News Archive

Health Care

Rural Health Focus of Grant Program

June 30, 2016 | Ja'Nel Johnson

Mark Twain Medical Center in San Andreas is awarding grants to improve health in rural areas.

Environment

Summer Of Wildfires As Drought Persists In California

June 30, 2016 | Ed Joyce

The drought in California, in its fifth consecutive year, has created conditions ripe for wildfires. The National Interagency Fire Center predicts "above normal" fire potential through September for portions of California, Nevada and Idaho.

Insight With Beth Ruyak June Highlights

June 30, 2016

We look back at the end of this month to highlight some of the guests that have appeared on Insight with Beth Ruyak in June.

State Government

Community Leaders Call For Peace After Violence At California Capitol

June 30, 2016 | Amy Quinton

Sacramento community leaders came together Thursday to call for peace and non-violence in the face of hate. The gathering was in response to a protest that turned violent at the state Capitol.

Regional Transit Rate Hike Goes Into Effect Friday

June 30, 2016 | Bob Moffitt

Riding Sacramento Regional Transit light rail and buses will be more expensive beginning tomorrow.

State Government

Blog: Lawmakers Send Package Of Gun Bills To Governor Brown

June 30, 2016 | Ben Adler | Ben Bradford

A wide-ranging package of gun control measures could become law in California as soon as Thursday.

Crews Continue To Battle Trailhead Fire In Placer, El Dorado Counties

June 30, 2016

UPDATE 10:32 p.m.: The Trailhead Fire is now 1,564 acres and is 12 percent contained. Additional mandatory evacuations were issued for El Dorado County Thursday afternoon.

Arts and Lifestyle

'The Totalitarians' Serves Up Political Satire In Time For Campaign Season

June 30, 2016 | Jeff Hudson

Just in time for the campaign season, Sacramento’s Capital Stage has “The Totalitarians,” a comedy about an unlikely dark horse candidate with no political background who becomes an unlikely front-runner.

AAA: July 4th Travel Highest Since 2002

June 30, 2016 | Steve Milne

AAA predicts July 4th weekend travel in California will be the second highest on record. The auto association says more than 4.9 million Californians will be traveling. That's up nearly 1.5 percent from last year.

Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

CapChat: Guns, Guns, Guns

June 30, 2016

This week on Capitol Chat, the topic of conversation is guns. Capitol Bureau Chief Ben Adler joins us in the studio to talk about what's trending as far as gun control in the state Capitol.