Faith in the Wonders of Yosemite: A Retreat for Young Muslim Men
This week, hundreds of young Muslim men have been camping out in Yosemite National Park, at a retreat where they not only hike and white-water raft, but they have a competition to recite the Koran. The camp encourages brotherhood, and explores what it means to be a Muslim-American man right now.
Bay Area County Helps Offenders With Alternative to Paid Bail
For hundreds of years, people have paid bail -- putting up money or property as collateral to make sure defendants show up for trial. So the people who can pay get out of jail. And those who can't stay locked up sometimes for months or years, waiting for their day in court. We find out about an alternative that some California counties are trying out. As part of a new series focused on solutions for ending the cycle of incarceration and poverty, we look at what the end of money bail could mean.
Meet the Naturalist Who Sang Like an (Actual) Bird
Charles Kellogg loved the giant redwood trees of California. He built a car out of a fallen redwood and nicknamed it the "Travel Log." He drove around the country campaigning for the protection of redwoods. But Kellogg had another passion: singing like an actual bird. In this episode of "The World According to Sound," Chris Hoff and Sam Harnett show us why this vaudeville performer was so famous for his bird songs.
Clinton or Sanders? A Generational Divide Among Black Voters
It's finally here. Californians are headed to the polls on Tuesday for the June primary. And the race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders looks like it will be very tight in California, so turnout is even more important than usual. African-Americans voted in record numbers in 2012 to help seal Barack Obama's re-election. But this time around, they're torn between Hillary and Bernie.
Are Californians Casting Ballots From the Grave?
California seems to have a problem with some voters casting ballots, even though they're dead. Television reporter David Goldstein of KCBS in Los Angeles investigated the problem. He found 265 deceased voters still on the rolls in five Southern California counties, including Los Angeles. Some of them seemed to have actually cast a ballot after they died.