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A daily deep dive into an issue of public policy or politics that's driving the conversation in California. Each day, we interview a guest who's a newsmaker, public official, or expert.

1 DAY AGO

The remnants of California's most destructive fire, six years later

Doug Sovern is away today. It's been six years since the most destructive fire in California engulfed the entire town of Paradise in flames. The Camp Fire, which scorched more than 153-thousand acres in Butte County, claimed dozens of lives and destroyed thousands of homes. Now, six years later, survivors are keeping memories alive and continue to rebuild their lives. For more, KCBS Radio news anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart spoke with Colette Curtis, the Recovery and Economic Development Director of Paradise.

7 min
2 DAYS AGO

Adam Schiff outlines his priorities as the California U.S. Senator-elect

This is the State of California with KCBS Political Reporter Doug Sovern. He sat down with Adam Schiff, who was recently announced as the California US Senate representative, as he defined his goals for the state.

7 min
3 DAYS AGO

Harris has conceded—where does she go from here?

Vice President Kamala Harris conceded defeat this afternoon, congratulating President-elect Donald Trump but vowing to continue the fight that fueled her campaign It’s a somber day for many voters in the Bay Area, and for those who have known and worked with Harris for years. Of course, Kamala Harris was a county prosecutor in both Oakland and San Francisco, as well as working in the City Attorney’s office in San Francisco, before she became DA, and then state Attorney General before moving on to Washington. She has many friends and former colleagues here, many of whom worked tirelessly for the last 107 days to try to help elect her president. Today they are licking their wounds, trying to figure out what went wrong, and looking ahead to what comes next. For more on this, KCBS political reporter Doug Sovern, along with KCBS Radio news anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart, spoke with Debbie Mesloh. She was Kamala Harris’ press secretary back in the day when Harris was San Francisco District Attorney. They are old, dear friends and Mesloh spent the closing days of this campaign working to get out the vote for Harris in Wisconsin.

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4 DAYS AGO

What can we expect as polls begin to close on the East Coast?

It is Election Day in America, with tens of millions of voters going to the polls and probably even more than that anxiously awaiting the results. KCBS will have complete coverage with all the returns, beginning when the first polls close on the East Coast. The polls close in six states at 4:00 our time and we will probably be able to project some winners almost immediately. Those states include Georgia, one of the battlegrounds, and Virginia, which is not a swing state but could offer some insight into what’s going to happen. We don’t expect to be able to estimate the winner in Georgia right away, though. We are also watching the data from exit polls, of voters after they come out of the polling place and also some who voted by mail or early, and that could be illuminating as well. And of course, the polls don’t close here in California until 8:00, so get out and vote if you haven’t already, we may know by then who’s won the presidency….or it could take a couple of days to count enough votes. More on today's State of California, hosted by KCBS political reporter Doug Sovern, along with KCBS news anchors Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising.

8 min
5 DAYS AGO

Polls are a useful snapshot in time, but it's still anyone's game

It's almost all over, as Kamala Harris, Donald Trump and candidates up and down the ballot make one last push to get their supporters to the polls. Meanwhile, anxious Americans are poring over the last-minute polls, trying to figure out what’s going to happen in this too-close-to-call election. But the poller coaster can leave you dizzy. We’ve seen some surveys trending toward Trump nationally, but others trending towards Harris. We’ve seen some swing state polls swinging toward the Democrats, and others swinging to the GOP. How do we know which ones are accurate? What can polling trends really tell us about what to expect tomorrow? For more on this, KCBS Radio anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart, along with KCBS insider Doug Sovern, were joined by Christian Grose, professor of political science and public policy at USC and the Academic Director of the USC Schwarzenegger Institute, and an expert on polling and elections. This is The State of California.

9 min
1 NOV

Arguments from both sides of South Lake Tahoe's Measure N

Doug Sovern is away today. Voters in South Lake Tahoe have a big decision to make before they turn in their ballots, and it's not only on who they decide to be the next president. Many people go to the mountain resort town to escape their day-to-day lives, oftentimes staying in their vacation homes or book through a rental company. But South Lake Tahoe has about 7,000 vacant homes, and the contentious measure is pushing to tax these properties that are empty for half of the year to address the town's housing crisis. For a better understanding of Measure N, we have two guests for you on each side of the issue. First, KCBS Radio news anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart spoke with Amelia Richmond, Co-Founder of Locals for Affordable Housing, which is the group that collected the signatures to get the issue on the ballot. Patti and Bret then spoke with Steve Teshara, Director of Government Relations for the Tahoe Chamber of Commerce, who is opposing the measure.

10 min
31 OCT

Your vote counts, and volunteers are trying to spread awareness of that

KCBS Insider Doug Sovern spoke with Emily Lee, Executive Director of Seed the Vote, on the importance of getting out there and voting.

7 min
30 OCT

Harris runs the risk of alienating progressive Dems for this reason

There is the risk that courting all those more moderate Republicans and conservative Democrats could alienate young progressives in particular, especially those who are unhappy with the administration’s support for Israel in its war in Gaza. In an election that’s this close, losing a few thousand votes here and there could make a difference in those razor-close battleground states. For more on this, KCBS Insider Doug Sovern was joined by KCBS Radio anchor Bret Burkhart, who spoke with Amanda Nichols, Communications Director for Our Revolution, the progressive political action organization that grew out of Bernie Sanders’ campaign for president.

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A daily deep dive into an issue of public policy or politics that's driving the conversation in California. Each day, we interview a guest who's a newsmaker, public official, or expert.