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The California Report Magazine — 471 episodes

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Eel River Dam Removals; Altadena's Backyard Punk Shows; Visiting Pinnacles

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Introducing Life, Automated

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Encore: SFO's Class for Fearful Flyers; Meet the 'Batman of San Jose'

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Bats, Birds and Planes: Stories from California's Skies

5

An Ancient Armenian Instrument's Healing Power; Lodi's Hidden Wrestling Scene

6

Thrift Store Find Leads Reveals Musical Love Story; Cooking Class Creating Connectons for Hmong Youth

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Renowned Musician Finds Purpose on Skid Row; Silicon Valley's Forgotten Flower Farms

8

Students 'Podcasting Democracy'; Rock Opera Celebrates Pasadena

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How a 1956 Raid Became a Flashpoint for Queer Civil Rights; The Volunteers Helping at Immigration Court

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Celebrating Father's Day, From a Boxing Gym to a Prison Prom

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College Grads vs. AI; Lodi Vineyards Pivot to New Crops; Fresno Students Head to Clarinet ‘Olympics’

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Celebrating Pride with 'Love You for You'

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The History Behind Some of California's Hidden Gems

14

Creative Ways To Hike California Trails

15

Who's the Bear on California's Flag?; A Garden Growing Community in West Sacramento

16

The California Governor’s Race; Providing Care in a Rural Maternity Desert

17

A WNBA Trailblazer, Women’s College Hockey and an Oakland Store Where One Thing Is Free

18

A Los Angeles Woman Was Lost. An Ambitious Mental Health Program Gave Her Purpose

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These Workers Help Keep Food Flowing Through the Golden State

20

Encore: Oakland Comedian Jackie Keliiaa on Pain, Punchlines, and Her ‘Good Medicine’

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Indigenous Communities Reclaim Ancestral Lands and Waters

22

Finding Ways to Manage Affordability; Indie Wrestlers Dream Big in Lodi

23

How Do You Receive Mail When You Don't Have an Address?

24

Sharing the Stories of Black Altadena's Recovery and Resilience

25

Regrowing Altadena's Lush Greenery; Creating Connections Between Music and Memory Loss

26

The Connection Between Silicon Valley and Ukraine’s ‘Geeks of War’

27

In Prison, Books Can Be a LIfeline, But Advocates Worry About Access and Censorship

28

Once a Last Stop for the City’s Homeless, SFO Ramps Up Outreach and Support

29

Snap Judgment: Jen Angel

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A Year After the LA Fires, A Journalist Looks Back on the Stories From His Neighborhood

31

Finding San Francisco's Earthquake Cottages; How Wild Boars Colonized California

32

SFO's Class for Fearful Flyers; Meet the 'Batman of San Jose'

33

How Palisades Fire Put New Volunteer Firefighting Force to the Test

34

Encore - LA’s Former Poet Laureate on Storytelling and Survival

35

Reena Esmail's Sitars and Symphonies; Exploring Point Richmond's Fairy Houses

36

Chef Chu’s, the Family-Owned Chinese Restaurant that Grew Up With Silicon Valley

37

Sikh Community's Growing Concern Over ICE; Richmond's 'Minister of Food'

38

When We All Get To Heaven: New Podcast Takes Us Into a Queer Church During the AIDS Crisis

39

Encore: Altadena's Lost Treasures Returned; Gathering at the Grange

40

Bonus- Celebrating a ‘Long Lost History’ of California’s Black Trans Trailblazers

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Bonus- 'It's Self-Love': Trans Elder Donna Personna Shares Advice With a Younger Generation

42

What Parents Can Learn About Love and Support from their Trans Kids

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Trans Kids Talk to Their Grandparents

44

Coming Out to Love

45

A Look at Prop 50; Meet the Duduk Whisperer; Altadena Homeowners Resettling in RVs

46

Celebrating 30 Years of The California Report with Kishi Bashi and California Foodways

47

Finding Diwali Outfits In A Suburban Garage; Making Whiskey On Mare Island

48

30 Years of The California Report; The Chinese Laundrymen Who Shaped US Civil Rights

49

A Tiny Plot: New Podcast Follows an Unhoused Community in Oakland Fighting for Self-Determination

50

California Is Considering Returning Stolen Land. Here's How It Played Out In Germany.

