State GovernmentHere’s Why Election Officials Say No Need To Hand Deliver Mail BallotOctober 24, 2020California election officials assure voters their ballot is safe in drop boxes and the mail, yet some voters are hand delivering anyway.
California State Of Mind | Episode 2TMI: On Social Media Disinformation And 2020’s Ballot BattlesOctober 23, 2020Facebook is using fact-checkers to sort through a never-ending tsunami of false info this year. We talk to one of them to get a behind-the-scenes look. Also: How ballot propositions have become special-interest spending wars to buy your vote. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Business Journal: Downtown Sacramento Business Leaders Send Letter To Mayor Over Public Safety ConcernsOctober 23, 2020 | Mike HagertyRecently, 59 Sacramento business leaders sent a signed letter to Mayor Darrell Steinberg’s office to warn local leaders about the “growing anxiety over public safety, cleanliness and other quality of life issues” in downtown. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Sacramento Area School Districts All Taking Different Paths To ReopeningOctober 23, 2020 | Pauline BartoloneSchool districts in the Sacramento area are in the process of planning how and when to reopen for in-person instruction. There’s wide variation in their plans so far. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
JazzPacific Jazz Festival Goes VirtualOctober 23, 2020 | Gary G. VercelliThe University of the Pacific in Stockton presents its annual Pacific Jazz Festival Friday and Saturday Oct. 23-24, bringing concerts and masterclasses to a video screen near you. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Advice For Making Sure Your Mail-In Ballot Gets Counted In CaliforniaOctober 22, 2020 | Chris NicholsDuring California’s March primary, election officials rejected more than 100,000 vote-by-mail ballots statewide. PolitiFact California offers tips for making sure your ballot gets counted.
Updates: Trump-Biden Final Presidential DebateOctober 22, 2020President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden found little common ground in the final debate of the 2020 election. Both attacked one another's records on a number of issues — including on racial justice and immigration.
EnvironmentCalifornia’s Landmark Groundwater Law Falls Short, Advocates SayOctober 22, 2020 | Nina SparlingIn 2014, California took its first step to regulate how it uses groundwater. But now advocates are now warning that those rules might be leaving out disadvantaged communities in the San Joaquin Valley who depend on groundwater to drink. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Can You Handle The Truth? PolitiFact California Fact Checks Mail-In BallotsOctober 22, 2020 | Chris NicholsWith Election Day less than two weeks away, PolitiFact California fact-checked some questions on mail-in ballots, provisional ballots and voting in general. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State GovernmentReplacing Cash Bail: Fairer Justice Or Robopocalypse?October 22, 2020Prop. 25 would use algorithms to advise judges on bail decisions. So why are some early boosters having second thoughts?
