Today on the show we speak with an American Israeli Defense Force soldier who recently spent several years as a lone soldier. We take a look at the impact the drought is having on Yuba City farmers. And Thousand Oak residents are mobilizing to protect California's oak trees, which are being cut down to make way for a shopping center and much more
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More than 2000 soldiers from around the world are currently serving with the IDF, some of them teenagers from the US. We speak with an American who did just that
A new California law reduces how much a person can be sentenced for a misdemeanor by just one day, but it could have vast implications for thousands of legal immigrants facing deportation.
Farmers and cities around the state turn to an informal water market where surplus supplies are traded to the highest bidder.
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The farmland around Yuba City in Northern California produces almost the entire crop of the country's canned peaches, and two-thirds of its walnuts, almonds, pistachios and plums.
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Music supervisor Morgan Rhodes and Oliver Wang from Soul-Sides.com join A Martinez in studio for another episode of Tuesday Reviewsday.
The recent Supreme Court victory for Hobby Lobby may make it easier for employers to say that they morally object to protections of LGBT people because of their faith.
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For millions of Americans, having a reliable and safe car is incredibly important, but for many, there’s only one way to get a car, by utilizing a practice most often associated with the housing bust.
Ride-sharing services spent just over $539,000 to lobby their case in Sacramento. Meanwhile, those who hope to place more regulations on them spent $6.1 million in the same time period -- more than 11 times as much.
In Thousand Oaks, California there’s a movement to do something that few thought they would ever have to do – prevent developers from cutting down huge oak trees.
Student in UC Davis' viticulture and enology program can now taste the wine and beer they make thanks to Gov. Jerry Brown's approval of AB 1989, otherwise known as the sip and spit law.
Visitors can expect to see plenty of surfing, skating and biking, but also more security. That's because officials want to avoid a repeat of the riots that broke out last year.
Today, most surfboards are mass-produced fiberglass, but for many years, they were made of rich wood and carefully hand crafted.