First 5 California’s new “Raise CA Strong” awareness campaign. ABC10’s John Bartell talks about dam removals on the Klamath River. Finally, revisiting the work of Sacramento’s Food Literacy Center.

Raise CA Strong Childcare Campaign

A new awareness campaign is drawing attention to California’s ongoing affordable childcare crisis, specifically its economic and social impacts. Called “Raise CA Strong,” the campaign was launched by the California Children and Families Commission, also known as First 5 California. Executive Director Jackie Thu-Huong Wong talks about the scale of this crisis, and how their “solution agnostic” initiative hopes to educate community members and businesses to push for more funding.

Klamath Dam Removals

Last week, a controversial dam removal project along the Klamath River was completed, restoring hundreds of miles of river habitats for California salmon and other native species for the first time in a century. The project is the culmination of decades-worth of work, but it also created tensions between local tribes and residents. Travel reporter John Bartell, the host of Bartell’s Backroads on ABC10, joins Insight to talk about the significance of the dam removals, and what they mean for the environment, tribes, and the larger community.

Best Of: Food Literacy Center

September is Food Literacy Month in California. And since it’s also the start of the school year, it’s a great time to start getting kids excited about eating their veggies. That’s where the Food Literacy Center and Veggie of the Year come in. Amber Stott runs the nonprofit organization, which has done work in Sacramento schools since 2011. In this rerun from June, Stott talks about the center’s legacy and why the veggie-of-year program is so successful.