51

Oakland Comedian Jackie Keliiaa on Pain, Punchlines, and Her ‘Good Medicine’

52

Meet One of the OGs of Tech; The National Landmark 100 Feet Underground

53

Encore-"Wired For Connection': The Science of Kindness

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A Teenager, a Journalist and a Construction Worker Caught Up in Trump Immigration Crackdown

55

Rebuilding a Lost Home, a Beloved Garment, and a Treasured Radio

56

How An Unhoused Person Navigates San Francisco Streets; Life With a Partner in Prison

57

Therapists Confront Wildfire Trauma; Deadly Scandal in California Wine Country

58

From the Barrio to the Bookstore: LA’s Former Poet Laureate on Survival and Storytelling

59

The Legacy of a WNBA Trailblazer; Community Care in the Castro

60

Tokimonsta’s ‘Eternal Reverie’; Oakland's 100-Year-Old Produce Market

61

Keeping Baseball Players' Minds In Shape; Battle Over Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dogs

62

She Survived Transphobic Backlash and Made History; How AI Saved One Woman's Voice

63

Encore: How These Wine and Cheesemakers Fold Music Into Their Recipes

64

Altadena's Lost Treasures Returned; Gathering at the Grange

65

How the Impact of Proposition 13 Lives On Nearly 50 Years After It Passed

66

How a Ford Plant Changed Milpitas; AstraLogik's Music For Healing

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Composer Reena Esmail's Multicultural Music; The Professor Confronting Division With a Vision for Belonging

68

The Poetry of Resilience

69

An Altadena Church Fights to Rebuild; Stories From Catalina Island

70

Uncuffed: Where Were You in '92?

71

The Activist History of Japanese American Care Homes; Singing Corridos in Compton; SF Hosts Trans Self-Defense Class

72

Encore: Great Redwood Trail Proposal Unearths Painful History for Indigenous Tribes

73

Detecting Invisible Toxins After the Eaton Fire; 'You're Not Alone': A Youth Advocate Offers Hope to Abuse Survivors

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Stories of LA’s Zorthian Ranch; Visiting the Magical Fairy Houses of Point Richmond

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A Community Destination for Food, Faith and Ramadan Staples; Altadena's "Stay Behinds"; A San Diego Mural Restored

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Inheriting: Nicole and the Third World Liberation Front

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Encore: The Railroad's Surprising Impact on Food and Civil Rights in California

78

The Art of Snow Science; Al Akhbar's Middle East Jazz

79

Saving Altadena's Historic Tiles; Poet Says 'Solidarity is Key to Survival '

80

'Buzzkill' Investigates a World Without Honeybees

81

Japanese Americans Pledge to 'Fight Back' Against Trump Deportation Plan

82

Life After the Eaton Fire; Kishi Bashi Embraces Imperfection; 19-Year-Old Bandleader Creates a Future in Norteño

83

Oakland’s Freedom Community Clinic, New Documentary Spotlights LGBTQ Activist Sally Gearhart

84

Neighbors Come Together in Aftermath of Eaton Fire; A 129-Year-Old Lawsuit Could Stop the Ending of Birthright Citizenship

85

‘Wired for Connection’: The Science of Kindness, and Why Hope Outweighs Cynicism

86

‘The Devastation is Breathtaking’. Voices from the LA Fires

87

These California Composers Make Their Own Rules: Two Stories from the Archive

88

Encore: The Enduring Reign of El Daña, Drag King of the Central Valley

89

The Railroad’s Surprising Impact on Food and Civil Rights in California

90

“Fire Escape:” One Woman’s Journey Fighting Fires from Behind Bars

91

'He Played With People’s Minds': Fresno Priest Left a Trail of Sexual Abuse Allegations

92

Poultry Party: Two Tasty Stories from the Archive

93

A Wildfire Survivor's Long Road; A French-Algerian Bistro in the Desert

94

“Like a New Person:” Life After Homelessness; How Schools Can Serve Unhoused Students

95

What Trump 2.0 Could Mean for California; Kev Choice Makes Room for Hip-Hop in Classical Music

96

First Time Latino Voters Embrace Their Political Power; New Film Digs Into Gold Rush Myths

97

Even Californians Who Can't Vote Are Focused on the Election

98

Great Redwood Trail Proposal Unearths Painful History for Indigenous Tribes

99

Forced Sterilization Survivors Undertake Own Healing After Feeling 'Silenced Again' by State

100

Fighting for Reparations in Palm Springs; Uncovering Women Miners' Forgotten Legacy

101

How a Young Kamala Harris Was Shaped by Rainbow Sign, Berkeley’s 1970s Black Cultural Center

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How These Wine and Cheesemakers Fold Music Into Their Recipes

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Unaccompanied Minor's Quest for Citizenship Illuminates Pilot Program; San Francisco School Shelters Unhoused Families At Night

