The California Report Magazine Podcast
1) How Palisades Fire Put New Volunteer Firefighting Force to the Test
This week marks the one-year anniversary of the Los Angeles wildfires, two of the most destructive fires in California history. We bring you an excerpt from a new podcast, The Palisades Fire: A Sandca...Show More
2) Encore - LA’s Former Poet Laureate on Storytelling and Survival
Luis Rodriguez credits reading and writing for keeping him resilient his whole life. He’s best known for his 1993 memoir Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A., which chronicles how he joined...Show More
3) Reena Esmail's Sitars and Symphonies; Exploring Point Richmond's Fairy Houses
This holiday week, we’re bringing you two joyful stories from 2025. Reena Esmail’s childhood in Los Angeles had two soundtracks: the Western classical music her parents loved, and the old, scratchy ...Show More
Reena Esmail's Sitars and Symphonies; Exploring Point Richmond's Fairy Houses
30:18 | Dec 27th, 2025
4) Chef Chu’s, the Family-Owned Chinese Restaurant that Grew Up With Silicon Valley
Have you been to every one of California’s 58 counties? Reporter Lisa Morehouse has. For more than ten years, she’s travelled around the state, profiling people at the heart of food and agriculture fo...Show More
Chef Chu’s, the Family-Owned Chinese Restaurant that Grew Up With Silicon Valley
30:21 | Dec 20th, 2025
5) Sikh Community's Growing Concern Over ICE; Richmond's 'Minister of Food'
San Jose is home to the largest Sikh temple – or gurdwara – in the U.S., and for decades, it has been a place of sanctuary and refuge. But lately, another feeling has settled in for worshippers: fear....Show More
6) When We All Get To Heaven: New Podcast Takes Us Into a Queer Church During the AIDS Crisis
This year, for the first time since it was established in 1988, the U.S. did not commemorate World AIDS Day on December 1. That’s despite more than 630,000 deaths from HIV-related illnesses in 2024, a...Show More
7) Encore: Altadena's Lost Treasures Returned; Gathering at the Grange
The fierce Santa Ana winds that whipped the Palisades and Eaton fires into deadly infernos also spared precious things you’d think would have been the first to burn: old family photos, children’s art ...Show More
8) Bonus- Celebrating a ‘Long Lost History’ of California’s Black Trans Trailblazers
For the last few weeks, The California Report Magazine has been sharing conversations between transgender and nonbinary kids and the people in their lives who love and support them — a series called L...Show More
Bonus- Celebrating a ‘Long Lost History’ of California’s Black Trans Trailblazers
38:11 | Nov 22nd, 2025
9) Bonus- 'It's Self-Love': Trans Elder Donna Personna Shares Advice With a Younger Generation
For the last few weeks, we’ve been sharing conversations between transgender and nonbinary kids and the people in their lives who love and support them — a series called Love You for You. As we enter...Show More
10) What Parents Can Learn About Love and Support from their Trans Kids
Our Love You for You series features conversations between trans and nonbinary youth from across California and the people in their lives who love and mentor them: parents, grandparents, siblings and ...Show More