Sacramento RegionCapRadio and financial backer at odds over who owns broadcast towerAfter a financial backer of CapRadio donated one of its broadcasting towers to KVIE following calls for a merger between the two public media stations, management of the Sacramento NPR member station argues they ‘definitively’ own the tower. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Arts and LifestyleApril 19, 2024San Francisco mayor announces the city will receive pandas from ChinaSan Francisco is the latest U.S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”
Housing and HomelessnessApril 19, 2024California leaders take sides in monumental Supreme Court case on homelessnessThe U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case with major implications on homelessness policy in California. Find out where your leaders stand.
State GovernmentApril 18, 2024Who owns businesses in California? A lawmaker wants the public to knowA California lawmaker wants to require limited liability companies and similar businesses to report the identities of their owners to the government. Such information would be available for public view.
Sacramento RegionApril 17, 2024Kristin LamSacramento water providers plan to meet new federal limits for ‘forever chemicals’One local water agency estimates it will cost about $45 million to remove PFAS pollution from groundwater wells.
April 17, 2024Vicki GonzalezElk Grove Police could soon remotely dispatch drones to emergency callsPolice say the unmanned aerial systems would respond to calls for service in minutes, gather data and allow the department to more efficiently dispatch resources. But it has also raised privacy concerns. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Sacramento RegionApril 16, 2024Kings keep playoff dream alive with play-in tournament victory over WarriorsSacramento advances to play at New Orleans on Friday night with a chance to return to the playoffs as the eighth seed in the Western Conference after snapping an NBA record 16-year playoff drought last season.
State GovernmentApril 16, 2024Democrats kill California homeless camp ban, againA bill to ban homeless encampments statewide near parks, schools and transit hubs failed to get out of the same legislative committee as last year.
State GovernmentApril 16, 2024The Biden administration recruits 15 states — including California — to help enforce airline consumer lawsThe Biden administration is enlisting officials in 15 states to help enforce consumer-protection laws covering air travel.
State GovernmentApril 15, 2024California fails to adequately help blind and deaf prisoners, US judge rulesThirty years after prisoners with disabilities sued and 25 years after a federal court first ordered accommodations, a judge found that California prison and parole officials still are not doing enough to help deaf and blind prisoners.
EnvironmentApril 15, 2024California requires new homes to have solar panels. Should wildfire victims get a break?A California Republican’s bill would exempt low and middle income wildfire victims from solar panels requirements on rebuilt homes that didn’t have them when they burned down.
