Vivian Nixon

A lifeguard tower honoring LGBTQ-plus pride was unveiled in Long Beach this afternoon.

President Joe Biden signed a bill into law today declaring June 19, commonly referred to as Juneteenth , a federal holiday.

Joe Mathews says, “If America needs a 1/6 commission, then California must have a 3/13 commission.”

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

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

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.”

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

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.

With the state’s color-coded reopening tiers riding off into the sunset, there’s no more social distancing, and masks in almost every indoor situation are being retired.