Sep 25 Watch 8:12 Lifesaving training changes outlook for young men in Oakland By PBS News Hour In Oakland, California, a program called EMS Corps trains young men to become certified emergency medical technicians. Students with disadvantaged backgrounds get an intensive five-month course, as well as a powerful, new outlook on what they can do in life… Continue watching
Sep 18 San Diego nearing 1,000 days of drought By Susan Murphy, KPBS Despite Tuesday's thunderstorms, San Diego is nearing a grim milestone of 1,000 days of drought. The conditions are taking a toll across the state. Continue reading
Sep 18 UPDATE: Arson suspect charged as California firefighters rush to contain growing King Fire By Adelyn Baxter As 10 major wildfires rage across regions of drought-stricken California, firefighters are rushing to contain a fire threatening more than 2,000 homes and 1,505 smaller structures in and around the Northern California town of Pollock Pines on Thursday, according to… Continue reading
Sep 09 California artist races the tide to sculpt the beach By Cynthia Stone, KQED Walking along Bay Area beaches, you may be lucky enough to come across one of "earthscape artist" Andres Amador’s “playa paintings,” large-scale patterns he creates in the sand using rakes and ropes as his tools. Continue reading
Sep 01 How to start your own charter school: one family's recipe for startup success By Elizabeth Jones Wynee Sade and her husband along with four other families decided to establish their own dual-language Mandarin immersion school. Meeting at each other’s homes with just a blank sheet of paper, they began the long and arduous process of establishing… Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch News Wrap: Separatists in Ukraine seize port town Novoazovsk By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, rebels in Ukraine consolidated control at the border crossing between Russia and the Ukrainian port town of Novoazovsk. Russia’s foreign minister rejected NATO’s claim that satellite images show Russia has sent 1,000 soldiers and heavy… Continue watching
Aug 25 Watch Wine country residents pick up after 6.0 earthquake strikes Napa By PBS News Hour Northern California’s Napa Valley began to assess the damage caused by a 6.0 earthquake on Sunday -- the largest quake to rock the region since 1989. At least 90 homes and buildings were deemed unsafe for occupancy, while the wine… Continue watching
Aug 21 California honey production crippled by drought By Anna Christiansen An exceptional cut in rainfall has adversely affected honey production in the Golden State. The drought, now in its third year, has ravaged flowering plants thereby reducing the number of spots available for bees to collect nectar. Continue reading
Aug 13 Cultivating the land to turn over a new leaf By Larisa Epatko Cathrine Sneed, founder of The Garden Project -- a farm-based education program for ex-offenders and at-risk youth -- says she isn’t teaching gardening so much as teaching people how to work. Continue reading
Aug 08 Student documentary on vaccination rates released after months of controversy By Charles Pulliam-Moore The 16-student outfit drew inspiration for the film, which they began producing over their summer break, from the health statistics from their own neighborhoods. North County, a northern section of the San Diego region, was noted for having one of… Continue reading