Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

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Award-winning journalist Vicki Gonzalez hosts daily interviews with community leaders, advocates, experts, artists and more to provide background and understanding on breaking news, big events, politi... more

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February 25, 2025 Backcountry Avalanche Dangers | Greenland Ice Sheet Documentary | Park Winters Flower Farm
The rise of backcountry skiing and the risk of avalanches. Also, a documentary about the melting Greenland Ice Sheet and sea level rise. Finally, the Park Winters Flower Farm in Yolo County.
Backcountry Avalanche Dangers
A day skiing can easily cost a couple hundred bucks. For some, the backcountry is an alternative to avoid the lift ticket and crowds that resorts attract. But the danger of avalanches is real - and some guides would argue inevitable. Jack Dolan is an investigative reporter for the LA Times and shared his reporting about the rise of backcountry skiers in recent years, and the real risks that these untouched mountains pose.
Greenland Ice Sheet Documentary
Kathy Kasic is a director, cinematographer and Associate Professor at Sac State. She joins Insight about her latest documentary The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice about the melting Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) and the future of sea level rise across the globe. The film will be available via streaming later this year. In the meantime, you can watch it at the California Capital International Documentary Film Festival in Rancho Cordova on Saturday, March 8.
Park Winters Flower Farm
Park Winters Flower Farm offers a unique experience for those looking to escape the city. At Park Winters you can enjoy a garden tour, a floral arranging class and even pick your own bouquets. It’s also become a popular dining destination that showcases food grown and raised in the Capay Valley. Rafael Galiano is the co-owner of Park Winters Flower Farm and he’s here today to tell us where the seed of this idea came from and how he made it grow.
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February 24, 2025 How Prepared Are California's Levees? | Russia-Ukraine War Anniversary | Andrew Maloney Jazz Band
An investigation into California’s levees for flood control. Also, the three-year anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine War. Finally, the Andrew Maloney Quartet performs at CapRadio.
How Prepared Are California's Levees?
Water in California has been in the political spotlight. On his first day in office, President Donald Trump entered the debate over water policy, issuing an executive order to release billions of gallons of water from two reservoirs in the Central Valley - a move that some farmers and water experts said was an unnecessary risk for levees in the region. Emily Zentner is an Investigative Data Journalist at the California Newsroom, a collaboration of public radio stations and nonprofit newsrooms throughout the state, and joins Insight with her reporting on the state of California’s levees.
Russia-Ukraine War Anniversary
Three years ago today Russian forces invaded Ukraine, igniting a conflict that has cost tens of thousands of lives. The war has now entered an uncertain stage with the new Trump Administration, which has been thawing relations with Russia. Martin Kuz is an independent journalist from Sacramento who has traveled to Ukraine several times since the war began. He joins Insight to provide an update on the war, and how Ukrainians are feeling about President Trump’s approach to the conflict.
Andrew Maloney Jazz Band
Andrew Maloney is a busy man. You can find the saxophonist and composer performing most nights of the week with a variety of jazz bands, including one that bears his own name. The Andrew Maloney Quartet is the band-in-residence twice a week at Sacramento’s Butterscotch Den. Featuring fellow musicians Avery Jeffry, Andrew Mills and Jeremy Paz, the Andrew Maloney Quartet plays every Tuesday and Thursday night. Andrew Maloney joins us today to talk about making music in Sacramento and keeping it fresh on a weekly basis. We’ll also hear a couple of songs from the quartet recorded in the CapRadio studio.
Note: Avery Jeffry is the Excellence in Jazz Host for CapRadio Music.
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February 20, 2025 ‘Best Of’: Rep. Ami Bera | Sacramento County Supervisor Rosario Rodriguez | Musician Dave Nachmanoff
We are revisiting conversations with Rep. Ami Bera about navigating a second Trump presidency. Also, Rosario Rodriguez is the newest Sacramento County Supervisor. Finally, musician Dave Nachmanoff performs at CapRadio.
Rep. Ami Bera
joined Insight at the end of January while on a trip back to his district. The Democrat represents the northern part of Sacramento County and has been in Congress for more than a decade, spanning four presidents - including President Donald Trump twice. Congressman Bera discussed how a second Trump presidency is shaping the work he does here at home and in D.C.
