Health Premiums Go Up 12.5% in 2018, and Anthem Exits Much of California
More than half of Californians who have an individual health plan from Anthem will have to shop for a new policy next year. The company is pulling out of the individual market in all but three regions of the state. The remaining insurers are raising prices.
Reporter: April Dembosky
Dole, Driscoll’s Tied to Watsonville Chemical Incident That Sickened Farmworkers
There are new details about an incident in Santa Cruz County this summer, where farmworkers were sickened after a chemical release. Reporter: Ted Goldberg
Despite Backlog of Rape Kits, California’s Not Requiring They Be Tested or Tallied
A recent initiative, called End the Backlog, by the victim's advocacy group Joyful Heart Foundation estimates that thousands of rape kits in California have gone un-tested. Some have been locked away in evidence rooms and crime labs for years.
Guest: Samantha Young, CALmatters
Ghost Ship Victims Live On in ‘Requiem Without Words’
California composer Arturo Rodriguez has written a new Requiem Mass in honor of the victims of the Oakland Warehouse Fire. The work speaks to the times we live in: Instead of being performed by an enormous choir and orchestra, this Requiem has no singing. It premiered last night, not in a traditional church or concert hall, but by a community orchestra in Oakland playing out of doors. Reporter: Chloe Veltman