Gov. Brown Emphasizes Fiscal Responsibility in State of the State
Gov. Jerry Brown delivered his State of the State address on Thursday. By most measures, California's doing well. Unemployment is down and the state coffers are in good shape. We finally have rain and snow -- meaning there may be more water to work with this year. One might think the governor's speech would have something of a victorious tone. But it just didn't come off that way. We discuss the speech with Scott Shafer, senior editor of KQED's Politics and Government Desk.
Pixar's New App Gives the Blind a New Way to Experience Movies
While we all love going to the movies, the experience often becomes a huge challenge for the blind and low-vision community when the visual aids provided by theaters are broken (or can't even be found). Fortunately, that may be about to change. Reporter Max Savage Levenson took a trip to the movies with one woman who was about to experience film in a whole new way.
Battling Domestic Violence in L.A.'s Korean Immigrant Community
Immigrants living in the United States can be vulnerable when it comes to domestic abuse. And studies show it is a serious problem among Southern California's Korean immigrant community. Women have to navigate language barriers along with cultural taboos that often keep them from revealing problems to the outside world. The community's church pastors are now taking action.
Van-Anh Vo Transforms a Refugee's Odyssey Into a Musical Performance
Hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing their country by boat. That's Syria today. But in 1979, it was Vietnam. Musician Van-Anh Vo was born in Hanoi but now lives in the Bay area. She has written a piece of music about the Vietnamese boat people that's premiering in San Francisco, and touring to three other cities across the U.S.
The NFL's High-Tech Race Against Super Bowl Ticket Counterfeiters
After this Sunday, we'll know which two football teams will be coming to Santa Clara's Levi's Stadium for the Super Bowl. That's also when sophisticated counterfeit ticket and merchandise scams go into overdrive. We look at the technological race between the NFL and counterfeiters.