Russ Crupnick

Legalizing the sale of cannabis in California has turned out to be a fruitful endeavor for the state thanks to taxes.

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

It’s been two weeks since a gunman in San Jose reported to work, opened fire, and killed nine people before killing himself.

KCRW’s Press Play asked audience members to share one habit they’ve picked up in the past year that they hope to keep.

For African Americans, June 19 (Juneteenth) is both a celebration of freedom and an occasion of somber remembrance.

Between 2016 and 2019, Bakersfield police officers used force that broke at least 45 bones in 31 people, an analysis of public records shows.

More than half of all American adults have been vaccinated, according to the Biden administration, and life is seemingly speeding back to normal.

Echo Park Lake reopened to the public this week after two months of being closed for repairs, with some obvious changes.

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.”