Seattle's Arena Plan Seattle and Sacramento
are both working towards building a new arena to court the same
basketball team - the current Sacramento Kings. In Sacramento,
there are a lot of hurdles and moving parts making it difficult for
arena proponents to get a working plan in place, but is Seattle
facing similar obstacles? We'll speak with Seattle sports reporter
Art Thiel about the ongoing tug of war between
the two cities vying for the Kings and what Seattle is doing to get
an arena in place and counter Sacramento's home court
advantage.
Health Benefits Design Covered California - the state's Health Benefit Exchange set up in accordance
with the national Affordable Care Act - has released its benefits
plan. We'll discuss the standard benefit design including price,
coverage, co-pays and qualifications with Executive Director Peter
Lee.
Empty Bowls Despite the slight recovery in
the economy, Sacramento's River City
Food Bank has seen an increase in those needing assistance. The
Food Bank is holding its 10th Annual Empty Bowls event on March 4 and 5
to raise awareness and fight hunger in Sacramento as more and more
people -especially families - are in need of food. We'll talk with
Eileen Thomas, River City Food Bank Executive Director, about the
event and what it means to be hungry in Sacramento.
Best Foreign Cuisine Cookbook Ken
Albala's latest cookbook was named "best foreign cuisine book" on Feb. 23rd at
the Paris Cookbook Fair. The University of the Pacific professor's book, "Three World Cuisines: Italian, Mexican,
Chinese," had previously been named the best foreign cuisine
book from America by the Gourmand International. We'll talk with him
about the book and hear what makes it the best in the world.