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