Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. – the 70-year-old son of the late Senator and U.S. Attorney General Bobby Kennedy, as well as the nephew of assassinated president John F. Kennedy – is running for office for the first time.

He is a longtime Democrat, but abandoned a primary challenge to Pres. Joe Biden to run as a third party candidate instead. 

On Tuesday in Oakland, he will name his running mate, widely believed to be Nicole Shanahan, a 38-year-old lawyer and tech entrepreneur from Oakland who was briefly married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin.

To learn more, KCBS Radio political reporter Doug Sovern spoke with the presidential candidate himself on Monday's "The State of California."

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. – the 70-year-old son of the late Senator and U.S. Attorney General Bobby Kennedy, as well as the nephew of assassinated president John F. Kennedy – is running for office for the first time.
He is a longtime Democrat, but abandoned a primary challenge to Pres. Joe Biden to run as a third party candidate instead. 
On Tuesday in Oakland, he will name his running mate, widely believed to be Nicole Shanahan, a 38-year-old lawyer and tech entrepreneur from Oakland who was briefly married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin.
To learn more, KCBS Radio political reporter Doug Sovern spoke with the presidential candidate himself on Monday's "The State of California."

A daily deep dive into an issue of public policy or politics that's driving the conversation in California. Each day, we interview a guest who's a newsmaker, public official, or expert.

A daily deep dive into an issue of public policy or politics that's driving the conversation in California. Each day, we interview a guest who's a newsmaker, public official, or expert.

The State of California

A daily deep dive into an issue of public policy or politics that's driving 
the conversation in California. Each day, we interview a guest who's a 
newsmaker, public official, or expert.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to announce Vice President pick Tuesday in Oakland

California is suing ExxonMobil, a first-in-the-nation case accusing the oil giant of tricking consumers into thinking their plastic products are recyclable.

It’s a landmark case, filed by the state of California with a simultaneous action brought by four major Bay Area environmental groups. The lawsuit claims that ExxonMobil, the world’s largest producer of the polymers that are used to make single-use plastic, has for decades misled consumers by promoting the “chasing arrows” recycling symbol and implying that most of the plastics that bear that symbol can be recycled, when in fact only about 5% really are. Attorney General Rob Bonta says ExxonMobil produces the largest amount of plastic waste, which is fouling oceans and beaches and is turning up in human bloodstreams through microplastic particles that we inhale and ingest. KCBS has asked ExxonMobil for comment on the suit but we have not yet heard back.

For more on this, KCBS Radio anchor Holly Quan and KCBS Insider Doug Sovern were joined by Professor Ethan Elkind, Director of the Climate Program at Berkeley Law School’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment. He leads the Climate Change and Business Research Initiative at both Berkeley and UCLA Schools of Law. This is The State of California.

California is suing ExxonMobil, a first-in-the-nation case accusing the oil giant of tricking consumers into thinking their plastic products are recyclable.
It’s a landmark case, filed by the state of California with a simultaneous action brought by four major Bay Area environmental groups. The lawsuit claims that ExxonMobil, the world’s largest producer of the polymers that are used to make single-use plastic, has for decades misled consumers by promoting the “chasing arrows” recycling symbol and implying that most of the plastics that bear that symbol can be recycled, when in fact only about 5% really are. Attorney General Rob Bonta says ExxonMobil produces the largest amount of plastic waste, which is fouling oceans and beaches and is turning up in human bloodstreams through microplastic particles that we inhale and ingest. KCBS has asked ExxonMobil for comment on the suit but we have not yet heard back.
For more on this, KCBS Radio anchor Holly Quan and KCBS Insider Doug Sovern were joined by Professor Ethan Elkind, Director of the Climate Program at Berkeley Law School’s Center for Law, Energy &amp; the Environment. He leads the Climate Change and Business Research Initiative at both Berkeley and UCLA Schools of Law. This is The State of California.

CA sues ExxonMobil for lying about plastic being recyclable

Good afternoon, this is “The State, Of California,” Doug Sovern is away. Yesterday afternoon the SF Symphony took a turn with more than 150 musicians and patrons joining together to unite in a strike by the Sympony chorus against the Symphony. 

Music Director and Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen's opening show in his final season was canceled just hours before the show started, indicating a strike with signs reading "No contract - No chrous."

For a closer look, KCBS Radio's Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart were joined by Joshua Kosman, Former Classical Music Critic from the San Francisco Chronicle.

Good afternoon, this is “The State, Of California,” Doug Sovern is away. Yesterday afternoon the SF Symphony took a turn with more than 150 musicians and patrons joining together to unite in a strike by the Sympony chorus against the Symphony. 
Music Director and Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen's opening show in his final season was canceled just hours before the show started, indicating a strike with signs reading "No contract - No chrous."
For a closer look, KCBS Radio's Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart were joined by Joshua Kosman, Former Classical Music Critic from the San Francisco Chronicle.

SF Symphony chorus on strike, cancelling concerts, amidst financial troubles

Donald Trump and JD Vance have doubled down on their explosive and unfounded claims that Haitian immigrants in Springfield are eating pets.

For more on this, KCBS Insider Doug Sovern and KCBS Radio anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart were joined by Adriel Orozco, senior policy counsel at the American Immigration Council, a nonprofit that works to improve U.S. immigration policy.

Donald Trump and JD Vance have doubled down on their explosive and unfounded claims that Haitian immigrants in Springfield are eating pets.
For more on this, KCBS Insider Doug Sovern and KCBS Radio anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart were joined by Adriel Orozco, senior policy counsel at the American Immigration Council, a nonprofit that works to improve U.S. immigration policy.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to announce Vice President pick Tuesday in Oakland

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