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The Omicron surge seems to be declining in most of California, as Governor Gavin Newsom hints at a plan for when pandemic becomes  endemic. Also on the California Report: The Employment Development Department gets new leadership—again, and support for fast food workers makes legislative progress. After a roundup of local news and weather, Paul Emery talks economic policy with Gary Zimmerman, and M...

KVMR's Paul Emery ranges far and wide as he picks the brain of Gary Zimmerman about all things economic; the blazing rebound in GDP, the warming labor market, and the future of inflation rates.

It’s a big day for the state’s single-payer health plan legislation, as the bill goes before the full state assembly for a vote. And California investigators found multiple companies owe employees millions in unpaid wages, however the state continues dragging its feet. Hearings to finalize year’s old wage theft cases have gone unscheduled. Details on today's California Report. National Native News...

It’s a battle between North and South as the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams meet in this weekend’s NFC Championship. However, as The California Report details, the fight isn’t just about a football game. We’ll hear from California News Service on a new plan to extend paid sick leave for those recovering from COVID 19 before we turn our attention to regional news and weather. Then Al...

After missing a year, due to the virus, the Tibetan monks are back to visit.  Al Stahler spoke with one of the monks, Tenzing Lekshey.

Oil drilling is out in LA, according to the California Report. The Los Angeles city council voted yesterday to ban new urban oil and gas drilling. The ordinance will also look at how to decommission existing wells operating across the city. Also on the Report, what we can expect from California’s Reparations Task Force, who met today and will meet again tomorrow. After regional news and weather, w...

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

Tonight the California Report tackles sick leave, minimum wage hikes and gives us an update on the Big Sur fire before bringing us a story on the historic Sutter’s Fort in downtown Sacramento. Over the past year, state parks have been working with local tribes to create a more accurate narrative about the violence Native people suffered during colonial times. After regional news and weather, Felto...

Felton Pruitt talks with the Nevada County District 1 Supervisor about the Board of Supervisors’ latest 3-day workshop and some of the topics discussed there including how they plan on helping our county’s homeless community.

California’s single-payer health plan legislation prepares for an important week.  But, despite being backed by the state’s nurses union, the legislation’s biggest opponent just might be...doctors. Tonight, The California Report looks back at U.S. doctors’ staunch resistance to all previous attempts at single-payer health plans. We’ve got your local news and weather, before KVMR News Director, Clá...

Cláudio Mendonça talks with Bethany Wilkins, the director of the Nevada County Harm Reduction Coalition , an organization whose aim is to offer judgement-free resources, education, and mutual support services to people who use drugs.

State regulators have gone back to the drawing board after a proposal to California’s solar marketplace caused waves of indignation within the solar industry. And the NFL may be the U.S.’s most popular sport but it’s plagued by a laundry list of issues. The California Report has the details. In today’s National Native News we hear from members of the Kansas City Native American Community about eff...

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 .

he California Report gives us a roundup of federal funding heading the state’s way and we follow along as Governor Gavin Newsom visits the apocalyptic wreckage of recently ravaged cargo trains in Los Angeles. Then, The Report’s Saul Gonzalez sits down with California’s Junior U.S. Senator, Alex Padilla, to discuss his first year in Washington. After a brief look at news and weather, Felton Pruitt...

Felton Pruitt talks with pilot, Juan Browne , about how the current 5G rollout affects aircraft flight instruments.

A federal judge has ended his five-year stint supervising PG&E’s criminal probation by blasting the utility as a wildfire “menace” and suggesting it be split in two. In other fire news from the California Report, some experts want to radically thin our high-density forests to help fend off fires and drought. After regional news and weather, it’s Bravehearts and an essay from Molly Fisk. 

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