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September 22, 2019
Democratic Presidential Hopeful Pete Buttigieg To Hold Fundraiser In Sacramento Next Weekend
The South Bend mayor will appear in Sacramento next weekend.
September 22, 2019
CA Hints It May Weaponize Electric Car Rebates In Its Emissions Battle Against Trump
With California enmeshed in a bare-knuckled battle over clean air with the Trump administration, carmakers could soon have to sign onto the state's pact to cut air pollution if they want to offer customers the state's EV rebate.
September 22, 2019
Labor Had A Banner Year In California — Now Will Workers Unionize?
Turning paper victories into a meaningful labor movement with more private-sector members could take work, even in pro-labor California.
September 21, 2019
A College Education in Prison Opens Unexpected Path to Freedom
Cal State LA's prison education program is working mostly on private grants. In California, a bill to open the state’s financial aid program to incarcerated students is headed to the governor's desk.
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September 20, 2019
California Brewers Festival Returns To Sacramento Saturday
Eighty breweries are expected to participate in the annual event, which is expected to raise around $100,000 for local charities.
Business Journal: CalPERS Projects, AB5 & Trucking, Seafood House On The Way
CalPERS has selected development firm Hines to manage its Sacramento projects, including 301 Capitol Mall — a vacant lot that's been empty so long, some people call it the hole in the ground. The Sacramento Business Journal's Sonya Sorich reports.
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September 20, 2019
Constructing Jazz Inside Fine Art, And Vice-Versa
The jazz pianist has pulled the curtain off his polymathic abilities, bringing his fine art exhibition — which includes video, installations and performance — home to New York.
September 20, 2019
Met Opera Faces 'One More Catastrophic Crisis' As Employees Must Work With Domingo
One of opera's most popular and bankable stars is scheduled to sing at New York's famed opera house next week. But a number of Met employees say that they find the situation untenable.
September 20, 2019
Why Is American Classical Music So White?
Early American composers could have shaken off their European sound and mined the rich trove of African American music. They didn't. And one historian believes we're worse off because of it.
September 19, 2019
No Water, No Garbage Pickup: Some Of The Complaints As Capitol Park Hotel Is Transformed Into A Homeless Shelter
Some of the people who live and work at the Capitol Park Hotel say they are suffering while the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency turns it into transitional homeless housing.
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VIDEO: Tree Scientist Inspires Next Generation ... Through Barbie
September 22, 2019
Nalini Nadkarni was one of the first people to study the canopy — the part of trees just above the forest floor to the top branches. Her discoveries have helped shape our understanding of forests.
Politics
Democrats Intensify Calls For Potential Impeachment Over Whistleblower Complaint
September 22, 2019
Meanwhile, Trump and his allies say the president committed no wrongdoing in his communications with the leader of Ukraine.
National
3 Are Dead And 4 Hospitalized From Drug Overdoses, Pittsburgh Police Say
September 22, 2019
All the victims were wearing orange wristbands and are believed to have attended the same event Saturday night, but authorities say they overdosed afterward at a private residence.
National
Trial Begins For Former Dallas Cop Who Killed Unarmed Black Neighbor
September 22, 2019
Amber Guyger, who is white, said she entered the wrong apartment thinking it was her own, and shot Botham Shem Jean, 26, because she thought he was a burglar. Her trial begins on Monday.
Music News
10 Years After Haiti's Earthquake, 'This Music School Will Never Stop'
September 22, 2019
Nearly 10 years ago, an earthquake devasted Haiti, destroying a legendary music school. A youth choir and orchestra have been touring the US and hope to rebuild their school in Port-au-Prince.
Movie Interviews
Brad Pitt On Making 'Ad Astra,' Processing Trauma And Channeling David Bowie
September 22, 2019
The actor stars in a new science-fiction blockbuster about more than just an astronaut on a space mission: "We wanted to do something very sincere and raw and painfully honest," he says.
Technology
He's Trying To Fill In The Gaps On Google Street View — Starting With Zimbabwe
September 22, 2019
Not every corner of the world is yet on Google Street View. Tawanda Kanhema sees these gaps as a kind of digital divide, so he volunteers to photograph and upload some of the places left off the map.
Shots - Health News
Soul Line Dancing: Come For The Fitness. Stay For The Friendships
September 22, 2019
Research show that when you add a social component to an exercise plan, you're more likely to stick to it. That's especially true of the steps, turns, beats and fun of soul line dancing.
Book Reviews
Kick Off Fall With This Trio Of Innovative YA Graphic Novels
September 22, 2019
This month sees the arrival of a handful of bold new graphic novels aimed at young adult readers, with unexpected topics and settings from a contemporary Chinese American community to the Old West.
Politics
On Ukraine Call, Biden Says Trump Is 'Violating Every Basic Norm Of A President'
September 21, 2019
Former Vice President Joe Biden was reacting to reports that President Trump pressured Ukraine's leader to investigate Biden's family.
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