Several federal tax credits for green initiatives are going away under President Donald Trump’s latest budget bill.  So where does that leave California? The state has a goal to reach net zero carbon pollution by 2045.   We’re joined by Beckie Menten, the California director of the Building Decarbonization Coalition – an advocacy group working to phase planet warming pollution out of buildings.

Several federal tax credits for green initiatives are going away under President Donald Trump&rsquo;s latest budget bill. &nbsp;So where does that leave California? The state has a goal to reach net zero carbon pollution by 2045. &nbsp; We&rsquo;re joined by Beckie Menten, the California director of the Building Decarbonization Coalition &ndash; an advocacy group working to phase planet warming pollution out of buildings.

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KQED's Natalia Navarro has the Bay Area news you need to know going into the weekend of Saturday, January  24, 2026. 

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On Jan. 13, 1939, five prisoners managed to saw through the bars of their individual cells in D block, get to the island’s western shoreline, and fashion a raft out of discarded lumber. Ultimately, two escapees were shot (one fatally) by guards, one fell from a cliff edge (and survived) and the final two were peacefully captured wearing only their skivvies.

On Jan. 13, 1939, five prisoners managed to saw through the bars of their individual cells in D block, get to the island&rsquo;s western shoreline, and fashion a raft out of discarded lumber. Ultimately, two escapees were shot (one fatally) by guards, one fell from a cliff edge (and survived) and the final two were peacefully captured wearing only their skivvies.

This Little-Known Escape From Alcatraz Almost Closed the Prison in 1939

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