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Nina Sparling

Contributing Reporter

Nina Sparling is a journalist and audio producer based in San Francisco, where she covers inequality, politics, and the environment. She got her start in journalism covering food, agriculture and technology in New York. Her writing has appeared in outlets including the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Paris Review. Her radio work has been featured on KQED, Alaska News Nightly, and NPR.

Nina is an alum of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. She cooks a lot, sometimes writes poems, and is at work on a project about the deep sea.

 

    Stories by Nina Sparling

  • Ezra David Romero / Capital Public Radio

    California Is Making Progress On Safe Water For All, But Work Remains

    November 12, 2020

    Some 1 million Californians lack access to safe drinking water. A new state report found there has been progress towards changing that, but a 2019 state program could benefit from funding and legislative oversight.

  • House Television via AP

    Despite Well-Funded Opposition, Republicans Maintain Stronghold in Rural, Northern California

    November 5, 2020

    Early results looked unusually strong for two Democratic challengers running in deeply conservative and rural parts of northern California. But as more ballots get counted, the gap is widening.

  • J. Stephen Conn/Flickr

    Shasta County Supervisor Candidate Supports State of Jefferson, Outraises Opponent

    October 29, 2020

    A vast swath of far northern California reaching into Oregon has been working to create a 51st State in the West for decades. And this year the so-called State of Jefferson is turning attention to local elections.

  • AP Photo/Gosia Wozniacka, File

    California’s Landmark Groundwater Law Falls Short, Advocates Say

    October 22, 2020

    In 2014, California took its first step to regulate how it uses groundwater. But now advocates are now warning that those rules might be leaving out disadvantaged communities in the San Joaquin Valley who depend on groundwater to drink.

  • AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

    NorCal Republicans Say A Local Focus, Not National Politics, Will Help Them Win This Year

    October 21, 2020

    Democrats have controlled state politics in California for years. But Republicans still have strongholds in the far north and east. Two of the area’s newest conservative legislators talk about how they view the party, this election season and beyond.

  • Nicolas COMTE / Unsplash

    Just How Bad Is California’s Water Debt Problem? The State Isn’t Sure

    October 15, 2020

    An unknown number of Californians haven’t been able to pay their water bills since the pandemic began. Advocates say that has pushed smaller systems that serve some of the state’s most vulnerable residents to the brink of survival.

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