ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: For centuries, Indigenous communities in what's now called California intentionally set fires to manage their lands. Restrictive laws in the 1900s discouraged that, imposing ...

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: California was the first state to shut down, and it is currently experiencing one of the country's worst surges. Governor Gavin Newsom announced today that he's walking back ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Tomás Aragón, director of the California Department of Public Health, about how the state is responding to its recent heat wave.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with California Attorney General Xavier Becerra about his state's many lawsuits challenging Trump administration policies, from immigration to climate change.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Don Hankins, a fire expert at California State University, Chico, about how Native Americans' "cultural burning" could be folded into the state's fire management plans.

ari shapiro, host: Organized groups of shoplifters have attacked a Nordstrom, a CVS and a Louis Vuitton store in cities across California in recent weeks. Smaller shops have been targeted, too ...

ari shapiro, host: We are tracking wildfires in California that stretch for hundreds of miles in the northern and southern parts of the state. The Woolsey Fire is down near Los Angeles.

ari shapiro, host: California's governor says his state might reopen schools in July or August to make up for the time kids have spent at home during this pandemic.

ari shapiro, host: In California, the state Supreme Court has ruled to end cash bail if a defendant can't afford to pay. The decision centers around the case of retired shipyard worker Kenneth ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with California Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi about his bill calling for his state to apologize for its role in violating the rights of Japanese Americans in World War II.

The California primary is a free-for-all. Voters can pick any candidate, regardless of party, and the top two vote-getters will advance to the general election. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with ...

Nearly half a million food workers in California will now earn at least $20/hour. ... Hey there, Ari. SHAPIRO: This minimum wage increase is not for all workers in California, just some of them.