Miko Fogarty left her dream dance job with a top company after just one year. Two years later, she’s on her way to becoming a doctor - and overcoming alleged sexual abuse at the hands of her former coach.

Aisha’s Wahab’s ‘Long Run,’ Terisa Siagatonu’s Moment on Earth, My Carbon Footprint, A Writer’s CA Dream, Alice Coltrane’s ‘Spiritual Eternal’

Reporter’s Notebook from Tijuana, The French Dip’s Roots, Seeking a Seat on the School Board, Cannabis Meds at School, The Forest Transforms Me

Green Goddess Dressing, Poetry of Climate Change, California’s Original Detention Center, A Granddaughter’s Message to “Ojiichan,” Sign Wars on the Campaign Trail

Yoga community struggles to rein in sexual misconduct, abuse in its ranks; How wildfire increases poverty; 92-year old artist says planet Earth is ‘screwed’

Sons & Brothers Camp, Betty Valencia’s ‘Long Run’, The (W)hole Story on Mt. Shasta, Lured From Germany By SF ‘Sound’

Science shows childhood trauma leads to poorer health later in life, mentally and physically. But there are ways to intervene that can heal the wounds of the past for a parent, and safeguard a daughter’s future.

Illegal Love in Uganda, The Damaging Effects of ‘White Voice,’ One ‘Lost Boy’s’ Journey Out of Sudan

Mexican Restaurant Feeds Fire Victims, Coping With Fire Trauma In Santa Rosa, Music Giants Talk ‘Downey to Lubbock’, A Separation Still Painful After 76 Years

My Dad Spent My Childhood Behind Bars, Summer Camp for Refugee Kids, Asian American Actresses Rewrite the Script, My Mom’s Teenage Dream

Mom Seeks Refuge at the Border; Healing from Family Separation Four Decades Later; No One Recognizes this Hong Kong Star in Berkeley; Hello to Coachella, Grass Valley and Nevada City!

We've come a long way from a 6-foot-tall computer. But the internet hasn't solved everything it promised to. This week we visit the Computer History Museum in Mountain View to muse on how the internet has changed our lives.

A Mother Launches a Painful Search After Her Ex-Husband Abducts Their Daughter

On Her Own at 17, LGBTQ and Homeless, Finding the Gay Mecca, Family Separations Open Old Wounds

Black Chasm Cavern; Foster’s Bighorn; Back Dancing and Dynamite Society; Valley Relics Museum; Forestiere Underground Gardens

A Taste of Oaxaca in Madera; My Big Brother’s CA Dream; High School Behind Bars; Woodworking for the Blind

Sirhan Sirhan’s Brother; My Mom’s California Dream is Muted; TEPCO Dishes Out Nostalgia

Losing Language Behind Bars; Rachel Kushner’s New Novel Based on Friendship with Women Prisoners; Life After a Life Sentence; Letter to My CA Dreamer: A Place Where Dreams are Safe to Grow

Parents Deported, Big Sister in Charge; When UC is not the Golden Ticket; Tell Us Your California Dream Story; L.A.'s 'No ICE' Man

Addicted to Heroin and Living in a Motel with a Baby on the Way, Persistent Poison, Calling it Quits on the Golden State, Birthplace of Flamin' Hot Cheetos

Faith in Her Child Despite What the Doctors Said, When Mom Doesn’t Approve of Your Job…As a Dominatrix, Moving Towards Motherhood in the Shadow of Big Oil, A Song for Grandma

Fighting Harassment At High School, Seniors Share Advice on 'Lives Well Lived,' Potstickers and Pie at Sacramento's Oldest Chinese Restaurant, Does Rent Control Work?

They explore issues like homelessness, redefining masculinity, and finding identity through art.

Konocti: A Last Resort For People Hit With Disaster, A Second Chance After Two Decades of Anxiety, Finding Self-Esteem…Through Pole Dancing, Poet Re-Examines his Farmworker Past, The Town That Changed Its Name to Happy Camp

Oakland’s Time-Travelling Map, The Secret World of Inez Burns, Japanese-American 1950s Car Clubs, A Firefighter on Witnessing Too Much Tragedy