Food and SustainabilitySacramento Food Bank Needs Are Year-RoundDecember 30, 2015 | Ed JoyceThe winter holidays are among the busiest times for the Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services. But the nonprofit agency needs support year-round. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Health CareNurses Rally For Workplace Violence Prevention RulesDecember 17, 2015 | Katie OrrHealthcare workers face a high risk of violence on the job. Nurses from around California today testified in support of proposed new rules meant to prevent workplace violence. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezNews Network: Dental Patient DeathsDecember 15, 2015According to a first-of-its-kind estimate by The Dallas Morning News, roughly 1,000 U.S. dental patients have died since 2010. Insight speaks with the author of the seven-part series about his findings. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State GovernmentDevelopmentally Disabled, Supporters Rally For FundingDecember 10, 2015 | Katie OrrThe developmentally disabled and their supporters are again calling on California lawmakers to increase funding for programs that makes their lives easier Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Health CareCovered California Enrollment Deadline ApproachingDecember 8, 2015 | Katie OrrThousands of new customers have signed up during the first month of open enrollment. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Health CareHealth Officials Conduct Tuberculosis Tests At American River CollegeDecember 7, 2015 | Ed JoyceSacramento County Public Health and American River College completed tuberculosis skin tests for 48 students and staff at the college main campus and the Natomas Center satellite campus.
Health CareAbout 23K Nevadans Sign Up With Health Exchange In 1st MonthDecember 3, 2015(AP) - Officials say more than 23,000 Nevadans have signed up for coverage through the health insurance exchange in the first month of open enrollment.
Health CareReport: Drug Maker Was Focused On Profits, Not PatientsDecember 1, 2015(AP) - A bipartisan investigation by U.S. senators finds that the makers of a breakthrough drug for hepatitis C infection put profits before patients in pricing the $1,000-per-pill cure.
