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Listen to this and more in-depth storytelling by subscribing to The California Report Magazine podcast. When Mauricio Hernández was a kid growing up in Mexico City, he says he had two dreams: work on cars and be on TV. He crossed the California border as a teenager and started out sweeping the floor of a … Continue reading Mauricio Across the Border, Part 1: Giving Up A Dream After It Came True →

Before Hurricane Katrina hit land, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, FEMA Director Michael Brown and other top agency officials received e-mails warning that Katrina posed a dire threat to New Orleans and other areas. Yet one FEMA official tells NPR little was done.

After Felicity and a stint as a spy, Russell embraces her new Diplomat role. Maureen Corrigan reviews There Will Be Fire, by Rory Carroll. Grann's book, The Wager, chronicles a real-life mutiny.

The last major hurricane, defined as Category 3 and stronger, to hit the mainland U.S. was Hurricane Wilma, which made landfall in Florida in 2005. Matthew could break that lucky streak.

President Obama returned to ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday. He took 140-character admonishments for his dancing, his alleged condiment preferences and someone else's poor choice of conditioner.

Trinidad painter Kathrin Burleson joins Wendy Butler to talk about The Creation Series, her watercolor exhibit.Inspired by the book of Genesis, she says…

Cambodia's royal turtles were thought to be extinct but a small population was discovered in 2000. Efforts are underway to help the population thrive.

"You use the gifts that you've been given, in the place where you are," says Melanie DeMore. "For me, that's how you become an activist." DeMore, a…

That didn't take long. Five months after Ruminations, the Bright Eyes singer will return with a companion piece called Salutations: a full-band version of the album, plus seven extra songs.

Three dialects from three of the region's legends — living and resurrected — make for one triple-decker groove.