104

Encore: Making a Home in Fire Country

105

How The Black Panthers Changed Schools; Keeping Japanese American Culture Alive in the Central Valley

106

Oakland Harpist Destiny Muhammad Charting Her Own Path; The Pesky (But Lovable) Bishop Pine

107

Encore: The Poet and the Silk Girl: A Japanese American Story of Love, Imprisonment and Protest

108

Mexican Americans Building New Lives in Mexico; The Job That Keeps Water Flowing to California Farms

109

LA Composer Finds Inspiration in the Cosmos; First Hijabi Runner Completes Western States Race

110

MIXED!: Mixed-Race Californians Share Stories of Joy and Complexity

111

Caregiving Can Be Tough and Isolating. It Can Also Connect Us.

112

‘Arabology’ Podcast Champions Indie Arab Musicians; Indie Rocker Hana Vu takes 'Romanticism' On Tour

113

From Mannequins to Musical Roads: More of California's Hidden Gems

114

Inheriting: Leialani & The Occupation of Guam

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The Enduring Reign of El Daña, Drag King of the Central Valley

116

Memories, History and a Soundtrack for Fathers Day

117

Heavy Metal and Video Games Influence This California Composer; A 30-Year Journey of Authentic Mexican Cuisine and Recycled Art; Santa Cruz Company 3D Prints Surfboards

118

An Ethnic Conflict in India Echoes in California; Creating a Space for Brown and Black Creatives in Oakland

119

Tasty Tales of Conference Room Crab, a Cold Turkey Fruitarian, and Tiger Food

120

The Nüümü People Claim LA Stole Their Water, Now They're Fighting for Its Return

121

The First Indigenous-Named Marine Sanctuary; A Climber's Story; A New Home for a Beloved Diner

122

‘I’m Gonna Miss It’: Saying Goodbye to San Francisco's Beloved Cabaret, AsiaSF

123

A Peek Behind the Scenes at the California Report Magazine

124

Parents (and Teachers) Just Don't Understand

125

After Parole, ICE Deported This Refugee Back to a Country He Never Knew

126

Why Italians in California Were Treated as 'Enemy Aliens' During WWII

127

Making a Home in Fire Country

128

A Queer Journalist Reflects on the Legacy of the Proposition 8 Tapes

129

'Racist Trees' Uncovers Little Known History of Palm Springs' Black Community

130

The Poet and the Silk Girl: A Japanese-American Story of Love, Imprisonment and Protest

131

Oscar-Nominated Shorts Tell Joyful California Stories

132

On Our Watch: A Whistleblower at California’s Most Violent Prison

133

How the Freeway System Shaped California

134

Could 'Urban Villages' Help Fix San Jose's Suburban Sprawl?

135

From Mannequins to Musical Roads: More of California's Hidden Gems

136

How an Entire Oakland Block Decided to Go Solar

137

A Taste of Southeast Asia at Stockton's Angel Cruz State Park

138

Could Pickleball Help Change Prison Culture?

139

Unhoused Californians on the 'Bleeding Edge' of Climate Change

140

A Pandemic Pivot Helped These Californians Launch Successful Food Businesses

141

Encore: Oakland Rapper Guap on His Black and Filipino Roots

142

Encore: The Little Known Wartime History of Japanese Americans Living in Japan

143

Centering Shared Humanity In Wartime

144

Uncovering Abuse in a CA Disability Group Home

145

Towns Along Pacific Coast Trail Struggle After Dixie Fire

146

Stories of California History Through Food and Family

147

The Aftermath of an LA City Council Scandal

148

Searching For Home On Higher Ground

149

How a California Tribe Fought to Get Their Ancestral Land Back in Eureka

150

Did I Actually Contact a Dead Person? A Science Editor In Search of His Mother’s Ghost

151

Resilient Family Farmers Making It Work

152

California Prisons Fail to Uphold Transgender Rights Despite State Law

153

All-Female Mariachi Band Shatters Stereotypes

154

An Ode to Ritchie Valens' "La Bamba"

155

Symphony by Non-Verbal Teen Is His ‘Unforgettable Sunrise’

156

Cambodian Californians Seek Ways To Heal Trauma Of The Past

157

Encore: W. Kamau Bell’s Family Explores the Mixed-Race Experience in New Film ‘1,000% Me’

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The Invisible Work that Makes Hollywood Hum

159

Indigenous Californians Flexing Their Power in Big and Small Ways

160

Giant Sequoias Are Burning. Should We Replant Them?

