Food and SustainabilityHow California’s new ultra-processed foods law will transform school lunchesNovember 17, 2025 | Manola SecairaThe new law requires schools to phase out certain ultraprocessed foods by July 2029. It’s also the first in the country to give these foods a statutory definition. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Health Care“State of Lung Cancer” report helps guide policymakers and healthcare workersNovember 13, 2025 | Ruth FinchNovember is Lung Cancer Awareness month and the American Lung Association’s State of Lung Cancer Report and State of the Air Report help to understand the face of lung cancer in the United States, and California’s unique set of issues.
Health CareHalf a million young Californians aren’t in school or work. Most are menNovember 6, 2025Thousands of men in California are neither working nor in school. Gov. Gavin Newsom has called it a “crisis,” both for the labor market and for men’s mental health.
Health CareAnti-abortion pregnancy centers are looking to offer much more than ultrasounds and diapersOctober 29, 2025More anti-abortion pregnancy centers have been offering medical services such as testing for sexually transmitted infections. One battle over the centers is heading to the Supreme Court in coming months.
Health CareNewsom unveils $11 state insulin for Californians: ‘We took matters into our own hands’October 16, 2025Lawmakers have focused on the high cost of diabetes drugs. The announcement will make state-branded insulin available two years later than the governor originally promised.
Sacramento RegionA well-known Sacramento Democrat is taking on this suddenly vulnerable California RepublicanOctober 14, 2025Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley has garnered his most well-known Democratic challenger yet in Dr. Richard Pan, the former state senator who once made national headlines for going toe-to-toe with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine mandates.
Sacramento RegionSacramento nightlife workers trained to respond to opioid overdoseOctober 10, 2025 | Tony RodriguezThe City of Sacramento is training bar and restaurant staff to save lives with Naloxone. A workshop was offered on how to spot an opioid overdose, use Narcan safely, and access free resources in the area.
State GovernmentNewsom signs first-in-nation law to ban ultraprocessed food in school lunchesOctober 9, 2025California health officials will now decide which ingredients, additives, dyes, and other forms of processing don’t belong in school meals and K-12 cafeterias.
Health CareSacramento breast cancer resourcesOctober 1, 2025 | Vicki GonzalezOctober is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Insight Host Vicki Gonzalez shares some of the local resources she’s found since going through breast cancer treatment. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Sacramento RegionWhat a government shutdown will mean for Californians, from Social Security to national parksSeptember 29, 2025Social Security and Medicare benefits will keep flowing in a government shutdown, but federal employees will be working without pay and delays likely will occur across many services.
