CA Newsroom Investigation: Officers Disciplined for Biased Behavior But Not Terminated | Small Businesses Face Privacy Lawsuits | Musical ‘The Last Five Years’
Tami Goldsmith, the owner of Folsom Heating & Air, posing next to her work truck on Thursday, June 11, 2026. Her business was sued for violating CIPA in February of this year.
Ruth Finch
CA Newsroom Investigation: Officers Disciplined for Biased Behavior But Not Terminated
When does biased behavior lead to termination from a job? A recent investigation by The California Newsroom and UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program looked into what happened to law enforcement officers who engaged in explicitly biased conduct between 2014 and 2024. Only 12 percent of them lost their jobs. California Newsroom Investigative Data Journalist Emily Zentner joins Insight today to explain what they found and why it matters.
Small Businesses Face Privacy Lawsuits
Originally passed in the 1960s the California Invasion of Privacy Act or CIPA criminalized the wiretapping of phone calls. But the law was updated in the 2010s to address privacy concerns in the digital age, such as how and when companies could collect personal data from customers online. Business organizations say in recent years those updates have allowed for frivolous lawsuits to be made against small businesses for normal website operations. But consumer advocates argue these protections are necessary to protect the privacy of Californians online. CapRadio Communities Reporter Ruth Finch recently spoke with people on both sides of this debate and outlined a new law making its way through the legislature that seeks to address it. She joins us to share her reporting.
Musical ‘The Last Five Years’
The Young Actors Stage is a Sacramento theatre company that has spent the better part of two decades preparing youth for a future in the arts. Two alumni have taken their careers far beyond Sacramento, returning home this weekend as adults for a special performance at the very stage where it all began. Peter Sunseri and Ana Riley-Portal join Insight ahead of their upcoming musical The Last Five Years at the 24th Street Theatre at Sierra 2 Center on Sat. July 18 and Sun. July 19.
