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High School Students Take Over the Airwaves May 04, 2019

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Pregnant at 15, Pressured to be Polite, Always Tired, Embracing 'Body Positivity', 'My Natural Hair Journey', Living In Two Worlds, Cooking With Kenny

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From the Origin of the Fortune Cookie to Making Community College Applications Mandatory Apr 26, 2019

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Fortune Cookie Mystery, Blind in California, Sexual Assault in Yoga, Shooting for a College Degree

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‘It’s So Important to Be Heard:’ Californians Living With Disabilities Apr 20, 2019

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Navigating High School as a Deaf 16-Year-Old; My Sister Can’t Speak, But She Makes Herself Heard; What It Means to ‘Edit Out’ a Disability; Ski School for All

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This Is the Coachella Most Californians Don’t See Apr 12, 2019

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For many Californians, their only reference point for the Coachella Valley is the annual music festival which kicks off this week. But there are other sides to Coachella — the ones locals see.

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Meth Mania: From Biker Gangs to the Psych Ward, How Speed Came of Age in California Apr 05, 2019

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Methamphetamine is back in California. This time around, it's sending more and more people to the hospital, to rehab and to the morgue. Learn about one woman's two-decade battle with meth, from when biker gangs helped the drug take root in California to today’s deadly epidemic.

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Fresno Police Corruption: How a Top Cop Went From Hero to Federal Prison Mar 29, 2019

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It’s one of the biggest police corruption scandals in modern California history, and one you probably didn’t hear about if you live outside the Central Valley. And it wasn’t an isolated incident.

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Running for City Council, as a Teen Mom Mar 23, 2019

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Persian New Year from Afar; Remembering the King of Surf Guitar; Golden State Plate: Santa Maria BBQ; Letter to my California Dreamer: Palo Alto in the '70s

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From Ferlinghetti to Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Mar 16, 2019

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How a Janitor Invented a Bestselling Junk Food; Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti turns 100; Artists Reimagine 'Valley Girl'; A Letter From Charles Schulz, 50 years later

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Migrant Teens: Figuring Out Life in California Mar 09, 2019

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Reuniting with Mom (and missing Grandma); High School at age 20?; Kids send Postcards to other Kids in Detention; Conditions for Migrant Kids in Custody; From England’s Green Hills to California’s Deserts

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On The Trail of a Serial Arsonist in California Mar 02, 2019

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Most wildfires ignite by accident. But some are set on purpose - and arsonists are very hard to catch. We find out how investigators caught one of them. It took two years and dozens of people to track him down.

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