At Least 12 Dead After Truck Driven Into Berlin Christmas Market, Police SayDecember 19, 2016Dozens of people were injured in the incident, German police say. A possible suspect is in custody.
Lawmakers Want New Tobacco Tax Money To Go Toward Fixing Calif.'s Denti-Cal ProgramDecember 19, 2016 | Ja'Nel JohnsonRepublican leaders in the state legislature want Governor Jerry Brown to use new tobacco tax money to fix the state's Denti-Cal program. A state watchdog group called the Denti-Cal program "dysfunctional" in a report earlier this year.
Food and SustainabilityGold Country Confectioners Cook Up Sweets, Nostalgia To Loyal CustomersDecember 19, 2016 | Julia MitricMaking candy by hand is one family's secret to keeping a loyal following over 90 years. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
CalPERS Committee Considers Reinvesting In Tobacco StocksDecember 19, 2016 | Daniel PotterCalifornia's largest public pension fund could soon end a ban on buying tobacco stocks —16 years after the California Public Employees’ Retirement System divested from them. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State Government'Bullet Button' Ban And Other Calif. Gun Laws Take Effect On Jan. 1December 19, 2016 | Ben BradfordCalifornia lawmakers and voters approved major changes to state gun laws, which take effect in the new year. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezPolitical Junkie Gives History Lesson Of Past U.S. Election TamperingsDecember 19, 2016Political Junkie Ken Rudin shares the history of voter tampering in past U.S. elections and why it is unlikely that Hillary Clinton will win the presidency despite a massive popular vote victory. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezExplaining The Electoral College Process With Assemblymember Susan EggmanDecember 19, 2016The Electoral College is set to vote on the next President of the United States today. Assemblymember Susan Eggman is one of the electors; she discusses how she got that opportunity and the electoral process. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezSacramento Woman Describes Years In Aleppo Using ArtDecember 19, 2016A Syrian woman living in Sacramento worked as an art teacher in Aleppo’s refugee camps for years. She joins her husband and documentarian Rob Asher to discuss the situation in Syria now. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki Gonzalez'Citizen Cohn': The Memoir Of A Sacramento City CouncilmanDecember 19, 2016Steve Cohn oversaw massive transformations for the city of Sacramento for over a decade all while dealing with serious personal issues. He describes all of it in his new memoir titled "Citizen Cohn." Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
California Shivers Amid Widespread Freezing Temperatures December 18, 2016(AP) — Freeze watches and warnings are in place throughout much of California as cold, dry air moves through, toppling temperature records.
On A 'Eugenics Registry,' A Record Of California's Thousands Of SterilizationsDecember 18, 2016NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with University of Michigan professor Alex Stern, who has completed a database of the thousands of people recommended for sterilization when California had eugenics laws.
California Tries Again To Thwart Prison Cellphone SmugglingDecember 18, 2016(AP) — California is installing nearly 1,000 sophisticated metal detectors and scanners at its prisons in its latest attempt to thwart the smuggling of cellphones.
Lawmakers Want To End Nevada's Little-Used Death PenaltyDecember 18, 2016(AP) — Two Nevada Democrats are proposing to end the state's little-used death penalty.
California To Commission New Delta Research VesselDecember 18, 2016(AP) — The California Department of Water Resources will commission a new research vessel next week.
Hit-And-Run Crash Leads Sacramento Police To Pipe BombDecember 18, 2016(AP) — Sacramento police reopened a street Saturday evening after safely disabling a live pipe bomb dropped during a hit-and-run crash.
2 Dead, 1 Injured In Sacramento House FireDecember 17, 2016The Sacramento Fire Department says an 87-year-old man and a 76-year-old woman died in a house fire that broke out around 12:10 a.m. Saturday.
California Gets Ready To Defy Trump's WashingtonDecember 17, 2016In the Obama administration, Republican-dominated states such as Texas often sought to block the president's agenda. In the Trump era, California may play that same role.
California CountsRecord-High California Voter Turnout...Sort OfDecember 16, 2016 | Ben AdlerMore California voters cast ballots in last month's election than ever before, but not a record-high percent. Meanwhile, more Californians voted by mail than in any general election in a presidential year.
State GovernmentA Puzzling California Jobs ReportDecember 16, 2016 | Ben AdlerDespite unimpressive job growth last month, California's unemployment rate dropped in November for the first time in months.
EnvironmentObama Signs Bill For Flint Water And The California DroughtDecember 16, 2016(AP) - President Barack Obama has signed a bill authorizing water projects across the country, including $170 million to address lead in the drinking water in Flint, Michigan, and $558 million to provide relief to drought-stricken California.
