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Chef Chu’s, the Family-Owned Chinese Restaurant that Grew Up With Silicon Valley

Have you been to every one of California’s 58 counties? Reporter Lisa Morehouse has. For more than ten years, she’s travelled around the state, profiling people at the heart of food and agriculture for her series California Foodways. On this week’s show, for Lisa’s 58th and final ...  Show more

Sikh Community's Growing Concern Over ICE; Richmond's 'Minister of Food'

San Jose is home to the largest Sikh temple – or gurdwara – in the U.S., and for decades, it has been a place of sanctuary and refuge. But lately, another feeling has settled in for worshippers: fear.ICE enforcement has ramped up over the past year, with some of the sharpest incr ...  Show more

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