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On tonight's California Report: mask mandates are dropping throughout the state but they’ll remain at immigration detention centers where COVID-19 is spreading and booster shots are hard to come by. Then in National Native News, a 29 year-old cold case comes to a close. Steven Downs has been convicted of the 1993 murder of Sophie Sergie at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, but at a vigil for Ser...

After the California Report and regional news and weather, we turn our attention to the topic of the day.  Women and girls in science. We’ll hear from local residents about their involvement in the sciences, including Felton Pruitt speaking to Nevada County’s Deputy Public Health Officer, Dr. Glennah Trochet. We also discuss the importance of the United Nations General Assembly designating a day t...

KVMR's Kelley Rees speaks with Teanna Dummett about her experiences being a young woman in the sciences. 

Governor Gavin Newsom says his plan to safeguard the populace during the next chapter of the Covid saga will be unveiled next week. The California Report examines how perceptions of crime have sparked recall efforts for district attorneys in L.A. County and San Francisco. Will you be ready when 3G devices become obsolete? It could be sooner than you think.  After regional news and weather, an essa...

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

Some California counties will likely keep masking rules in place despite the expiration of the state’s masking mandates next week. But what about schools? Officials in San Diego are asking the state to weigh-in on guidelines about when school children can leave their masks at home. Also on the report, details about the increase in the estimated cost of California’s beleaguered high-speed rail syst...

Felton Pruitt chats with  Vince Herman, one of the founding members of Leftover Salmon. 

The Republican state senator who represents Nevada County, Brian Dahle, announces he will challenge Gavin Newsom in the governor’s race. The recall of a Republican supervisor spearheaded by a militia group has succeeded in Shasta County, and proposed legislation would let schools track student vaccines. Those stories and more from the California Report. After regional news and weather, Paul Emery...

Paul Emery talks with Hydrologist, Steve Baker, about the many variables that make local wells vulnerable. 

The California Report brings us an overview of the Golden State’s public school bus system, it's mounting inaccessibility to students and its hazardous work environment for drivers. Then in National Native News, a high-school teacher in Riverside, CA has been fired after a video of the math instructor mocking Native Americans goes viral. We turn our attention to local news and weather before Sierr...

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 California Report explores the State Auditor’s explosive review into San Diego jails. And today’s kick-off of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics prompts The Report’s, Saul Gonzalez, to take a stroll down memory lane, reminiscing on Lake Tahoe’s own 1960 games. We’ll look at what’s going on in regional news and weather, and Felton Pruitt chats with bluegrass musician, Tim O’Brien, about the relea...

Felton Pruitt talks to bluegrass multi-instrumentalist and West Virginia Music Hall of Famer, Tim O'Brien.

The pandemic is still the top concern of Californians, a new poll finds, but most say the worst is behind us. Legislation seeks to make federal immigration courts independent, while shipping issues continue to take money from the pockets of our state’s farmers. 22 PG&E employees have lost their fight for anonymity in court documents about the Paradise fire. It’s all coming up on the California...

KVMR News Director, Cláudio Mendonça, talks with Betty Louise, one of the creators and producers of Bravehearts .

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

A group aligned with a local militia may gain control of Shasta county if recall vote totals hold. The California Report sheds some light on that story before exploring the fallout associated with the failure of a bill that would have created single payer healthcare in the Golden State. Felton Pruitt talks with Grass Valley Vice Mayor, Jan Arbuckle, after regional news and weather. Al Stahler is h...

Grass Valley Vice Mayor, Jan Arbuckle, was recently appointed to Serve on National League of Cities’ Public Safety and Crime Prevention Federal Advocacy Committee. She spoke with Felton Pruitt.