Gold Country Confectioners Cook Up Sweets, Nostalgia To Loyal CustomersDecember 19, 2016 | Julia MitricMaking candy by hand is one family's secret to keeping a loyal following over 90 years. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
CalPERS Committee Considers Reinvesting In Tobacco StocksDecember 19, 2016 | Daniel PotterCalifornia's largest public pension fund could soon end a ban on buying tobacco stocks —16 years after the California Public Employees’ Retirement System divested from them. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State Government'Bullet Button' Ban And Other Calif. Gun Laws Take Effect On Jan. 1December 19, 2016 | Ben BradfordCalifornia lawmakers and voters approved major changes to state gun laws, which take effect in the new year. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezPolitical Junkie Gives History Lesson Of Past U.S. Election TamperingsDecember 19, 2016Political Junkie Ken Rudin shares the history of voter tampering in past U.S. elections and why it is unlikely that Hillary Clinton will win the presidency despite a massive popular vote victory. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezExplaining The Electoral College Process With Assemblymember Susan EggmanDecember 19, 2016The Electoral College is set to vote on the next President of the United States today. Assemblymember Susan Eggman is one of the electors; she discusses how she got that opportunity and the electoral process. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezSacramento Woman Describes Years In Aleppo Using ArtDecember 19, 2016A Syrian woman living in Sacramento worked as an art teacher in Aleppo’s refugee camps for years. She joins her husband and documentarian Rob Asher to discuss the situation in Syria now. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki Gonzalez'Citizen Cohn': The Memoir Of A Sacramento City CouncilmanDecember 19, 2016Steve Cohn oversaw massive transformations for the city of Sacramento for over a decade all while dealing with serious personal issues. He describes all of it in his new memoir titled "Citizen Cohn." Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
California Shivers Amid Widespread Freezing Temperatures December 18, 2016(AP) — Freeze watches and warnings are in place throughout much of California as cold, dry air moves through, toppling temperature records.
On A 'Eugenics Registry,' A Record Of California's Thousands Of SterilizationsDecember 18, 2016NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with University of Michigan professor Alex Stern, who has completed a database of the thousands of people recommended for sterilization when California had eugenics laws.
California Tries Again To Thwart Prison Cellphone SmugglingDecember 18, 2016(AP) — California is installing nearly 1,000 sophisticated metal detectors and scanners at its prisons in its latest attempt to thwart the smuggling of cellphones.