Author Archives: sshakir
Oil and Gas Air Pollution. Also, Texas Abortion Law Legal Fight; Breyer to Retire.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26 PROGRAM # 9514 12:00 PM PT Oil and Gas Air Pollution. Oil and Gas Air Pollution. Methane emissions from the oil and gas industry are increasing and in addition to being one of the most “potent” greenhouse gasses that causes climate change, methane is also highly toxic for communities living nearby. One […]
Extra Edition: Final deadline for Open Enrollment. Also, Retiring During the Pandemic.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 25 PROGRAM # 9512 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Final deadline for Open Enrollment. As the open-enrollment deadline nears, California reports a record number of insured people, including Latinos. Officials make a final push for people to sign up, highlighting the new financial help and the risks of the pandemic. Guest: Patricia Ward, […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 25 PROGRAM # 9513 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. The Biden administration marked one year in office. What’s the state of his campaign promises? In other stories: A rural sheriff in Texas is under investigation for regularly taking money from undocumented immigrants during traffic stops. Also, Los Angeles county supervisors are moving to […]
California Heads for Universal Health Care. Also, Restoring Safety Net for Immigrant Families.
MONDAY, JANUARY 24 PROGRAM # 9511 12:00 PM PT California Heads for Universal Health Care. A state health care bill to create a single-payer system is moving forward in the California legislature. Known as CalCare, the plan would get rid of private insurers and would provide government-run coverage for all residents in the state. The […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, JAN 21 PROGRAM # 9510 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Mexicans in the US have sent historic amounts of remittances back home amid the hardships of the pandemic. An expert talks about efforts to transform remittances into productive investments in the emigres’ hometowns, including migrant bonds and microbanks in San Quintin and other rural […]
Extra Edition: California’s Budget Plan.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 20 PROGRAM # 9508 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: California’s Budget Plan. Gov. Newsom unveiled his proposed state budget. He is planning to spend California’s historic surplus by ramping up Covid boosters and testing, fighting the climate crisis, including extreme heat, wildfires and the drought, expanding CalFresh to include undocumented people 55 and […]
Combating Omicron Surge.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 20 PROGRAM # 9509 12:00 PM PT Combating Omicron Surge. As fast-spreading Omicron becomes the dominant Covid variant, US hospitalizations largely among unvaccinated people break record numbers. In California, as authorities prepare for the endemic phase of Covid, public health leaders urge Californians to get booster doses and use effective face masks to […]
The Deep Freeze and the Deadly Carbon Monoxide. Also, Winter Home Fires.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19 PROGRAM #9507 12:00 PM PT The Deep Freeze and the Deadly Carbon Monoxide. The Texas power crisis in February set off the worst carbon monoxide poisoning in recent history. Blacks and Latinos took a disproportionate toll of this epidemic. And while Texas finally passed a new law to require carbon monoxide alarms […]
Extra Edition: Historic Overtime Pay for Farmworkers. Also, Help for Health Insurance Buys.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 18 PROGRAM # 9505 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Historic Overtime Pay for Farmworkers. California farmworkers have now the right to get the same overtime pay that most other workers have. The new law, first of its kind in the nation, began taking full effect on January 1st for most businesses and farms. […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 18 PROGRAM # 9506 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. The US Treasury Department released a final rule that prohibits states from using COVID-19 relief funds to build new prisons or expand existing ones. Yet, Alabama and other states have outlined plans to sidestep and use American Rescue Plan funds to finance new prisons […]
