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We head down to our state capital with The California Report where Sacramento’s large Ukrainian population is protesting Russia’s invasion. Then we’ll look at regional news and weather before we hear part of KVMR News Director Cláudio Mendonça’s interview with Nevada Joint Union High School District Superintendent, Brett McFadden. We close with Felton Pruitt, as he talks with Nevada City Chamber o...

NJUHSD Superintendent Brett McFadden talks with KVMR News Director, Cláudio Mendonça, about the situation at Nevada Union High School.

Felton Pruitt talks with Nevada City Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, Stewart Baker, about this Sunday’s Mardi Gras parade.

A state task force meets to decide who would qualify for race-based reparations. In the wake of fraud at the Employment Development Department, some are asking: is facial recognition tech necessary? And what happens when it gets hacked? MediCal rule changes are likely on the way, and your health care coverage might be at risk. KVMR News Director, Claudio Mendonca, interviews the president of the N...

Molly Fisk writes, coaches, and teaches writing in California's Sierra Nevada foothills.

KVMR News Director, Claudio Mendonca, interviews the president of the Nevada Union teachers association about today’s school closure.

The San Diego Unified School District declared yesterday that students 16 and older must show proof of COVID-19 immunization to attend school in person, beginning next year. Yet, on Monday, The Rancho Santa Fe School District in San Diego County made masks optional for students despite a California Department of Public Health mandate that requires that all students, in grades K thought 12 wear mas...

 Felton Pruitt chats with Courtney Tarrant of BriarPatch Food Co-op about the screening of a new film that explores alternative economies and revolutionary politics.

She’s calm, she’s cool, she’s focused: The California Report profiles state  Supreme Court justice Leondra Kruger, who’s on the short list for a high court nomination. As crisis looms in Ukraine, allies in the Bay Area worry about the fate of family and friends. California News Service singles out pandemic heroes, and, after regional news and weather, Marc Cuniberti delivers opinions about what is...

Up ahead on The California Report: We tag along with new Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Alberto Carvalho as he tours schools in his new district. Then in National Native News, a new apartment building in Seattle’s Pioneer Square opens for low-income and un-housed Native Americans. And Detroit police turn up in tactical gear to disband an annual Native American ceremony. We then turn our attent...

Syd Brown sits on the board of the Sierra Gold Parks Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports park-related educational activities and helps to preserve the natural and cultural resources of western Nevada County’s State Parks. You can find out more at SierraGoldParksFoundation.org .

The Great Resignation continues, affecting not just working adults, but teenaged students as well. Ever wonder how the drought is impacting your private slice of the Golden State? The California Report shares details about a new system that will help you track conditions anywhere from your backyard, up to the state level. After regional headlines and weather, Felton Pruitt chats with Tom Menig, me...

Felton Pruitt chats with Tom Menig, member of the locally celebrated Grateful Dead cover band, The Deadbeats. 

Police investigations take center stage on the California Report: The San Francisco police chief is under fire for the misuse of a sexual assault survivor’s DNA, while new transparency laws are unveiling other misconduct that once flew under the radar. After regional news and weather, KVMR’s Felton Pruitt talks to Nevada County’s Mike Dent about the return of the one-day event that records a snaps...

Molly Fisk writes, coaches, and teaches writing in California's Sierra Nevada foothills.

Nevada County's, Mike Dent, shares details about the annual Point In Time Count, happening next week, with Felton Pruitt.

Laws with environmental impacts on today’s California Report: the latest on tailpipe emissions standards, the state's battle against single use plastics, and new data on rising sea levels. We look at regional news and weather before we continue with our environmental theme. We’ve all seen the Keep Tahoe Blue stickers. Well, tonight Felton Pruitt speaks with the group’s CEO. Then, Rob Katzenstein l...

Felton Pruitt talks with League to Save Lake Tahoe CEO, Darcie Goodman Collins, about a landmark victory in a long-running fight to rein in oversized development in North Lake Tahoe.

California’s chief health officer says guidelines for changes in school mask requirements are on the way. One Roseville district has done away with mask mandates altogether. Meanwhile, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s poll numbers are mixed, and dropping when it comes to crime and homelessness. California News Service offers hope to parents struggling with kids and screens, and Paul Emery gets some straight ta...

KVMR's Paul Emery talks to economist, Gary Zimmerman, to unravel the mysteries about conflicting information that's going around about jobs and the national unemployment rate.