Arts and LifestyleGet to know Sacramento TikToker @heckinsickSeptember 8, 2023 | Janelle SalangaThirty-year-old Logan Ivey grew up in Colfax before moving to Sacramento and says the city has “a lot to love that might not seem so obvious.”
EnvironmentGovernor Gavin Newsom appoints new ‘oil watchdog’ to investigate potential gas price gougingSeptember 8, 2023 | Manola SecairaNewsom has previously said price gouging by the oil industry could be partially to blame for spiking costs.
JazzTabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain explores the fusion of jazz and Indian classical musicSeptember 7, 2023 | Gary G. VercelliCapRadio’s Gary Vercelli spoke with tabla master Zakir Hussain about his decades of collaboration with guitarist John McLaughlin, the 50th anniversary tour of the Indo-Jazz supergroup Shakti, and the essence of Indian music. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State GovernmentTikTok ban on state worker phones won’t happen in California this yearSeptember 7, 2023A bipartisan bill to prohibit TikTok on state phones is shelved until 2024. It had breezed through the state Legislature, but Gov. Newsom asked for the delay. It’s the latest social media regulation to get stalled in California.
EducationSacramento State’s new Disability Cultural Center offers students a place to gather, outside the language of pathologySeptember 7, 2023 | Janelle SalangaThe center is the first of its kind in the California State University system, and offers a sensory room, social space and more.
EducationRocklin school board approves controversial gender identity, name notification policySeptember 7, 2023 | Steve MilneMore than 100 people spoke for and against the policy, which would require teachers to tell parents if their child asks to be identified by a gender that’s different from their assigned sex at birth.
Health CareBy addressing trauma, Del Paso Heights nonprofit seeks to reverse area's growing fentanyl crisisSeptember 6, 2023 | Kate WolffeIn the Sacramento neighborhood of Del Paso Heights, fentanyl-related deaths have been rising. To tackle the problem, one organization is trying to get local residents in on a “big old therapy session.” Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Audit finds Sacramento Police Department has backlog of untested rape kitsSeptember 6, 2023 | Kristin LamIn response to the audit, the Sacramento Police Department said it is working to comply with a rape kit law more than four years after a state deadline.
Burning Man festival attendees, finally free to leave, face hours of trafficSeptember 5, 2023Organizers of the annual Burning Man music and arts festival lifted a driving ban on Monday afternoon as muddy roads that had stranded thousands of attendees in the Nevada desert had dried up enough to allow people to begin leaving.
'Emergency repairs' on Interstate 80 could soon lead to 2-hour delays between Colfax, Nevada state lineSeptember 5, 2023The repairs are on sections of I-80 damaged by driving during successive storms this past winter.