Sacramento County Supervisor Rosario Rodriguez
Sacramento County has a new supervisor. Elected to serve District 4, Rosario Rodriguez is no stranger to local office. The former Folsom City Council Member and mayor is also the owner of Sutter Street Taqueria. Supervisor Rodriguez joined Insight earlier this month with how her life experiences shape what she believes is best for the county, as well as her top priorities for the neighborhoods in her district - which include Citrus Heights, Folsom, Orangevale, Rancho Murieta, North Highlands and Carmichael.
Musician Dave Nachmanoff
This year we brought back a beloved Insight tradition. Sharing performances taped at CapRadio. And the inaugural act is a singer-songwriter from Davis. Dave Nachmanoff has put together a new band called The Usual Culprits and last month they performed a couple songs from Dave’s concept album Spinoza’s Dream.
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February 19, 2025 'Best Of': New State Lawmakers: Asm. Maggy Krell | Sen. Christopher Cabaldon | Asm. Rhodesia Ransom
Revisiting conversations with some of the new state lawmakers in our area: Assemblymember Maggy Krell, Senator Christopher Cabaldon, and Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom.
Asm. Maggy Krell
Assembly Member Maggy Krell won the assembly’s sixth district in Sacramento, replacing Kevin McCarty who is now Sacramento’s mayor. The Democrat is a former deputy attorney general, under then-Attorney General Kamala Harris. Krell is known for prosecuting sex traffickers and wrote the book Taking Down Backpage: Fighting The World's Largest Sex Trafficker. She was also an attorney for Planned Parenthood and helped pave the way for California’s Proposition 1 protecting abortion access. Krell joined Insight with her priorities in her first year in office.
Sen. Christopher Cabaldon
State Senator Christopher Cabaldon is new to state office, but a familiar name in local politics. He was West Sacramento’s mayor for two decades. Senator Cabaldon joins Insight to discuss his priorities in office - with a district that spans Yolo County, the Delta, Sacramento Valley, North Bay and Wine Country.
Asm. Rhodesia Ransom
Assembly Member Rhodesia Ransom represents District 13 in San Joaquin County - which includes Stockton, Tracy and the new city of Mountain House. Assembly Member Ransom is a former city council member and staffer for Rep. Josh Harder. She joins us to talk about her journey to the State Capitol and her priorities in her first year in office.

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February 13, 2025 Sierra Avalanche Center | Palisades Tahoe | Anh Phoong | Irishpalooza
The Sierra Avalanche Center is at risk of federal staffing cuts. Also, Palisades Tahoe updates ski conditions. Plus, personal injury attorney Anh Phoong. Finally, Irishpalooza at Harlow’s in Sacramento this weekend.
Sierra Avalanche Center and Palisades Tahoe
A nonprofit-government partnership providing critical avalanche forecasts in the Sierra Nevada backcountry is at-risk of losing one of its forecasters. The Sierra Avalanche Center says the layoff would put lives at risk, cutting its daily forecasts down to just four per week. Executive Director David Reichel joins Insight to talk about the impact of these avalanche predictions, and what people can do amid the ongoing uncertainty. We’ll also get an update on snow conditions at a Lake Tahoe ski resort. Patrick Lacey is the Public Relations Manager at Palisades Tahoe in Olympic Valley.
Anh Phoong
It’s a billboard that’s hard to miss. And once you see it, difficult to forget. Something Wrong? Call Anh Phoong. Displayed across California, Anh Phoong has found a place among other famed personal injury attorneys who have harnessed the power of advertisements. But her notoriety may very well lead the pack, with a reach beyond lawsuits and courtrooms. She joins Insight to share her backstory in Sacramento, as well as address a recent billboard design competition that received some backlash.
Irishpalooza
For more than a decade, Irish-American musicians and dancers in Sacramento have teamed up for a special event celebrating all things Celtic. Irishpalooza takes place this weekend at Harlow’s in midtown Sacramento and will feature performances from the McKeever School of Dance and a couple of local bands, including Whiskey and Stitches and Stout Rebellion. James Wilson is the organizer of the annual Irish celebration and he stopped by the studio with Bobby Waller, the lead singer of Stout Rebellion, and Whiskey and Stitches’ Mike McCarrick.
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February 12, 2025 California’s Property Insurance Market | Indigenous-Led Burning Group TERA | Evolutionary Science Behind Attraction
How insurers are responding to California’s challenging property insurance market. Also, the Indigenous-led cultural burning group TERA. Finally, a researcher studies the evolutionary science of attraction.
