On The Poll: Proposition 50
Election Day is sort of right here, and in most of California, there’s only one measure on the poll: Proposition 50. Backed by Governor Gavin Newsom, Prop. 50 goals to create extra Democratic-leaning districts. It’s a transfer to counter Texas’s redistricting plans favoring Republicans. And some heavy hitters are lining up on each side, together with former President Barack Obama, Consultant Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. KQED Politics and Authorities Correspondent Man Marzorati joins us to speak about a few of the finer factors of the poll measure.
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Vocalist and musician Khatchadour Khatchadourian performs an historic double reed woodwind carved from apricot wooden known as the duduk that has cultural ties to Armenia. Khatchadourian is likely one of the few within the Bay Space who performs the instrument, and his followers name him “the Duduk Whisperer.” Our producer Elize Manoukian brings us this profile of Khatchadourian, who makes use of the duduk to push the boundaries of conventional Armenian music, and alongside the way in which, helps to protect cultural id by sound.
The primary handful of recent properties are beneath building in components of fireside ravaged Altadena. Most individuals received’t be shifting again in for a number of months. However some neighborhoods that had been utterly worn out within the Eaton Hearth are already being resettled by property homeowners residing in trailers and RV’s. As reporter Steven Cuevas found, these residents might be key to restoring the spirit and resilience that’s outlined Altadena for many years.
