this is kqed newsroom. this week san francisco, twitter accepted elon musk to buy the company later says he wants to take the tech from private and promote more free speech on the platform. joining me now is the chief of marketwatch, jeremy owens, thank you for joining us. >> the heavenly. >> this week after this was announced that he was going to have the plan to take overand it was accepted, elon musk went on twitter which seems to be one of his natural habitats and criticized the senior twitter executives which led to some of the musk supporters piling on and criticizing and really harassing these executives as well, seems like there is a lot of consternation about what the musket takeover would mean for blic discourse. what are you hearing? what are you hearfrinome emsame eeas everybody else that watches elon on twitter. they want to know what is a truth and what is a troll and what is his attempt to geinin peopletht,e ourecent days brought more right-wing users back to the platform who may have left af

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to the show, this is kqed newsroom, i am priya david clemens. today is earth day. in recognition, we are focusing on climate and sustainability in the golden state. there were sprinkles of rain in the bay area this week but not even a few healthy downpours could reverse the current state of extreme drought we are in. california has a complex system of moving water throughout the state, using major aqueducts, dams, and reservoirs. still, the supply of water never seems to quench our increasing thirst. why is that? several of our reporters and graphic artists teamed up to find the answers. >> reporter: california has one of the most ecologically altered landscapes in the world . through extensive engineering projects, we have turned in arid terrain into a uniquely productive state. but, the reality remains that there never seems to be enough water. over the past century, five intense droughts have slammed to california. the last one ended in 2019. and, in 2021, we entered another. so, why do we always seem to be on the brink of drought? the answer

this is kqed newsroom and i am priya david clements. for close to a decade california public school enrollment has been on a slow decline. this week we learned enrollment has dropped below 6 million students for the first time since 2000. while some families have relocated, some have chosen a home school and others have enrolled in private schools. education aspects say that is not account for the significant drop in numbers. they are perplexed as to where the students are gone. you're now to discuss the changes in enrollment and to talk about the weeks of the top stories in the golden state is brian what and san francisco chronicle joker foley. thank you both for being here today. brian will start with you. you have taken a little bit of a look at the school enrollment numbers. and the mystery to what is happening. we are talking both charter school and public numbers have dropped significantly. >> it is a mystery. we know this is been declining for years. even before the pandemic. we do know the pandemic hiked it up a bit. but if you

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. >>> tonight on kqed newsroom, overfishing, climate change and newsroom the oceans of biodiversity.ontinues her family's legacy of marine conservation with a new initiative to restore ocean health. >>> what is a long game for twitter now that elon musk has shaken the tech world with his $44 billion plans acquisition of the social media company? we chew on that and the other big stories of the week with a panel of reporters. >>> we crashed through the surf

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