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Highlights
Death Toll From Devastating Tornado Revised Down
May 21, 2013
Fire Camps Key To Reducing Prison Overcrowding
May 21, 2013

Sacramento-area Red Cross Volunteers Ready to Help in Oklahoma if Called
Tuesday, May 21, 2013American Red Cross volunteers in the Sacramento area are waiting to hear whether they’ll be needed to help tornado victims in Oklahoma.

Vallejo Residents Vote For Improvements
Tuesday, May 21, 2013People who live in Vallejo have voted on how to spend $3 million in sales tax revenues. The vote marks the first city-wide “Participatory Budgeting” process in the United States.

From The Insight Archives: Ray Manzarek
Ray Manzarek, co-founder of the seminal rock band The Doors, died Monday after a long battle with cancer. In January of 2012, Manzarek spoke with Capital Public Radio's Beth Ruyak about the 40th anniversary reissue of the band's album, L.A. Woman.

Fire Camps Key To Reducing Prison Overcrowding
Tuesday, May 21, 2013Reducing overcrowding at California prisons is not easy. Generally, inmates must either be released or given more space, which is expensive. But there is a third option. Inmates can be sent to fire camps. That's a cornerstone of Governor Jerry Brown

Death Toll From Devastating Tornado Revised Down
Tuesday, May 21, 2013While the number of deaths and amount of damage caused by a huge tornado that tore through Moore, Okla., on Monday remain high, state officials said today that fewer people than feared may have lost their lives. Follow NPR coverage: Update: 9:50am

Ten-Year-Old Girl Shot and Killed
Monday, May 20, 2013The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department says the shooting death on Sunday of a ten-year old North Highlands girl was not an accident and investigators need help finding the girl’s killers.
The Scramble At Moore Medical Center As The Tornado Hit
Nick Stremble, a registered nurse and manager at the hospital, described what he saw Monday. As winds ripped through the facility, people started "to tumble and roll and be pushed down the hall," he said.
Former IRS Head To Senate: It Wasn't My Fault
Douglas Shulman, who led the IRS during the years when agency workers targeted tax-exempt applications from conservative groups, did his best to deflect accusations from unhappy senators.
Tornado Leaves Moore, Okla., Neighborhoods Unrecognizable
Melissa Block and Robert Siegel have the latest on the tornado that caused major damage in Moore, Okla., on Monday.
Okla. Tornado Survivors Try To Collect Lives After Storm
For some neighbors in Moore, Okla., the decision of taking cover away from home or sheltering in place made the difference between life and death.
Apple CEO Defends Tax Practices At Senate Hearing
Apple CEO Tim Cook faced tough questions on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. He defended a tax strategy that allows Apple to avoid taxes on tens of billions of dollars of profits. Cook also called on the Congress to lower the U.S. corporate tax rate.
Loss Of Timber Payments Cuts Deep In Oregon
Today in Oregon, voters are deciding whether to raise their own taxes to make up for lost timber payments from the federal government. Hundreds of counties in Western states are facing a financial crisis due to the loss of timber payments. Property taxes usually pay for county services such as law enforcement. But counties in states from Colorado to California have vast national forests and can't collect taxes on that land. So Congress created timber payments to compensate them. Now the bill authorizing those payments has expired. Oregon received the largest payments, and more than half its counties face a budget and safety crisis now. Amelia Templeton of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that in Josephine County, the sheriff has laid of 80 percent of his deputies and no longer arrests people.
Moore Residents Slowly Allowed Into Tornado-Damaged Areas
It's been a difficult day in Moore, Okla., as crews go house-to-house searching for survivors from Monday's tornado. Authorities have tightened access into areas with the worst damage.
Tech Companies Have A Lot At Stake With Immigration Bill
The tech industry is getting a lot in the Senate's immigration overhaul bill. It increases the number of temporary worker visas for skilled technical workers but the industry is pushing for more, including the end of provisions meant to protect American tech workers from unfair competition. The industry's goals and tactics are antagonizing other groups that want to see the bill pass.
Teacher Led Students Through Storm Despite Peril To Daughter
The high school in Moore, Okla., wasn't badly damaged by Monday's tornado. But a special ed teacher stayed with her own students there rather than hunting for her own daughter at a wrecked elementary school.
New Hospital In Joplin, Mo., Designed With Tornadoes In Mind
Robert Siegel speaks with John Farnen, executive director of strategic projects for Mercy Hospital Joplin, regarding lessons of the Joplin, Mo., tornado for rebuilding large structures like the Mercy Hospital Joplin.

Insight: Remembering Ray / News Network / "An American Mosque" / Hunger Action Week / Cosmologist Sean Carroll
Tuesday, May 21, 2013We listen back to a previous interview with Ray Manzarek. An update on the Leila Fowler murder investigation. KVIE documentary on Yuba County mosque. Highlighting hunger in our area. Was the world more orderly following the Big Bang than it is now?

Insight: The Arts and Basketball / Stem Cell Cloning / Nicolas' Garden
Monday, May 20, 2013Will a new sports and entertainment complex in downtown Sacramento help or hurt the area's other arts orgnizations? UC Davis stem cell researcher on new developments in cell cloning. Eight-year-old releases new app for kids looking for healthy habits

Ticket Sales Brisk For Sacramento Music Festival
Monday, May 20, 2013Recent changes to the long-standing festival are already yielding results.

Theatre Review: A Little Princess
Monday, May 6, 2013This show at the Sacramento Theatre Company is about the desperate poor and the moneyed elite living in London a century ago. It might sound somewhat Dickensian, but this show is actually a new musical getting its premiere production this month.









