KQED's The California Report

CA Democrats Gather in LA for State Party Convention. Food for Thought: $9.4 Billion Merger between Safeway and Albertsons. Obama Stumps for Higher Latino Health Care Sign Ups. Vital Signs: Giving Birth Behind Bars. End Music.

Relaxed Rules at Center of Debate Over Leaking Underground Fuel Tanks. End Music.

California's Courts Face a Shortage of Interpreters. Troubled California Health Care Facility Hopes to Reopen Admissions. End Music.

New Legislation Reconsiders Juvenile Sentencing and Placement. End Music.

Ron Calderon Takes Leave of Absence from State Senate. The Giving State: Mentoring Middle School Youth. End Music.

The Academy Awards are all about glitz and glamour — but it takes real people to build all that fantasy. As film and TV productions are lured out of state by tax and other incentives, awards season is a real injection for the carpenters, welders and sculptors who build the stages and props. Reporter Caitlin Esch took a trip behind the scenes to see how Hollywood prepares for the biggest night of the year.

The city of Pittsburg, 20 miles east of Oakland, is considering a new oil terminal that would supply crude to Bay Area refineries. It would bring in oil via ship, pipeline and railroad. But there have been a number of recent accidents around the United States involving rail shipments of crude oil. As KQED Science reporter Molly Samuel found, some locals are concerned about the safety of the project.

LA City Council Pushes Higher Minimum Wage for Hotel Workers. Vital Signs: Caring for the Pets of the Homeless. End Music.

Brown to Tap Nearly $700 Million in Drought Relief Funds. Archdiocese of Los Angeles to Pay $13 Million to Victims in Sex Abuse Settlement. State to Provide Limited Child Day Care Information Online. End Music.

CalPERS Board Approves Increased Contribution, CalSTERS Concerns Remain. The Los Angeles Times Reintroduces "The Homicide Report". End Music.

California Schools Prepare to 'Test the Test'. Covered California Struggles to Create Network of Spanish-Speaking Counselors. End Music.

New Marijuana Guidelines May Not Impact California. How Covered California Failed to Market Itself to Latinos. End Music.

We've all heard about love potions and other concoctions designed to make someone fall head-over-heels. But what about a special brew to fix a broken heart? Reporter Sara Bernard caught up with a clinical herbalist and curandera, or Mexican folk healer, to learn about a special heart remedy — and to participate in a traditional ceremony to help transcend her own loss.

Farmers Talk Water Woes at World Ag Expo. White House Officials, Governor Brown Discuss Drought and Climate Change. Former Governors Back Death Penalty Ballot Initiative. End Music.

What Faulconer's Election Says About San Diego Politics. Brown's Higher Education Funding Plan Snubbed by State Analyst's Office. Vital Signs: Addicted Homeless Women Support Each Other. End Music.