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Dam Danger Has Eased, But Oroville Residents Still Face Uncertainty
We're starting our show today with a trip to the town of Oroville. That's the town closest to Oroville Dam, and one of the communities where more than 180,000 people were evacuated this week because of fears than an emergency spillway structure would fail. Evacuees have returned home, but they still face uncertainty as crews continue to repair erosion below the emergency spillway, and more winter storms hit the region. Reporter Dan Brekke has been covering events in Oroville, and joins us to share some of the stories of the people he’s met.

In the Midst of Dueling Abortion Protests, a Civil Conversation
For our news series "Start the Conversation," we pair up Californians to talk about their political differences, but also about the things they may have in common. In most cases, we're inviting Californians who stand on opposite sides of a political divide to come together to have a civil dialogue. But today's conversation is more spontaneous. It's something reporter April Dembosky captured on tape while covering a protest outside a Planned Parenthood in San Francisco this week.

A Stateless People, Assyrians Find Safe Haven in the Central Valley
Ever since President Trump announced his travel ban on refugees, we've been bringing you stories about the refugees that call California home. Our state has also been a refuge for people without a country -- including the Assyrians. They're some of the earliest Christians, indigenous to Mesopotamia, now northern Iraq. They've been persecuted for centuries. For more than 100 years, they've found a safe haven in the Central Valley. And they don't all have the same take when it comes to Trump's stance on refugees.

Remembering the 'Sweet Soul' of Al Jarreau
We're going to end our show today with a tribute to an iconic California singer. Amid the hype over this week's Grammy awards, the news of his death might have been overshadowed, even though he was a seven-time Grammy Award Winner in three different categories: Jazz, R&B and Pop. Success didn't come early or easily for Al Jarreau. But when the vocalist finally broke through in the mid-'70s, he changed the musical landscape. Jarreau died on Sunday in Los Angeles at the age of 76. And, as jazz critic Andrew Gilbert says, Jarreau's passing marks the end of an era in American music.

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