Capitol Chat Sacramento Bee reporter and
creator of the State Worker, Jon Ortiz, joins us for this week's
Capitol Chat. Pension reform, corrections layoffs, and
the reinstatement of long-anticipated full-time hours (and
pay) for tens of thousands of state workers are just a few of
the topics buzzing around the capitol this
week.
Jean Ross The executive director of the California
Budget Project, Jean Ross, discusses the possibility of
automatic spending triggers shooting holes in the state's
education budget. She'll also talk about the governor's new
proposal for pension reform, and the death of Tim Hodson.
Skip Heller Singer/songwriter Skip Heller
brings the sounds of stripped-down rockabilly to Sacramento's Shine Café
Saturday night. Heller's new album "The Long Way Home" was
recorded in a friend's apartment and draws on his influences of
punk, rock, jazz, country and soul music.
Paloma Negra Paloma Negra is a Sacramento-based Pan-Latin
American folk group that has just finished recording an album of Dia de los Muertos music. We'll speak
with vocalist Areceli Collazo and band director Dominic
Garcia.