Episodes

  • California voters still await two California election results

    California voters still await two California election results
    Nov 20 2024
    Republicans are going to control the House in the next Congress, but two races in California remain too close to call. The Democratic challenger has taken the narrowest of leads in one Orange County contest, while the Republican incumbent remains barely ahead in the other race, in the Central Valley. By our count, the GOP has clinched 218 seats in the next Congress, so that’s enough to control the majority and re-elect Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House. Democrats have locked up 212 seats, with five still too close to call. For more, KCBS Radio anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart spoke KCBS insider Doug Sovern. This is The State of California.
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    8 mins
  • California Republicans see much to look forward to

    California Republicans see much to look forward to
    Nov 18 2024
    California Republicans are more optimistic than ever after the election of Donald Trump and some significant victories here in the Golden State. Those include the passage of Proposition 36, the defeat of minimum wage and rent control measures, and some key wins in Congressional and legislative races. Among the Republican winners who can’t wait to take office and shake things up in Sacramento, Carl Demaio, the former San Diego City Councilman and failed candidate for both Congress and Mayor of San Diego, who has just been elected to the State Assembly from California’s 75th District, covering much of San Diego County. He is also the leader of Reform California, and unlike many Republican candidates in the state, he is an unabashed supporter of President-elect Trump. For more, KCBS Radio anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart, along with KCBS insider Doug Sovern, were joined by Assemblymember-elect Carl Demaio. This is The State of California.
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    8 mins
  • New docuseries sheds light on more murders committed by Charles Manson

    New docuseries sheds light on more murders committed by Charles Manson
    Nov 15 2024
    Bret Burkhart and Doug Sovern are off today. He's a figure who has horrified and captivated the world for more than 55 years — the notorious cult leader Charles Manson, whose followers "The Family" brutally murdered nine people in Southern California, including pregnant actress Sharon Tate back in the summer of 1969. Now, newly released recordings being highlighted in an upcoming docuseries are shedding light on more murders Manson may have committed in Mexico before that infamous killing spree. For a closer look, KCBS Radio news anchor Patti Reising spoke with Billie Mintz, an investigative journalist, documentary filmmaker and director of 'Making Manson'.
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    10 mins
  • What set the stage for a Republican sweep, a Dem failure this election?

    What set the stage for a Republican sweep, a Dem failure this election?
    Nov 14 2024
    A little over a week after Election Day, Democrats are still hoping to narrow the Republican majority in the House, as they start to do autopsies on how they lost the presidential campaign. For more on this, KCBS political reporter Doug Sovern, along with KCBS Radio news anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart, spoke with Christine Pelosi of San Francisco. Among the many hats she wears, Pelosi is a longtime party activist and political strategist, leader of the Women’s Caucus, and member of the Democratic National Committee.
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    8 mins
  • CA voters have rejected Prop 6, but proponents are not derailed

    CA voters have rejected Prop 6, but proponents are not derailed
    Nov 13 2024
    This is “The State, Of California”, hosted by KCBS political reporter Doug Sovern, along with KCBS Radio news anchor Patti Reising. California voters rejected Proposition 6, which would have banned slave labor in the state’s prisons. The ballot measure lost by about seven percent, even though a similar one passed in Nevada by 20 points. Prop 6 would have outlawed slavery in California and gotten rid of the practice of forcing inmates to work, in involuntary servitude. Inmates would still have been able to work behind bars, but they would not have been able to be forced to do jobs against their will, and for little or no money. Prop 6 lost, even though there was no organized opposition or campaign against it. For more on this, Doug and Patti spoke with Carmen-Nicole Cox, an attorney with ACLU California Action. Among other things, she has been a Deputy DA in San Joaquin County, Deputy Legal Affairs Secretary for Governor Jerry Brown, and she is an Adjunct Professor at the McGeorge School of Law at the University of the Pacific.
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    8 mins
  • As Trump fills Cabinet, Dems tend to their bruises, look to the future

    As Trump fills Cabinet, Dems tend to their bruises, look to the future
    Nov 12 2024
    President-elect Donald Trump is wasting no time beginning the transition, with controversial choices, including Senator Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, former Governor Mike Huckabee as his Ambassador to Israel, and former ICE chief Tom Homan as his “border czar,” which is a position that doesn’t officially exist. Meanwhile, Democrats have flipped one swing House seat in California and they’re still hoping to win a couple more, but it seems extremely likely that the Republicans will hold the House with a net gain of perhaps two or three seats, giving them complete control of all the branches of the federal government. Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco, though, insists this was not the sweeping rebuke of the Democrats that many across the country think. More on today's State of California, hosted by KCBS political reporter Doug Sovern, along with KCBS news anchor Patti Reising.
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    7 mins
  • Trump announces his pick for "Border Czar," a nebulous position

    Trump announces his pick for "Border Czar," a nebulous position
    Nov 11 2024
    As we've been reporting today, President-elect Donald Trump has announced former ICE chief Tom Homan to be the "border czar" for his incoming administration. This isn't the first time that Homan has worked with Trump--he served as acting ICE director during part of Trump's first term. Now, according to President-elect Trump, Homan will "be in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their country of origin." For more, KCBS Radio anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart were joined by Bill Hing, Professor at USF Law and founder of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center. This is The State of California.
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    9 mins
  • The remnants of California's most destructive fire, six years later

    The remnants of California's most destructive fire, six years later
    Nov 8 2024
    Doug Sovern is away today. It's been six years since the most destructive fire in California engulfed the entire town of Paradise in flames. The Camp Fire, which scorched more than 153-thousand acres in Butte County, claimed dozens of lives and destroyed thousands of homes. Now, six years later, survivors are keeping memories alive and continue to rebuild their lives. For more, KCBS Radio news anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart spoke with Colette Curtis, the Recovery and Economic Development Director of Paradise.
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    7 mins