EducationSacramento State, other California State University student workers to vote on unionizingThe election date is not yet set, but the California Public Employee Relations Board ruled that enough student assistant support is present to warrant a union election. The workers will vote to join the CSU Employee Union.
BusinessOctober 4, 2023Kristin LamSacramento considers city business tax increase ballot measure for March 2024The city last updated its business operations tax in 1991 and hasn’t adjusted the policy for inflation since then.
EnvironmentOctober 2, 2023The Bay-Delta ecosystem is collapsing. California just unveiled rival rescue plansA long-awaited, controversial report weighs updates to standards that state officials say have failed to protect fish and wildlife. But environmentalists, Native tribes and others already are furious about how long this has taken.
Arts and LifestyleOctober 2, 2023An annular solar eclipse is coming to parts of the U.S. in OctoberResidents from Oregon to Texas may be able to glimpse the annular eclipse, when the moon is deep in its orbit and passes in front of the sun, creating a black circle on the star.
State GovernmentOctober 1, 2023Nicole NixonNewsom names Laphonza Butler to fill Feinstein’s Senate vacancyUntil her appointment, Butler was president of EMILYs List, a fundraising organization that works to elect Democratic women who support abortion rights and has strong ties to California’s labor movement.
State GovernmentSeptember 29, 2023Gavin Newsom signs law boosting minimum wage for fast-food workers. Is $20 enough?More than half a million fast food workers, mostly minorities and women, will earn higher minimum wage because Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a fast food bill Thursday. But some say that’s not a living wage.
Arts and LifestyleSeptember 29, 2023Chris HaganVicki GonzalezSacramento lowriding community tells its story in new museum exhibit“Boulevard Dreams” celebrates the history and culture of lowriding in Sacramento and California. The exhibit is at the Sacramento History Museum through Jan. 21. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State GovernmentSeptember 29, 2023California's Dianne Feinstein, longest serving woman in the Senate, has died at 90Feinstein suddenly became the mayor of San Francisco in 1978 when Harvey Milk was assassinated. Later she was elected to the U.S. Senate after male senators grilled Anita Hill in public hearings.
EnvironmentSeptember 29, 2023Kristin LamSacramento set to activate its biggest groundwater plant. Why some might notice tap water changeThe facility has been in the works since 2016 and will be able to produce up to 4 million gallons of drinking water per day.
Arts and LifestyleSeptember 28, 2023Manola SecairaMeet J Gregory, the Sacramento Zoo’s first rhino and largest retireeThe zoo’s newest resident — a 28-year-old southern white rhino — weighs just over 4,500 pounds, making him the largest animal currently housed there. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
September 28, 2023Chris NicholsAudit finds CapRadio mismanaged funds, questions station’s ability to pay for costly downtown projectsThe report comes one month after CapRadio laid off 12% of its staff amid ongoing financial problems. Sacramento State, which holds the organization’s license, says it will supervise “operational management” of the NPR member station.
