1+ hour, 19+ min ago   (726+ words) A last-ditch legislative attempt to help California school districts keep problematic teachers out of the classroom has collapsed following opposition from unions and the state teacher licensing agency that a proposed searchable database would violate privacy and subject educators to…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (798+ words) The Trump administration has launched a national crackdown on how school districts handle accusations of sexual misconduct by teachers, following a KQED-ProPublica investigation into California’s teacher disciplinary system. In guidance issued last week, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon cited the…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1750+ words) Maria Franco has lived in the Park Royale Mobile Home Community for 25 years, in the Van Nuys neighborhood in north Los Angeles. The community has just under 150 rectangular homes, lined up neatly on a large field of mostly asphalt, with…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1813+ words) Follow the key races and measures across the nine Bay Area counties. Jason Agan was a popular teacher at Angelo Rodriguez High School in Fairfield. But for years, students whispered about his behavior. He touched some of them in public…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (147+ words) KQED What the Colorado River Drought Means for California Airdate: Thursday, May 28 at 10 AM The Colorado River basin and its two largest reservoirs, Lake Powell and Lake Mead, are facing record-low water levels, and the seven states that rely on…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (416+ words) Under the current system, Californians can vote for any candidate in the primary, regardless of party affiliation. The top two vote-getters move to the general election. That means two Democrats or two Republicans might face off in November. This year,…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago   (855+ words) Immigration and Customs Enforcement again has expanded in California’s Central Valley, activating a new 700-bed detention facility operated by the for-profit prison company GEO Group. Advocates say the agency began transferring immigrant detainees to the McFarland facility last week. The…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1696+ words) This story is part of How We Get By, a KQED series exploring how people are coping with rising costs in the Bay Area and California. Find the full series here. When Clara Faria read her rent statement, her heart…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (655+ words) The potentially record-shattering heat wave roasting California this week reminds Lawrence Cox of the people locked in suffocating state prison cells with no windows. Temperatures inside aging prison buildings can climb much higher than outdoors, with little to no relief,…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (751+ words) As the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots get ready to push, tackle and elbow their way to victory in Super Bowl LX, the NFL has been showcasing the contactless version of the sport leading up to the big game…...