CapRadio
CapRadio is the NPR-member station located in Sacramento, Ca, and is a service of Sacramento State University. It serves Northern California and Western Nevada cities, including Reno, Stockton, Chico, Redding, and Eureka. You can read and listen to more CapRadio stories at www.capradio.org.
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Governor Gavin Newsom decided not to provide any new funding for local governments to combat homelessness in his revised budget plan. As CapRadio’s Laura Fitzgerald reports, that’s despite it being a top priority for local governments across California. -
Assembly Democrats put off the vote to shore up money for lawsuits against the Trump administration, citing President Trump's now-rescinded freeze on federal funds. -
A bill just introduced in the state legislature would allow those harmed by climate disasters, like fires and floods, to sue oil companies. It would also allow insurance companies to do the same.
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The new order builds on existing ones to suspend permit requirements for people rebuilding from the LA fires.
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Republican lawmakers in Sacramento are pushing back on Governor Gavin Newsom's spending proposal. One says he wants to see more accountability and Prop 36 spending. -
The corrections department projects a modest increase in the prison population due to the passage of Prop 36 this November. Meanwhile, the state has been cutting costs for years. -
California has the biggest homeless population in the nation. But a new federal report shows the crisis is growing more slowly here than it is in most of the rest of the country. -
President Joe Biden announced an executive action to ban future offshore oil and gas drilling in 625 million acres of ocean, including the Pacific Coast. -
Gov. Newsom and legislators say they aim to secure funds for potential lawsuits against the next Trump administration close to his inauguration. -
Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order aimed at lowering California’s increasingly high electricity costs.
