Mixed Reactions to Gov. Brown's Education Funding Plan
This week Governor Brown threw down the gauntlet, warning those who criticize his plan to overhaul K-12 school funding formulas to stay out of his way. Host Scott Shafer spoke with Sacramento Bureau Chief Scott Detrow about the governor's plan to shake up education funding.
The 'Grandparent Portrait Show'
Relationships between grandparents and their grandchildren are unique, significant, and often, fleeting. An art exhibit now on display in Santa Barbara aims to strengthen and preserve those bonds. The "Grandparent Portrait Show" features drawings, paintings, sculptures, and photographs of grandparents by local junior high and high school artists.
New Solutions to Water Woes
When the California snow pack is measured next week, the state will have a better sense of what the summer water supply will be. It could leave farmers scrambling for water, potentially pumping more precious groundwater from aquifers. But too much pumping has overdrawn some aquifers, causing the land to sink in parts of California's farm belt. Some farmers are looking at a unique solution.
Jazz Review: Nicole Mitchell's Ice Crystal 'Aquarius'
California isn't usually a magnet for promising jazz talent. In fact, the flow of musicians often runs from west to east, as Chicago, Boston and New York siphon off promising players from the left coast. But in recent years, the University of California has helped reverse that flow by recruiting heavyweight improvisers as faculty, like flutist Nicole Mitchell. Jazz critic Andrew Gilbert reviews her new album.
Two New Plays on the Undocumented Experience
The debate over immigration reform is building in Congress and it's being watched closely here in California, home to some three million undocumented immigrants. Two theatres in San Francisco are staging new plays telling the story of undocumented immigrants and the challenges they face living outside the law. We talked to the playwrights about their work, and their message to lawmakers.