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  • 11 minutes 32 seconds
    What Immigrants Should Know As ICE Enforcement Continues

    As Immigration and Customs Enforcement escalates its efforts to detain as many people without legal status as possible in California, immigration advocates are reminding people of their constitutional rights.

    Guest: Nisa Khan, KQED


    Thousands of migrant families across the country received a text message from Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week asking them to report for what seemed like a routine check-in. But many were detained at these check-ins, including at ICE's field office in downtown Los Angeles.

    Reporter: Mark Betancourt

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    11 June 2025, 2:16 pm
  • 11 minutes 40 seconds
    More Protests Held Across Southern California As Trump Administration Orders More National Guard To LA

    Protests continued across Southern California, and the rest of the state on Monday over the Trump administration's immigration actions.

    Reporter: Megan Jamerson, KCRW


    A labor leader was released from custody on Monday after his arrest during a downtown L.A. immigration raid set off a firestorm.

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    10 June 2025, 6:53 pm
  • 11 minutes 46 seconds
    National Guard Deployed As Protesters Clash With Law Enforcement

    Protests were held over the weekend across Los Angeles because of  the Trump Administration's immigration crackdown in the city. Things ratcheted up even further after President Trump announced the planned deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles, in light of the protests.

    Guest: Saul Gonzalez, The California Report


    When the immigration arrests began last week in the Los Angeles area, many of those who were detained were sent to the Adelanto Detention Facility in San Bernardino County. Lawmakers traveled to the facility on Sunday in an attempt to meet with some of the people detained.  Reporter: Anthony Victoria, KVCR

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    9 June 2025, 2:03 pm
  • 11 minutes 43 seconds
    Latest Travel Ban Blasted By Immigrant Rights Groups

    Immigrant-serving groups across the Bay Area are condemning a Trump administration travel ban that will bar most of the citizens of 19 countries from entering the U.S.

    Reporter: Tyche Hendricks, KQED


    Immigration lawyers and advocates say at least 15 people, including some children, were arrested outside of ICE offices in San Francisco this week.

    Reporter: Juan Carlos Lara, KQED


    A Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge has approved a temporary restraining order blocking efforts to restart the Refugio Oil Spill pipeline.

    Reporter: Amanda Wernik, KCBX

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    6 June 2025, 2:05 pm
  • 11 minutes 45 seconds
    Community Outrage Continues Over ICE Raid At San Diego Restaurant

    The fallout from the recent ICE raid on a San Diego restaurant continues as union leaders condemn the raid on Buona Forchetta, calling it cruel and an attack on workers.

    Reporter: Alexander Nguyen, KPBS


    One of the fiercest critics of the restaurant raid has been a San Diego City Councilman, who has called it terroristic and fascist, earning the condemnation of the Trump Administration.

    Guest: Sean Elo-Rivera, San Diego City Councilman


    A second man has been identified as a suspect in the bombing of a fertility clinic last month in Palm Springs. Authorities arrested him late Tuesday and say he supplied large amounts of chemicals that were used by the FBI’s primary suspect to make explosives.

    Reporter: Madison Aument, KVCR


    The Trump Administration says California's high speed rail program has “no viable path” to completion. They want to pull federal funding within 37 days. But supporters of high speed rail want to fight the move.

    Reporter: Dan Brekke, KQED

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    5 June 2025, 1:45 pm
  • 11 minutes 32 seconds
    California Supreme Court To Hear Case On State's Rooftop Solar Policy

    It's an important day for the future of solar energy in California. Three environmental groups are set to go before the state Supreme Court to challenge a state policy on solar panels.

    Guest: Malena Corollo, CalMatters and The Markup


    The California Air Resources Board has launched a mobile monitoring program to collect pollution data from neighborhoods suffering from poor air quality.

    Reporter: Manola Secaira, CapRadio

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    4 June 2025, 2:00 pm
  • 11 minutes 33 seconds
    Banks Asking For Customer's Voice Samples

    Many of us have become accustomed to giving up some personal data to access financial services accounts, like Social Security numbers and the places we were born. But a growing number of financial institutions are also asking for customers’ voice samples.

    Reporter: Rachael Myrow, KQED


    Bay Area members of Congress are pushing the Trump administration to rehire National Weather Service workers it cut from its Sacramento and Hanford offices.

    Reporter: Kevin Stark, KQED


    Anyone entering a California prison could be subject to a canine search under a new policy that rolls out statewide this week. That’s according to a department of corrections memo obtained by our partner, CalMatters.

    Reporter: Cayla Mihalovich, KQED

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    3 June 2025, 1:56 pm
  • 11 minutes 32 seconds
    Los Angeles Ramps Up Preparations For Summer Olympics

    In Los Angeles, the clock is ticking down, faster and faster it seems, to July 14th, 2028. That's the opening day of the Summer Olympics Games, followed shortly by the Paralympic Games. And as that date draws closer, the scale of the challenges that face Los Angeles to get ready is starting to sink in.

    Reporter: Saul Gonzalez, The California Report


    A transgender female athlete took home two gold medals and one silver medal at this weekend’s statewide track and field championships held in Clovis. It marked a rare moment for high school sports in California. But not everyone is celebrating.

    Reporter: Esther Quintanilla, The Central Valley Journalism Collaborative

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    2 June 2025, 2:07 pm
  • 11 minutes 20 seconds
    California Pelicans Experience Third Starvation Event In Four Years

    Brown pelicans are in trouble again — and this time it involves infant birds. This spring marks the third starvation event in four years for the iconic California seabirds. Scientists are still looking for answers.

    Reporter: Anna Guth, KQED

    Overdose deaths are falling nationwide—but in California, they continue to rise.

    Reporter: Lesley McClurg, KQED


    People applying to California’s community colleges will soon be required to verify their identities when they submit their applications. The board that governs community colleges made the decision after multiple reports of scammers applying and getting into schools.

    Reporter: Adam Echelman, CalMatters

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    30 May 2025, 4:08 pm
  • 11 minutes 45 seconds
    Newsom, Local Leaders Scuffle Over Homelessness Solutions

    California is home to a quarter of the nation’s unhoused population. That’s around 187,000 people. As the state grapples with homelessness, tensions are hitting a high point between Governor Gavin Newsom and local leaders when it comes to funding solutions.

    Reporter: Laura Fitzgerald, CapRadio


    A family in Bakersfield is facing deportation, despite entering the country legally to obtain care for their young daughter. Lawyers for the family say the 4-year-old girl could die if she's forced to leave the US.

    Reporter: Joshua Yeager, KVPR

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    29 May 2025, 2:01 pm
  • 11 minutes 31 seconds
    Ethiopian Woman Flees Torture, But Still Facing Deportation

    Though the Trump administration has made it impossible to ask for asylum at the southern border, the U.S. is bound by international law to protect migrants who are likely to be tortured by their own governments if they go home. It’s called the United Nations Convention Against Torture. But it turns out that the administration has quietly dismantled access to it for thousands of people.

    Guest: Mark Betancourt, The California Newsroom


    Temperatures in the state are expected to sizzle this week, reaching a peak on Friday. Hot and dry conditions mean increased wildfire danger.

    Reporter: Jacob Margolis, LAist


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    28 May 2025, 1:52 pm
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