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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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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Prop 50 Special Election Coverage Today is the last day to vote on California’s special election Proposition 50. The measure would temporarily redraw the state’s congressional maps to favor Democrats in five key districts, bypassing California’s independent redistricting committee. The measure is a reaction to state lawmakers in Texas gerrymanderin…
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Statewide Prop 50 Special Californians will decide Nov. 4 on a ballot measure that could reshape how our state is represented in Congress: Proposition 50 would redraw California’s congressional district lines to help Democrats pick up five additional seats in the House. The measure is Gov. Gavin Newsom’s response to the growing national fight over …
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Sacramento Meeting to Address Homelessness | Natomas Teacher Space Mission | Scary and Sweet Halloween Activities
Sacramento Meeting to Address Homelessness Leaders across Sacramento County came together Tuesday for a rare joint meeting to address the ongoing crisis of homelessness, discuss current strategies and outline opportunities for future cooperation. CapRadio Local Government Reporter Riley Palmer joins Insight with a recap of the conversations and cri…
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Glenn Medical Center Update For weeks, Glenn County residents have had to travel dozens of miles to get medical care after the only local hospital, Glenn Medical Center, was forced to close. A federal decision to revoke the hospital’s critical access designation resulted in funding cuts that made operations unsustainable. Now, Representative Doug L…
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How Prop 50 Could Reshape Placer County | What Happens to Cows When They Die? | 50th Anniversary of Sac’s ‘Dia de los Muertos’
How Prop 50 Could Reshape Placer County In one week, California voters will decide whether to pass Prop 50 and temporarily bypass the state’s independent redistricting commission to draw new congressional maps in Democrats’ favor. The new maps could bring big changes to Placer County, splitting it into three new districts. These changes could also …
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CalFresh to Pause Benefits During Government Shutdown | Bay Area Immigration Crackdown Reversal | KVIE Expands Local News Coverage
CalFresh to Pause Benefits During Government Shutdown The federal government shutdown is approaching one month. And as it continues to drag on, food benefits for nearly 42 million people are in limbo. As of this morning, CalFresh - the state’s version of SNAP - will be paused, after the USDA announced that there will be no benefits issued Nov. 1. W…
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South Lake Tahoe Mayor Controversy | Rebuilding CA’s ‘Salmon Society’ | Brian Copeland's ‘Not a Genuine Black Man’
South Lake Tahoe Mayor Controversy The city of South Lake Tahoe is riding out a dramatic month. Its mayor, Tamara Wallace, resigned after admitting to embezzlement and the person taking her spot, Mayor Pro Tem Cody Bass, is also at the center of controversy following an arrest outside a local business. Today on Insight, Tahoe Daily Tribune reporter…
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Robin Moore’s Tiny Home Community Cities across California plan to build thousands of new tiny homes to help address the ongoing homelessness crisis. Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty is planning to add more than 100 of the small shelters around the city. A private citizen in Sacramento has already given the strategy a try. Retired preschool teacher R…
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Charles Munger Jr. and ‘No on Prop 50’ | Political Science Professor Wesley Hussey | Sacramento Kings Season Preview | ‘A Wickedly Fun Cabaret’
Charles Munger Jr. and ‘No on Prop 50’ California voters will decide in two weeks whether to pass Prop 50, which would temporarily bypass the state’s independent redistricting commission to redraw maps in Democrats’ favor. Millions of dollars have poured into the campaigns supporting and opposing the ballot measure. But one megadonor in particular …
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Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty’s First ‘State of the City’ Homelessness, housing, youth and public safety. Those are the issues Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty tackled in his first State of the City address, moderated by Insight Host Vicki Gonzalez. In a special two-hour edition of Insight, you’ll hear Vicki’s interview with Mayor McCarty at The Sof…
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Rising Costs of Health Insurance Premiums | Best Of: Finding Dolores Wulff Podcast | Rio Americano Band Playathon
Rising Costs of Health Insurance Premiums As the government shutdown continues and blame gets assigned to both sides, the closure is having real impacts across California. At the center of the debate is the expiration of COVID-era tax credits which could lead health insurance costs to skyrocket particularly for lower-income Central Valley residents…
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