Governor Gavin Newsom

The Newsom administration is urging Californians to donate to food banks while SNAP benefits are halted. And, as the shutdown continues, military families and federal workers across the Central Coast are living with financial uncertainty.

Journalists at public radio stations across California spoke with residents, business leaders and politicos in each of the districts that could flip under Prop 50.

UC Berkeley journalism instructor and historian Adam Hochschild says he wrote American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis during the first Trump administration because he was struck by similarities between President Woodrow Wilson’s agenda and some of President Donald Trump’s aspirations.

Central Coast State Sen. John Laird's bill requiring more robust emergency action plans and fire hazard inspections for battery energy storage systems is headed to Governor Gavin Newsom's desk. And, water pumps and sprinklers have kept giant sequoias within the Sierra National Forest safe from the ongoing Garnet Fire.

Congressional legislation introduced this week aims to provide relief to people with federally backed housing loans following climate disaster. And state legislation banning the sale of new Glock handguns could reach Gov. Newsom's desk by late August.

A local fire official urges Monterey Bay communities to become more fire-safe as the season takes off this summer. And, California's biggest source of state homelessness funding faces cuts.

People rallied outside the office of California State Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas in opposition to Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed Medi-Cal cuts. And, residents spoke up about the Monterey City Council approving a rainbow crosswalk downtown.

In today's newscast, Watsonville gets new affordable housing units, and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal could put foster family services in danger.

The California State Legislature has passed a bill that could significantly speed up the long-awaited reconstruction of the Pajaro River levee — a project that has been talked about for nearly 60 years.

The announcement comes months after Gov. Gavin Newsom promised money from the state's rapid response fund to help undocumented workers who can't access FEMA assistance.