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Scott Rodd

State Government Reporter

Scott Rodd previously covered government and legal affairs for the Sacramento Business Journal. Prior to the Business Journal, Scott worked as a freelance reporter in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., contributing to the Washington Post, New York Times, Stateline, the New York Observer and Next City. Scott grew up in West Hartford, Connecticut, and studied English literature at Susquehanna University.

 

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    Stories by Scott Rodd

  • Marcio Jose Sanchez, Pool / AP Photo

    California will close its central COVID-19 lab, cancel $1.7 billion contract with PerkinElmer

    April 20, 2022

    The Valencia Branch Laboratory struggled with “significant deficiencies” since opening in late 2020.

  • Mathew Caine/Willits Weekly

    Newsom hailed this 'critical' wildfire-prevention program. Two years on, it hasn't completed a single project

    April 12, 2022

    In late 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new program to dramatically speed up the state’s wildfire prevention work. But an investigation from CapRadio and The California Newsroom found the program hasn’t resulted in a single completed project.

  • Rich Pedroncelli / AP Photo

    Resources available for families of victims and the Sacramento community after downtown mass shooting

    April 4, 2022

    Resources are available for the families of those killed or injured, as well as people in the community affected by this weekend's mass shooting in downtown Sacramento.

  • AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

    Sacramento police search for multiple shooters after 6 killed, 12 injured downtown

    April 3, 2022

    Sacramento Police are searching for multiple shooters from an early Sunday morning shooting in downtown Sacramento that left six people dead.

  • Scott Rodd / CapRadio

    In the face of natural disasters, amateur radio groups fill communications void in rural California

    March 10, 2022

    As California spends big on high-tech disaster solutions, rural communities are embracing the century-old technology of two-way radios as a failsafe.

  • AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

    Amid omicron surge, Newsom administration again taps border wall company for COVID-19 staffing

    February 2, 2022

    The company SLSCO pivoted to medical staffing during the pandemic, after building stretches of border wall between California and Mexico under the Trump administration.

  • AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

    COVID tests, exposures complicate California Legislature’s first week

    January 6, 2022

    Less than a week into the new year and the start of California’s legislative session, COVID-19 has sidelined a handful of lawmakers, including the Assembly speaker.

  • Noah Berger / AP Photo

    PG&E could be the first utility to access California’s wildfire liability fund after starting Dixie Fire

    January 6, 2022

    California established the $21 billion liability fund in 2019 to help utilities cover the cost of major wildfires started by their equipment.

  • Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

    Massive Dixie Fire started by PG&E equipment, Cal Fire investigators conclude

    January 4, 2022

    The Dixie Fire grew to be the second-largest fire in state history, burning over 960,000 acres and destroying over 1,300 structures. It's the latest in a string of devastating wildfires allegedly caused by the utility's equipment.

  • Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

    Bail significantly reduced for Caldor Fire suspects while new details emerge in case

    December 13, 2021

    While prosecutors had sought $1 million bail for each of the two suspects, a judge on Monday set the amounts to $50,000 and $25,000. The two men are prohibited from possessing firearms and ammunition, and barred from leaving the state.

 

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