Sacramento Postpones Vote On Banning Items From ProtestsJanuary 23, 2019 | Nick MillerThe controversial proposal, which would ban potentially dangerous items such as knives and pepper spray from protests, was pulled from the City Council agenda hours before Tuesday's meeting.
State GovernmentAdvocates Say Newsom's Multi-Billion Dollar Anti-Poverty Budget Proposals Aren't EnoughJanuary 23, 2019 | Ben AdlerA new push to end deep child poverty is heating up at the California Capitol. Advocates and lawmakers say significant new budget proposals from Gov. Gavin Newsom earlier this month aren’t enough.
State GovernmentNewsom Nominates Former SMUD Official For California Utility RegulatorJanuary 23, 2019Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated former SMUD ward director Genevieve Shiroma to the state Public Utilities Commission Tuesday.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezStories On Stage Sacramento Launches 10th Season With Shelley Blanton-Stroud’s New AnthologyJanuary 23, 2019 | Cody DrabbleProfessor Shelley Blanton-Stroud is one of two featured authors at Stories on Stage Sacramento this week to kick of the 10th season of the literary program. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
PolitiFact California: Who Is Kamala Harris? Meet The California Democrat Running For PresidentJanuary 22, 2019 | Chris NicholsPolitiFact California examined some key facts about Kamala Harris to fill in her biography.
Stockton Unified Agrees To Address Discriminatory Discipline Practices Following State DOJ InvestigationJanuary 22, 2019 | Rich IbarraThe investigation found that the district used school police often unnecessarily to settle problems in the classroom. Black and Latino students and students with disabilities were most often discriminated against. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Activist Erin Brockovich Urges California Leaders To Halt PG&E BankruptcyJanuary 22, 2019(AP) — Consumer activist Erin Brockovich, who famously took on Pacific Gas & Electric Co. in the 1990s, urged California lawmakers Tuesday not to let the utility go bankrupt because it could mean less money for wildfire victims.
Capitol Corridor To Expand Train Service To And From RosevilleJanuary 22, 2019 | Randol WhiteCurrently the Roseville station only has one round trip per day. Two additional trains are expected to serve the route by 2024, with a total of 10 round trips by 2027. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State GovernmentGov. Gavin Newsom Seeks To Transform California's Youth PrisonsJanuary 22, 2019(AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed Tuesday to change the way California's juvenile prisons are overseen, eventually closing facilities to cut what he called the "ludicrous" cost.
Sacramento Republic FC Lands Billionaire Investor In Hopes Of Improving MLS BidJanuary 22, 2019 | Nick MillerBillionaire venture capitalist Ron Burkle is now the lead investor for Sacramento's Republic FC soccer team. It satisfies a key requirement from Major League Soccer after the league denied the Republic's bid to join in 2017.
