Amid Pandemic, State Releases Thousands of Prisoners — But Will They Have Support at Home?
Thousands of nonviolent inmates are being released from California’s prisons and jails as the state grapples with the pandemic. Advocates are worried about the fate of those men and women once they’re out.
Reporter: Marisa Lagos, KQED Politics
Families of Patients in State's Mental Health Hospitals Worry
State mental hospitals face similar challenges. Families of patients worried that their loved ones aren't able to practice physical distancing inside.
Reporter: Lee Romney, KALW
Essential Fishing Industry Seeks Silver Lining to Coronavirus
Commercial fishermen and women on the Central Coast are among the many who could use some clarity right now. Their salmon season is launching in just a few weeks, in early May. Even though California’s fishing industry is designated as essential, it’s biggest customers are not. Restaurants are all but shut down because of the pandemic. Some of the people who make their livings in commercial fishing are looking for a silver lining right about now.
Reporter: Erika Mahoney, KAZU
How Carlee's Restaurant is Feeding Borrego Springs
The town of Borrego Springs, population 3,000, is smack in the middle of Anza Borrego State Park. "Panic buying" during quarantine has been especially tough on residents in rural towns. There’s often just one or maybe two grocery stores in some communities. So a restaurant owner there took matters into his own hands. Carlee’s is helping feed Borrego Springs in a way its owner probably never expected.
Reporter: Nina Sparling, KQED
Remembering KCRW's Matt Holtzman
This weekend, our friends at KCRW in Los Angeles lost a friend and colleague, producer Matt Holzman, to cancer.
Reporter: Saul Gonzalez, The California Report co-Host