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October 24, 2020
Photos: What It's Like Voting At The Golden 1 Center
The Golden 1 Center in downtown Sacramento is serving as a vote center this election to provide a socially distanced way to vote during the COVID-19 pandemic. CapRadio Visual Journalist Andrew Nixon documented the first day of in-person voting.
October 24, 2020
Here’s Why Election Officials Say No Need To Hand Deliver Mail Ballot
California election officials assure voters their ballot is safe in drop boxes and the mail, yet some voters are hand delivering anyway.
October 24, 2020
Northern California Wildfires: Where To Find Updates On Air Quality, Evacuations, And Official Information
Here’s the latest information on the wildfires burning throughout Northern California.
California State Of MindEpisode 2
October 23, 2020
TMI: On Social Media Disinformation And 2020’s Ballot Battles
Facebook is using fact-checkers to sort through a never-ending tsunami of false info this year. We talk to one of them to get a behind-the-scenes look. Also: How ballot propositions have become special-interest spending wars to buy your vote.
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October 23, 2020
Business Journal: Downtown Sacramento Business Leaders Send Letter To Mayor Over Public Safety Concerns
Recently, 59 Sacramento business leaders sent a signed letter to Mayor Darrell Steinberg’s office to warn local leaders about the “growing anxiety over public safety, cleanliness and other quality of life issues” in downtown.
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October 23, 2020
Sacramento Area School Districts All Taking Different Paths To Reopening
School districts in the Sacramento area are in the process of planning how and when to reopen for in-person instruction. There’s wide variation in their plans so far.
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Pacific Jazz Festival Goes Virtual
The University of the Pacific in Stockton presents its annual Pacific Jazz Festival Friday and Saturday Oct. 23-24, bringing concerts and masterclasses to a video screen near you.
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October 22, 2020
Updates: Trump-Biden Final Presidential Debate
President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden found little common ground in the final debate of the 2020 election. Both attacked one another's records on a number of issues — including on racial justice and immigration.
California’s Landmark Groundwater Law Falls Short, Advocates Say
In 2014, California took its first step to regulate how it uses groundwater. But now advocates are now warning that those rules might be leaving out disadvantaged communities in the San Joaquin Valley who depend on groundwater to drink.
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Can You Handle The Truth? PolitiFact California Fact Checks Mail-In Ballots
With Election Day less than two weeks away, PolitiFact California fact-checked some questions on mail-in ballots, provisional ballots and voting in general.
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Coronavirus Updates
Universal Mask Wearing Could Save Some 130,000 Lives In The U.S., Study Suggests
October 24, 2020
The study is based on some assumptions under different scenarios. It suggests that if 95% of Americans wore masks in public it could drastically reduce the amount of COVID-19 deaths by February.
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A Federal Coronavirus Vaccine Contract Released At Last, But Redactions Obscure Terms
October 24, 2020
Most of the federal contracts with companies involved in the crash program to make COVID-19 vaccines haven't been made public. The lack of disclosure raises questions about accountability.
Movies
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II On Playing Bobby Seale In 'The Trial Of The Chicago 7'
October 24, 2020
The Emmy-award winning actor reflects on portraying the co-founder of the Black Panther Party in a new film written and directed by Aaron Sorkin about the landmark 1969 trial.
Obituaries
Jerry Jeff Walker, Who Wrote 'Mr. Bojangles,' Dies At 78
October 24, 2020
Walker was a pioneer in Austin's country music scene in the 1970s. His most famous song, "Mr. Bojangles," went on to inspire countless covers.
Elections
With Stops In 4 Key States, Biden And Trump Bring Their Closing Arguments To Voters
October 24, 2020
The approach the two candidates are taking in this final leg of the campaign mirrors the divergent narratives they're trying to convey about the pandemic and the choice voters face this fall.
Middle East
At Least 18 Dead, Including Children, In Suicide Attack In Afghan Capital
October 24, 2020
Afghanistan's interior ministry said at least 57 others were wounded in the bombing outside of an education center in a heavily Shiite neighborhood in Kabul.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Polish President Tests Positive For The Coronavirus
October 24, 2020
President Andrzej Duda, who says he's experiencing no symptoms, will self-isolate. Duda has apologized to those he came into contact with, who will need to go into quarantine.
Elections
Trump Votes Early In Florida 'For A Guy Named Trump'
October 24, 2020
The president cast his ballot from his adopted home state before departing for rallies on Saturday in North Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin. More than 50 million Americans have already voted.
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Coronavirus World Map: Tracking The Spread Of The Outbreak
October 24, 2020
A map of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths around the world. The respiratory disease has spread rapidly across six continents and has killed at least 1 million globally.
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Coronavirus Maps: How Severe Is Your State's Outbreak?
October 24, 2020
View NPR's maps and graphics to see where COVID-19 is hitting hardest in the U.S., which state outbreaks are growing and which are leveling off.
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Previewing The Final Presidential Debate / Measuring Public Trust In Government
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