CA Congress Members Slam Federal Government's Decision to Pull Highway Safety Funding

Congress members from California are slamming the federal government's decision to pull $160 million in highway safety funding from the state.

Bay Area Congressman Visits New Immigration Detention Facility in Kern County

Bay Area Congressman Ro Khanna says he’s horrified by conditions… at the state's newest immigration detention facility in Kern County. That’s after an oversight visit this week. KQED’s Senior Immigration Editor Tyche Hendricks reports:

Somali Child Care Providers in San Diego Say They're Facing Surveillance

San Diego is home to the nation’s second largest Somali population. And those allegations of fraud in Minnesota have now spread to their community. Somali childcare providers in San Diego say strangers are now surveilling their centers. KPBS reporter Katie Hyson has the details.

Governor Newsom Set to Release State Budget Plan Today

Governor Newsom will get down to nitty gritty today when he releases the state budget plan. This comes a day after Newsom delivered his final state of the state address at the capitol ... touting California as -- quote -- "a marvel of invention and reinvention.” KQED politics correspondent Guy Ma…

California Suing Trump Administration Over Child Care Funding Freeze

The state of California is suing the Trump administration for freezing billions of dollars in federal child care and welfare funding. Allegations of fraud led the Trump administration to freeze nearly $5 billion dollars in funding. State Attorney General Rob Bonta says those allegations are baseles…

Kaiser Therapists Worry AI is Coming for Their Jobs

Mental health clinicians at Kaiser Permanente have been bargaining their next contract for six months now. One of the sticking points? What role artificial intelligence should play in therapy.  As KQED’s health correspondent April Dembosky reports, Kaiser therapists are worried AI is coming for the…

PG&E Says It's Investigating Recent Bay Area Power Outage Incidents

PG&E says it’s investigating the incidents that turned off the lights for thousands of folks across the Bay Area over the holidays. The utility company has said it’s been looking into fires at substations in San Francisco and Saratoga … but the conditions at these substations have been flagged well…

Remembering Altadena Through Recovered Photos

Working to Turn the Tide of Concentrated Poverty in Fresno

In 2005, a national report revealed that the U.S. city with the highest rate of concentrated poverty…was Fresno. Now, 20 years later, have those economic conditions changed? KVPR’s Israel Cardona Hernandez spoke with residents still struggling to make ends meet…and some of the organizations workin…

Central Valley Grape Grower to Pay $130 Thousand Dollars After Fatal Crash

A Central Valley grape grower has agreed to pay about $130-thousand dollars, after a federal investigation into a crash… that killed seven employees and severely injured another. KQED’s Labor Correspondent Farida Jhabvala Romero has the details.