Insight With Vicki GonzalezSound Advice: Hey, Listen! To These EPsOctober 4, 2018Hey, Listen! host Nick Brunner opines on his love of some recent E.P.s from Iron and Wine, Century Got BARS and more. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezB Street Theatre Explores Immigrant Experience In ‘Ironbound’October 4, 2018 | Cody DrabbleThe B Street Theatre presents “Ironbound” about a Polish immigrant trying to make it in New Jersey, by Pulitzer prize winning playwright Martyna Majok. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezRemembering Sacramento Historian and Philanthropist Mead KibbeyOctober 4, 2018Mead Kibbey was a philanthropist and historian in Sacramento who died last month at age 96. We revisit Beth Ruyak’s conversation with him about his service in World War II. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezPreventing Flu InfectionsOctober 4, 2018 | Cody DrabbleUC Davis Health Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Dr. Dean Blumberg discusses the 2018-2019 season and prevention with the flu shot. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Former Stockton Mayor Faces New Embezzlement ChargesOctober 4, 2018Former Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva and Sharon Shimas, who was his executive assistant while he held office from 2013 to 2016, were charged with embezzlement, money-laundering and conflict-of-interest last week by San Joaquin County prosecutors.
State GovernmentProp 6 Proponents Charge Government Agencies With Using Tax Dollars To Influence ElectionOctober 3, 2018 | Bob MoffittThe campaign to repeal California’s recent gas tax increase for transportation projects in California says government agencies are illegally using public money to drum up opposition to Proposition 6. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Volkswagen Proposal To Boost Electric Vehicle Use In California Calls For More Charging StationsOctober 3, 2018 | Randol WhiteThis most recent proposal is the second phase of a four-part settlement with Volkswagen over the automaker's emissions cheating scandal. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Jerry Brown Paddles Left, Paddles Right On #MeToo LawsOctober 3, 2018Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill clarifying that a single incident of harassment can be enough to meet the legal standard.
Sacramento City Schools Budget Shows Even Bigger Deficit, Independent Review FindsOctober 3, 2018 | Bob MoffittThe Sacramento City Unified School District says its budget deficit is actually $28.5 million, which is $4.5 million more than previously estimated. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
California's Test Scores Are So Stagnant, It Could Take A Generation To Close The Achievement GapOctober 3, 2018California public school test scores are improving, but so slowly that it could take a generation to put a dent in the achievement gap.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezThe Bard Goes BroadwayOctober 3, 2018Davis Shakespeare Festival’s fall production of “As You Like It” has so much music written into the script, it could almost be a musical. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezFolsom Lake College Student Writer Kamea Pascua Shares Her Story Of Domestic AbuseOctober 3, 2018 | Cody DrabbleFolsom Lake College student and writer Kamea Pascua shares her story of domestic abuse in her memoir "Keep Your Mouth Shut." She joins Insight to talk about that time in her life and how writing helped her heal. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezPolitiFact CA: Kavanaugh, Cruz, Rent Control and NewsomOctober 3, 2018PolitiFact California reporter Chris Nichols discusses fact checks on the Brett Kavanaugh nomination, Ted Cruz, rent control and Gavin Newsom Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Fire Department Senior Staff Make Up Half Of Highest-Paid Sacramento City EmployeesOctober 2, 2018 | Bob MoffittOf the 50 highest-paid city of Sacramento employees, more than half work for the Fire Department. All made more than $200,000 in 2017 and in some cases, $300,000. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
EnvironmentCal Fire Announces $155 Million In Grants To Reduce Wildfire RiskOctober 2, 2018 | Ezra David RomeroNew grants and workshops from Cal Fire aim to reduce the risk of wildfires to communities in and near forested areas. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Business Journal: Despite Pandemic, Large Sports Bar Plans To Open In Sacramento’s Downtown Commons This FallFebruary 27, 2021It marks a sign of optimism for downtown Sacramento after a year of pandemic-related challenges. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Business Journal: New Industrial Development Coming Soon To North NatomasFebruary 12, 2021As the coronavirus pandemic has kept people indoors, many have turned to shopping online as a way to stay safe. According to the Sacramento Business Journal, the industrial sector is booming in Sacramento. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Business Journal: Sears Is Closing In Arden Fair Mall. What’s Next? It’s Still UnclearFebruary 5, 2021In their announcement, Arden Fair representatives said they've known this day was coming for more than five years. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Business Journal: The Future Of Office Space In Sacramento In A Post-Coronavirus WorldJanuary 29, 2021Sacramento’s market for office space has declined for the first year in nearly a decade as the coronavirus pandemic has radically changed the way people work. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Business Journal: Some Sacramento-Area Restaurants Are Surviving The PandemicJanuary 22, 2021With the shifting coronavirus restrictions in California, many local restaurants have had to make the hard decision to close over the past year. But some have survived due to support from the community. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
