Good afternoon, this is “The State, Of California,” Doug Sovern is away. Yesterday afternoon the SF Symphony took a turn with more than 150 musicians and patrons joining together to unite in a strike by the Sympony chorus against the Symphony.

Music Director and Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen's opening show in his final season was canceled just hours before the show started, indicating a strike with signs reading "No contract - No chrous."

For a closer look, KCBS Radio's Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart were joined by Joshua Kosman, Former Classical Music Critic from the San Francisco Chronicle.

Donald Trump and JD Vance have doubled down on their explosive and unfounded claims that Haitian immigrants in Springfield are eating pets.

For more on this, KCBS Insider Doug Sovern and KCBS Radio anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart were joined by Adriel Orozco, senior policy counsel at the American Immigration Council, a nonprofit that works to improve U.S. immigration policy.

There’s renewed focus on immigration as a presidential campaign issue, as Donald Trump and JD Vance continue to insist Haitian migrants are eating people’s pets in Ohio. What is really behind the GOP ticket’s continued emphasis on a rumor that has already been debunked?

Border security is certainly a core issue for the Republican candidates, and a perceived vulnerability for the the Democrats. The latest polling shows most voters agree with Donald Trump that the country should deport undocumented immigrants, and they think Trump will be stronger on immigration issues than Harris.

For more, KCBS Political Reporter Doug Sovern, along with KCBS Radio news anchors Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising, spoke with Anna Sampaio, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies and Political Science at Santa Clara University.