Roseville Data Center Controversy | Local Look at What’s Driving High Grocery Costs | CapLit’s July Readings
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A City of Roseville Open Space sign and no-trespassing warnings mark the fence line at the Phillip Road site on July 9, 2026. The city owns the roughly 240-acre parcel and is reviewing a developer's application to rezone it.
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Roseville Data Center Controversy
The topic of data centers is a hot button issue in America right now. Dominating headlines, dinner party conversations and city council meetings across the country. As investments pour into the Artificial Intelligence boom the companies behind AI argue more data centers are needed to support the burgeoning technology. But residents in the areas where data centers are being built or proposed have strong concerns surrounding a variety of possible negative consequences. From the amount of water data centers use to the increased demand for electricity raising their rates to the impact development could have on the surrounding environment. And that concern is present here locally as well. CapRadio Producer Greg Micek has been following a community of Roseville residents concerned about the potential for a data center to be built on an open field nearby, concerns that have made its way to city officials. He joined us to break down his reporting.
Local Look at What’s Driving High Grocery Costs
Groceries are making up a larger share of people’s budgets. Nationally, food prices are up more than 30% on average since 2020, outpacing wage growth during the same period. We’re going to get a look at what local grocers are facing. Nova Wetherwax is the Director Of Merchandising at Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op. She joins us to explain the tough decisions behind raising costs, and what affordable resources they have for shoppers. Insight reached out to surrounding grocers and supermarkets of various sizes. They either declined to come on the show or did not respond to our request.
CapLit’s July Readings
The local literacy and reading organization CapLit is making its return this Friday night at the CLARA Auditorium in midtown Sacramento, featuring the works of two local authors that touch on themes of tension, uncertainty and family. Gina Mulligan and Jen Soong talk about their writing journeys, and the inspiration behind their pieces “ “Changing Lanes” and “Rabbit & Ox.”
