Sacramento RegionNew UC Davis coffee center aims to give a jolt to research and educationJune 24, 2024The UC Davis Coffee Center facility is the first academic building in the nation devoted to coffee research and education.
EducationSacramento City Unified ‘fails’ students with disabilities, grand jury report findsJune 21, 2024 | Srishti PrabhaAn investigation by a Sacramento County grand jury reveals the Sacramento City Unified School District has neglected the needs of students with disabilities for years. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State GovernmentEquality California marks 25 years of LGBTQ civil rights advocacyJune 21, 2024 | Kristin LamSince its founding as the California Alliance for Pride and Equality in 1999, Equality California has expanded and grown to become the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ civil rights organzation.
State GovernmentCalifornia’s long-delayed indoor heat rule approved. What it means for workersJune 21, 2024After five years, a state occupational health board approves rules to protect workers from extreme heat indoors. They will take effect in August, but state prisons will not be covered.
Arts and LifestyleJennifer Peart creates the Sacramento she wants to see through artJune 21, 2024 | Jen Picard | Chris NicholsCombing nature, iconic architecture and sci-fi influences, the landscape artist paints a new vision for the planet. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Arts and LifestyleSacramento’s only microcinema is a movie buff’s DreamlandJune 21, 2024Two entrepreneurs opened Dreamland Cinema in Sacramento in June of 2022. Against all odds, the pair — Lauren Hess and Tish Sparks — succeeded, and they now regularly sell out many of the showings at their 26-seat microcinema in Midtown.
Sacramento RegionRetiring KCRA meteorologist Mark Finan reflects on 33 years forecasting Sacramento weatherJune 20, 2024 | Steve Milne | Vicki GonzalezFinan’s last day at KCRA was June 14, but the beloved meteorologist says his curiosity about and love for the weather is just as strong as it was when he was a 5-year-old wondering what caused a summer thunderstorm. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
EnvironmentRedlined neighborhoods see less biodiversity than wealthier areas, report saysJune 20, 2024 | Manola SecairaUC Berkeley researchers analyzed neighborhoods in San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles and San Diego to explore the link between wildlife and the legacy of redlining. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State GovernmentHigh court blocks anti-tax measure from California ballotJune 20, 2024The state Supreme Court takes a business-backed initiative to make it more difficult to raise taxes off the Nov. 5 ballot. Gov. Newsom and legislative leaders sued to kick it off.
State GovernmentA DA kept Black women off a jury. California’s Supreme Court says that wasn’t racial biasJune 20, 2024A federal judge in April ordered Alameda County to review more than 30 of its death penalty convictions after evidence emerged suggesting the District Attorney’s Office blocked Black and Jewish people from serving on juries.
