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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.
Monday – Thursday, noon – 1 p.m. Rebroadcast 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.on News Station
A freeway sign in Sacramento, Calif. on March 19, 2020.
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President Trump’s response in recent weeks to the COVID-19 crisis has been praised by Gov. Newsom as federal aid has been approved. Ken Rudin discusses the ever-changing response as more information on the virus is revealed.
Dr. Aimee Sisson, the public health director for Placer County, discusses the newly approved COVID-19 rapid test. The FDA gave approval for the test this past Saturday.
We get an update on Denise Morse, who was stuck on the Grand Princess Cruise ship then quarantined at Travis Air Force Base. We’ll also chat with Nina Gordon, who was stranded in Morocco and recently got back home to Davis.