KFBK Morning News

Sam Shane speaks with a tax expert Steve Moskowitz as we head into the prime time to file. The deadline to file is closing in as we are just about one month out from the tax deadline....

With egg prices shooting through the roof  — many people have been choosing to raise their own chickens for both eggs and poultry. However, that only increases the risk of bird flu. KFBK's Mark Demsky explains.

X - formerly Twitter - was down again – Yesterday, Elon Musk confirmed a 'massive cyberattack' as the former Twitter site was hit by at least three outages in one day. Our tech expert Lisa Martin joins us to explain what's going on with the microblogging service and where else you can go for breaking news.

The Sacramento-bound A’s locked up another one of their young stars. KFBK's Mark Demsky with the details.

Plenty of rain has led to plenty of allergies already in the air throughout Northern California. KFBK's Mark Demsky with more.

When the president says he wants to pump more water though California, he faces hurdles and exceptions in federal law that give him very little control federally. Thomas Holyoke, is a political science professor. He explained to The California Insider Show that there are two water systems that move through California: One federal, one state.

With most of the talk about A's baseball coming to Sacramento -- the River Cats season actually begins at Sutter Health Park in a little more than 2 weeks! KFBK's Mark Demsky with more.

Cristina Mendonsa speaks with Assembly District 3 candidate Jamie Johansson. Olive farmer and former California Farm Bureau president Jamie Johansson has launched his campaign for state Assembly District 3, currently held by Republican Minority Leader James Gallagher, who will term out after the current session. Johansson led CAFB from 2017 to 2023, reelected three times. Prior to that, he served...

Mobile World Congress 2025 or MWC is happening this week in Barcelona and our tech reporter Lisa Martin is covering the new tech gadgets being announced and bringing us some must-see tech from her perch in Silicon Valley.

The A's and Major League Baseball are all set to embark on a 3-year venture in the Sacramento region. City leaders have made it clear — this will be Sacramento's chance to show MLB that we are ready for an expansion team in 2029. KFBK's Mark Demsky with more.

It's been a full week since actor Gene Hackman and his wife were discovered dead in their New Mexico home — and authorities appear to be no closer to uncovering exactly what happened to the couple. KFBK's Mark Demsky has more.

A little more than 3 weeks until the A's open Major League Baseball's regular season. KFBK's Mark Demsky with more.

The first quarter of 2025 has seen a slew of big AI investments, indicating the lightning fast pace of development and interest in the technology. Lisa Martin is here next to talk about what the bullish investment trend means.

The Environmental Protection Agency has begun the process of reversing California's vehicle emission rules that the Biden administration had put into play just before leaving office. KFBK's Mark Demsky with the details.

It's rare that a week goes by without a data breach hitting the news or someone you know revealing that one of their accounts was hacked. An alert was issued on February 26 concerning the theft of a hacker database containing 244 million never seen before passwords from a single crime forum. Our tech reporter Lisa Martin joins us next with what you need to know and how to find out if any of yours...

Offloading our brains onto increasingly sophisticated tech...does it risk damaging our ability to think critically? More with our tech expert Lisa Martin next. There are studies from Forbes and Britain's The Telegraph that report that AI is making us stupid. Tech Reporter, Lisa Martin explains what's going on.

Rooftop solar is facing another test in California. Two years after the state slashed incentives for households with rooftop solar panels, regulators are recommending the state end solar subsidies paid for through utility bills. KFBK's Mark Demsky joins us for more on this. 

The A's beat the Giants 7-to-5 yesterday in Cactus League play. Spring Training games continue today with the Athletics playing the Mariners -- you can listen to that game beginning at noon on Sacramento's home of A's baseball Talk 650 KSTE. Mark Demsky has more from Spring Training.

With all due respect to Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson — the A's have very high expectations for up-and-coming leadoff hitter Lawrence Butler. KFBK's Mark Demsky with more on this charismatic 24-year-old.

The California Air Resources Board withdrew its request for federal permission to outlaw the sale of anything but zero emission trucks by 2036. But that withdrawal also prevented a potential collapse of the California trucking industry.

Compound Living has become a lot more popular in recent years – the idea of buying one large property and having smaller family units of relatives or friends, live in separate houses on that property. Lena Taylor is the woman behind the YouTube channel “Flipping Gorgeous” where she is documenting her experience starting a family compound in Atlanta, Georgia. She explains why this is becoming an em...

A's baseball begins a new era on iHeartRadio tomorrow. Join us for every game as the Athletics call Sacramento 'home' for the next 3 seasons. The first spring training game is THIS Saturday at 12:05pm as the A’s play the Padres on The Home of A’s Baseball, Sacramento’s Talk 650 KSTE -- a sister station of KFBK.

Apple revealed the long-awaited iPhone SE refresh yesterday. The fourth-generation device arrives three years after the last major update to the budget-minded smartphone. But, the new phone isn’t an SE at all, it’s the newest member of the iPhone 16 family. Lisa Martin, our tech expert, joins us to explain it all.

KFBK has confirmed that a prestigious international food conference bringing hundreds of thousands of tourists and millions of dollars into the region will be coming to Sacramento in late September. Terra Madre Americas is an offshoot of a similar event held in Turin, Italy. Patrick Mulvaney — owner & purveyor of one of the city's most renowned restaurants, Mulvaney's B & L — told KFBK he's been s...

The A's and iHeartRadio have a deal in place to broadcast all Spring Training, regular season & post season games on our sister station -- Talk 650 KSTE — with the very first Cactus League game this Saturday. The A's also making a deal Monday with their Manager -- extending the contract of Mark Kotsay through the 2028 season — with an option for 2029. General Manager David Forst was impressed how...