Vanessa Rancaño
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The California farmworker community of Planada is recovering from the parade of storms that hit the state. Many undocumented residents there are ineligible for FEMA assistance.
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The massive storm hitting California is flooding homeless encampments throughout the state. In the Bay Area, residents of Oakland's Wood Street camp say they're not getting help from the city.
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California has handed out more than $4.3 billion in emergency rent relief since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. State officials have told nearly 19,000 people that they want the money back.
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California's program to house people in motels in order to get them off the street during COVID is ending. But it's unclear where the more than 6,000 people living in these facilities are headed.
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Schools in Oakland, Calif., regularly report lower reading levels for Black and Latino students. A parent advocacy group has been demanding the district do better.
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The Glass Fire in Northern California has forced thousands of people from their homes. Among them, residents of Santa Rosa's first government-funded homeless camp, who are now displaced again. -
People don't think of California as a particularly religious place... but maybe we should. We've got more mega-churches than any other state.…
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In a little over a decade, the median rent in California has gone up 44 percent. That squeezes everyone who rents, including college kids. Financial aid…
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Striking UC workers will stage day two of their three-day work walkout today (Tuesday). KQED reporter Vanessa Rancano talked with picketers and UC…
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Tomorrow (Friday) marks the 150th anniversary of the creation of the University of California system. It's also the time of year when high school seniors…
