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Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

Hosted By Vicki Gonzalez

Award-winning journalist Vicki Gonzalez hosts interviews with community leaders, advocates, experts, artists and more to provide background and understanding on breaking news, big events, politics and culture in the Sacramento region and beyond.

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Monday – Thursday, noon – 1 p.m. Rebroadcast 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.
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Thursday, March 19, 2020

Coronavirus Updates And Keeping Your Kids’ Brain Active / Food Bank Check-ins / How Coronavirus Affects Jobs And The Arts

A freeway sign in Sacramento, Calif. on March 19, 2020.

A freeway sign in Sacramento, Calif. on March 19, 2020.

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Today's Guests

  •  West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon joins us to talk about Yolo County’s strict shelter in place order and what that means for residents

  • Teacher Angela Williams gives her ideas on how to keep kids' minds active during this time away from school

  • Interfaith Food Bank & Thrift Store Executive Director Beth Stanton talks about the recent store closure and how remote food banks like hers provide for the food insecure

  • Food Bank of Northern Nevada President & CEO Nicole Lamboley discusses where the food bank stands amid the coronavirus outbreak

  • PolitiFact California Reporter Chris Nichols brings us the numbers on unemployment and growing concerns from a local Lyft and Uber driver

  • CapRadio’s Modern Music Director Nick Brunner discusses how the coronavirus outbreak has affected local musicians

    Segments

  • West Sacramento Mayor Discusses Yolo’s Shelter In Place Order

    On Wednesday, Yolo County announced a strict shelter in place order in an effort to combat the transmission of COVID-19. A teacher gives tips on how to keep your kids’ minds active while they’re out of school.

  • Food Banks On More Customers And Fewer Volunteers

    Food banks provide resources for the food insecure all year long, but with the new coronavirus outbreak they have more people asking for help than usual. Volunteers are in short supply as some of them shelter at home.

  • How Jobs Are Affected By COVID-19

    Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday there is a flood of unemployment insurance applications in relation to the coronavirus outbreak. We look at how this affects gig workers and musicians as counties issue shelter in place directives and orders.

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