Dec 29 U.S. population to top 320 million at start of 2015, Census reports By Joshua Barajas The U.S. population is expected to reach 320.09 million people on Jan. 1, 2015, a 0.73 percent increase from the previous year, the U.S. Census Bureau said in a statement Monday. Continue reading
Dec 16 Watch 8:42 Oakland tries to address how deeply rooted biases affect law enforcement By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 13 See how a historic drought has changed California’s landscape By Hannah Yi Heavy rain, snow and wind has been pummeling California over the past week in one of the strongest storms to hit the West Coast in years. But the downpour won't be enough to chip away at the state's persistent drought,… Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch 9:13 ‘We need the rain’: Jobs, land languish as California drought endures By PBS News Hour In the four years since the drought in California began, the lack of water has cost thousands of jobs, caused noticeable changes in the landscape and induced desperation among citizens who are running out of options. In search of a… Continue watching
Dec 12 Watch 7:47 Should a federal health program pay to house L.A.’s homeless? By Hari Sreenivasan, Jason Kane Continue watching
Dec 11 During a historic drought, storm batters California By Jordan Vesey Northern California is being hit with a massive storm that’s pounding the state with rain, snow and strong winds. The National Weather Service considers it the strongest storm the state has seen in five years and expects it to dump… Continue reading
Dec 09 Photo gallery: 150 arrested in Berkeley protests over police brutality By Adelyn Baxter Weekend protests in Berkeley, California, responding to recent grand jury decisions concerning the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner -- two unarmed black men who died after confrontations with white police officers -- spilled over into Monday night,… Continue reading
Dec 08 Watch 5:36 Tent cities rise amid affordable housing shortage in Silicon Valley By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 04 Watch 5:43 Replacing surf shops with startups, tech boom makes waves in bohemian Venice Beach By PBS News Hour Some high tech entrepreneurs have started trading in the high costs of the San Francisco Bay Area for the sunnier skies of Venice Beach in Los Angeles. But with the benefits of the boom, like high-paying jobs, also come problems,… Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch California students take a stand to topple teacher tenure; New York up next By PBS News Hour A 2012 legal case brought by nine public school students in California, who argued the state's teacher tenure laws denied their right to a quality education, ended a few months ago after a judge declared the laws unconstitutional. Shortly after… Continue watching