Politics Close Race to Be Oakland's Next Mayor May 23, 2006 • Shifting racial demographics, illegal immigration and a soaring homicide rate are some of the factors in the mayoral race of Oakland, Calif. As outgoing Mayor Jerry Brown focuses on running for state attorney general, most voters will choose between an icon of the African-American community and a well-known Latino city councilman. Close Race to Be Oakland's Next Mayor Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5426101/5426102" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Minority Leaders Put Immigrant Movement in Context May 14, 2006 • As illegal immigrants challenge the tough words on Capitol Hill, many established leaders of minority organizations are being left in the dust, trying to figure out where the new movement -- if in fact it is a "movement" -- is headed. Minority Leaders Put Immigrant Movement in Context Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5403704/5403705" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Law Father, Son Await Verdict in Lodi Terrorism Trial April 24, 2006 • A father and son facing terrorism-related charges in the small California mountain town of Lodi await a verdict in their long trial. Umer and Hamid Hayat are part of a large Muslim community in that town, and some Lodi residents worry that the FBI was too eager to convict them. Father, Son Await Verdict in Lodi Terrorism Trial Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5359382/5359383" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Weeks of Heavy Rain Soak Northern California April 13, 2006 • Northern California is getting pummeled by record rainfall, and emergency crews are dealing with mudslides, flooding and a grave threat to levees that protect the state's agricultural heartland from floodwaters. Weeks of Heavy Rain Soak Northern California Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5340459/5340460" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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100 Years After the San Francisco Quake Rebuilding Chinatown After the 1906 Quake April 12, 2006 • As San Francisco prepares to mark the centennial of the 1906 earthquake and fire, historians recall how Chinatown, destroyed along with much of the city, almost wasn't rebuilt. Rebuilding Chinatown After the 1906 Quake Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5337215/5337297" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Lacking a Tie to Jihadist Camp, Prosecution Rests April 5, 2006 • Prosecutors in the federal trial of Hamid Hayat, accused of having ties to al-Qaida, rest their case without offering direct evidence that Hayat attended a Jihadist training camp in Pakistan. Hayat, 23, is on trial in Sacramento, Calif. His father is charged with lying about Hayat's activities. Lacking a Tie to Jihadist Camp, Prosecution Rests Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5325705/5325706" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Oakland Suffers from Rising Rates of Violent Crime March 9, 2006 • A spike in violent crime and homicides in Oakland, Calif., comes at a time when the city says it can't attract enough recruits for its police force. Residents of Oakland's most crime-plagued neighborhoods say they're caught in the middle. Oakland Suffers from Rising Rates of Violent Crime Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5253429/5253430" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Whaler from 1818 Dug Up Beneath San Francisco March 2, 2006 • A construction crew in San Francisco recently dug-up a well-preserved chunk of the city's maritime past: A 19th-century whaling ship archeologists believe was buried and forgotten as landfill after being abandoned by fortune-seeking sailors during the Gold Rush. Whaler from 1818 Dug Up Beneath San Francisco Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5240154/5242127" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Day to Day S.F. Paying to Send the Homeless Back Home February 17, 2006 • "Homeward Bound" is a San Francisco city program that pays for homeless people to go back to their hometowns. The effort has drawn praise from many San Francisco residents, but critics accuse the city of exporting the homeless problem instead of solving it. S.F. Paying to Send the Homeless Back Home Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5221311/5221312" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Education Hindu Parents Challenge California Textbooks February 14, 2006 • In California, Hindu parents are taking aim at textbooks from the state's public schools. Two groups are demanding revisions, claiming that some history texts shortchange the Hindu culture. The case raises questions of how far the state should go to accommodate these groups and others with complaints. Hindu Parents Challenge California Textbooks Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5206166/5206167" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Law San Diego Files Suit Against Medical Marijuana Law January 20, 2006 • The San Diego County Board of Supervisors has filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the legality of California's Medical Marijuana Law. The state is one of 11 across the country in which the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes is legal. San Diego Files Suit Against Medical Marijuana Law Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5165560/5165561" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Law California Executes Oldest Death Row Inmate January 17, 2006 • Clarence Ray Allen died by lethal injection early Tuesday morning at San Quentin State Prison in California. Allen, 76, had been convicted of a triple murder. His attorneys had argued that putting a frail old man to death constituted cruel and unusual punishment. California Executes Oldest Death Row Inmate Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5160120/5160121" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National California May Seek Moratorium on Executions January 13, 2006 • Some California lawmakers are calling for a moratorium on capital punishment, claiming the state could be on the verge of executing innocent people. Next week, the state plans to execute one of the oldest condemned inmates in America, a 75-year-old convicted murderer who's blind and in a wheelchair. California May Seek Moratorium on Executions Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5157448/5157449" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Death-Row Septuagenarian Seeks Clemency December 27, 2005 • California's oldest death-row inmate is 75-year-old Clarence Ray Allen, convicted of arranging four murders. Allen is legally blind, in a wheelchair and suffered a heart attack last September. Set to die by lethal injection on Jan. 17, Allen is seeking clemency. Death-Row Septuagenarian Seeks Clemency Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5071298/5071299" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National San Francisco: A Childless Future? December 6, 2005 • A new study shows that nearly half the young families who live in San Francisco are planning to move within the next three years. The city already has the lowest population of children per capita of any big U.S. city. San Francisco: A Childless Future? Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5041388/5041389" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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