Sasha Khokha

Sasha Khokha works for KQED’s The California Report and contributes stories for PRI's The World.

Sasha Khokha is Central Valley Bureau Chief for KQED’s The California Report statewide public radio program. She joined KQED following her work with Alaska Public Radio and NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday. She is a graduate of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and Brown University. She is also the mother of two young children.

Several children are shown playing with a flower-shaped light projection on a wall.

Youngest migrants in Tijuana find a safe space for learning at the ‘Nest’

November 4, 2019Migration

Thousands of people are stuck at the Mexican border as they wait to apply for asylum in the US. A new informal preschool in Tijuana is prioritizing the needs of the youngest migrants.

When it comes to family separation, healing can take decades

August 15, 2018Immigration

Before #MeToo, women janitors organized to fight workplace harassment

January 25, 2018Jobs

Unlikely roommates: A Holocaust survivor and grandchild of Nazis share a home in California

February 24, 2017Arts

Meet one of the few undocumented students in the US who has gotten a Ph.D.

June 3, 2016Education

California’s drought is hitting indigenous Latino workers hard

October 25, 2015Business

Farmworkers, many from drought-stricken parts of Mexico, struggle to make ends meet in California as crops — and work — dry up.

The new film ‘Cesar Chavez’ retells the start of his movement in Delano, California

March 27, 2014Arts, Culture & Media

About 50 years ago, Cesar Chavez started a movement for farmworker rights that brought together the Filipino and Mexican communities in California and led to vast change. A new film, one of several, brings powerful scenes and memories, especially for those who were part of the movement.

Former farmworker and current Delano Mayor, Grace Vallejo, stands in front of photos of her fellow city council members. The city council is made up of all Hispanic members. "That's a huge change from back in the 1960s. We've come a long way." she says. V

In the town where Chavez began his labor movement, immigrants are now leaders

March 25, 2014Conflict & Justice

Delano, California, was a rural farm town controlled by white farmers when Cesar Chavez first began fighting for labor rights there in the 1960s. The movement he began started a process that has transformed the town.Delano, California, was a rural farm town controlled by white farmers when Cesar Chavez first began fighting for labor rights there in the 1960s. The movement he began started a process that has transformed the town.