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May 20, 2022
Interview: Chefs preview Sacramento Bacon Fest this weekend
Summer is coming, grills are turning on and Sacramento is celebrating the 11th annual Bacon Fest this weekend. Here’s what you may want to know.
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May 20, 2022
The Great Culling: Which California bills did legislators kill?
On suspense file day, legislators killed about 220 California bills on issues including education, health care, housing and workers.
May 18, 2022
In the San Joaquin Valley, rapidly growing school districts endure overcrowding
As the cost of housing in the Bay Area and coastal Southern California drives families inland in search of relief, some school districts in the vast San Joaquin Valley contend with rapid enrollment growth.
Much of the Sacramento Valley is under red flag warning starting Thursday
This week's temperatures are hot enough to have triggered a red flag warning through most of the region, including Sacramento. The warning will start on Thursday and end Friday night.
Sacramento-area schools seeing rise in COVID-19 cases, but don’t plan to require masks again
Despite rising cases, schools are staying away from reinstating mask mandates, instead electing to “strongly recommend” masking and urge students get vaccinated, boosted and tested.
May 17, 2022
FDA authorizes first COVID booster for children ages 5 to 11
The Food and Drug Administration expanded authorization of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID vaccine to enable kids ages 5 to 11 who were vaccinated at least five months ago to get a third shot.
May 16, 2022
With inflation, California worries about progress on poverty
California lawmakers and activists are pressing Gov. Gavin Newsom to spend more to help the state’s poorest residents.
May 16, 2022
California church shooter was motivated by hate for Taiwanese people, officials say
A gunman killed a 52-year-old man and wounded five others in an attack at a Southern California church on Sunday, authorities said.
May 16, 2022
The federal government is offering another round of free COVID tests
Households in the U.S. will receive eight test kits via the U.S. Postal Service. The release comes as cases have risen over 60% in the U.S. over the past two weeks.
May 16, 2022
Job program provides some hope in neighborhood at center of Sacramento’s homelessness crisis
Sacramento’s River District Business Association has hired several homeless and formerly homeless people to help clean up trash at neighborhood encampments.
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Politics
The outcome of the Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary might not be known before June
May 20, 2022
A likely recount would mean that the race between Dr. Mehmet Oz and David McCormick might not be decided until June 8, the deadline for counties to report their results to the state.
Law
Red Power Ranger actor was charged with paycheck protection fraud
May 20, 2022
Jason Lawrence Geiger is one of 19 defendants named in a federal indictment, the FBI said. Acting under the name Austin St. John, Geiger played Jason Lee Scott, the Red Power Ranger.
Environment
US forest chief calls for a pause on prescribed fire operations
May 20, 2022
The U.S. Forest Service has been facing much criticism for the prescribed fire in New Mexico that escaped its containment lines and joined with another blaze.
Culture
Longtime New Yorker writer, editor Roger Angell has died
May 20, 2022
Writer Roger Angell died Friday of heart failure, according to The New Yorker.
Goats and Soda
Coronavirus FAQ: I took Paxlovid. I felt better. Then symptoms rebounded. What's up?
May 20, 2022
The antiviral drug is prescribed to those at risk of severe disease. It's been credited with reducing hospitalizations. But then there's the "Paxlovid rebound."
National
A 911 dispatcher may be fired for allegedly mishandling a Buffalo shooting call
May 20, 2022
A grocery worker whispered into her phone during a 911 call so she wouldn't draw the shooter's attention. She says the dispatcher yelled at her for whispering. The two ended up disconnected.
Culture
Rosmarie Trapp, whose family inspired 'The Sound of Music,' dies at age 93
May 20, 2022
Rosmarie was the first daughter of Austrian naval Capt. Georg von Trapp and Maria von Trapp, and a younger half-sibling to the older von Trapp children portrayed on stage and in the movie.
What's Making Us Happy: Recommendations From 'Pop Culture Happy Hour'
What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend listening and viewing
May 20, 2022
Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Harvey Fierstein's memoir, Bling Empire and more.
News
Judge rules that pandemic border restrictions must continue, a win for GOP-led states
May 20, 2022
A federal judge in Louisiana has blocked the Biden administration from lifting the pandemic border restrictions known as Title 42, which were set to end on Monday.
Russia-Ukraine recap
Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 20)
May 20, 2022
A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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