The Kimberly Trip wraps pointedly funny social observations and introspective confessions around toe-tapping, pogo-inducing rhythms. Their influences include Tori Amos, Garbage, The Go-Go's, Cyndi Lauper, Nerf Herder, and No Doubt.

Medical technology is big business in the Sacramento area. And as baby boomers age, some look for high-tech ways to keep elders independent. We have more about how new home health monitoring technology is being used in northern California.

Now in its 38th year, the event billed as the world's oldest triathalon took place on Saturday and featured more than 2,000 participants. Capital Public Radio's multimedia producer Andrew Nixon was there and put together a terrific video postcard.

Deep-fried maggots, grilled python, and beaver-on-a-stick. Jeffrey samples it all at this year's California State Fair. He even milks a cow! Check out this great video postcard produced by Capital Public Radio's Andrew Nixon.

California’s new budget eliminates funding for the state’s Adult Day Health Care Centers, which serve some 35,000 elderly and disabled people. The cuts may take affect this September. But eleven centers across the state have already decided to close.

When most people in northern California think of “the big one” they imagine a 1906 type earthquake rocking San Francisco. But it turns out that the Lake Tahoe region is also capable of having large earthquakes and even deadlier tsunami’s.

While state lawmakers grapple with the budget, California’s adult day health care enters are doing their own scrambling. One Sacramento center closed on June 10th because of funding problems and continued budget uncertainties.

A rail line that first linked San Francisco to the Sierra foothills in the 1860s is making a comeback…slowly. Volunteers are leading the effort to restore the Placerville and Sacramento Valley Railroad.

Yesterday was the last day of May, and it was also the end of bike month in Sacramento. Organizers say more than 1.25 million additional miles were biked. And some of those miles were pedaled by kids and their parents going to school.

The farther we get in time from World War II, the easier it can be to forget how much that historic conflict changed the face of Sacramento.