Audit 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.
This Is What It Feels Like | Episode 1September 27, 2023Navigating the U.S. Healthcare System as a Trans PersonAs gender-affirming healthcare has become the target of political zealots across the country, you’ll meet three people who have utilized these life-saving services. What would you endure to live your best life? Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State GovernmentSeptember 26, 2023California education chief Tony Thurmond says he is running for governor in 2026California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond is running for governor in 2026. If elected, he would be the first Black person to hold the job.
Health CareSeptember 26, 2023Kate WolffeHome care workers camp outside Sacramento County Board chambers for higher payAt-home care workers in the county are being paid $16.50 per hour, and negotiations have stalled on a new contract. A dozen unionized caretakers are camping outside until Wednesday morning in protest.
State GovernmentSeptember 26, 2023Newsom vetoes bill that would require human drivers ride in autonomous trucksThe bill would have banned self-driving trucks weighing more than 10,000 pounds — ranging from UPS delivery vans to massive big rigs — from operating on public roads unless a human driver is on board.
BusinessSeptember 26, 2023Rich IbarraIf national parks close during a government shutdown, California tourism could take a hitYosemite sees about 3.5 million visitors a year, which translates to millions of tourism dollars to Tuolumne and Mariposa counties. A government shutdown could hurt communities that rely on tourism.
EnvironmentSeptember 25, 2023Manola SecairaNorthern California could get help with wildfires, smoke from early atmospheric riverThis early-in-the-season storm could help fight fires along the California-Oregon border and has the potential to "dramatically improve air quality."
EducationSeptember 25, 2023Srishti PrabhaSacramento’s Creation District uplifts the growing populations of Black, brown and queer unhoused youthIn the last five years, the number of unhoused youth has doubled in Sacramento County. The Creation District makes artistic pursuits a reality for young people without shelter, and subsequently combats the stigma around being unhoused. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
September 25, 2023Kristin LamSacramento reconsiders plan to create youth advisory role for City CouncilA committee voted to add youth seats on boards and commissions instead of creating a new advisory liaison for the City Council as planned back in December.
EnvironmentSeptember 25, 2023Manola SecairaTribes designate a marine stewardship area in Northern CaliforniaThe protected area covers nearly 700 square miles of the tribes’ ancestral ocean and coastal lands between the California-Oregon border to just south of Trinidad in Humboldt County.
September 22, 2023Tony RodriguezVicki GonzalezSacramento County DA says ‘difference in philosophy’ around homelessness approach led to lawsuit against citySacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho sued the city of Sacramento this week over its approach to homelessness. Ho spoke with Insight’s Vicki Gonzalez about the lawsuit.
