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 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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February 04, 2025 Sacramento Kings De’Aaron Fox Trade | Losing Cursive in Schools | Farewell to SacramenKnow’s Claire Morgan
Sacramento Kings trade longtime point guard De’Aaron Fox. Also, the consequences of not teaching cursive in schools. Finally, a CapRadio goodbye to the SacramenKnow newsletter’s Clarie Morgan.
Sacramento Kings De’Aaron Fox Trade
Rumors swirled and it’s now official. A longtime player of the Sacramento Kings is officially gone. De’Aaron Fox has been traded to the San Antonio Spurs. The star point guard has been with the Kings for eight years and in a post on social media said in part, “Coming in as a 19-year-old kid and leaving as a 27-year-old man, I'm grateful I got to spend the beginning of my young adulthood here. The love for the city is unmatched.” ABC10 Sports Reporter Matt George, who hosts the Locked on Kings podcast, talks about what’s next for the Kings this season.
Losing Cursive in Schools
Cursive writing began to fade away in K-12 education in 2010, back when Common Core began to focus more on keyboard skills for students. California recently passed a law requiring cursive instruction during first through sixth grade. But historians are worried that an entire generation cannot read or interpret historical documents, which are often written in cursive script. Sacramento State Archivist and instructor Julie Thomas joins Insight to talk about the threat to learning factual information about the past, and the value of reintroducing it in the classroom.
Farewell to SacramenKnow’s Claire Morgan
Almost two years ago, CapRadio debuted its signature SacramenKnow newsletter, bringing readers closer to community events, “local legends,” and unique stories throughout the Sacramento region twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Today, we bid farewell to the newsletter’s co-creator. CapRadio Assignment Manager Claire Morgan takes a trip down memory lane to talk about how she developed SacramenKnow’s style and voice, and reminisces about some of her most memorable moments.
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February 03, 2025 Winter Storm Forecast | Queer-Owned Bookstore ‘A Seat at the Table’ | Drag Queen Sasha Velour
An update on winter storms across Northern California. Also, a queer-owned book and coffee shop in Elk Grove called “A Seat at the Table.” Finally, drag queen Sasha Velour.
Winter Storm Forecast
After a dry start to the year, a powerful mix of snow and rain moved across our area this weekend - including a flood watch across the Sacramento Valley and the Delta, coupled with a winter weather advisory in the Cascades and the Sierra. And that’s just the first of back-to-back systems in the span of a week. FOX40 Chief Meteorologist Adam Epstein joins Insight with precipitation totals and the latest on the conditions.
Queer-Owned Bookstore ‘A Seat at the Table’
For the past several years, A Seat at the Table Books in Elk Grove has been offering an inclusive and safe space for the queer community in the Sacramento region. Last month, the queer-owned book and coffee shop also experienced harassment after a protestor showed up to a Drag Storytime event. Owner Emily Autenrieth, and Jonathan Lopez, a youth outreach coordinator and author who performs as the drag queen Hellen Heels, talk about the importance of queer-friendly spaces for the larger community.
Drag Queen Sasha Velour
If you’re a fan of drag or reality TV or fabulous personalities, you’ve no doubt come across Sasha Velour. The scene stealer won season nine of Rupaul’s Drag Race in 2017. She’s also been chronicling the power, beauty and purpose of drag - along with her partner Johnny Velour - through Velour, the Drag Magazine since 2014. In 2023, she released her memoir “The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag” and is now touring with her stage show. She joins us today to talk about the colorful history of drag and her role documenting it ahead of her event The Big Reveal: Why Drag Matters Now and Forever at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7 at the Mondavi Center in Davis.
The Mondavi Center is a financial supporter of CapRadio.
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January 30, 2025 CA Electricity Bills Include Profits for Shareholders | How the Wine Industry is Responding to New Alcohol Guidelines | The Escapism of ‘Butterscotch Den’
Why investor-owned California utilities include profits for shareholders in electricity bills. Also, how the state’s wine industry is responding to new alcohol guidelines. Finally, the philosophy and vibe behind Sacramento’s “Butterscotch Den.”
CA Electricity Bills Include Profits for Shareholders
CalMatters Business Reporter Malena Carollo shares her recent reporting explaining one reason behind California’s electricity bills - a baked-in profit for shareholders. Called a “return on equity,” the amount is meant to compensate investor-owned utilities, like PG&E, for the risk of doing business. It pays back shareholders for their investment in the companies and helps utilities maintain a higher credit rating to attract better loan rates for future projects.
CalMatters is a nonprofit newsroom that partners with public media stations across the state.
How the Wine Industry is Responding to New Alcohol Guidelines
A modern trend to start the new year is “Dry January,” when people abstain from drinking alcohol as a way to feel healthier and save money. This idea has gained steam in recent years, as the effects of alcohol on the body have received increasing attention from health officials. Insight’s wine expert Rick Kushman talks about the changing attitudes and nuances toward drinking, as well as how California’s wine industry is shifting to meet these tastes.
The Escapism of ‘Butterscotch Den’
For the past several years, a lounge in Sacramento’s Oak Park neighborhood has offered visitors a form of escapism to the 1960s and 70s - grilling their own steaks, enjoying a cocktail and listening to local live music. Lindsay Nader and Trevor Easter are the owners of Butterscotch Den and join Insight to talk about the philosophy behind the restaurant’s vibe.
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January 29, 2025 Executive Orders and California Water | Congressman Ami Bera | Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play ‘English’ at Capital Stage
How President Trump’s executive orders impact California water. Also, a conversation with Congressman Ami Bera. Finally, the Pulitzer-Prize winning play “English” at Capital Stage.
Executive Orders and California Water
In his first two weeks in office, President Donald Trump has taken several actions that could have major impacts on how California manages its water supply. A presidential action issued on Inauguration Day would shift more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to Southern California and the Central Valley. And over the weekend, President Trump issued an executive order that would allow the federal government to bypass state water laws and environmental regulation. Jeffrey Mount is a Senior Fellow with the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California and joins Insight to talk about the impact and feasibility of these federal actions.
Congressman Ami Bera
Congressman Ami Bera is back in 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 Trump twice. Rep. Bera discussed how a second Trump presidency is shaping the work he does here at home and in D.C.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play ‘English’ at Capital Stage
Another Pulitzer Prize-winning play is making its Sacramento premiere at Capital Stage in Sacramento. English, written by Sanaz Toossi, is the 2023 Pulitzer Prize Winning Play for Drama. It’s about four Iranians who come together three times a week to learn English. But while embracing the possibility of a new language, they are also coming to terms with what they might lose in the process. We’ll learn more about the production from Director Torange Yeghiazarian and hear a short scene from actors Sofia Ahmad and Fatemeh Mehraban. English opens tonight and runs through March 2.
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