Sacramento Wants To Turn A Low-Income Downtown Hotel Into A Homeless Shelter
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April 19, 2019
Business Journal: West Sac Co-Living Apartments; New Movie Theater; New Jobs At Rancho Cordova's VSP
West Sacramento could be the site of a new co-living apartment complex featuring relatively small units and comparatively cheaper rents. The Sacramento Business Journal's Sonya Sorich has that story and more business news.
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April 18, 2019
Sacramento Region Added 25,000 Residents In 2018 While Los Angeles Lost Population
Sacramento’s population gain was second only to the Riverside-San Bernardino metro area, which added more than 50,000 according to new Census estimates. Los Angeles lost population for the first time this decade.
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April 18, 2019
Appeals Court Backs California Laws To Protect Immigrants
(AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday kept in place three California laws intended to protect immigrants, continuing the state's efforts to be a national leader in opposing Trump administration policies.
April 18, 2019
Reddit Users Quiz Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg During ‘AMA’ Session (Spoiler: There Were ‘Dad Jokes’)
Celebrities will often hold "ask me anything" question-and-answer sessions on the website. On Wednesday, users quizzed the mayor on everything from homelessness to the Mueller report.
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April 18, 2019
READ: The Full Mueller Report, With Redactions
Attorney General William Barr has released special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election. Democrats have pushed for Congress to get an unredacted version.
April 18, 2019
Mueller Report: Team Couldn't Rule Out Obstruction ... Or Firmly Establish It
But the 448-page document, released after a nearly two-year-long inquiry, depicts a president deeply worried about the investigation and aides stopping his attempts to influence it.
April 18, 2019
The Mueller Report Is Finally Released: What Can We Really Know About It?
The breathless wait for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report to Attorney General Bill Barr is finally over. The report has now been released. How much will we learn about the work Mueller did for almost 2 years? How much has been redacted?
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April 18, 2019
Capitol Chat: Gov. Newsom’s First 100-ish Days
Capitol Bureau Chief Ben Adler analyzes Gov. Gavin Newsom’s first 100 days in office, and what lies ahead for the state.
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Sound Advice: Kevin Doherty Brings Us The Sound Of Notre Dame's Organ And More
Morning Classical host Kevin Doherty shares what’s new and noteworthy in the world of classical music.
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April 17, 2019
Sacramento Bans Sale Of Flavored Tobacco Products
The local-level action precedes efforts by four Democratic senators for a statewide ban.
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Three Top Climbers Presumed Dead After Avalanche In Canada
April 19, 2019
Jess Roskelley, David Lama and Hansjörg Auer had been attempting a route in Canada's Banff National Park. The park said that all three are "presumed to be deceased."
Environment
Hurricane Michael Was A Category 5, NOAA Finds — The First Since Andrew In 1992
April 19, 2019
With winds of 160 mph, the October hurricane was the strongest on record to make landfall on the Florida Panhandle, where communities are still trying to recover. NOAA upgraded it from a Category 4.
Music News
Lil Dicky's 'Earth' Video Is Band Aid For The Internet
April 19, 2019
How did this guy manage to create a music video that rivals this year's Coachella lineup, recalling the infamous '80s supergroup that also hoped to heal the world with song?
Goats and Soda
She Fled Rwanda To Survive — But Does Not Like The Words 'Refugee' Or 'Genocide'
April 19, 2019
Clemantine Wamariya talks about her memoir The Girl Who Smiled Beads, what people don't understand about refugees — and her hopes for the future of Rwanda.
Pop Culture Happy Hour
In 'Someone Great,' The Greatest Someone Might Be Your Best Pal
April 19, 2019
Gina Rodriguez stars in Someone Great, a Netflix comedy that follows three friends trying to have one last adventure before everything changes for good.
Shots - Health News
Why Do Doctors Overtreat? For Many, It's What They're Trained To Do
April 19, 2019
Ordering more tests or treatments is not always best for patients' health or wallet. A group of medical educators is trying to address the problem where they think it starts: medical training.
The Picture Show
Silicon Valley Has Its Tech Campuses. Now It Wants A Monument
April 19, 2019
Tourists are flocking to California to see the origins of their favorite tech companies. Now there might be a monument about Silicon Valley's glory.
Book Reviews
'Ungovernable' Brings Up Grim Realities Of Victorian Child Rearing
April 19, 2019
Therese Oneill's new book presents plenty of suitably eyebrow-raising excerpts, but amid the snark at parenthood past and present, there are some unavoidable issues that come at a fraught time.
Goats and Soda
A Promising Anti-HIV Drug Poses A Dilemma
April 19, 2019
The medication is very effective, but there's concern it might cause birth defects if taken by a pregnant woman. Different countries address that issue in very different ways.
National
Hunger Strikes At ICE Detention Centers Spread As Parole, Bond Are Denied
April 19, 2019
There have been at least six hunger strikes at detention centers in the first three months of 2019 alone. One of the detainees' demands was to be released while their cases were adjudicated.
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