Sacramento City schools superintendent discusses vaccine mandate for the district
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October 23, 2021
COVID and the flu: Is a ‘twindemic’ threat lurking again?
Experts hope continued masking will reduce this season’s dual threat of COVID and flu.
As immigration advocates demand Newsom cancel contract with border wall company, lawmakers stay silent
The state awarded a no-bid contract to SLSCO — the company former president Donald Trump tapped to build his border wall in California — for COVID-19 response and health care staffing. The contract is currently worth up to $350 million.
October 22, 2021
Sacramento creates financial incentives to encourage film projects in the city
Sacramento is trying to court filmmakers to bring their projects to the city by offering grants and other incentives.
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October 22, 2021
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.
October 21, 2021
Newsom backs tougher rules on California oil wells
Gov. Newsom says he supports proposed rules on where new oil wells can go, plus additional pollution controls on existing wells.
October 21, 2021
Sacramento homeless advocates push for more winter shelter options as storms hit
Sacramento homeless advocates say that with bad weather coming, the city and county need to move to anytime respite centers.
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October 20, 2021
An elderly Oak Park woman’s longtime home might be sold due to unfinished construction. She’s fighting to keep it.
Wanda Clark says a contractor took off with her money before renovating her home. Years later, the house remains unfinished, city fines have piled up and the courts want to sell it.
October 20, 2021
Pianist Lara Downes re-centers the music of the Great Migration
Pianist Lara Downes' latest mini-album traces the story of the Great Migration of Black Americans from the south in the early to mid-20th century, with music by Florence Price and Harry T. Burleigh.
October 20, 2021
Sacramento has nation's second-highest rent burden for Black renters
Renters are struggling to make ends meet with ballooning rental costs. According to a study by Zillow, Sacramento’s Black renters wages aren’t increasing fast enough to match higher rents.
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October 20, 2021
Pianist Emanuel Ax Makes Music With Lifelong Friend Yo-Yo Ma
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, pianist Emanuel Ax teams up with longtime friend and collaborator Yo-Yo Ma to re-record Beethoven's cello sonatas for their new album, Hope Amid Tears.
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Latin America
Colombia has captured one of the world's most wanted drug lords, Dairo Antonio Úsuga
October 24, 2021
Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known by his alias Otoniel, is the alleged head of the much-feared Gulf Clan. President Iván Duque likened his arrest to the capture three decades ago of Pablo Escobar.
World
China is removing domes from mosques as part of a push to make them more 'Chinese'
October 24, 2021
China is removing domes and minarets from thousands of mosques. Authorities are taking down overtly Islamic architecture as part of a "sinicization" push to make them seem more traditionally Chinese.
Business
Thousands of workers across the U.S. would rather lose their jobs than be vaccinated
October 24, 2021
Employers are firing workers for refusing to comply with vaccine mandates. They represent only a tiny fraction of overall employees, not even 1% in some workplaces. But it can add up to thousands.
Student Podcast Challenge
The superstar teachers of our Student Podcast Challenge
October 24, 2021
To celebrate four years of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge, we highlight teachers whose students have shined.
Television
HBO's 'Insecure' soars by staying true to its revolutionary mission
October 24, 2021
Insecure portrays Black joy and pain and struggle without the typical storytelling cliches. The final season of Issa Rae's show works as well as ever.
Ahmaud Arbery muralist turns to Brunswick history
October 24, 2021
Marvin Weeks memorialized Ahmaud Arbery in a mural after he was killed while jogging in 2020. His latest work delves into Brunswick, Georgia's history with a focus on race relations.
National
Film crew voiced complaints before fatal on-set shooting
October 23, 2021
An assistant director unwittingly handed Alec Baldwin a loaded weapon and told him it was safe to use, in the moments before the actor fatally shot a cinematographer, unsealed court documents show.
Technology
Facebook dithered in curbing divisive user content in India
October 23, 2021
Leaked documents reveal that Facebook struggled to quash misinformation and anti-Muslim propaganda and lacked the resources to do so, even as its own employees raised red flags.
Technology
20 years ago, the iPod was born
October 23, 2021
With a promise of "1,000 songs in your pocket," the iPod was an irresistible product in 2001.
Science
Scientists used a tiny brain implant to help a blind teacher see letters again
October 23, 2021
A former science teacher who's been blind for 16 years became able to see letters, discern objects' edges — and even play a Maggie Simpson video game.
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