Return Of Youth Sports / How Texas Power Issues Mirror California Outages / Preparing For 2021 Wildfire Season
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Nic’s Deli in downtown Paradise is trying to stay open during the PG&E power shutoff. Oct. 28, 2019.
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Youth sports are back on the table for some counties starting Friday after Governor Newsom announced new guidelines; we talk about the measures that will be taken to keep kids and coaches safe. Plus, a look at the parallels between the energy crisis during extreme weather events such as the one in Texas and the outages we see in California.
Today's Guests
- California Interscholastic Federation Sac-Joaquin Section Assistant Commissioner Will DeBoard talks about kids being able to play youth sports again as some counties qualify for the lessened restrictions announced by Governor Newsom
- KUT Radio Energy and Environment Senior Correspondent Mose Buchele on the struggle with the Texas power grid and how rolling blackouts continue to plague the majority of the state
- California Independent System Operator Board Member and University of California, Berkeley Economics Professor Severin Borenstein discusses the parallels between the energy crisis in Texas and the outages we see in California
- Cal Fire Battalion Chief of Information Issac Sanchez explains the preparations firefighters have been taking to prepare for another fire season amid the pandemic and what was learned over the past 11 months