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From Head Start and gig-worker protections to immigration policy, a California Senate race and environmental disasters in East L.A., The Signal examines how public decisions affect workers, families and communities—and how residents are demanding accountability.
The Signal revisits two L.A. races: Angela Gonzalez-Torres discusses Congress, immigration, affordability and campaign money, while Jose Ugarte discusses South L.A., public safety, housing, transit, labor and the 2028 Olympics.
From a $25 living-wage campaign to California’s Proposition 39 and a pivotal Los Angeles City Council race, The Signal examines wages, voting, poverty, public safety and political power—and how those issues are playing out for working-class communities.
Texas may be entering a new political era. Latino voters are growing in number, shifting their allegiances and becoming central to races that could determine control of Congress. The Signal looks at what is changing—and why Texas politics could matter far beyond the Lone Star State.
From fentanyl and overdose prevention to homelessness and local elections, this episode of The Signal explores how Southern California communities respond to difficult problems—and the choices, responsibilities and tradeoffs that come with those decisions.
California needs more doctors, especially in underserved communities. At the same time, voters face a fight over whether to tax billionaires to protect health care. The Signal examines the policies, politics and tradeoffs behind both battles.
Who holds immigration enforcement accountable? The Signal examines a federal court challenge, conditions inside Adelanto detention center, and the defeat of a California bill that sought greater oversight of privately operated detention facilities.
The Signal examines accountability across immigration detention, the Lineage Logistics fire in Boyle Heights, and the fight over AI data centers—asking who pays, who decides, and who answers when distant decisions shape life in local communities.
Two stories, one question: who gets a seat at the table? A binational policy summit in Mexico City, and an East LA community still fighting to shut down the warehouse behind the fire.
As Boyle Heights continues recovering from the Lineage Logistics fire, The Signal examines accountability, legal rights, community leadership, and the debate over East L.A.'s future. Plus updates from Sacramento on voting rights, Medi-Cal, and California policy.
A Fourth of July reflection on democracy, birthright citizenship, and political extremism, followed by a conversation on earthquake recovery in Venezuela and the continuing environmental justice fight in Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles.
A massive warehouse fire exposed long-standing environmental inequities in Boyle Heights and East L.A. State and local officials, researchers, and community leaders discuss recovery, public health, and who should be held accountable long after the smoke clears.
