KQED's The California Report

Do Job Protections for Teachers Deprive Children of Fair Education?. The Giving State: Physical Therapy on Horseback. End Music.

In California, manicures are big business. Nail services across the United States represent a booming $8.3 billion industry that hit a record high in 2013. For Southern California graphic designers, illustrators and painters, nail art is a way to showcase their work and make some money off their designs.

State Asks for Two-Year Extension on Prisoner Release Order. McCarthy Supports Granting Legal Status to Undocumented Workers, Not Citizenship. Politicos Scramble in San Diego Campaign Finance Crackdown. Covered CA Takes a Bite out of Kids' Dental Care Costs. Surfers Expect 40-Foot Face Waves at Mavericks Contest. End Music.

State Asks for Two-Year Extension on Prisoner Release Order. McCarthy Supports Granting Legal Status to Undocumented Workers, Not Citizenship. Politicos Scramble in San Diego Campaign Finance Crackdown. Covered CA Takes a Bite out of Kids' Dental Care Costs. Surfers Expect 40-Foot Face Waves at Mavericks Contest. End Music.

Brown Touts Economic Recovery but Urges Restraint. New Initiative Could Streamline Transfer Process to UC or Cal State Systems. Boehner Wading into the Fight over California Water. End Music.

The California Report Special Presentation: The State of the State.

Former US Treasury Official Kashkari Announces Candidacy for Governor. Where are the Politically Engaged Techies?. End Music.

Increased Funding for CA State Parks. Common Core: Elementary Math Instruction Gets a Makeover.

Eased Water Regulations Trouble Environmentalists. Counties Crack Down on Farmers Market Fraud, but Cheating Remains Statewide. End Music.

This Friday marks 20 years since the Northridge earthquake shook Southern California. The quake cost $20 billion in property damage - the most expensive U.S. natural disaster until Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005. It also changed how researchers study earthquakes, and how Los Angeles braces itself for the next big one.

California's Youngest City Moves to Dissolve. Maldonado Exits Governor's Race. Evidence for Rape Cases Remains Stuck on Police Shelves. Foster Farms Plant Closure Leaves Locals Out of Work. End Music.

State Officials Back Away From Outlawing Coyote-Killing Contests. Giving Voice to Guatemala's Disappeared: Group Hopes to Solve Mysteries Through DNA Testing. End Music.

State Officials Back Away from Outlawing Controversial Coyote Killing Contests. Giving Voice to the Disappeared: Forensic Group Hopes to Solve Mysteries Through DNA Testing. End Music.

"Rationing Justice?" California Chief Justice Calls for More Money. More Regulations to Come in School Spending. Flu is Widespread across State. Changing Lives one Dance at a Time. End Music.

Two Fullerton Police Officers Found Not Guilty in Death of Kelly Thomas. No Deal Between State Officials and Inmate Lawyers. New Bills to Protect Elders, Regulate Assisted Living Facilities. The Giving State: Crafting Story Books for Preschoolers. End Music.