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40 Years on, How Does Proposition 13 Impact the California Dream? Dec 15, 2018

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How has the controversial law - which essentially locks in a homeowner's property tax to the year they bought their home - affected four different Oakland residents? Reporter Vanessa Rancaño invited them over to find out.

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She Strived to Be the Perfect Mom, and Landed in the Psych Ward Dec 08, 2018

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Motherhood was going great for Lisa Abramson, until the walls started talking to her. But being in the hospital made her feel more crazy.

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Families Pulling Together to Confront Life’s Obstacles Dec 01, 2018

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'Surrogate Family’ Supports Migrant Mom, How Did Raymond Mata in a Mass Grave, Attack of the Nutria, Saying Goodbye to Paradise.

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17andMe Nov 24, 2018

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Daley Dunham was a junior at UC Berkeley when he decided to donate sperm. He likened it to donating blood — an opportunity to do something good for a person in need. Except when you donate blood, you don’t get a tidal wave of children crashing into your life 20 years later.

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Do You Really Want to Know? One Man’s Search for Family From Jonestown and Beyond Nov 17, 2018

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Forty years ago, preacher Jim Jones ordered hundreds of his followers to drink cyanide-laced punch. One man unravels the tangled family history that binds him to that tragedy.

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Veterans Day Special: Californians and The Vietnam War Nov 10, 2018

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‘The Green Machine’, ‘Ode to a Vietnam Vet’

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Women Finding Their Political Voice Nov 02, 2018

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First Time Candidates Reflect on ‘The Long Run’, Millennial and Retiree Candidates Swap Advice, Hotel Workers Push for ‘Panic Buttons’, Golden State Plate: The Martini Story, Straight Up, With a Twist

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Spooky Tales of Ghosts and California History Oct 27, 2018

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The Ghost of Mary Pleasant, Haunted Lighthouse, Fishy Origins of Cioppino, An Orphan’s California Dream

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SPECIAL: Her Double Life Oct 19, 2018

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A San Jose woman wonders if it's time to tell the truth.

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One Year After Firestorm, Some Scars, Some Hope Oct 12, 2018

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Caregivers Save Lives But Lose Everything, KPFZ: Lake County’s Wildfire Lifeline, ‘A Little Broken,’ Fire Baby Turns One