An Overwhelmed Testing Site in Richmond
The spread of omicron has people scrambling to get tested for COVID-19. But the lines are long, appointments get scooped up fast, and rapid antigen tests are really really hard to find.
Reporter: Raquel Maria Dillon, KQED
Surge of COVID-19 Cases Among City of Los Angeles Emergency Responders
Amid the “unprecedented” wave of Covid infections, nearly 1,000 police officers, firefighters and paramedics in the city of Los Angeles aren’t on the job. But Mayor Eric Garcetti says both the police and fire departments have enough staffing to keep the city safe.
Reporter: Darrell Satzman, KCRW
Federal Prosecutors Opt Not to Extend PG&E Criminal Probation
Federal prosecutors have announced they will not try to extend Pacific Gas and Electric’s criminal probation beyond its scheduled end later this month.
Reporter: Dan Brekke, KQED
PG&E Likely to be First Utility to Use California's Wildfire Liability Fund
In 2019, California had a utility crisis. The state’s biggest electricity providers were causing increasingly deadly and costly wildfires. PG&E had already declared bankruptcy as a result. California officials put together a $21 billion fund that would help cover the cost of wildfires caused by utilities.
Michael Wara is a senior research scholar at Stanford University, and he expects PG&E will be the first to tap into the pot of money.
Reporter: Scott Rodd, CapRadio
California Prisons Have Transferred Thousands of Incarcerated Immigrants Who've Served Their Time to Immigration Authorities, Advocates Say
Phoeun You served 25 years for a murder conviction, and was granted parole. While in prison, Cambodian refugee worked for the award-winning San Quentin News. Still, advocates say You is among the thousands of immigrants California prisons have transferred to ICE since January 2020.
Reporter: Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQED
California Magazine Preview: Rainbow Sign
This week, the California Report Magazine host Sasha Khokha takes us back to the 1970s' to a Black cultural center in Berkeley called the Rainbow Sign. It only existed for a few short years, but hosted dozens of high-profile artists and thought leaders.
Audio excerpted from “The Truths We Hold: An American Journey” by Kamala Harris, read by the author. Copyright 2019 by Kamala D. Harris. Production Copyright 2019, Penguin Random House, LLC. All rights reserved.