More transportation options have arrived for people living, working and going to school in the city of Stockton. How the fentanyl crisis is impacting Native American communities across the state. The winter-fueled Yolo and Sutter Bypass floodplains are nourishing juvenile salmon and migratory birds.
Clean transportation
More transportation options have arrived for people living, working and going to school in the city of Stockton. Residents can now order and reserve electric bikes and zero-emission cars to get around town through a collective of non-profit programs. On Insight, we’ll dive into the need for affordable and clean transportation services in Stockton for disadvantaged communities, improving mobility and air quality in the region. Joining us to talk about the new transportation services in Stockton are Diane Nguyen and Christine Corrales with the “San Joaquin Council of Governments.”
The fentanyl crisis
CapRadio Health Care Reporter Kate Wolffe reports on how the fentanyl crisis is impacting Native American communities across the state. Tribal leaders say kids as young as 13 are addicted to fentanyl, as the synthetic opioid hits tribal communities harder than others in its path. Kate is joined by Virginia Hedrick, a member of the Yurok Tribe of California and the executive director of the California Consortium for Urban Indian Health, which does advocacy on behalf of seven health clinics and two residential treatment facilities in the state. Virginia and Kate explain the cultural barriers to the new 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
Bypass floodplain
Carson Jeffres, a field and lab director at the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, explains how juvenile salmon and the Pacific Flyway are benefitting from the Yolo and Sutter bypass floodplains due to the above-average winter season, as well as why floodplains are important for flood control, agriculture and wildlife across the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys.
