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Oct 2023
10m 52s

Can Hydrogen Cars Help California With G...

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When we think of cleaner and greener alternatives to gas-powered cars and trucks in California, electric vehicles come immediately to mind. But there is an alternative --hydrogen-powered cars.

Reporter: Saul Gonzalez, The California Report


Governor Gavin Newsom is defending his decision to appoint Emily’s List president Laphonza Butler to Dianne Feinstein’s open Senate seat –which potentially upends the on-going campaigns for that position in next year’s election. Butler is expected to be sworn-in on Tuesday. 

Reporter: Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez, KQED


California water regulators have released support plans for the Bay-Delta watershed, which experts say is in an ecological crisis.  But this doesn’t mean final solutions are in sight.

Reporter: Rachel Becker, CalMatters

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