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August 8, 2022
Sacramento police accountability report raises transparency concerns, watchdogs say
Last year, the Office of Public Safety Accountability recorded 289 police misconduct complaints. The office’s annual report recommends Sacramento Police reduce backlogs for investigating police conduct complaints.
California unemployment program too focused on fraud, failed to timely provide hundreds of millions of dollars, report finds
The state’s Employement Development Department and unemployment insurance program is too focused on rooting out fraud and minimizing business costs than providing people with timely benefits, according to the LAO report.
August 7, 2022
Poorer students still get the least qualified teachers, but California has made progress
There are 40% more teachers in poor schools who lack the required qualifications than in the richest schools, an EdSource analysis found.
August 7, 2022
In California, abortion could become a constitutional right. So could birth control.
Proposition 1, the constitutional amendment that would enshrine abortion in California’s constitution, would also lock in a right that has gotten less attention: the right to “choose or refuse” contraception.
August 6, 2022
A California man’s ‘painful and terrifying’ road to a monkeypox diagnosis
A Bay Area man described himself as “delirious” from the pain of a quickly spreading rash, but it took six telehealth appointments, one urgent care visit, and two emergency room trips before he was finally diagnosed and treated for monkeypox.
August 6, 2022
Wrangling over renewables: Counties push back on Newsom administration usurping local control
The state can expedite approval of renewable energy projects but rural counties say they already do their part with solar and wind farms. “We’re in the crosshairs, but we don’t think we are the right target here,” one rural advocate says.
New variants, wastewater data, long COVID: What Sacramento region experts are watching
Experts and public health officials in the Sacramento region share how their approach to COVID-19 is changing as new variants emerge and new tools, like wastewater data, become more important.
August 5, 2022
Out-of-state transgender kids seeking gender-affirming care would find protection in California under proposed law
Senate Bill 107 passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee this week by a 12-to-4 vote. It heads next to the Assembly.
Joe Gilman: A Sacramento Jazz Master Explores A Classic Live Recording
Joe Gilman will perform two shows at Twin Lotus Thai restaurant on Sunday, August 7.
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How massive wildfires create their own weather
From pyrocumulous clouds to fire tornadoes, Californians have witnessed the intense impacts of massive blazes. Scientists hope understanding these phenomena will help prepare firefighters.