Feb 13 Watch 4:32 California natural gas leak temporarily plugged after four months By PBS News Hour For the first time in four months, natural gas has stopped leaking from a well in Southern California. The leak released methane and other compounds, causing several thousand residents to evacuate their homes. NPR's Kelly McEvers joins Megan Thompson to… Continue watching
Feb 12 Obama moves to protect 1.8 million acres of California desert By John Rogers, Associated Press LOS ANGELES — President Barack Obama is granting national monument status to nearly 1.8 million acres of scenic Southern California desert, a move the White House says will maintain in perpetuity the region's fragile ecosystem and natural resources, as well… Continue reading
Feb 01 Justice Department opens probe into San Francisco's police practices By Joshua Barajas Federal investigators opened a probe into the fatal police shooting of Mario Woods, a black man, in San Francisco, the Justice Department announced Monday. Continue reading
Jan 30 Authorities capture escaped California prisoners By Michael D. Regan Three fugitives are in custody after an audacious escape from a Southern California jail last week. Continue reading
Jan 26 No injuries reported after shooting investigation at San Diego Navy medical center By Joshua Barajas Authorities are responding to a report of shots fired at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego, a spokesman told the Associated Press. Continue reading
Jan 25 Helping the 'overlooked' businesses of Silicon Valley By Larisa Epatko Matt Kreutz got the baking bug early. As a teen, he went to a vocational school in Chantilly, Virginia, and encountered a teacher-chef who nurtured his “ragamuffin” students. That's where he fell in love with food and people who were… Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch 7:21 Wi-Fi-enabled school buses leave no child offline By PBS News Hour The digital divide and lack of reliable Internet access at home can put low-income and rural students at a real disadvantage. So when superintendent Darryl Adams took over one of the poorest school district in the nation, he made it… Continue watching
Jan 22 California student reporters team with PBS SoCal for 'Wi-Fi on wheels' story By Adelyn Baxter When Student Reporting Labs approached teacher Bernadine Judson about collaborating on a story that would eventually air on PBS NewsHour’s national broadcast, she did not hesitate to say “yes.”… Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch 8:53 The invisible catastrophe sickening families in California By PBS News Hour Porter Ranch seems like a picturesque Southern California town, but an environmental disaster has been unfolding there for several months. Natural gas has been spewing from an underground storage facility, causing health issues for residents and forcing temporary relocations for… Continue watching
Jan 13 EPA and Volkswagen mum on meeting of leaders amid emissions scandal By Associated Press WASHINGTON — Officials at Volkswagen and the nation's environmental watchdog are keeping mum about whether any progress was made during a closed-door meeting on the German automaker's emissions cheating scandal. Continue reading