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Feb 06 Insight: Park Saving Blueprint / School Nutrition Standards / Maggie Hollenbeck
How one neighborhood association saved its once-doomed community center and whether the effort can be replicated. What are Sacramento area schools serving for lunch? A local singer covers Joni Mitchell's entire "Blue" album.Recent Shows
Feb 02 Insight: The Asian American Donor Program (AADP) / Capitol Chat / Rachel Barton Pine / Sound Advice
A student's heroic initiative to save another student's life; The never ending CA budget struggle on Capitol Chat; Violinist extraordinaire Rachel Barton Pine plays Mozart at the Mondavi; Sound Advice Classical.
Feb 01 Insight: CSU Executive Salary Cap / Question 1 / Andrew Nisker / Achilles Wheels
West Coast premiere of a new documentary on same-sex marriage's legal battle; Should executive pay be capped at CA State Universities? Does the media influence how the public sees environmental issues? A Foothill's Band has found its own voice.
Jan 31 Insight: Job Related Injuries / The News Network / Museum Day / HellaCapella
The cost of job-related injuries; A 25 percent pay cut for Yuba County supervisor? Objections from the community to a gay teen being named homecoming princess; Sacramento's popular Museum Day takes place this week; Plus, the HellaCapella Festival.
Jan 30 Insight: Redistricting Challenge / Ending Federal Inmate Medical Care Oversight / The Last Crop / Musical Charis
Republicans are challenging the new redistricting map; Is California ready to take control of its prison health care? Where do you find Good Humus organic produce? And the Indie Group Musical Charis strives to reinterpret the word "genre."
Jan 27 Insight: Capitol Chat / Northern California Cheese / Smiley and West / The Alkali Flats
Why is the legislature sueing State Controller John Chiang? Will the proposed tax hikes on the rich pass? Northern California cheese's amazing popularity; The "West and Smiley Show" on Capital Public Radio; The Alkali Flats at Harlow's on Sunday.
Jan 26 Insight: Sacramento Region Economic Forecast / Stories on Stage / Richard Savino / Sound Advice: Blue Dog Jam
A new report says Sacramento's hard-hit economy will improve in 2012; Burgeoning fiction authors from the Northern Valley share their stories; The music that got a Sacramento State professor nominated for a Grammy; New indie music in Sound Advice.
Jan 25 Insight: State of the Union Economics / B Street Theatre's 20th Anniversary / Parkinson's Tandem Cycle / Pam Houston
Are the country's economics relevant to California's? The benefits of pairing strong cyclists with Parkinson's patients on stationary tandem bicycles; Pam Houston's upcoming new novel; B Street Theatre marks 20 years in Sacramento.
Jan 24 Insight: News Network: Reno / Human & Plant Immune Similarites / Tornado Alley / Ray Manzarek
Details of the Washoe Drive Fire and other Reno Area news; How the discovery of plant & animal immune similarites led to new cures; Twister talk with the director of Tornado Alley; The 40th anniversary of L.A. Woman with Ray Manzarek.
Jan 23 Insight: New Sacramento Health Officer / Curbing Stigma of Mental Illness / "Doubt: A Parable" / John McCutcheon
Will Sacramento's next health officer be El Dorado's current health officer? The prognosis is likely; Curbing stigma & discrimination that accompany mental illness; An award winning play about sexual abuse & the clergy; Folk Singer John McCutcheon.
Jan 19 Insight: Capitol Chat / Diane Ravich / Bill Champlin / Sound Advice: Jazz
The republican reacton to Governor Brown's State of the State speech on Capitol Chat; One of the nation's leading voices for public education in America speaks out on testing and choice; The songs and music career of Bill Champlin; More Jazz on SA.
Jan 17 Insight: Strong Mayor Returns / News Network: Stockton / CPR's Format Change / Konstantin Soukhovetski
Details and politics of Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's second bid to put strong mayor to voters; We look at Stockton's problems with police & redevelopment; Why is KXJZ going all news & information? Music by Russian pianist Konstantin Soukhovetski.
Jan 13 Insight: Bob Huff / Capitol Chat / UC Davis Telemedicine / The Long Goodbye
California's state senate republican leader shares his plans for 2012; The Sacramento Bee's Dan Walters previews next week's State of the State address; UC Davis' telemedicine program; Louie Perez from Los Lobos talks about his upcoming performance.
