Calif. Cities Optimistic About Economic Recovery
Everywhere you look in California, it seems there are signs of an economic recovery. The statewide unemployment rate is down, state revenues are up and public officials at city council meetings across California are saying the worst is over. How are cities now setting their spending priorities? And what have they learned?
Debate Over the Lake Berryessa Conservation Area Plan
Just north of the San Francisco Bay Area is a vast expanse of land and water that could be in line for new federal protections. The proposed Berryessa-Snow Mountain National Conservation Area would link wilderness zones and other lands in five counties. But it's been a tough sell in some quarters.
Graduation Day: When Religion and Basketball Collide
Today, as part of our Graduation Day series, we meet a young man who's prepared his whole life for two very separate goals -- always believing he could do both during his lifetime. Only now he has to choose. What happens when religion and basketball collide?
Sonoma County Farm Uses Social Media to Cut Food Waste and Increase Profits
Piles of early blueberries and cherries at local farmer's markets are a tip-off: peak season for California farmers is just around the corner. But while agriculture may provide some of California's most famous exports, the latest farm census from the USDA found that over half of the state's small farms don't even turn a profit. We visit one family farm in Sonoma County that's using social media to try and change that, while reducing food waste at the same time.
Farmworker and Son Empowered in Salinas
Sofia Collins moved to the Salinas area with her husband and children to be a farm worker. But after just three days, Collins began getting rashes all over her arms and legs. She believes they were a reaction to the pesticides being sprayed in the fields. As part of our occasional series "What's Your Story?," we hear from her and her son Jay Rengal, about how an organic farm helped change their lives.