State GovernmentThieves drain millions off CalFresh and CalWORKs recipients’ cards, families wait and taxpayers payJanuary 31, 2023The EBT cards the state uses to deliver financial assistance to low-income residents lack security features common to credit and debit cards. California officials plan to upgrade.
BusinessNorth Davis store becomes first Peet's Coffee in the country to form a unionJanuary 31, 2023 | Janelle SalangaThe north Davis location is the first of Peet’s 336 nationwide locations to unionize. Other locations in Northern California have approached SEIU 1021 about following suit.
Friends, family of Tyre Nichols hold vigil at North Sacramento skate parkJanuary 30, 2023 | Sarah Mizes-TanDozens of friends and family members came to Regency Community Skate Park to remember Tyre Nichols, who loved to skateboard. Nichols, a former Sacramento resident, was killed by Memphis police earlier this month.
State water deliveries to surge — highest in 6 yearsJanuary 30, 2023California cities and growers that receive water from the state aqueduct will get 30% of their allocations — the most in January since 2017.
NPR’s Nina Totenberg reflects on her 50-year career in news and friendship with late Justice Ruth Bader GinsburgJanuary 30, 2023CapRadio Insight host Vicki Gonzalez spoke with Totenberg, NPR's long standing legal affairs correspondent, about her new memoir, time with Ginsburg and thoughts on the controversies surrounding the Supreme Court. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Health CareFDA experts are still puzzled over who should get which covid shots and whenJanuary 29, 2023A single booster seems to prevent death and hospitalization in most people, but protection from the current vaccines wanes within months. FDA experts say they need to know more from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Health CareFDA moves to ease restrictions on blood donations for men who have sex with menJanuary 28, 2023Long criticized as discriminatory, the policy has prevented many gay and bisexual men from donating blood. The Food and Drug Administration revealed a draft of its new approach on Friday.
He was picked last in the 2022 draft. Now he's key to the 49ers' Super Bowl hopesJanuary 28, 2023Brock Purdy outperformed every reasonable expectation as a backup's backup in San Francisco. Now, the 23-year-old is poised to become the first rookie quarterback to lead his team to the Super Bowl.
EnvironmentSierra Nevada forests have seen ‘unprecedented’ level of high-severity wildfires, study findsJanuary 27, 2023 | Randol WhiteA new study from UC Davis researchers found that the proportion of good to bad fire in the Sierra Nevada — and much of California — is out of balance. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
ClassicalFor Missy Mazzoli, composing is the hard work of making life easierJanuary 26, 2023The composer of Breaking the Waves speaks candidly about equity in her field, the importance of role models and the unglamorous side of writing music every day.
