Bees may be small, but they make a big impact on the world around them. They provide us with flowers, fruit, honey, and more — but a changing climate is beginning to take a toll on hives.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detains individuals in the over 200 detention centers in the United States. Immigration detention centers operate out of privatized for-profit facilities, by contracting out ICE facility management – with about 80% of ICE detention beds being managed by privatized for-profit companies.

Inside a small back-house in South Central, one family of five from Guatemala lives and waits, after surviving the dangerous journey through Mexico to seek asylum in the United States.

California’s 25th District of Santa Clarita could be up for grabs in this year’s midterms. KCRW’s Chery Glaser spoke to Dan Schnur, a political strategy expert and professor at USC’s Annenberg School to understand how hard Republican Steve Knight will be fighting to hang on to his seat.

California’s primary elections are around the corner and many are paying close attention to Orange County, where some traditionally red districts could turn blue in the midterms.

With storm season approaching, officials are pitching voters on the Countywide Measure W that would levy new taxes on private property to fund clean water projects