KQED's The California Report

Giving State: Angel Flights. Music Bridge. A Swedish Christmas. End Music.

Covered California Deadline Passes. Defense Bill Adds to Fleet of Fire-Fighting Aircraft. Residents of Pfeiffer Ridge Hope to Return to Homes for Christmas. At Crenshaw Mall, Black and Hispanic Santas are a Polar Attraction. End Music.

Debate Over the Future of Land Scorched in Rim Fire. Historically Chinese Insurer Adjusts to Life in Multicultural Marketplace.

This holiday season, so much of what we buy is mass-produced — from ornaments to gingerbread houses to wreaths that you can find at most Christmas tree lots. For a breath of fresh air, we stop by a farm in the Santa Cruz Mountains that makes Christmas wreaths the old-fashioned way.

Darrell Steinberg Proposes Grant Funding to Help Mentally Ill Offenders. Evenings of Heartbreak for Department of Children and Family Services Workers. End Music.

Congressional Republicans Ready to Halt High Speed Rail. California Cities Regulate Increasingly Popular E-Cigarettes. End Music.

Pfeiffer Pushes Residents Out of Homes Near Big Sur. State Initiative Gives Hope to Californians with Psychiatric Emergencies.

Children with Mental Illness Lack Access to Emergency Beds.

Acute Shortage of Hospital Beds for Psychiatric Emergencies: Part One. End Music.

Sing-alongs, inspirational talks, and reflecting on how to be a good human being are all elements of church. But one thing is conspicuously absent: God. A new organization called Sunday Assembly is bringing together atheists and secularists around the world to, as they say, "live life more fully." Several new chapters launched in California this winter.

Sex Workers Now Eligible for Victim Compensation. Crowdfunding Offers New Source of Cash for Gun Buybacks. End Music.

Sheriff Lee Baca Faces Scandal and Election Challenge. Immigration Activists Not Ready to Give Up Fight. End Music.

Rehab Racket: Clinics Recruit Group Home Residents to Fill Client Lists. Desert Land Near Arizona Border Targeted for Solar Development. End Music.

L.A. County Sheriff's Department Officials Face Criminal Charges. Central Valley Frost Threatens Citrus Orchards. Water Officials Release Plan to Restore Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. End Music.

Trial Surrounding Death of Kelly Thomas Continues in Santa Ana. Time Running Out for Californians to Sign Up for Health Insurance.