California’s Property Insurance Market
The wildfires across the Los Angeles-area revived a growing concern surrounding California’s insurance market. As natural disasters grow more destructive, finding affordable coverage has become increasingly challenging. And some insurers have backed out or limited service in states like California, arguing that the cost of providing services has exceeded the premiums charged. This has been an ongoing conversation on Insight, with different voices. Today, we’re going to listen to the challenges the insurance industry is facing. Mark Sektnan is the Vice President of State Government Relations for the American Property Casualty Insurance Association, which represents insurers across the state.
Indigenous-Led Burning Group TERA
California has long had a complicated relationship with fire. Following decades of policies focused on keeping fires suppressed, in recent years there has been a shift to proactively use fire to reduce wildfire threats. This includes prescribed burns, but also reintroducing Indigenous cultural burning into the state’s larger land management strategies. CapRadio Environmental Reporter Manola Secaira talks about the work of the Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance (TERA), an Indigenous-led group sharing knowledge about cultural burning, and how it is changing how people and organizations think about fire.
Evolutionary Science Behind Attraction
Have you ever been curious about the science behind attraction? Or wondered whether there was any truth to the tales behind Cupid’s lucky love arrows? You can find out at this month’s Davis Science Cafe featuring Dr. Paul Eastwick, Professor of Psychology at UC Davis and host of the Love Factually podcast. He joins us on Insight today for a sneak peek of his talk, The (Deeply Misunderstood) Evolutionary Science of Attraction on Wednesday, Feb. 12th at 5:30 p.m. at G Street WunderBar in Davis. Free to attend.
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February 11, 2025 Challenges Implementing Prop 36 | Vietnam War’s ‘Operation Babylift’ | Anti-Valentine’s Day Cabaret Show
The challenges some counties are facing implementing Prop 36. Also, the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War’s “Operation Babylift.” Finally, LOVE SUCKS: an anti-Valentine’s Day cabaret show in Sacramento.
Challenges Implementing Prop 36
Voters handedly approved Prop 36 - a new law that pledged to provide “mass treatment” for those facing certain drug charges. But three months in, some counties are struggling with parts of the new law. Cayla Mihalovich is a justice reporter for CalMatters and spoke with judges, district attorneys, public defenders and behavioral health experts in counties of various sizes that have started enforcing the new law and found that some are struggling to implement the mandate without new funding and resources, resulting in people being charged without a clear path to the treatment that the law was supposed to offer.
CalMatters is a nonprofit newsroom that partners with public media stations across the state.
Vietnam War’s ‘Operation Babylift’
Nearly 50 years ago, during the final weeks of the Vietnam War, thousands of Vietnamese orphans and children were airlifted out of the country in an effort known as Operation Babylift. Over 3,000 children would eventually be resettled and adopted by families in countries like Canada, Australia and the United States. Huyen Friedlander is a local marriage and family therapist, and was one of the children aboard the final Operation Babylift flight in April 1975. She joins Insight to talk about her experience growing up in the United States, reconnecting with her birth parents, as well as her plans to return to Vietnam and help other adoptees find their birth families.
Anti-Valentine’s Day Cabaret Show
Not feeling the love this year? You’re not alone. Valentine’s Day isn’t all sunshine and rainbows for everyone. If you’re looking for an antidote to all things love, the Rogue Music Project has you covered. The Sacramento-based collective of musicians brings their adventurous spirit to Antiquite Midtown for LOVE SUCKS: An Anti-Valentine’s Day Cabaret. Rogue’s Artistic Director Omari Tau and Music Director Jennifer Reason tell us what to expect from the show on Friday, Feb. 14.
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February 10, 2025 POLITICO’s California Playbook | Near Record Low Monarch Butterfly Count | Wild & Scenic Film Festival
The latest on California’s response to the Trump Administration. Also, the western monarch butterfly population declines to a near record low. Finally, the Wild & Scenic Film Festival begins this week in Nevada County.
POLITICO’s California Playbook
It’s been three weeks since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, and a slew of executive actions carry potentially dramatic changes to local and state government in California. Dustin Gardiner is the co-author of POLITICO’s California Playbook and provides an update on how California is responding to the Trump Administration’s actions in the first weeks since the inauguration.
