Arts and LifestyleWhere to celebrate Filipino American History Month in the Sacramento regionOctober 12, 2023 | Janelle SalangaIn the Sacramento region, Filipinos are the largest Asian subgroup in several counties, including Sacramento, Placer and San Joaquin. Here’s how you can learn more about Filipino American history and celebrate the awareness month.
Four more CapRadio board members resign amid fallout from audit of station’s financesOctober 12, 2023 | Chris HaganOnly seven board members remain, including the station’s interim General Manager and Sac State’s student body president. Another top executive is no longer with the station, the station confirmed Thursday.
EducationA California program could give many K-12 students money for college, but few have used the fundsOctober 12, 2023 | Srishti PrabhaThe CalKIDS program provides a college savings account for K-12 public school students from low-income backgrounds and children born after 2022. With only 6% of students signed up, officials are increasing outreach efforts to get families involved.
South Sacramento could get 175 state-funded tiny homes by early 2024October 11, 2023 | Kate WolffeThe tiny homes would fulfill half of Governor Gavin Newsom’s promise to bring 300 tiny homes to Sacramento. There are approximately 9,300 homeless people in Sacramento County. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Arts and Lifestyle‘Mom… Guess What!’: Remembering cornerstone of Sacramento LGBTQ+ communityOctober 11, 2023 | Janelle SalangaThirty-five years after National Coming Out Day, looking at one of Sacramento’s first LGBTQ+ newspapers and its role in helping Sacramentans navigate life after coming out.
EducationSacramento-area community grapples with rise of school districts’ gender notification policiesOctober 11, 2023 | Janelle SalangaAlso known as forced outing policies, two districts in the region voted to implement them last month. They’re one way parents’ rights activists are making policy inroads under the logic of greater family openness.
State GovernmentCalifornia emergency regulations would change use of solitary confinement in prisonsOctober 10, 2023 | Kate WolffeOver 3,000 people are in restricted housing in California prisons; the new rules would limit the use and terms. Advocates say the changes don't go far enough and the process is rushed. The public can comment until Oct. 14. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Sacramento’s housing crisis: Seven possible — and tested — solutionsOctober 10, 2023An influx of new residents and the region’s severe lack of affordable housing, rents and home prices have skyrocketed over the past decade.
State GovernmentCalifornia becomes the first state to ban 4 food additives linked to diseaseOctober 10, 2023Brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben and red dye 3, which can be found in candy, cookies and more, will be banned starting in 2027 due to risk of cancer, other health effects.
EnvironmentWhat roadkill can tell us about California's deer and mountain lion populationsOctober 10, 2023 | Manola SecairaUC Davis researchers have collected data on animals killed on the road for years. Fraser Shilling, director of the university’s Road Ecology Center, says it’s important information to understand the health of their populations. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
