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Map: PG&E Warns It Could Cut Power To 466,000 Customers Sunday Oct. 25
October 23, 2020
PG&E anticipates it may shut off power to about 466,000 customers in 38 counties and 25 tribal communities Sunday, its largest shutoff this year. See if you’re one of those who will potentially be impacted.
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TMI: On Social Media Disinformation And 2020’s Ballot Battles
October 23, 2020
Facebook is using fact-checkers to sort through a never-ending tsunami of false info this year. We talk to one of them to get a behind-the-scenes look. Also: How ballot propositions have become special-interest spending wars to buy your vote.
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Business Journal: Downtown Sacramento Business Leaders Send Letter To Mayor Over Public Safety Concerns
October 23, 2020 | Mike Hagerty
Recently, 59 Sacramento business leaders sent a signed letter to Mayor Darrell Steinberg’s office to warn local leaders about the “growing anxiety over public safety, cleanliness and other quality of life issues” in downtown.
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Sacramento Area School Districts All Taking Different Paths To Reopening
October 23, 2020 | Pauline Bartolone
School districts in the Sacramento area are in the process of planning how and when to reopen for in-person instruction. There’s wide variation in their plans so far.
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Pacific Jazz Festival Goes Virtual
October 23, 2020 | Gary G. Vercelli
The University of the Pacific in Stockton presents its annual Pacific Jazz Festival Friday and Saturday Oct. 23-24, bringing concerts and masterclasses to a video screen near you.
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Northern California Wildfires: Where To Find Updates On Air Quality, Evacuations, And Official Information
October 23, 2020
Here’s the latest information on the wildfires burning throughout Northern California.
Advice For Making Sure Your Mail-In Ballot Gets Counted In California
October 22, 2020 | Chris Nichols
During California’s March primary, election officials rejected more than 100,000 vote-by-mail ballots statewide. PolitiFact California offers tips for making sure your ballot gets counted.
Updates: Trump-Biden Final Presidential Debate
October 22, 2020
President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden found little common ground in the final debate of the 2020 election. Both attacked one another's records on a number of issues — including on racial justice and immigration.
California’s Landmark Groundwater Law Falls Short, Advocates Say
October 22, 2020 | Nina Sparling
In 2014, California took its first step to regulate how it uses groundwater. But now advocates are now warning that those rules might be leaving out disadvantaged communities in the San Joaquin Valley who depend on groundwater to drink.
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Can You Handle The Truth? PolitiFact California Fact Checks Mail-In Ballots
October 22, 2020 | Chris Nichols
With Election Day less than two weeks away, PolitiFact California fact-checked some questions on mail-in ballots, provisional ballots and voting in general.
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Replacing Cash Bail: Fairer Justice Or Robopocalypse?
October 22, 2020
Prop. 25 would use algorithms to advise judges on bail decisions. So why are some early boosters having second thoughts?
Amy Coney Barrett Moves A Step Closer To Confirmation After Judiciary Committee Vote
October 22, 2020
Democrats boycotted the vote, pointing to what they called the damage she would do to health care, and reproductive and voting rights, and the fact the vote took place amid the presidential election.
Why Do We Keep Voting On This? Exploring Prop. 13’s ‘Tax Revolt Family Tree’
October 21, 2020
If it seems like California voters are perpetually being asked to redefine, clarify, overhaul or rewrite the terms of the 1978 tax revolt, it’s because we are. Since Prop. 13, the state has voted 33 times on potential amendments to it.
When Will My Ballot Be Counted? The Perks Of Voting Early
October 21, 2020
If you want your ballot counted as soon as possible, know that county officials say they’ll mostly be tallied in this order.
With The Worst Wildfire Season In California History, Wildfire Experts Call For $2 Billion Investment In Prevention
October 21, 2020 | Ezra David Romero
With the worst wildfire season on record in California still raging wildfire experts from across the state are calling for California to invest $2 billion dollars next year in prevention tactics like prescribed burns.
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Interview: Sacramento City Councilwoman-Elect Katie Valenzuela Talks ‘Strong Mayor,’ Rent Control Ballot Measures
October 21, 2020 | Sarah Mizes-Tan | Kris Hooks
Sacramento City Councilwoman-Elect Katie Valenzuela, who was elected in March to represent District 4, joined CapRadio’s Race and Equity Reporter Sarah Mizes-Tan and News Editor Kris Hooks to discuss Measure A and Measure C.
Interview: California State University System Chancellor-Select Joseph Castro And The Future Of The Education System
October 21, 2020 | Megan Manata
Chancellor-Select Joseph Castro is the first Mexican American and California native to lead the California State University System. He joined CapRadio's Insight to discuss what students, faculty and staff can expect from the system in the future.
NorCal Republicans Say A Local Focus, Not National Politics, Will Help Them Win This Year
October 21, 2020 | Nina Sparling
Democrats have controlled state politics in California for years. But Republicans still have strongholds in the far north and east. Two of the area’s newest conservative legislators talk about how they view the party, this election season and beyond.
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Californians Are Shattering Early Ballot Return Records. Will It Translate To Record-Breaking Turnout, Too?
October 20, 2020 | Nicole Nixon
Most ballots that have been returned are from voters who were already likely to vote: older people who belong to a political party.
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African American, Latinx Communities In “Survival Mode” As Pandemic Enters Seventh Month
October 20, 2020 | Sarah Mizes-Tan
A new Valley Vision and CapRadio survey shows the pandemic-induced economic crisis that has left millions of people unemployed has caused increased financial stress on Black and Latinx people.
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Previewing The Final Presidential Debate / Measuring Public Trust In Government
Tonight is the final presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Today on Insight, we'll preview what to expect, and we'll take a closer look at the public's confidence in the government.
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Coronavirus World Map: Tracking The Spread Of The Outbreak
October 24, 2020
A map of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths around the world. The respiratory disease has spread rapidly across six continents and has killed at least 1 million globally.
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Coronavirus Maps: How Severe Is Your State's Outbreak?
October 24, 2020
View NPR's maps and graphics to see where COVID-19 is hitting hardest in the U.S., which state outbreaks are growing and which are leveling off.
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'Historic Opportunity': Chile Holds Vote To Replace Dictatorship-Era Constitution
October 24, 2020
After mass protests, and amid a pandemic, Chileans go to the polls Sunday for a referendum over whether to scrap the constitution introduced under Gen. Augusto Pinochet's rule.
National
Parents Of 545 Children Separated At U.S.-Mexico Border Have Not Been Located
October 24, 2020
NPR's Scott Simon talks to reporter Cindy Carcamo about the 545 migrant children in the US who were separated from their families and whose parents cannot now be located.
Middle East
Sudan And Israel Agree To Normalize Relations In Deal Brokered By White House
October 24, 2020
In a deal brokered by the White House, Sudan has agreed to normalize ties with Israel. It's a big step for a country that has long been bitterly opposed to Israel.
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University Of Texas Students Call For Removal Of Song Steeped In Racist History
October 24, 2020
The University of Texas band plans to boycott today's football game against Baylor. The song the Longhorn band usually plays, Eyes OF Texas, has racist roots that are fracturing the campus.
Animals
U.S. Finds 1st 'Murder Hornet' Nest In Washington State
October 24, 2020
Entomologists in Washington State have located the first ever nest of the Asian giant hornet in the U.S. They tracked the "murder hornet" to its nest by attaching it with a miniature radio tracker.
Health
Employees Who Work At Multiple Nursing Homes May Have Helped Spread The Coronavirus
October 24, 2020
Cell phone data shows that contract workers who work at multiple nursing homes helped transmit the coronavirus between facilities.
