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Ten-time All-Star Carmelo Anthony is averaging almost 17 points and 6 rebounds in eight games with Portland. The Trail Blazers have officially guaranteed his contract for the rest of the season.

Lt. Col. Sam Sachs celebrated his 105th birthday. He was forced to call off his party, but appeared in an online video wondering how many cards he could receive. He got more than 6,000.

The Union County Board of Commissioners is recommending community members voluntarily revert back to Gov. Kate Brown's Phase 1 COVID-19 reopening guidelines.

Political Breakdown hosts Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos run through President Trump’s State of the Union, and the latest campaign filings in California’s races for Governor and Senate. (6:01) Sacramento strategist Gale Kaufman joins to discuss the inside workings of the initiative process and the upcoming June primary. Over three decades at the Capitol, Kaufman … Continue reading Unpacking the Initiative Process with Sacramento Strategist Gale Kaufman →

A NASA satellite designed to precisely measure changes in Earth’s ice sheets, glaciers, sea ice and vegetation was launched into polar orbit from California early Saturday. A Delta 2 rocket carrying ICESat-2 lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 6:02 a.m. and headed over the Pacific Ocean. NASA Earth Science Division director Michael Freilich … Continue reading NASA Satellite Will Measure Ice Changes to Assess Sea Level Rise →

You’ve heard a lot about California’s races for Governor, Senate, and Congress. But we’re devoting this episode to the races and propositions that have gotten less attention. Scott and Marisa are joined by Katie Orr and KPCC’s Mary Plummer to run through the details and players behind Proposition 6, Proposition 8 and Proposition 11, plus … Continue reading Election Preview: Under the Radar Issues and Races →

A hot, dry spring has let many in the Pacific Northwest to worry about this year's fire season. In some ways, for Glenn Casamassa, the last fire season never ended. Casamassa is the regional forester for the Forest Service region 6. He’s tasked with preparing for the this year's wildfires while still recovering from the last one.

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were temporarily down early Sunday. All three social media platforms, including Facebook Messenger, were affected by the outage. Downdetector.com, a site that monitors site outages, shows Facebook had been down since 6:30 a.m. EST in much of the world, with thousands of reported outages concentrated in the northeastern U.S., Europe and … Continue reading Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Back up After Global Outage →

Update June 6, 2018: San Francisco appears on its way to becoming the first city in the nation to ban all flavored tobacco products from all store shelves. Measure E is passing in a sweeping victory garnering 68 percent of the votes. The R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company spent nearly $13 million on a campaign to … Continue reading San Francisco Passes First-in-the-Nation Flavored Tobacco, Vaping Ban →

A shakeup of leadership in the House of Representatives sets California up for increased influence in 2019 (00:25), and a California mayor has his sights on Iowa (3:23). Then, San Francisco supervisor and mayoral hopeful Jane Kim joins Political Breakdown hosts Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos to talk about Wu-Tang as her campaign anthem (6:55), … Continue reading Jane Kim on Learning from Losses, Clean Streets, and Wu-Tang Love →