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Joe Mathews says that focusing on the state budget, when it appears in good shape, obscures California’s systemic failures.

The cost of living surged 5% last month, according to the Department of Labor. That’s the highest inflation rate we’ve seen in more than a decade.

Sherry Buchanan, author of “On the Ho Chi Minh Trail,” discusses what she learned about the Vietnam War from the Vietnamese women who survived its frontlines.

Political fallout is mounting as LA grapples with how to house its many residents living on the streets.

KCRW is joining other public radio stations up and down the state to mark the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd.

California will roll out a statewide electronic vaccine verification program, which Gov. Gavin Newsom does not call a passport.

Josh Barro talks with panelists Rachel Bovard, Elizabeth Bruenig

The former Congress member talks to Robert Scheer about his life and the dramatic events surrounding his political rise, as told in his new book “The Division of Light and Power.”

Vice President Kamala Harris visited Central America this week. She told would-be migrants in Guatemala “do not come” (to the U.S.), which drew criticism from progressive democrats.