161

From Cesar Chavez to La Pulga: Latino Activists Make Their Mark on San Jose

162

The Little Known Wartime History of Japanese Americans Living in Japan

163

Foretold: A Fortune Teller's Unpredictable Future

164

Did Mac Dre Go to Prison Because of His Lyrics?

165

How a Group of Surfers Helped Save Malibu from Wildfire; Redwoods Struggling

166

Encore: Mapping a Radical Legacy of South Asian Activism in California

167

More California Armenians Are Moving Back to Their Parents’ Native Land; Flavor Profile: LA's Saucy Chick; Petaluma Teens' Find Community at the Phoenix Theater

168

Activism Through Performance: Oakland’s House/Full of Black Women

169

Checking Out Santa Monica's 'Human Library'; Hidden History of Oceano Dunes

170

The Passion of Chris Strachwitz

171

Is California Really the Abortion Haven It Claims to Be?

172

‘We Had a Mission’: Longtime Richmond Teacher Reflects on Once-Stellar High School; Cooking Up LA's Next Chefs

173

The End of Wood Street: Inside the Struggle for Stability, Housing on the Margins of the Bay Area

174

Allensworth Braces For Floods; ’70s Band Fanny Reclaims Their Right To Rock

175

Farming With Ghosts: David 'Mas' Masumoto On Learning A Family Secret

176

MIXED!: W. Kamau Bell’s Family Explores the Mixed-Race Experience in New Film ‘1,000% Me’

177

MIXED!: A Psychologist and Mixed-Race Teen Offer Advice To Parents For Raising Strong Multiracial Kids

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MIXED!: Author Cherríe Moraga on Her ‘Mixed Blood’ Chicana Heritage and Embracing Discomfort

179

MIXED!: Educator Joemy Ito-Gates on Why Ethnic Studies Matters

180

MIXED!: 'Can't You Be in the Black Struggle and Be Multiracial Too?' Late UCSB Professor On Challenging the One-Drop Rule

181

MIXED!: 'Jump Higher, Spin Faster': Olympic Figure Skater Tai Babilonia on Her Rise to Fame

182

MIXED!: Rapper Guap on Growing Up Black and Filipino in Oakland

183

MIXED!: Mixed-Race Californians Share Stories of Joy and Complexity

184

Proven Schizophrenia Treatments Keep People in School, at Work and off the Street. Why Won't Insurance Companies Cover Them?

185

Raising Shasta Dam Could Put Sacred Indigenous Sites Underwater

186

75 Years After Deadly Plane Crash, Families Get Answers for 'Deportees'

187

Chumash Tribe ‘Reunites the Rock;’ Social Justice Sewing Academy's Push to Make Craft More Inclusive

188

From Yoga Darling to Conspiracy Theorist: The Wellness to Q-Anon Pipeline

189

California Overturned Her Murder Conviction. ICE Still Wants to Deport Her

190

Building Thriving Spaces For Black Californians

191

Murder in the Emerald Triangle

192

Lee Herrick Named CA Poet Laureate; Transamerica Pyramid at 50

193

California Stories: Three of Our Favorite Author Interviews from 2022

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Two of Our Favorite (and Most Joyful) Stories from 2022

195

Sacrifice Zones: How Bay Area Community Activists Are Preparing For Sea Level Rise

196

Big Changes for Central Valley Farmers, Disability Rights Activist Alice Wong on the Cost of Care

197

‘Bad Indians’ Author Deborah Miranda Continues Fight for Native Californians

198

When You Don't Learn Your Parent's Language, What Is Lost?

199

The Promise of California: Stories of Detention and Freedom

200

A Wedding Behind the Walls of San Quentin

201

Grass Valley Students Focus on School Board Election; Aztec Dancers Preserve a Proud Heritage; Childhood Prank Helps Heal Grandmother's Grief

202

Did I Actually Contact a Dead Person? A Science Editor In Search of His Mother’s Ghost

203

Exploring the Bay Area’s African Music Scene; Remembering Art Laboe

204

LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s Unlikely Rise to Power

205

Riding the Bánh Mì Bus; Rediscovering SF's Playland-at-the-Beach

206

From Losing a Farm to Healing Trauma: Families in Transition

207

'The Real Ambassadors': Dave Brubeck, Louis Armstrong and the Story Behind a Groundbreaking 1962 Civil Rights Jazz Musical

208

Hollywood's First Chinese American Star + Pronouns Lost in Translation

209

A Historically Black Community Honors Its Past – and Fights For Its Future

210

Encore: Investigating COVID Deaths at Foster Farms

211

A Reporter Reflects on Coping When Your Community is the News; Two Actresses of Color Receive Long Awaited Recognition

