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Insurance Denials Leaving Families Without Vital Behavioral Health Care
Season 2025
Episode 276
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Declining Enrollment Leads to CA School Closures
Season 2024
Episode 253
Declining enrollment, expiring pandemic relief grants, and budget uncertainty have left California schools in financial peril. School closures disproportionately impact low-income and Black communities, raising concerns about disinvestment in education. Some districts use closures to modernize merged schools, but challenges persist.
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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.
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Insurance denials leave families struggling for lifesaving addiction treatment.
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LA’s record dry spell and fierce winds spark wildfires as Northern California floods.
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Central Coast advocates protect immigrant communities from deportation threats.
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Valley Fever cases quadruple in California over a decade, linked to climate and dust storms.
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L.A. County voters approve Measure G, expanding the board and creating new leadership roles.
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California K-12 students show gains in math and English, but scores remain below pre-pandemic levels
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Proposed tariffs on imports from Mexico and China could raise costs and affect California’s economy.
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Efforts to advance student-athlete NIL rights in California face setbacks despite past progress.
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‘A Moment People Have Been Waiting For’: ICE Arrests Fuel SF Protests
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s honeymoon is over, as growing fears over immigration enforcement and mass arrests of protesters have pushed people into the streets.
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SEIU leader David Huerta released after being charged with impeding ICE officers
David Huerta, who leads the powerful Service Employees International Union California, was released from custody on Monday after his arrest during a downtown L.A. immigration raid set off a firestorm.
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Sudden chaos, now a National Guard station: The scene in Paramount after a national flashpoint
Troops are still staged in Paramount, a city that was suddenly thrust into a monumental political conflict when immigration agents amassed in a business park.
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California plan to ban most plants within 5 feet of homes for wildfire safety overlooks some important truths about flammability
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