Jan 12 Insight: LAO Budget Review / Wild & Scenic Film Festival / Harlem Globetrotters / Sound Advice: Coachella
A new LAO review says Governor Brown's 2012 budget proposal has rosy revenue projections and severe social service cuts; Films and the environment mix in Nevada City; The Harlem Globetrotters spin into town; Music from this year's Coachella lineup.
Jan 11 Insight: Redevelopment and Affordable Housing / Modern Dogs / Teaching Shakespeare / Writer's Brush
What's next for redevelopment agencies and their affordable housing projects? A genetic study reveals that today's dogs originate from Southeast Asia; Painting poets at the Third Annual Sacramento Writer's Brush; Learning to teach Shakespeare.
Jan 10 Insight: Amy Goodman / California Tourism / News Network: Davis / E-Legal Tag Team
Amy Goodman on her non-mainstream media empire; California tourism tops the $100 billion mark for the first time in 2011; Davis reporter Jeff Hudson on the city council's water rate flip flop; Spoken word as a means for mentoring troubled teens.
Jan 09 Insight: New Twin Rivers Police Chief / Dine Downtown Sacramento / Kings New Coach / Jeffrey Siegel
Twin Rivers' new police chief explains the external investigation of his district; Dine Downtown serves up big meal for little bucks; Sacramento Kings have a new head coach and a new documentary; Jeffrey Siegel explains the music before he plays it.
Jan 06 Insight: Capitol Chat / New Budget Analysis / Jim Breuer / Peter Wilson's Music
Signature Segment Capitol Chat with the Latest from the Hill; The New Budget Explained; Jim Breuer's documentary; The Romantic Voice of Peter Wilson's Music.
Jan 05 Insight: Marcos Breton / Gregory Kondos / Polly Frost / Sound Advice: Classical
The Sacramento Bee's Marcos Breton on the city's new medical marijuana regulations; Nationally-known landscape painter Gregory Kondos; Finding the humor in your adult relationship with your parents; New classical recordings with Kent Teeters.
Jan 04 Insight: Snowpack / Love, Sex and the Brain / Publish Yourself / Proud Americans
The 2012 snowpack is 19 percent of average. We see what this means for ski resorts and farmers; How does our brain decide who to love and when? The Sacramento library is making it easy to publish yourself; Growing up as the child of immigrants.
Jan 03 Insight: New Laws / Sacramento Press / History of Mather Field / Country Joe McDonald
New Laws for Californians; Looking ahead to 2012 with Sacramento Press; A new 100-Year History of Mather Air Force Base; Country Joe McDonald is in Sacramento to perform his 100-year anniversary Tribute to Woody Guthrie.
Dec 22 Insight: Capitol Chat / Checks and Balances in 2011 / Dave Attell / Sound Advice
Checks and Balances Act 2012; Capitol Chat with our weekly updates from the State Capitol; Dave Attell's stand up comedy; Sound Advice with Nick Brunner
Dec 21 Insight: Veterans and Job Prospects / How About Them Kings? / Autism Insurance Coverage / Singer Songwriter Anton Barbeau
What are the job opportunities for returning veterans? We'll kick the tires on the Sacramento Kings as the season opener approaches? Insurance will cover autism therapy come 2012; Singer-songwriter Anton Barbeau performs in our studio.
Dec 20 Insight: Breastfeed Only / News Network: SN&R / Mysteries at the Museum / Sherie Holbrook Labedis
More and more health organizations advocate breastfeeding, but what about mothers who can't? The Occupy movement, Tent City 2 and other Sacramento news with SN&R; The California Museum's mystery; Registering black voters in South Carolina in 1965.
Dec 19 Insight: Kim Jong Il's Death / Off-Reservation Gaming / Rich Ibarra / The Voices of Poverty / Biket Initiative
Kim Jong Il's Death; The legality of Off-Reservation Gaming; Stockton's homegrown journalist Rich Ibarra is retiring after 40 years; Local author Sasha Abramsky gives the nation's impoverished a voice; The "Biket Initiative" to help Mali's poor.