212

Getting Off Auto-Pilot and Into the World

213

A Palauan Chef in Susanville + Pacifica’s Forgotten Prison Camp

214

Remembering the Rainbow Sign: The Short But Powerful Reign of Berkeley’s 1970s Black Cultural Center

215

As Protections for Renters Vanish, One California Family Navigates the Eviction Process

216

A Teen Activist On Saving the Future; Reporter Investigates His HS Journalism Teacher; Pirate Ship Sails Big Bear Lake

217

Oscar Gomez: The Forgotten Revolutionary

218

Ojai’s Famous Pixie Tangerine Struggles; Program Trains Incarcerated Men to Help Fight Fires; Peninsula Boba Shop's Tongan Treat

219

Road Trip: Unearthing California's Hidden Gems

220

How a Young Gay Man Survived One of the Darkest Eras in California Queer History

221

Seeking Asylum in CA from Gender-Based Violence; Is Jack Cheese Really From Monterey?

222

Visiting the Farallon Islands; Experiencing Abortion Before Roe v. Wade; Blues Singer Marina Crouse's New Spanish Album

223

New Podcast Visits Central Valley Towns, and Celebrates 'The Other California'

224

Betty Reid Soskin at 100: The Life of the Nation's Oldest Park Ranger, In Her Own Words

225

When You Don’t Learn Your Parent’s Language, What Is Lost?

226

California Dreamers: Psych Ward Nurse Turned Bandleader; Waiting a Lifetime for a Green Card

227

Mapping a Radical Legacy of South Asian Activism in California

228

Delicious Dishes: From a Sizzling Cross-Cultural Concoction to Hmong Home Cooking

229

Looking for Threads of Hope and Connection

230

Deep Roots: Home and History in the Golden State

231

Revisiting Some of Our Favorite Hidden Gems

232

'There Is Anger. He Should Be Alive.' An Investigation Into Deadly COVID-19 Outbreaks at Foster Farms

233

'I Will Always Continue to Be Her Voice.' Families Demand Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

234

California Books: Kids Reflecting on Journeys of Migration

235

They Were Under the Radar, But Two CA Singers Leave Lasting Musical Legacies

236

Sold Out: A Suburb With an Eviction Problem

237

The Last Slavery Case in California; YA Author Sabaa Tahir's Gets Personal in 'All My Rage'

238

‘Imperfect Paradise’: When Neighbors Shout Down an Apartment Complex for Unhoused People

239

How the 1960 Winter Olympics Came to Tahoe; A Mom's Concern with Selling Girl Scout Cookie Online; Creating Community Through Fortune Cookies

240

Wajahat Ali's 'Go Back To Where You Came From'; A Granddaughter's Tribute to Her 'Papi Tomas'

241

'Acts of Great Love': How the Marijuana Minister of the Castro Helped Hundreds of San Francisco AIDS Patients

242

Helping the Magical Monarch Butterfly; How California's Courts Fail to Disarm Abusers

243

A World of Humor, Queerness, and Tenderness in a Farmworker Camp; This 'Jewish Arbor Day’, COVID Makes Connection Difficult for Gold Country Community

244

Remembering the Rainbow Sign: From Baldwin to Simone, the Short But Powerful Reign of Berkeley’s 1970s Black Cultural Center

245

Ringing In 2022 With Some of Our Favorite California Cocktails

246

Love, Loss and Song: Some of Our Favorite Stories From 2021

247

Stargazing in L.A., Celebrating Las Posadas, and Remembering the King of Mariachi

248

How The “Gig Economy” Changes Work: One Janitor's Story

249

Holding on to Home

250

Ghostly Protectors, Sacred Mountains: In California, These Legends Run Deep

251

Our Favorite Stories from California Foodways

252

Demolition Derby Sends Sparks (and Sparkles) Flying, and Kindling a New Romance During COVID

253

Mixed-Race Californians: "You Have to Find Your Own Way to Define Yourself"

254

Stories for the Spooky Season: Ghost Hunters, Haunted Lighthouses and Flowers for the Dead

255

"There is Anger. He Should Be Alive." An Investigation Into Deadly COVID Outbreaks at Foster Farms

256

The Queen of California Returns, and Other Forgotten California History

257

California Trailblazes Solutions to Overdose Deaths

258

Escape from Mammoth Pool: A Wildfire Rescue that Saved 242 People (and 16 Dogs)

