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In western North Carolina, people who lost musical instruments due to flooding from Hurricane Helene got a chance to pick out new ones for free thanks to help from musicians across the U.S.

Listen to this and more in-depth storytelling by subscribing to The California Report Magazine podcast. ‘He Left His Legacy’: Losing a Brother to COVID in San Quentin California has reached a grim milestone: more than 60,000 deaths from COVID. So many of the people we’ve lost were essential workers or elders from vulnerable communities. We’ve … Continue reading ‘I Lost My Brother to COVID in San Quentin’ + Trading in Desks for Tree Stumps →

The scientists believed that the HVTN-702 vaccine would protect people from infection. But the trial was halted this year. Here's why — and what comes next.

Wildlife enthusiasts love to watch the camera to see passing wildlife, and then some saw a hiker who mouthed the words, "Help me." Park rangers found the hiker within hours.

Andrew Medley tracked down Vanessa Austin, the owner's daughter, and delivered it before going home to Detroit. In the wallet: photos and the documents that got the family from El Salvador to Canada.

Folklorist Nick Spitzer tells the story of Woody Guthrie's leftist national anthem.

Eleven months into the COVID-19 crisis, an unimaginable death toll has been reached. NPR spoke to doctors, nurses and the bereaved about how they face loss every day.

In northern California, homes are being rebuilt in the same area that burned to the ground in last year's Tubbs Fire. Despite the risk, a severe housing shortage in the area is forcing tough choices.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Sophy Romvari about her first feature-length film, Blue Heron, and the ways memory can change and be changed by time and the artistic process.

The treatments were highly popular earlier in the pandemic. One by one, they got knocked out by more convenient, less expensive treatment options, and new COVID variants.