Watch 5:44 How a cartoonist is highlighting the lives of San Diego's homeless residents By PBS News Hour Pulitzer-prize winning editorial cartoonist Steve Breen is using his drawings to highlight the growing problem of homelessness and the housing crisis in Southern California. Jeffrey Brown gets a first-hand look at the cartoonist and newspaper’s efforts to humanize and complicate… Continue watching
Mar 07 Watch 3:21 Suing California, Sessions vows to 'use every power' to stop state laws on immigration enforcement By PBS News Hour Attorney General Jeff Sessions accused the state of California on Wednesday of "using every power it has and some it doesn't to frustrate federal law enforcement" on the issue of immigration. The Justice Department is suing the state for three… Continue watching
Mar 07 Watch 8:59 Gov. Jerry Brown: Sessions 'sowing discord' instead of proposing immigration reform By PBS News Hour California Gov. Jerry Brown says the Trump administration's lawsuit against the state over immigration is a political stunt, and called Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ claim that California is protecting criminals a lie. Brown and state Attorney General Xavier Becerra join… Continue watching
Feb 03 Calls for change grow amid capitol sexual misconduct claims By Christina A. Cassidy and David A. Lieb The heightened focus on harassment has led to growing calls for change in a year that already has seen an unusually large number of women expressing interest in running for office. Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch 6:09 Will Trump's wall ever be built? By PBS News Hour President Donald Trump signed an executive order last year calling for the construction of a new border wall spanning the length of the U.S.-Mexico border. While prototypes have been built in California, there is still no funding from Congress to… Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch 6:19 California mudslide rescue crews pull out 'all the stops' to search for the missing By PBS News Hour Since mud cascaded through the wealthy California enclave of Montecito, rescuers have been forced to trek through knee-deep sludge, using long poles to probe for bodies. For some families, it's an agonizing wait as the window to find life begins… Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch 6:00 After devastating wildfires came deadly mudslides. Here's what makes them so treacherous By PBS News Hour Huge mudslides have wiped out at least 100 homes in Southern California, where authorities have confirmed 15 deaths. Rescue crews dug through the mud and debris on Wednesday in search of survivors; hundreds are still trapped or missing. Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
Jan 10 Defending against this season's deadly flu: 5 things to know By Barbara Feder Ostrov, Kaiser Health News Flu is widespread in 46 states, and at least 106 people had died from the infectious disease as of mid-December. Here's what you need to know about this year's flu. Continue reading
Jan 07 Watch 24:27 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode January 7, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Jan 7, fallout from the Michael Wolff’s controversial book on the Trump presidency, and campuses address racial inequality. Also, the marijuana industry braces for new federal guidelines. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York. Continue watching