259

Hidden Gems: A Journey Through California’s Best Kept Secrets

260

Rolling Through California; A Family Kept Apart; How 9/11 Changed One Woman's Life

261

A California Tribe Turns to Cultural Roots to Heal the Wounds of Domestic Violence

262

Getting 'Good Fire' on the Ground: The Karuk Tribe Pushes to Restore Native Burn Management to Protect Forests

263

What Fire Reveals: Capturing What's Lost and Found After a Wildfire

264

Mauricio Across the Border, Part 2: No Turning Back

265

Mauricio Across the Border, Part 1: Giving Up a Dream After It Came True

266

California History You Probably Didn't Learn in School

267

California’s Delta Surge; History of Native Americans in Comedy; Postpartum Drug Offers Hope and Frustration

268

Was He "The Priest Who Performs Miracles" - Or a Predator?

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These Five People Challenge the Notion of Blindness as a Deficit

270

The Sound of Social Revolution: Inside the Black Panthers' R&B Band

271

Latinx Artists Promote Covid Shots, Saying Goodbye to 'Roadrunner', Birds Helping CA Farms

272

A History of Queer California

273

'Our Culture Is Being Taken Away From Us': The Karuk Tribe Pushes to Restore Native Burn Management to Protect Forests

274

Armed Asian Women, Filling The Shoes of a Mom Lost to COVID, Space Force for CA Teens

275

Teens Say #MeToo, Good News For Trans Asylum Seeker, Mourning Two Pandemics

276

‘On Our Watch’ Podcast Examines the Shadow World of Police Discipline

277

Quest for a Hollywood Star, Traveling Violinists Bring Joy, & California's 'Top Chef'

278

The Year of Singing Dangerously

279

Immediate Jeopardy: Death and Neglect in California Nursing Homes

280

Diary of a Contact Tracer + Youth Takeover

281

Aarti Shahani's 'Art of Power' + Remembering a Mom, ER Worker, and Mentor to Native Youth

282

'I Lost My Brother to COVID in San Quentin' + Trading in Desks for Tree Stumps

283

‘A Butterfly With My Wings Cut Off’: A Transgender Asylum Seeker’s Quest to Come to California

284

We Spent a Day Inside a Hospital: Here’s How Things Will Never Be the Same After COVID

285

Help for COVID 'Long-Haulers' and Grappling With Anti-Asian Violence

286

How One Woman's Cycle of Incarceration and Mental Illness Helped Heal a Rural System

287

A Lawyer’s Winding Journey to Reunite Families Separated at the US Border

288

A Push to Reopen California Schools and A Day in the Pandemic Life of a Teacher

289

A Friendship Beyond Prison Walls and a Ferlinghetti Soundscape

290

Sharing Memories of Japanese American Incarceration, Across Generations

291

From Zydeco to Psychedelic Cumbia: Our Favorite Musical Stories Through the Years

292

Garment Workers Hanging By a Thread, and Creating a Black Feminist Utopia

293

Partying During COVID, and Why Can't I Get The Shot?

294

'Amazing Grace' and Seeing Myself in Kamala: Inauguration Strikes a Hopeful Note

295

'Kamala is My Fairy Godmother', Bridging a Language Divide, Remembering CA's Food Pioneers

296

After a Week of Chaos, Hanging on to the Promise of Renewal

297

The Health Care Workers, Teachers, Firefighters and Activists Who Inspired Us in 2020

298

From Jewish Mambo to 'Nimble' the Elf, Our Favorite Holiday Stories

299

A Fresh Look at the Donner Party

300

Home Baked: How Pot Brownies Brought Some Relief During the AIDS Epidemic

301

‘A Butterfly With My Wings Cut Off’: A Transgender Asylum Seeker’s Quest to Come to California

302

In a Year of Isolation, Remembering Thanksgiving Togetherness

303

Fighting Isolation During COVID, and Capturing the Heart of a Neighborhood in Song

304

The California Report Turns 25: Our Most Delicious Adventures

305

Is California as Progressive as the Rest of the Country Thinks We Are?

306

When Wildfire Breaks Out, Who’s Responsible for Elderly Evacuees?

