A Year At EncinaA Year At Encina: Storytelling ProjectApril 5, 2017The staff and students of Encina Preparatory High School deal with extraordinary challenges on a daily basis. Through the #YearAtEncina storytelling project, they share their hopes, dreams and struggles at school and in life.
State GovernmentCouncilwoman Angelique Ashby Focuses On Need For Equal PayApril 5, 2017 | Bob MoffittSacramento City Councilwoman Angelique Ashby presented ideas to the council to create a pay-equity tracking system and a commission to focus on women's issues to help increase women's pay in the city.
State GovernmentCalifornia Looks To GPS Tracking To Solve Gas Tax DeficitApril 5, 2017 | Randol WhiteEvery time you pump gas in California, a portion of that price-per-gallon goes to building and maintaining the state’s roads. The system worked well for decades. But in recent years that equation is not working as it once did. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezPolitiFact CA Looks At Job Growth Claim In Central Valley, Inland EmpireApril 5, 2017Gov. Jerry Brown recently argued California is seeing tremendous job growth, particularly within the Inland Empire. Capital Public Radio's PolitiFact reporter Chris Nichols investigated the claim. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
EnvironmentMigratory Bird Habitat Shrinking In CaliforniaApril 4, 2017 | Amy QuintonThis is the time of year when tens of thousands of migrating shorebirds flock to the Sacramento Valley. But places for the birds to make their pit stop along the Pacific Flyway is shrinking. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Women’s Rights Advocates Call On Employers To Play Role In Closing Gender Pay GapApril 4, 2017 | Sally LongeneckerOn Equal Pay Day, California women’s rights advocates highlighted a proposal to require employers to be more transparent about what they’re paying their workers.
State GovernmentGas Tax Votes Hard To Come By In California LegislatureApril 4, 2017 | Ben AdlerOne day before California lawmakers are scheduled to decide whether to raise fuel taxes and vehicle fees to pay for road repairs, Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic legislative leaders are still looking for votes. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Search Continues For Missing Yuba College StudentApril 4, 2017The Gridley-Biggs Police Department says Aly Yeoman disappeared sometime late Thursday.
Two People Killed In Police Chase In StocktonApril 4, 2017Two people were killed and a third injured when the car they were in crashed while being chased by Stockton police.
How Offering Driver Licenses To The Undocumented Makes Roads SaferApril 4, 2017A 2013 California law that granted driver's licenses to immigrants in the country illegally reduced hit-and-run accidents by 7 to 10 percent in 2015, meaning roughly 4,000 fewer hit-and-runs.
