President Trump delivers his State of the Union address this evening. Special coverage from NPR begins at 6:00pm, hosted by Mary Louis Kelly with analysis from National Political Correspondent Mara Liasson, White House Correspondent Scott Horsley and others. CapRadio will provide coverage of the speech on-air, on our news stream and as a live video on capradio.org.

Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams will provide a response following the address, while California Attorney General Xavier Becerra will provide the Spanish language response. Join us tomorrow for follow-up reporting, reaction and analysis from NPR and the CapRadio News team on Morning Edition and Insight With Beth Ruyak. 

California Governor Gavin Newsom is preparing to give his first State of the State address on Tuesday, February 12 at 11:00am. It will be an update on how California is doing and where Newsom wants to take the state during his first year in office. Capitol Bureau Chief Ben Adler and the CapRadio News team are preparing for special live coverage, this year in collaboration with KQED. We’ll bring you the speech along with analysis and reaction on-air and on capradio.org. 

Meantime, check out our one-of-a-kind archive of past State of the State addresses with transcripts and audio dating back to 2004. It's an invaluable reference, or just a fun look back at the substance and style of previous California governors.

At the end of 2018, digital content producer Emily Zentner pitched an idea to create a visual map of California wildfire perimeters from the earliest historical record. Working with senior editor Chris Hagan, Emily embarked on a nearly six-week project to make this idea come to life.

The project started by obtaining a massive data set from Cal Fire's website of 20,000 wildfire perimeters dating back to 1878. To ensure quality, Emily performed two main tasks:

Since Cal Fire has not yet released data past 2017, Emily gathered 2018 data from the U.S. Geological Survey. However, each fire was in its own file, so she had to download and refine nearly 90 individual files and merge them with the Cal Fire data.

Once the data was ready, Chris worked on bringing it to life using mapping software, then coding it into a special projects webpage on the CapRadio site. Now live, Emily and Chris created a highly accurate and interactive visual map of wildfires in California. 

Stay Tuned: The project's not done, however, as Emily is now gathering data on the causes, acreage and method of perimeter collection for all the fires to update the map. 

CapRadio's Nadine Sebai was part of a special collaboration with KQED, the Bay Area News Group and Investigative Studios that scrutinized and reported on the release of The Rio Vista Police Department internal files on police misconduct. The Department's investigative records released under a new California law, SB 1241, are the first in the state that offer an in-depth look at how officers are disciplined for violating use-of-force rules and for dishonesty.

It’s an eye-opening story of police abuse of power that law enforcement wanted to keep away from the public. Although it remains to be seen whether such misconduct is rare or widespread, one expert made it clear that the disclosures offer a glimpse into what "has been a hidden world" in California, where most officer discipline was confidential for decades until the new law took effect Jan. 1.

Lauren McCullough was a spirited, competitive Elk Grove teenager who had just graduated from high school when she was diagnosed with a rare childhood cancer called Ewing's Sarcoma, which she documented in her blog The Not-Dying Girl. 

In December 2013, after hearing about her incredible journey to survive, Beth invited Lauren to join her on Insight. You might remember their powerful conversation; Lauren's honesty and her message for change touched people everywhere. Lauren came back to join Beth in January 2014 to discuss the reality of her circumstances; that was Lauren's final time on Insight, as she passed away later that year.

"Lauren's life and advocacy were so powerful. I felt compelled to tell her story in this way from the very first moments that I met and listened to her," Beth explained. "The Not-Dying Girl is a documentary about Lauren McCullough and the uphill battle to fund and pursue treatments for childhood cancer. I believe that both are compelling, and both are worthy of our attention, compassion and support."

You can view The Not Dying Girl premiere this Wednesday at 7:00pm on KVIE, your local PBS station. Missed the premiere? Check it out online (available later this week).

The Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera’s recent Beethoven Festival was a recreation of an epic concert from 1808, which featured the world premieres of both the composer’s Fifth and Sixth Symphonies.

To commemorate the occasion, they hired Jeffrey Kahane to conduct the concerts and perform the solo in Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto. Kevin Doherty, CapRadio's Morning Classical Host, had the privilege of interviewing the renowned pianist and conductor before the performance to hear Kahane's thoughts about Beethoven and his famous marathon concert.

Want to hear even more of Amaryn? She joined us on Insight Music with Auburn Symphony Maestro Peter Jaffe to talk about her upcoming performance and show how incredible she is on the violin.

While the works of African-American composers and performers are featured year-round at CapRadio, on both our jazz and classical formats, we’re highlighting William Grant Still, Duke Ellington, Florence Price and other musical greats in February to commemorate Black History Month.

Midway through the month we’ll also have plenty of romances and rhapsodies sprinkled across our programming for Valentine’s Day. And on Feb 22nd, the Friday before the Academy Awards, we’ll showcase great movie music from over the years by composers such as John Williams, Ennio Morricone, Bernard Herrmann and James Horner.  

Don't have a radio handy? No problem. You can stream CapRadio Music 24/7 through any internet-connected device like your phone, computer or tablet. 

Did you know? CapRadio has dedicated music streams for both classical and jazz. That's right, you can stream classical or stream jazz 24 hours a day, seven days a week...it doesn't get much better than that.

CapRadio's Victor Forman curates an extensive list of live music events with dates, performer or event, venue and additional notes. Check out all of the upcoming classical events and jazz events.

It’s time again for Print Radio, CapRadio’s annual design competition. This year’s focus is on music discovery programs Hey, Listen! and NPR’s Tiny Desk. Each year, these programs feature, explore, interview and support musicians from around the region and across the globe. We’re asking artists to do the same through design.

Artists are invited to submit poster art that incorporates the ideas of “music discovery,” “CapRadio” and “Tiny Desk.” Select pieces will go on display at CapRadio in the spring and winning designs will be printed and immortalized on concert swag at our second annual Tiny Desk Sacramento concert in June. It might also be worth mentioning that there are cash prizes :)

Check out our latest live author interview with Vanessa Hua about her novel A River of Stars. Named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post and NPR, Hua's debut novel is a powerful story about immigration and the privileges of citizenship, the perseverance of modern-day motherhood, and how to take every advantage of a situation. In the CapRadio Reads podcast, hear from the author and journalist what inspired the story, the writing process and more.

CapRadio Travels offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to explore Greece through a fully guided trip that includes traveling alongside Insight's Beth Ruyak. Our unique Travels program also includes a pre-trip party and orientation hosted at CapRadio's station. This is your chance to enjoy a travel experience unlike any other. Reserve your space by March 1, 2019 to save up to $300. 

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Event Date: Saturday, March 16

10% Ticket Discount with Promo Code: steps

Where: Bet Haverim Synagogue in Davis

Where: Sacramento State, Capistrano Hall

Where: Amador Wine Country

When: March 2-3

Where: Crest Theatre
When: Saturday, March 16 @ 7:30pm

Where: Memorial Auditorium

When: Tuesday, May 21 @7:00pm

March 1
Sacramento State’s Green & Gold Gala – Beth Ruyak Mistress of Ceremonies  

March 2
Fairytale Town’s Dr. Seuss Birthday Celebration – Donna Apidone as The Story Reader

March 16
The Capitol Steps - Special Introduction by Capitol Bureau Chief Ben Adler