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Less than one in five residents can afford the median home price in the Lake Tahoe region. For The View From Here: Place And Privilege, we'll hear from the North Tahoe Family Resource Center and Tahoe Prosperity Center about workforce housing issues.

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Chef Alice Waters Shares Memoir "Coming To My Senses"

August 29, 2017 | Jen Picard

Ahead of the release of legendary Chef Alice Waters' deeply personal memoir, “Coming To My Senses,” we look back at her conversation on Insight earlier this year.

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Lawmakers Speak Out At Lake Tahoe Clarity Summit

August 22, 2017 | Chris Remington

The 21st Annual Tahoe Clarity Summit will be led by Sen. Dianne Feinstein and feature Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval, Sen. Kamala Harris and a host of characters charged with preserving Tahoe’s future.

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California Native: Indigenous Communities And Environmental Stewardship

August 16, 2017 | Chris Remington

Indigenous communities in California are on the front lines in the major conservation movements across the state. We continue our California Native series with a conversation about environmental stewardship.

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Summer Gardening: What To Grow In The Heat, And How To Save Your Succulents

August 16, 2017 | Chris Remington

Jennifer Khal with the Elk Grove Secret Garden is taking her gardening workshop on the road with special events coming the next few months.

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Food and Sustainability

As Wine Grape Harvest Begins, Calif. Growers Face Ongoing Farmworker Shortage

August 15, 2017 | Julia Mitric

As California's wine grape harvest gets underway, the majority of it will be done by machine. But even as growers face ongoing labor shortages, mechanization isn't a cure-all for growers in every region.

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Environment

California Farmer To Pay $1.1 Million Fine For Plowing Field

August 15, 2017 | Amy Quinton

A California farmer has agreed to pay a $1.1 million fine for plowing a field in violation of the Clean Water Act.

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The View From Here Launches Podcast On Affordable Housing Crisis

August 15, 2017 | Cody Drabble

Four reporters at Capital Public Radio have been reporting on the California affordable housing crisis for a year. Insight is launching the first installment of the weekly podcast of “The View From Here: Place And Privilege."

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