307

How to Talk About Death and Dying During a Pandemic (Rebroadcast)

308

Not Sure How to Vote on Statewide Props? We'll Break a Few Down

309

The California Report Turns 25 Part 1: CA on the Forefront of Progressive Change

310

Here's How California Is Turning Hotels Into Housing for Formerly Homeless People

311

Artists Transform Lessons from Their own Lives into Art

312

How To Talk About Death and Dying During a Pandemic

313

From Protesting Police to Becoming a Cop Himself

314

Stories of Hope Through Fire and Smoke

315

California Women Reflect on a Century of Voting

316

California City: Deception, Power, and Money in the Mojave Desert

317

A Chicano Takeover of Catalina Island + California Love

318

What Nuns, Survivors of Hiroshima, and ER Doctors Can Teach Us About Resilience

319

In the Shadow of Shuttered Hospitals and the AIDS Crisis

320

Revisiting the Soundtrack of Silence

321

Forced To Breathe the Same Air: A Look Inside CA Prisons During a Pandemic

322

The Sound of Social Revolution: Inside the Black Panther’s R&B Band

323

Buckle Up: A (Virtual) Road Trip to California Hidden Gems

324

Was He “The Priest Who Performs Miracles” – Or a Predator?

325

A Tribute to Fathers

326

Dismantling Racism, One Protest and Book Club at a Time

327

It Started With Oscar Grant: A Police Shooting in Oakland, and the Making of a Movement

328

‘Family Is Not Replaceable’

329

“No One Is Disposable”: Living With Disability During a Pandemic

330

Gold Chains: California’s Hidden History

331

How Tiny Sierra Towns are Coping With Pandemic

332

Feeding California During a Pandemic

333

Art Lives On, Even During a Pandemic

334

Life on the Front Lines of a Pandemic

335

Love and Sex in the Time of Corona

336

Home Baked: One Woman’s Subversive Response to the AIDS Crisis

337

Coping Under Quarantine

338

Unemployed, Uninsured, Uncertain

339

When COVID-19 Came to California

340

Healing the Divide

341

Pupusas for Voters, Love for Activists, and No More Nightly Movies for Catalina Island

342

California Apologizes But Scars Remain

343

Valentine’s Day, California Style

344

Mothers, Mental Illness and the Unthinkable

345

‘Dreaming the Golden State’ With The California Report Magazine (Part Two)

346

‘Dreaming the Golden State’ With the California Report Magazine (Part One)

347

Taking the Frida Kahlo Corporation to Court, and the Vietnamese Immigrant Who Helped Sriracha Go Mainstream

348

Getting Inside the Political Mind of Jerry Brown

349

The Cave Woman of India: Tracing My Scars as an Immigrant’s Daughter

350

Transgender Opera Singers Take Enormous Risks to Live Authentically

351

Barbed Wire at the Border Brings Back Memories of Internment – and the Unexpected Impact of Legalized Marijuana

352

Living In and Out of the Box

353

The Hidden History of Slavery in California

354

How One Woman’s Search for Her Homeless Mother Became a Mission to Help Others

355

Do You Really Want to Know? One Man’s Search for Family From Jonestown and Beyond

356

What Is the California Dream, and Is it Still Alive?

357

Living Through Wildfire and Facing a New Normal

358

The Thin Place

359

A ‘Nest’ for Migrant Kids at the Border – and an Unusual High School Reunion

360

Special Ed for California’s Black Students Was Supposed to Be Fixed by This Landmark Case. It Wasn’t

361

These Five People Challenge the Notion of Blindness as a Deficit

362

Blind Beekeeper Relies on Sound to Keep Her Hives Happy

363

How Heat Threatens California’s Most Vulnerable

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Spicing Up Seniors’ Sex Lives – and Getting a Second Chance at the California Dream

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Three Transgender Opera Singers on the Risks They Took to Live Authentically

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Vallejo in the Spotlight After Fatal Police Shootings

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An Ode to the Tumbleweeds and Driveway Barbeques of Riverside

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As Students Struggle With Anxiety, a California School Tries to Help

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The Cave Woman of India: Tracing My Scars as an Immigrant’s Daughter

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A Road Trip to Some of California’s Hidden Gems

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Missing and Homeless: How a Woman’s Search for Her Mother Became a Mission to Help Others

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An Unlikely Suspect: On the Trail of a Northern California Serial Arsonist

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She Strived to Be the Perfect Mom and Landed in the Psych Ward

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Golden State Plate – The Backstory Behind California-Born Food and Drinks

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Challenging Inequality in One of California’s Most Divided Cities

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A History of Queer California

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The California Story Behind the Mai Tai and the Damburger

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A Father’s Day Tribute to California Dads

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Golden Years in the Golden State: Meet 6 California Seniors

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Throwback! Celebrating California’s Analog Age

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‘I’m Trapped’: Who Do You Call for Help When Your Abuser Is a Cop?

