Richard Gonzales
Richard Gonzales is NPR's National Desk Correspondent based in San Francisco. Along with covering the daily news of region, Gonzales' reporting has included medical marijuana, gay marriage, drive-by shootings, Jerry Brown, Willie Brown, the U.S. Ninth Circuit, the California State Supreme Court and any other legal, political, or social development occurring in Northern California relevant to the rest of the country.
Gonzales joined NPR in May 1986. He covered the U.S. State Department during the Iran-Contra Affair and the fall of apartheid in South Africa. Four years later, he assumed the post of White House Correspondent and reported on the prelude to the Gulf War and President George W. Bush's unsuccessful re-election bid. Gonzales covered the U.S. Congress for NPR from 1993-94, focusing on NAFTA and immigration and welfare reform.
In September 1995, Gonzales moved to his current position after spending a year as a John S. Knight Fellow Journalism at Stanford University.
In 2009, Gonzales won the Broadcast Journalism Award from the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. He also received the PASS Award in 2004 and 2005 from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency for reports on California's juvenile and adult criminal justice systems.
Prior to NPR, Gonzales was a freelance producer at public television station KQED in San Francisco. From 1979 to 1985, he held positions as a reporter, producer, and later, public affairs director at KPFA, a radio station in Berkeley, CA.
Gonzales graduated from Harvard College with a bachelor's degree in psychology and social relations. He is a co-founder of Familias Unidas, a bi-lingual social services program in his hometown of Richmond, California.
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The panel also upheld two other state laws protecting immigrants in the workplace and in detention facilities. The judges say the state has the right "to refrain from assisting with federal efforts."
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The building burned for hours on Monday, with smoke billowing into the sky. The cause of the cathedral's blaze was not immediately known, but the initial investigation points to an accident.
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A federal court settlement benefits those who had been conditionally approved to join their parents already residing legally in the U.S. under an Obama administration program.
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The decision is a victory for the Trump administration's efforts to pressure schools to abandon affirmative action policies still allowed by the Supreme Court.
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A flood of migrant families and children arriving at the Southern border is straining the U.S. immigration system. Authorities say daily apprehensions are at the highest levels in over a decade.
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The move is an apparent return by the government to the practice President Trump has called "catch and release" and promised to end when he was a presidential candidate.
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At least one man opened fire during Friday afternoon prayers at two mosques in the city of Christchurch. Police have charged a 28-year-old Australian with murder. He made a court appearance Saturday.
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the shooting can "only be described as a terrorist attack." Authorities have charged a male in his late 20s with murder.
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A federal judge rejects the government's argument that identifying and reuniting families separated before the zero tolerance policy was announced is too burdensome.
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Opponents of the Trump administration's family separation policy say migrant children are not safe in government custody. Administration officials say most of the allegations are unproved.