As California faces a multi-billion dollar budget shortfall this year, one program facing the chopping block is Market Match, a food stamps partner program that provides extra money to use on produce at farmers markets. Organizers of Market Match in the North State are raising the alarm that losing the program would have massive consequences for communities across the state.
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Host Dave Schlom visits with best-selling author and award-winning anthropologist Meredith F. Small to talk about her new book, Here Begins The Dark Sea: Venice, a Medieval Monk and the Creation of the Most Accurate Map of The World.
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A federal affordable internet subsidy is going away and 3 million Californians must decide whether to end access largely considered a human right.
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Following on from native plant week, we revisit a BEST OF conversation about some of our favorite native plant visitors: our native bumble bees.
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At issue is a clash between federal and state law about how pregnant women must be treated in the emergency room.
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A Chico advocate for the mentally ill tells her son’s story. Also, the final chapter in Rex Ogle’s memoir trilogy tells his struggle of being unhoused after his father discovered he was gay.
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With Harvey Weinstein's 2020 sex crimes conviction being recently overturned in New York, sexual abuse hotlines are seeing a surge in calls.
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San Antonio's immigrant resource center aids hundreds of thousands of asylum-seekers with food, shelter and legal help. Without immigration reform, officials worry the challenges will continue.
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The refrain of malign outside influence has been common from school and government authorities during this wave of pro-Palestinian protests. This concept of hijacked activism has a long history.
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Officially, only one person has caught bird flu during the current outbreak among dairy cattle, but experts are hearing of others getting sick. The U.S. doesn't have an easy to way to detect cases.
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Tesla laid off hundreds of people. The company's supercharger network has been a striking success. So why did Elon Musk hit that team with devastating layoffs?
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Testimony continued in Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York. His lawyers tried to discredit a witness who represented the two women at the center of the allegations against the former president.
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