California Update for Tuesday, December 3, 2019

PGE eocPG&E withheld information about medically at-risk customers ahead of major power shutoff,     

despite directions from the California Public Utilities Commission to hand it over during planned shutoffs.

Story by Scott Rodd.

(Photo: Pacific Gas & Electric employees work in the PG&E Emergency Operations Center in San Francisco, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 - Jeff Chiu / AP Photo / via Cap Radio)

 

 

 

 

 

pot smokeCalifornians can legally smoke cannabis on their own property, and that includes front porches and backyards. One listener asked us whether getting an accidental whiff of pot smoke is a health concern.

Story by Sammy Caiola.

(Photo: As afternoon light streams through a window customers enjoy a smoke from a marijuana cigarette at Lowell's Original Cannabis Cafe in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019 - Richard Vogel / AP Photo / via Cap Radio)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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May 06, 2021

California Update for Thursday, May 6, 2021

Republican recall election candidate John Cox claimed this week Governor Gavin Newsom has ‘just let tens of thousands of inmates out of jail.’ Turns out, he distorted California’s expanded a good behavior credit program. Story by Chris Nichols. (Photo: John Cox, Republican gubernatorial candidate…
May 04, 2021

California Update for Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Wildfires burned more than 4 million acres in California last year setting a new record. As Rich Ibarra reports, Wildfire Preparedness Week started Monday to increase the safety and survivability of people’s homes. Story by Rich Ibarra. (Photo: A burned street in Paradise after the Camp Fire in…
May 03, 2021

California Update for Monday, May 3, 2021

One year after California launched Project Roomkey to shelter unhoused residents at the start of the COVID-19 crisis, Gov. Newsom’s top advisor on homelessness says he hopes communities across the state never completely end the program. Story by Chris Nichols. (Photo: Americas Best Value Inn Corte…
April 30, 2021

California Update for Friday, April 30, 2021

Californians who support a single-payer health care system say it’s time for Gov. Gavin Newsom to keep his campaign promises and take steps toward making the model a reality. Story by Sammy Caiola. (Photo: Members of the California Nurses Association and supporters rally at the State Capitol…
April 29, 2021

California Update for Thursday, April 29, 2021

Did San Francisco have twice as many deaths from overdoses as from COVID-19? Data from the city’s public health department and medical examiner’s office support this claim. Health officials say the isolation caused by the pandemic led to an increase in fentanyl overdoses in San Francisco. Story by…
April 27, 2021

California Update for Tuesday, April 27, 2021

State officials confirmed the Republican-led effort to oust Governor Gavin Newsom gathered enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. Story by Nicole Nixon. (Photo: In this Oct 29, 2020, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to reporters at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Calif. Gov.…

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