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June 19, 2021
Songs For Freedom: A Juneteenth Playlist From Pianist Lara Downes
Music offers freedom. Freedom of expression — a way to rejoice and to mourn, to offer comfort, to call for change.
California Launches Digital Vaccination Card
The system would allow immunized residents to have a virtual backup of their physical card. The technology that would allow businesses to scan and verify the digital cards is still being developed.
June 18, 2021
This Season’s ‘Invisibilia’ Podcast Looks At The City Of Stockton. We Spoke With Host Yowei Shaw.
Last November, Stockton’s high-profile mayor, Democrat Michael Tubbs, lost his re-election campaign. The upset came as a surprise to some — but not those who closely follow the online publication 209 Times.
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June 18, 2021
Why To These Rocks - Community of Writers
It’s been 50 years since the Community of Writers’ first poetry workshop in the Sierra. In that time, hundreds of talented writers have visited the Olympic Valley of the Sierra Nevada to hone and share their craft. A new anthology honors that work.
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June 18, 2021
Chevalier Quartet Highlights Black Composers Over The Past 200 Years
The first performance in CapRadio's Summer Concert Series features all-black composers and builds on an educational film under production on the life of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, a Black man writing classical music in the 1700s.
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June 18, 2021
A Musical Celebration Of Juneteenth
This Juneteenth, join CapRadio Music in honoring the extensive contributions of Black composers and musicians to styles from classical and jazz to pop.
California Grid Operator Extends Flex Alert As PG&E Warns Of Possible Outages
California's power grid operator is asking residents to conserve energy as record-breaking heat blankets the West.
California Drops Mask Requirements For Fully Vaccinated Workers
Workers will no longer need to wear masks or physically distance themselves at work if they are fully vaccinated except in certain situations or if there is an outbreak. The move comes two days after the state reopened its economy.
June 17, 2021
As Drought Intensifies, State Warns Users To Stop Pumping Water From Major Rivers
About 4,300 users were issued notices to halt diversions from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
June 17, 2021
Juneteenth Is Now A Federal Holiday
June 19 is a commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, marking the day enslaved people in Texas were finally freed — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Scientists who study mushrooms get a boost from a network of sophisticated aficianados who tromp through the forests observing oddball species and sharing valuable information about their finds.
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June 20, 2021
The Smithsonian magazine had named the small Harriet Tubman Museum in Cape May, N.J., as one to watch in 2020.
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Some witnesses said the crash in the city of Wilton Manors appeared to be an intentional act, but authorities told reporters that they were investigating all possibilities.
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Duane Koyawena quit drinking 12 years ago after his own dad died from alcoholism. At the same time, he learned he was going to be father and wanted to stop the cycle.
Asia
This Time, Rights Groups Might Be Less Willing To Champion Aung San Suu Kyi
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Myanmar's ousted leader, once an icon of freedom, faces the prospect of another prolonged detention. But her handling of atrocities against the Rohingya has left her reputation abroad in tatters.
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For Prince Harry's first Father's Day, the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan, got him a bench — and wrote a poem about the moments she hoped her husband and their son would share together there.
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Father's Day happens each year on the third Sunday in June. Here are some fun facts — and a few groaners — to celebrate the day we honor all the dads out there.
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'Widespread Panic' Might Be The Most Ellroy Book James Ellroy Has Ever Written
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Claudette was declared organized enough to qualify as a named tropical storm early Saturday morning, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans.
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