KQED's The California Report

Brown and Napolitano Face Off Over UC Tuition Hike. San Diego Group Promotes Social Activities for Young Adults With Mental Illness. End Music.

Remembering Teresa De Anda. KQED's PriceCheck Project Shows Steep Variation in Prices Paid by Health Insurers. End Music.

As Californians look to the sky, fingers crossed for a wet winter, three brutally dry years are harming millions of animals that depend on meadows, streams and wetlands for survival.

Cal State Approves Budget as Students Protest "Success Fees". Leaders of Western States Meet to Discuss Drought Response. Head of Homeland Security Hopes to Stop Jihad at Community Level in Southern California. End Music.

San Francisco and Los Angeles Lead the Way in LGBT Equal Rights. Covered California Changes Approach to Increase Latino Enrollment. State Funding Helps Build Contra Costa Psychiatric Treatment Center. End Music.

Kaiser Nurses Strike Continues as Health Care Enrollment Period Nears. ACLU Report Pushes for More Transparency in Police Surveillance Technology. Drought and Warm Temperatures Cause Unusual Spike in San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution. End Music.

Remembering Veterans, One Flag at a Time. My Spot: Spring Lake. End Music.

Kaiser Nurses Set to Strike. Strawberry Growers Using Higher Amounts of Risky Pesticide with Approval from Regulators. End Music.

The most commonly traded commodity in the world is oil. What comes in second? Coffee. It's been grown and loved since at least the 13th century in places like Indonesia, Ethiopia and Central and South America. As a serious fungus threatens the crop world-wide, scientists are mapping the coffee genome to learn more about the plant. But what role does California play in the future of this most beloved and lucrative crop? For the series "California Foodways," reporter Lisa Morehouse has the answer.

Prosecutor Says San Francisco Man Admitted Running "Silk Road 2.0". Counties Have New Money to Spend on Mental Health Programs. End Music.

Tuck Concedes School Chief Race, Vows to Keep Fighting for Reform. Fracking Bans Pass in 2 Counties, But Not Santa Barbara. More Prison Reform on the Horizon After Passage of Prop. 47. Poll: Immigration, Not Economy Tops Latino Voters' Concerns. End Music.

Gov. Jerry Brown Wins Fourth Term. Proposition 1 and 2 Score Easy Wins. Money a Huge Factor in Defeat of Proposition 45 and 46. Democrats Again Sweep Statewide Races. Handful of California Congressional Contests Too Close to Call. End Music.

Election Night Special — Scott Shafer hosts a live, hour-long election night special featuring field reports from around the state and guest analysts discussing election returns. He will be joined by KQED's California Politics and Government Editor John Myers.

Field Poll: Historically Low Turnout Expected at Polls. The Legacy of Proposition 187. End Music.

Humboldt County to Vote on Banning GMO Production. Can This Man Get L.A.'s Young Citizens to Vote?. End Music.