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A Beauty Queen Who Fights Mental Health Stigma, and a Dream Shaped by Water

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Difficult Choices Around Motherhood

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High School Students Take Over the Airwaves

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From the Origin of the Fortune Cookie to Making Community College Applications Mandatory

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‘It’s So Important to Be Heard:’ Californians Living With Disabilities

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This Is the Coachella Most Californians Don’t See

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Meth Mania: From Biker Gangs to the Psych Ward, How Speed Came of Age in California

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Fresno Police Corruption: How a Top Cop Went From Hero to Federal Prison

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Running for City Council, as a Teen Mom

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From Ferlinghetti to Flamin’ Hot Cheetos

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Migrant Teens: Figuring Out Life in California

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On The Trail of a Serial Arsonist in California

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How ‘Okies’ Reshaped the Golden State

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Your California Breakup Playlist

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Love, California Style

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40 Percent of Kids in This School District Are Homeless

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From a Gold Rush Cocktail to a Trans Trucker’s Dream

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All About the Family Biz

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It Started With Oscar Grant: A Police Shooting in Oakland, and the Making of a Movement

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Golden State Plate: Food History Made in California

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A Ghost, a Songwriter, a Student and a Teacher: Voices of California

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A Musical Journey with California-Grown Artists Forging Their Own Sounds

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40 Years on, How Does Proposition 13 Impact the California Dream?

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She Strived to Be the Perfect Mom, and Landed in the Psych Ward

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Families Pulling Together to Confront Life’s Obstacles

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Do You Really Want to Know? One Man’s Search for Family From Jonestown and Beyond

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Veterans Day Special: Californians and The Vietnam War

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Women Finding Their Political Voice

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Spooky Tales of Ghosts and California History

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SPECIAL: Her Double Life

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One Year After Firestorm, Some Scars, Some Hope

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Ballet Star Moves Past Pain for a New Stage: Science

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First-Time Women Candidates React to Kavanaugh Drama

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Life Inside Tijuana’s Migrant Center

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Golden State Plate: Iconic California Recipes

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#MeToo Unmasks the Open Secret of Sexual Abuse in Yoga

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Rethinking Masculinity… At Summer Camp

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Childhood Trauma Can Mean Early Death. This California Mom Wants to Beat the Odds

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Fleeing Conflict, and Finding Self

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Wildfires Spark Fear, Anxiety for Survivors

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Teen Poet to Migrant Kids: I Feel Your Pain

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Family Separation Today … and 40 Years Ago

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Going Back to 1993: Unpacking the Internet, Then and Now

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SPECIAL: The Leap: Little Girl Lost

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Young and Homeless … But Dreaming Big

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Discovering Some of California’s ‘Hidden Gems’

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From a Tiny Oaxacan Restaurant in the Central Valley, to High School in a San Francisco Jail

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California Stories From 1968 … From RFK to a Classic Dishware Factory

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Life in California Prisons

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Immigrant Parents and the California Dream

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Grappling with the Idea of Home

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Difficult Choices Around Motherhood

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The California Report Magazine: Sexual Harassment… in High School

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The California Report Magazine Taken Over by High Schoolers … For a Week

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Stories of Californians Reinventing Themselves

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Little-Known Tales of California’s Past

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Life and Death Off Point Reyes, Wetlands Get Help From Rice Farmers

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Counted: An Oakland Story

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‘We’re All Getting Older’

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The California Report Magazine: Chasing the Original California Dream

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My World Was Burning: The Northern California Fires and What Went Wrong

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Stories About Belonging

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Synchronized Ice Skaters and A Visit to Timbuctoo

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Changing Identities, and Taking Back Power

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Daytime Boogie Nights for the Senior Set, and Dispatch From a Salvadoran Deportee

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Being in DACA Limbo and Seeking Help for Post-Partum Depression

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The Fight for Medical Cannabis in Public Schools and Worshipping the Art of Smell

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Fighting Rape on the Night Shift and Johnny Cash’s Friend in Folsom

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The Legend of the Lyft Rapper and the Curse of the Gold Rush Town

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Coming Together, One Conversation at a Time

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Three Refugees, Three Journeys to California

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Camels, Tamales, and Rainbow Girls

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San Francisco’s Changing Skyline and the Central Valley’s Frozen Burrito Empire

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The California Report Magazine: Stories from the Classroom

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The California Report Magazine: Homeless Housemates and Gold Rush Opera

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The California Report Magazine: It’s All About Family

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From the King of Opera to the Tiny (Lava-Free) Town of Volcano

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Your State, Your Stories – Welcome to the California Report Magazine

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