Hate Groups According to press coverage,
right-wing extremism is experiencing a resurgence in the United
States. It's estimated that there are more then a thousand
such groups. We'll be speaking with FBI Special Agent in Charge Herb Brown about
the so-called "Hate Groups" in the Sacramento and Northern
California areas, and how those groups are impacting our
communities. In addition, Mr. Brown will explain jurisdiction
of the FBI in terms of hate crimes and their current state in our
area, and what can the community do to report such crimes by contacting the FBI with questions, concerns, or
to identify suspicious groups.
"Blood and Honour" White supremacist hate
music is no new thing, but after a man involved in one of these
hate music bands killed six people in a Sikh Temple in Wisconsin
the genre has flowed into mainstream of America's
consciousness. In fact, these white power bands are in almost
every city in America and right now many of them are secretly
planning for an annual concert that takes place on or around August
11 each year. That's Saturday, and the nearest concert of
this type is outside Modesto. "Blood & Honour" is a neo-Nazi music promotion network and
political group founded in 1987 that organizes this concert to
celebrate the birthday of founder Ian Stuart Donaldson. To tell us more
about the concert and hate bands in Northern California is a
reporter from the Modesto Anarcho.
Capitol Chat Political Reporter for
the Sacramento Bee, Torey Van
Oot, joins us to discuss legislative hearings on the California
State Parks' hidden surplus, the mass of bills working their way
through the legislature, and more, in this edition of Capitol
Chat.
Investigating Mars UC Davis geology professor Dawn Sumner has
plenty of scientific work to do now that the Mars rover Curiosity
has succesfully touched down on the Red Planet on Sunday (Aug. 5),
after a nine-month, 352 million-mile journey through space.
Sumner, a co-investigator for NASA's Mars Science
Laboratory team, will serve as a long-term planner from the
mission's base at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena,
CA. One of her first tasks will likely be to direct
Curiosity, via computer, to shoot some of the first true color
photographs ever taken of Mars. She will also coordinate the
first scientific interpretations and help to make daily decisions
about the research vehicle's activities. Sumner will share
this role with an international team of scientists during the first
three months of Curiosity's two-year mission. After this, she
will assist the mission from UC Davis. Here is the link to an
animation video of Curiosity Rover's landing on
Mars.
2012 Olympics Wrap Up As the London Olympics
come to a close, we recap the wins and losses of area
athletes who competed in the games.
