Health CareSacramento's Newest Homeless Shelter Offers Healing Space For LGBT Young AdultsJuly 5, 2019 | Sammy CaiolaThe shelter, opened this month in Midtown, will house 12 residents at a time. It’s tailored for LGBT young adults, who make up a large percentage of homeless youth. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State GovernmentBill To Ban Elephants, Tigers In California Circuses Among Several Animal Protection Measures Moving Ahead At CapitolJuly 5, 2019 | Chris NicholsAlong with the ban on wild animals in circuses, the bills include a requirement for shelters to microchip all dogs and cats either adopted or claimed by an owner, and an expansion of a list of banned commercial animal skins.
State GovernmentCalifornia Lawmakers Are Working On The Friday After Independence Day. If They Didn’t, They’d Lose $804 Each.July 4, 2019 | Ben AdlerYou might not be working Friday, but California lawmakers are. They’re expected to vote on the final pieces of the state budget package. They’re also coming to collect expense money known as “per diem.”
State GovernmentCalifornia Becomes 1st State To Ban Hairstyle DiscriminationJuly 4, 2019(AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law Wednesday that made California the first state to ban workplace and school discrimination against black people for wearing hairstyles such as braids, twists and locks.
State GovernmentCalifornia Pays Down Their Student Loans, Doctors Agree To Treat Poorer PatientsJuly 3, 2019California this week said it will help repay the student loans of 247 selected doctors in exchange for their promise that at least 30 percent of their caseload will be people enrolled in Medi-Cal.
Judge To Reassess $80 Million Award In Monsanto Cancer CaseJuly 3, 2019U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria said at a hearing Tuesday that he will reduce but not entirely eliminate punitive damages for what he called the company's "reprehensible" conduct, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
DOJ Still Looking To Add Census Citizenship Question, Official Tells CourtJuly 3, 2019Amid tweets by President Trump that he still wants the 2020 census to ask about citizenship, an official says the Justice Department has been told to find a way to make that happen.
White Nationalist Sentenced In California Capitol MeleeJuly 3, 2019(AP) — The only white supremacist charged in a 2016 melee at the California state Capitol that injured at least 14 people was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison.
Arts and LifestyleIn ‘Leading Ladies,’ Sierra Foothills Theater Cashes In On Theater Staple For Fast-Paced ComedyJuly 3, 2019 | Jeff HudsonIn this summer’s production of “Leading Ladies” by the Main Street Theatre Works, two down-on-their-luck actors turn to impersonating heiresses to solve their woes. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Arts and LifestyleCapital Stage’s ‘The Roommate’ Steers Away From The Cute In Dark Comedy About Unlikely CompanionsJuly 3, 2019 | Jeff HudsonCapital Stage’s staging of “The Roommate,” a play about two single women in their 50s who strike up an unlikely alliance, skillfully focuses on the play’s darker themes. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
