An outdoor homeless shelter that was considered a stopgap in Sacramento’s efforts to provide immediate relief for unhoused residents has been shut down since early January. Its future remains in limbo.
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The expansion comes as state officials say the pandemic era housing market (an uncertain economy, high home prices & now higher mortgage interest rates) could still imperil homeownership in CA, particularly for lower- & middle- income families.
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Hundreds of thousands of students who have dropped off public school rolls since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic are unaccounted for.
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Finding it harder to get a COVID-19 test lately? You’re not alone.
California's pandemic state of emergency is set to end on Feb. 28, and President Biden recently announced that the federal emergency status for the nation will end May 11.
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The Redding City Council voted to hire a contractor to create a plan for developing its Sacramento riverfront property, and Black educators and students protested Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed education budget.
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A hotly anticipated game of musical chairs is underway: The charismatic conductor Gustavo Dudamel is leaving Los Angeles to become the new music and artistic director of the New York Philharmonic.
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Opponents of a $1.2 billion revamp of the California state Capitol Annex – the building that houses offices for the governor, state lawmakers and their staff – are calling for the state to reconsider the entire project.
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A top Southwest executive will appear before the Senate today to discuss the company's holiday meltdown and deliver a clear message to the public: "we messed up," according to testimony obtained by NPR.
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📻Today on Insight, we're looking at Paul's Place in Davis, a new study revealing the chronic health issues of California's farm workers, and we hear a preview of some music events in Sacramento this month.
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Some Fabuloso cleaning products have been recalled over a risk of bacteria contamination. Here's what to know.
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A growing hospital movement aims to improve health outcomes of homeless patients with what might be considered the ultimate preventive care: providing them with a home.
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Black educators & activists emphasized the failings of Gov. Newsom’s education policy, which is intended to circumvent race, but they say in reality bolsters damaging misconceptions & overlooks Black students in a system which is not built to serve them.
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California plans to roll out an ambitious plan to manufacture its own insulin, but in the meantime, legislators are proposing to cap what diabetics pay.
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Zoom is laying off 1,300 employees, or about 15% of its workforce.
The CEO took responsibility for a lack of sustainable growth and announced he’ll take a 98% pay cut for the coming fiscal year.
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"There's so much more to do," President Biden said during his State of the Union, calling on lawmakers to pass policing reform and immigration legislation, plus codify abortion rights and cap the price of insulin for all at $35 a month.
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NEW: An innovative #homeless housing project called Paul’s Place opened in Davis today.
The unique 4-story design combines temporary shelter on the ground floor w/transitional housing & 18 permanent supportive housing units above
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A delegation from California is in Washington D.C. this week lobbying for a bill that would provide federal tax exemptions for wildfire survivors. Also, the Jesus Center plans to open a new building that will house unhoused families and seniors in June.
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An effort to limit solitary confinement in California jails, prisons and detention facilities is being undertaken for a second time in the state Legislature. Lawmakers passed a similar bill last year, but Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed it.
On the Capitol steps, Black educators and students demanded the Newsom administration re-visit their education budget to address systemic racism and inequity in allocating funds to districts.
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After a series of high-profile airline debacles this winter, President Biden dedicated quite a bit of airtime in his State of the Union address to the Junk Fees Prevention Act, a push to limit hidden fees and surcharges in a number of industries.
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📻Today on Insight, we're looking at COVID vaccine requirements in schools, a conversation about missing and murdered indigenous people, and family and friends in Sacramento remember Tyre Nichols.
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Patchy to locally dense fog is lingering in the southern Sacramento & northern San Joaquin Valleys this morning. Slow down & leave extra following distance when driving in fog. Check road conditions at quickmap.dot.ca.gov #CAwx
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Este martes el Presidente Joe Biden dará el discurso anual del Estado de la Unión. Por primera vez, NPR News transmitirá la cobertura y análisis en inglés y español.
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Here's another key guest that'll be in attendance tonight: President Biden invited Brandon Tsay, the 26-year-old who disarmed the shooter in Monterey Park last month, to be his guest of honor.
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President Biden is delivering his State of the Union address on tonight.
While Biden will likely call for action on guns & policing, the divided Congress he'll be speaking to makes it exceedingly unlikely that big legislative bills will pass.
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if you're in CA, this will be on the 2024 ballot -- a referendum, fueled by oil & gas companies, to repeal a law that creates a buffer zone between community areas and oil wells:
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State legislators sometimes exempt themselves from the laws they pass, but this session, they could change course on an emblematic bill: To allow their own staffers to form a union.
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South Sacramento County residents have a new supervisor for the first time in 28 years. I interviewed about succeeding Don Nottoli and flood planning. You can find a transcript and listen to highlights at the link. For
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CA's death rate has increased by 20% since 2020. Some of the deaths are due to complications caused directly by COVID, but others are due to the strain the virus put on society & the health care system at large.
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The mothers of Tyre Nichols and Tamir Rice were invited as guests to the State of the Union tonight, as members of the Congressional Black Caucus urge President Biden to push for police reform.
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“I hope that my trip to Washington will be another opportunity to fight for change,” said Dr. Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga, founder and executive director of .
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Construction has begun in Redding on a micro-shelter community for unhoused residents. Also, the Chico City Council is set to discuss a diagonal-parking proposal for the downtown area, and recovery continues following January’s powerful winter storms.
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This wasn't the first Chinese balloon over the U.S.
It happened at least 3 times during the Trump administration and at least 1 other time during the Biden administration.
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📻Today on Insight, we're looking at state buildings that may become affordable housing, a new book, "It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies," and the Tahoe Institute shares its conservation and education efforts
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A California law banning the creation of new oil and gas wells within 3,200 feet of community areas is heading to the November 2024 ballot.
Once the law passed in 2022, a group oil & gas industry leaders launched a referendum effort aimed at repealing it.
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Gen Z may be new to politics, but they turned out in historically high numbers last election.
A report, obtained exclusively by NPR, sheds more light on what motivates the country's youngest voters.
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Last wk, the Sacramento City Council authorized buying an armored vehicle that is considered military equipment. More than a dozen community members urged the council to reject the purchase, citing concerns with the city’s military equipment use policy.
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Dr. Ruby Leung, an atmospheric scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington state, joined to discuss what more intense winter storms due to climate change means for California’s future.
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Environmental advocates have criticized California’s reliance on carbon-capturing technologies in its plans for carbon neutrality. This law aims to bring more focus to natural alternatives.
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