California
San Diego doctor says height of the border wall is leading to more injuries from falls
Dr. Alexander Tenorio is part of a network of doctors in the San Diego area who are on call to receive individuals who attempt to climb over the 18-foot border wall, then fall on the US side where they have to be treated in local hospitals. It's an urgent issue as the border wall is now being raised in many parts from 18 feet to 30 feet.
Cambodian American graduates: More than victims of genocide
Finding home in California after fleeing war in Ukraine
From the desert to the sea, CRRIFS cares for and protects San Carlos wildlife
1 in 6 trees in the US threatened with extinction
Safe and unsilenced: Afghan scholars find refuge at US universities
As they watched the Taliban take over Kabul, a group of Bay Area universities got together to bring Afghan scholars to the US by funding their residencies.
Kino Bay’s Becerra family gave up traditional fishing to focus on saving sea turtles
Green sea turtles are an endangered species and among the largest of their kind in the world. They’re also the only herbivorous sea turtles. Now, some conservation groups are trying to protect them.
'Hidden discrimination': California university joins national trend to protect against caste bias on campus
Caste was outlawed decades ago across South Asia. But it still exists and has found its way to American campuses.
Musician Luke Sital-Singh finds catharsis by singing a song to God
Sital-Singh, now an atheist, has released a single, "Me & God," which gets up close and personal with his faith.
Las Posadas holiday tradition brings ‘joy to the people’ in California community hit hard by the pandemic
Every December, Catholic Latinos across California honor the Virgen de Guadalupe. The celebration of Las Posadas commemorates the appearance of Mary, the mother of Jesus, to an Indigenous man named Juan Diego in Mexico in 1531.
Avoiding water bankruptcy in the drought-troubled Southwest: What the US and Iran can learn from each other
Cities and farmers in the Southwest are resorting to unsustainable strategies to pull in more water. Iran has tried many of these strategies and shows how they can go wrong.
Landsat 9 will capture satellite images of a radically changing Earth, NASA scientist says
Josh Willis, who works at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab at Caltech in Pasadena, California, has used Landsat satellite images in his own work. He joins The World's host Marco Werman to discuss the power of Landsats to understand climate change.
Afghan families are being rapidly resettled in the US. But adjusting to their new lives will take years.
One Afghan family in Sacramento recently arrived from Kabul, where the Taliban came knocking on their door. The father was able to get a Special Immigrant Visa to resettle in the US. The family counts themselves as among the fortunate ones, but they worry about those they left behind.
US Border Patrol launches new marine unit amid rise in maritime smuggling
More than 1,000 people have been apprehended while being smuggled at sea so far this year.
Lawsuits bring attention to caste discrimination in the US
People across the US have been divided over whether caste should be added as a protected class under anti-discrimination policies.