KQED's The California Report

California's Fight Over Fracking Heats Up. Immigration Protesters Descend on Office of Key GOP Lawmaker. End Music.

Commission Scrutinizing SF's City College Is Itself Being Investigated. Oakland Schoolkids Channel Their Inner Rihanna to Promote Attendance. First Medical School Students Start at UC Riverside. End Music.

The Environmental Impact of Building a Border Fence.

San Diegans Have Questions As Filner Scandal Grows. End Music.

At the Santa Anita racetrack, thousands of guests stroll around nibbling street food and enjoying the ambience of the 626 Night Market. A new event launched about a year ago, the market showcases the foods of the San Gabriel Valley. In that minority-majority area east of Los Angeles, Asians account for 60 percent of the population and their numbers are rising steadily. Along with the ethnic influx come authentic, high-quality foods — and the San Gabriel Valley is legendary for offering some of the best Asian cuisine in all of Southern California.

Educators Say Goodbye to STAR Test. Immigrant Spared from Deportation Over Pot Bust Twenty Years Ago. Concern for Prisoners' Health Grows as Hunger Strike Continues. End Music.

Dental Plans for Kids Are Optional, and Extra, in New Exchange. Citrus Psyllid Forces Quarantines in Nine California Counties. 2013 Is One of California's Driest Years on Record. End Music.

California School Districts Granted No Child Left Behind Waiver. Students Get iPads, Teachers Get Training.

Panel Looks Into BART Labor Talks. State Regulators Face Deadline for Setting Drinking Water Standards. Doula Offers Comfort and Kindness to Mothers in Need.

From Babel to Star Trek: The Quest for Translation. End Music.

The program discusses how Congressional Republicans — caught between GOP opposition to immigration reform and growing numbers Latino voters in their districts — are breaking with their party, and endorsing a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.

State Health Exchange Announces Small Business Premiums. BART Workers Give Notice They May Strike Again. Massive 42M-Square-Foot Warehouse Plan Draws Protests. End Music.

Inmates to Ask Judge to Stop Isolation of Mentally Ill. Poll: Half of Californians Oppose Fracking. First School to Reorganize Under Parent Trigger Law Reopens.

California May Lift Age Limit on Sex Abuse Charges, For a Year. Wife's Illness Spurs Recent Immigrant to Environmental Activism. End Music.

Oakland Seeks to Expand Surveillance Program. Less Emphasis on Test Scores in New Funding Formula. End Music.