Near Record Low Monarch Butterfly Count
Western monarch butterflies have made their long annual migration to their overwintering sites along the California coast, and for almost three decades researchers and community volunteers have been keeping track of their numbers. But the most recent count shows a significant decline, with a peak population of just 9,119 butterflies observed, compared to roughly 200,000 the year prior. Isis Howard is a Conservation Biologist at the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation and talks about how these near-record-low numbers compare with years past, as well as ongoing efforts to bring the monarch population back.
Wild & Scenic Film Festival
The 23rd annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival begins this week in Nevada County. Eric Dunn is the festival’s director and joins us to talk about the many events scheduled around the films which start Thursday, Feb. 13 and run through Feb 23rd. We’ll also meet Kirk Keeler, the subject of the documentary film Half Life, which screens this Saturday at 2 p.m. followed by a panel discussion Sunday about being an activist for your own health moderated by Vicki Gonzalez.
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February 06, 2025 Who’s Leaving California | Immigration Legal Service Demand on College Campuses | February ‘Arts Talk’
New findings into California’s net loss of residents in recent years. Also, colleges and universities are seeing a spike for immigration legal services. Finally, Insight’s “Art Talk” lays out local events throughout February.
Who’s Leaving California
There has been a decent amount of coverage since the pandemic about California losing residents to other states. There are still millions of new residents to the Golden State. But this net loss has come with historic consequences. Following the 2020 Census, California lost a congressional seat for the first time in state history. Eric McGhee is a Policy Director and Senior Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) and discusses their latest findings into Who’s Leaving California and Who’s Moving In.
Immigration Legal Service Demand on College Campuses
Colleges and universities across California have seen a spike in demand for immigration legal services since President Donald Trump promised to secure the southern border and called for mass deportations. Pierce College student Delilah Brumer and Sacramento State student Mercy Sosa are fellows with CalMatters College Journalism Network. They join Insight to talk about the roles that “Dream Resource Centers” play for undocumented students and mixed-status families, and how immigration uncertainties are playing out on their campuses.
CalMatters is a nonprofit newsroom that partners with public media stations across the state.
February ‘Arts Talk’
From Second Saturday to Wide Open Walls, Sacramento has always had a rich and diverse arts scene. That creative vibe isn’t just limited to the central city, either. On just about every Friday or Saturday of the month in Northern California you can find an art walk or exhibit opening in communities all over our region. But how to decide what to do and where to focus your energy? That’s where Art Talk comes in. Each month, arts advocate Veronica Rodriguez will join us to highlight arts and culture in our community, kicking off February activities with a trip to the Sojourner Truth Museum to celebrate Black History Month and ending with Sac Fashion Week.
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February 05, 2025 Stanislaus County CARE Court | Newly Elected Sacramento County Supervisor Rosario Rodriguez | Running Club ‘Black Girls Run It’
A check on Stanislaus County’s CARE Court system. Also, newly elected Sacramento County District 4 Supervisor Rosario Rodriguez. Finally, the running club “Black Girls Run It.”

Stanislaus County CARE Court
Just over a year ago, Stanislaus County became one of the first in California to pilot the new CARE Court system, a judicial program which aims to help people with several mental health disorders by potentially ordering them into treatment. Marijke Rowland, Senior Health Equity Reporter for the nonprofit Central Valley Journalism Collaborative, talks about how county officials, participants and critics have responded to the 14-month pilot.
CapRadio is a partner of the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative.
Newly Elected Sacramento County Supervisor Rosario Rodriguez
Sacramento County has a new supervisor. Elected to serve District 4, Rosario Rodriguez is no stranger to local office. The former Folsom City Council Member and mayor is also the owner of Sutter Street Taqueria. Supervisor Rodriguez joins Insight with how her life experiences shape what she believes is best for the county, as well as her top priorities for the neighborhoods in her district - which include Citrus Heights, Folsom, Orangevale, Antelope, Rio Linda, Elverta, Gold River, Rancho Murieta, North Highlands, Carmichael, Foothill Farms, and Fair Oaks.
Running Club ‘Black Girls Run It’
Running can be such a positive outlet for a lot of people. But for many women, there can be concern about doing it safely and that’s where the beauty of numbers comes in. For more than a year, a new running club in Sacramento has been building community for Black girls. Black Girls Run It Club Founder and organizer Michaela Stewart talks about why this group was formed and what it provides for the community. Black Girls Run It meets up on Tuesdays at 6 p.m., and Saturdays at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. at 216 O Street, across from the Crocker Art Museum.
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