The Sacramento Connection: Local Boys On The Pitch For Cal RugbyNovember 6, 2015 | Bob MoffittThe Cal rugby team has won 29 championships in 36 years, 25 of them with their current coach. A lot of Sacramento-area boys from high schools like Jesuit, Davis, Dixon, McClatchy, and Granite Bay have contributed to those wins. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Food and SustainabilitySan Joaquin County Third Graders Get A Taste Of Farm LifeNovember 6, 2015 | Rich IbarraA program called "AgVenture" is providing field trips to a farm for 11,000 San Joaquin County third graders this year. The county-sponsored event gives kids a sense of where their food comes from. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State GovernmentLack Of Arts Education In California Schools Draws ScrutinyNovember 6, 2015 | Ben AdlerCalifornia lawmakers want to know why so few schools are meeting a state requirement of offering arts education – particularly in disadvantaged communities. They’re holding a hearing Friday in Beverly Hills.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezFeNAM Features Keyboard Duo Dose HermanosNovember 6, 2015Two former members of the Grateful Dead have teamed up as a duo-keyboard ensemble and they’ll be playing as part of the opening gala at the Festival for New American Music Friday at Sacramento State. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Second DUI Arrest For El Dorado County SuperintendentNovember 5, 2015 | Bob MoffittEl Dorado County Office of Education Superintendent, Jeremy Meyers has been arrested for the second time in five months for driving under the influence of alcohol.
State GovernmentState Insists High-Speed Rail Remains On TrackNovember 5, 2015 | Ben BradfordThe release of an internal document has the California High-Speed Rail Authority playing defense this week. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Health CareNew Rules Designed To Protect Health WorkersNovember 5, 2015 | Katie OrrHealth care workers are more likely to experience dangerous workplace situations than people in other industries. But new rules in California are designed to address the problem. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State Spending $1 Million To Repair Dam In JacksonNovember 5, 2015(AP) - California officials are spending $1 million to protect a 99-year-old dam in Northern California that could collapse if a big rainstorm hits this winter.
EnvironmentHigh Toxin Level Delays California Crab SeasonNovember 5, 2015(AP) - Wildlife authorities have delayed the Dungeness crab season and closed the rock crab fishery for most of California just days after warning of dangerous levels of a neurotoxin linked to a massive algae bloom off the West Coast.
EnvironmentRain Brings Some ‘Drought Relief’ To California, NevadaNovember 5, 2015 | Ed JoyceThe Pacific Storm system brought some slight improvement to drought conditions in California and Nevada last week.
