After Arrest Of Suspected Golden State Killer, Details Of His Life EmergeApril 26, 2018Joseph James DeAngelo has been charged with eight murders, and is suspected in dozens of other crimes. He had recently retired after working 27 years in a supermarket distribution center.
California School Leaders Push For Giving SAT In ClassApril 26, 2018 | Sally LongeneckerDozens of California school districts want the state to let them give high school students the SAT instead of the state’s standardized test. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Arts and LifestyleNew Production Of 'South Pacific' Puts Focus On Race And RomanceApril 26, 2018 | Jeff HudsonCommunity Asian Theater of the Sierra is reviving the classic musical, but the show by the region’s only Asian American theater group raises points that were surely important to Rodgers and Hammerstein when they wrote the show nearly 70 years ago. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Some California Farmers Already Feeling Impacts Of Possible TariffsApril 26, 2018 | Steve MilneThe U.S. and China are entangled in their most consequential trade dispute since World War II. Both countries have proposed tariffs on each other's products. Some California winemakers say they've already lost contracts. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Victims Voice Relief After Arrest In Serial Killing CaseApril 26, 2018Jane Carson-Sandler's morning in 1976 turned from innocence to terror when a masked man broke into her home and entered the room where she lay with her 3-year-old son. She was one of dozens of women raped by a man dubbed the East Area Rapist.
Man In US Illegally Who Killed Deputies Sentenced To DeathApril 26, 2018A man living in the U.S. illegally has been sentenced to the death penalty for the 2014 killing of a Northern California sheriff's deputy and a detective.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezLife In Southern France Is Exactly What It Sounds Like: Good Food, Good Wine, Good CultureApril 26, 2018Georgeanne Brennan talks about her new book, inspired by her life in the southern French countryside. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
California Voters Will Consider Two Water Bonds This Election CycleApril 25, 2018 | Ben BradfordPrimarily backed by farmers, water districts and conservation groups, a ballot initiative would split funding between each of their priorities. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Golden State Killer Transfixes Cold Case JunkiesApril 25, 2018 | Adhiti BandlamudiWhile investigators were looking into the case, people outside law enforcement were also trying to solve it. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Fact-Checking TV Ads In California Governor’s RaceApril 25, 2018 | Chris NicholsTwo new TV ads paint rosy biographical pictures of the top Democrats in the race for California governor. But how accurate are these ads?
Bill Would Boost Mental Health Counselors At CSUsApril 25, 2018 | Steve MilneThe state Senate's Education Committee has approved a bill requiring California State University campuses to have at least one full-time mental health counselor for every 1,000 students. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
After Four Decades, Golden State Killer Suspect Arrested In SacramentoApril 25, 2018 | Bob Moffitt | Sally Longenecker | Andrew Nixon | Nick MillerJoseph James DeAngelo, 72, was arrested on two counts of murder connected to the case of the Golden State Killer, also knows as the East Area Rapist, who terrorized the Sacramento region in the 1970s and 1980s. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezPolitiFact California Checks In On Ads In Governor's RaceApril 25, 2018TV ads for the two top Democrats in the race for California governor hit the airwaves this week. PolitiFact California examined the accuracy of the claims in each one. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezSierra Poetry Festival Features Voices In An 'Ordinary Light'April 25, 2018 | Cody DrabbleExecutive Director of the Nevada County Arts Council and poet Marcelo Hernandez Castillo preview the Sierra Poetry Festival. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezMichael Wallis Shares Donner Party Book 'The Best Land Under Heaven'April 25, 2018 | Cody DrabbleAuthor Michael Wallis shares his book “The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny.” Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
City To Pay $2.6M To Family Of Veteran Killed By PoliceApril 24, 2018(AP) — The city of Lodi has agreed to pay $2.65 million to the family of a mentally ill Gulf War veteran fatally shot by police in 2014 after his family called 911.
California Prepares For Challenging Census CountApril 24, 2018 | Ben BradfordCalifornia officials are trying to prevent a possible undercount of the state’s population in the next census. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
EnvironmentDespite E. Coli Decline On American River, Unhealthy Levels Still Prompt Caution While SwimmingApril 24, 2018 | Ezra David RomeroLast year the American River in Sacramento was put on California's list of impaired waterways because of elevated E. coli levels. Even though the most recent tests reported were all safe, county officials encourage caution on the river. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
California Might Spend Nearly $100 Million On Four New Helicopters For CAL FIREApril 24, 2018 | Randol WhiteCAL FIRE currently flies helicopters called Hueys, which were originally built for use in the Vietnam War. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Study: California Gun Deaths Declined Between 2000 And 2015April 24, 2018(AP) — Gun deaths have fallen in California over a 16-year period ending in 2015, driven largely by a decline in gang violence and falling homicide rates among black and Hispanic male victims, a recent study of firearm violence has found.
