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Most breeding in the U.S. occurs in Arizona and New Mexico, but the habitat designation also includes portions of California, Colorado, Utah, Texas and Idaho. -
School buses make up 90% of the nation’s bus fleet and typically carry 25 million children each day. Emissions from diesel engines may contribute to respiratory illnesses in children and have been linked to poor academic performance. -
A proposal to let California politicians targeted by recall efforts see who signed petitions to oust them will not move forward this year. State Sen. Josh Newman says he pulled his bill Tuesday because of the charged atmosphere around the likely recall against Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. -
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s critics almost certainly have qualified a recall election for the ballot, a remarkable feat in the heavily Democratic state. Now the real work begins. The challenge for Republicans is to find a candidate that can unite their base and appeal to voters beyond it. -
The federal government has given businesses in the state about $97 billion in loans during the pandemic. Most companies won't have to pay that back. Monday, the state Senate voted to let business owners deduct expenses associated with those coronavirus loans from their state taxes. -
Authorities say vandals left a pig’s head at the one-time California home of Barry Brodd, a use-of-force expert who testified on behalf of the officer accused of killing George Floyd. Blood was also smeared on the home. -
Marines are training in seafaring tanks for the first time since nine men died when one of the troop carriers sank off the Southern California coast during an exercise last summer. -
The man accused of going on a shooting rampage at a Southern California business, killing four people, should not have been allowed to buy or own guns because of a California law that prohibits people from purchasing weapons for 10 years after being convicted of a crime. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe San Diego Unified School District begins its return to in-person instruction, police reform is part of Mayor Todd Gloria's Black empowerment plan, and pushback to an inewsource investigation into complaints about a local COVID-19 shelter. -
The California Legislature has passed a bill requiring some hotels and event centers to offer laid-off workers their jobs back.
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