Award-winning journalist Vicki Gonzalez hosts daily interviews with community leaders, advocates, experts, artists and more to provide background and understanding on breaking news, big events, politics and culture in the Sacramento region and beyond.
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Sac County Grand Jury Have you ever been interested in investigating criminal indictments or complaints submitted by the public? How about providing oversight of the county, its cities, public schools and special district agencies? The Sacramento County Grand Jury is looking for you. Applicants are still being sought for new jurors to serve startin…
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Safety Concerns for LGBTQ Community | Cal Fire’s Camp Cinder | How a Snow Drought Impacts Ski Resorts
Safety Concerns for LGBTQ Community Safety concerns have been raised recently from Sacramento to Nevada County, following attacks involving the LGBTQ community. The Sacramento LGBT Center held a forum on safety for Lavender Heights in response to “recent hate-motivated attacks in the area.” In the foothills, a string of attacks have shaken their co…
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Sac State President Sacramento State has experienced record-breaking enrollment this fall, and has big plans for what university life will look like in the future under the leadership of Sacramento State President Luke Wood. He joins Insight to talk about his plans for a new housing requirement for first-year students, athletics and more to make Sa…
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POLITICO’s California Playbook | Center for Employment Opportunities | Peter Petty’s Yuletide Revue Celebrates 10 Years
POLITICO’s California Playbook 2025 has been a whirlwind year in California politics, from the creation and passage of Prop 50 to a growing field of gubernatorial candidates. The state has also been impacted by major decisions on the federal level, including an ongoing battle over extending certain healthcare subsidies to prevent premiums from skyr…
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Menopause Legislation Roughly half the population will go through menopause in their life. In recent years, lawmakers have been working to close the gaps in care that many women are running up against. But although these bills have received widespread support at the state Capitol, they’ve hit roadblocks with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s veto. Assemblymember…
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Pandemic Spike in Sac Home Values | Overdose Deaths in Sac Shelters | Be Brave Bold Robot’s 20th Anniversary Album
Pandemic Spike in Sac Home Values It’s probably little surprise that home values across Sacramento have gone up since the pandemic. But a new look across the four-county region is telling us just how much real estate has skyrocketed, finding there are now 18 zip codes surpassing the $800,000 mark - back in 2019 there was just one. Mengyuan Dong is …
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CA Polling on Trump’s Immigration Crackdown | Sac Hispanic Business Check-in | Capitol Pops Concert Band Holiday Show
CA Polling on Trump’s Immigration Crackdown President Trump has made good on a promise to crack down on immigration. The first year of his second term is marked by a wave of mass deportations - that his administration says are noncitizens with criminal convictions or pending charges. And polling has gauged California voters’ evolving attitudes on t…
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City Council Approves Natomas Basin Development | Conserving Battle Creek Ranch | Best of: The Philharmonik
City Council Approves Natomas Basin Development CapRadio Local Government Reporter Riley Palmer joins us to talk about the Sacramento City Council voting 5 to 2 in favor of a commercial warehouse district to be developed on protected land in the Natomas Basin. The project has drawn lots of public comment both for and against, pitting economic devel…
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Highlands Community Charter School Hearing | CA Scraps NextGen 911 System | CPUC Vote on Undergrounding Rule
Highlands Community Charter School Hearing An embattled charter school for adults based in Sacramento could soon face closure following a devastating state audit released in June. It found ‘Highlands Community Charter and Technical School’ received more than 180 million dollars in K-12 funds that it was not eligible to collect and must now repay. N…
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Flu, COVID and RSV Season Update Last year was the most severe flu season in over a decade in the United States. And this year, a new strain of the flu is fueling concerns of another rough winter. Today on Insight, we’ll talk with Dr. Dean Blumberg from UC Davis about what we need to know about the flu and other respiratory viruses as we head into …
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Young CA Dem Challengers The Matsuis are a Sacramento political dynasty. Democratic Rep. Doris Matsui has been in office since 2005, preceded by her husband, the late Congressman Bob Matsui, who held the seat for 26 years prior. This upcoming election, Rep. Matsui is facing a challenger within her own party - Sacramento City Councilmember Mai Vang.…
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POLITICO California Playbook The latest budget forecast from the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Office shows California facing an $18 billion shortfall in 2026-27, following a series of deficits that lawmakers have needed to close in recent years. The state has also seen a new candidate, billionaire Tom Steyer, join the 2026 governor’s race with o…
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Sac State’s New Freshman Living Requirement | State of Sacramento’s Flood Control | Holiday Music & Wine
Sac State’s New Freshman Living Requirement Sacramento State is instituting a two-year on-campus living requirement for first-time students starting in Fall 2026. President Luke Wood announced the requirement over the summer as a way to provide for students’ basic needs and academic success. But the plan has also drawn criticism about the potential…
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Why Covered California May Get More Expensive | New Statewide e-Bike Coalition | ‘100 Years of Palestine’ Exhibit
Why Covered California May Get More Expensive Enrollment for Covered California - the state’s health insurance marketplace created under the Affordable Care Act - is now open. But Obamacare tax credits for the majority of recipients are at risk of expiring at the end of the year, if Congress doesn’t approve an extension. Some worry that customers w…
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Push to Axe Landlines in California | Audiology Program Celebrates Milestones | ReCreate and ‘The Secret Life of Leaves’
Push to Axe Landlines in California Hundreds of thousands of rural Californians rely on landlines for emergencies. AT&T is the largest copper landline provider in the state, known as the state’s last-resort phone service, and is pushing to retire these landlines nationwide. Yue Stella Yu is a politics reporter with CalMatters and traveled to the No…
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Gov. Newsom’s Ex Chief of Staff Arrested by FBI | Stockton City Council Drama | ‘Mark Twain Tonight!’ | Dmitri Klebanov’s Debut
Gov. Newsom’s Ex Chief of Staff Arrested by FBI A former Chief of Staff for Governor Newsom, and major political player in California, has been arrested in an FBI public corruption probe. Dana Williamson was indicted in a Sacramento federal courthouse yesterday, on charges including bank and wire fraud tied to a dormant political campaign account f…
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California Fire Insurance Investigation | Thien Ho Golden State Killer Book | SNAP Food Benefit Fragility
California Fire Insurance Investigation If you’re one of the hundreds-of-thousands of homeowners in California who have lost their insurance recently, you know the state is in a crisis. And it’s only gotten worse despite efforts by the state to reign it in. One of those efforts included new regulations that were supposed to make coverage available …
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Rep. Nancy Pelosi Announces Retirement | New Law Guarantees Admission to CSUs | Annual ‘State of Lung Cancer’ Report
Rep. Nancy Pelosi Retires A powerhouse in California politics is retiring. Former House Speaker and longtime San Francisco Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi says she will not seek reelection next year, ending a Congressional career that began in 1987. Her impending departure comes as some within the Democratic Party have called for a change in leadership,…
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What’s Next After Prop 50 The special election to redraw California’s congressional maps was really just a pitstop to the Midterm. Campaigns are now recalibrating and more states may join the redistricting battle that started between Texas Republicans and California Democrats. Mindy Romero is the Director of the USC Center for Inclusive Democracy, …
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CA Voters Approve Redistricting | GOP Consultant Mike Madrid | Prop. 50 Architect Paul Mitchell | Sacramento Splash Vernal Pools
CA Voters Approve Redistricting Tuesday was a historic election day in California. Voters turned out for an off-year special election, with preliminary results highly favoring the passage of Prop. 50, which will temporarily redraw the state’s Congressional maps to benefit Democrats. CapRadio Statehouse Politics Reporters Laura Fitzgerald and Gerard…
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