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COVID's Lasting Impact on College Students
Season 2025
Episode 410
Students who entered college during the COVID lockdowns share how social isolation and academic disruption shaped their journey. In the Inland Empire, where degree rates lag, many are now graduating with resilience and plans to pursue graduate degrees.
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Concerns rise over LA cleanup workers' safety, facing toxic gases, unstable structures, and more.
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AB 239 creates a task force to speed housing recovery after disasters, using a Texas model.
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California’s investor-owned utilities collect millions in shareholder profits, adding to costs.
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The offshore wind lease ban won’t stop California’s plans but may slow renewable progress.
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A new California law bans ATM fees for declined withdrawals due to low balances.
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A wildfire destroyed an Altadena charter school, leaving staff and students displaced.
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Wildfires destroy homes and push more Californians into homelessness.
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Wildfires expose risks of building in fire-prone areas, but California keeps rebuilding.
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California halts diesel truck rules, citing federal delays, with clean air goals at stake.
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San Francisco's new policy offers bus tickets to unhoused people, raising ethical questions.
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Starbucks and Amazon unions fear setbacks as Trump’s NLRB may reverse pro-labor rulings.
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Wildfires push California property owners to the costly FAIR insurance plan.