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California's State Parks: On the Rocks

Habitually underfunded, about one in four state parks are now threatened with closure.

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Examining how California is responding to climate change.

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Fri, Jul 2, 2010 | Listen to the program

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Farmworker Overtime Bill Heads to Governor's Desk

Farmworkers are some of the only hourly employees in California that don't earn overtime after 8 hours on the job. Now the legislature has passed a bill that could change that, but growers say it'd hurt the state's competititiveness. Reporter: Sasha Khokha

Photo: Devin Katayama

Competitive Swimmer Challenges the Farallons

An athlete from Tahoe City was hoping to make history today as the first woman to make the 30-mile ocean swim from the Farallon Islands to San Francisco. Rough seas forced Karen Rogers to put off her attempt, but she's determined to try this unusually challenging route again. Reporter: Scott Shafer

More: Karen Rogers' Liquid Adventures : tracks her training process and will follow her route when the swim begins

End Music: "Under The Sea" by Quartet San Francisco, from the CD "Whirled Chamber Music"

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