Jun 10 Watch 6:21 From the fields to the Library of Congress, Juan Felipe Herrera took a winding path to poetry By PBS News Hour Juan Felipe Herrera is the author of more than 20 books of poetry, novels for young adults and collections for children, most recently “Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes.” He is the son of migrant workers from Mexico, and today he… Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch 8:52 Are marijuana growers sucking California dry? By PBS News Hour Thousands of marijuana farms are depleting California's streams at the height of a historic drought, according to state scientists. Special correspondent Spencer Michels follows along as game wardens, biologists and engineers go in search of marijuana on privately-owned lands --… Continue watching
May 24 Oil-leaking pipeline had no automatic shut-off valve in California spill By Carey Reed Rough waters and high winds were complicating efforts to clean up a recent oil spill off the coast of California, state officials said Saturday. Continue reading
May 21 Watch 4:46 Photographers chase Yosemite's rare moonlight rainbows By PBS News Hour On a clear night in Yosemite, only a few times each year, the full moon hits a misty spray of the highest waterfall in the park, creating a nighttime rainbow that is visible only through a camera lens. But this… Continue watching
May 06 Watch 5:36 Will water-wasting penalties help California conserve? By PBS News Hour California's efforts to get residents and businesses to voluntarily use less water have not been enough in the face of a historic and ongoing drought. Now mandatory emergency rules that come with penalties have been enacted, requiring towns and cities… Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch 3:03 Could Israel's water technology ease drought conditions in California? By PBS News Hour Could the technology used in Israel that successfully turned the country's water shortage into a surplus be implemented in California to ease the state's drought? KQED Public Media reporter Daniel Potter joins Alison Stewart via Skype from San Francisco to… Continue watching
Apr 21 California court rules against tiered payment system for water usage By Anna Sillers The city of San Juan Capistrano, California, is using a tiered system to charge residents for water usage as a way of encouraging water conservation due to the state’s new water laws. But a state appeals court ruled that the… Continue reading
Apr 11 Watch 9:02 How San Francisco plans to 'get to zero' new infections of HIV By PBS News Hour An ambitious new plan in San Francisco aims to completely end the transmission of HIV, which infects about 50,000 people every year nationwide. In a city where huge strides have already been made in battling the epidemic, public health officials,… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch the 1000-year-old dance tradition nearly killed by the Khmer Rouge By Cynthia Stone, KQED Charya Burt trained as a classical Cambodian dancer, Now, she's passing on her art and drawing on a painful family history under the Khmer Rouge to push her dance in new directions. Continue reading
Apr 05 Photos: California's brutal drought shows no signs of yielding By News Desk Following years of severe drought and the lowest winter snowpack ever recorded in the state, California Gov. Jerry Brown announced a plan Wednesday to impose a 25 percent reduction on most of the state’s local water supply agencies. Continue reading