The Berkeley City Manager initiated a citywide hiring freeze earlier this week in order to help address a budget deficit heading into the next fiscal year.
Vietnamese writers reflect on the end of the war and discuss "The Cleaving, Vietnamese Writers in the Diaspora," a new book of conversations with over 30 writers.
Climate change and industrial agriculture have decimated the western monarch butterfly’s crucial food source, threatening the species. One Santa Cruz musician decided to take a thousand-mile journey to help the monarchs along their migration by planting milkweed.
Today, the thousand mile journey one musician took to help butterflies migrate. Then, we hear how "Frankenstein" is being told through ballet. And, KALW’s own open mic night!
This week, the Environmental Protection Agency, OR EPA, said it is shuttering environmental justice offices and laying off hundreds of employees. On Tuesday, around 100 EPA employees and union representatives gathered in San Francisco to rally for the agency and its workers. KALW’s Mary Catherine O’Connor has more.