Host Keith Porter talks with someone who has done the research and knows the details about plastics. Shirley Freriks leads the Waste Not group with Nevada County Climate Action Now, and discusses the negative impacts of plastics--especially single-use plastics--all the way from consuming petroleum as the feed stock to the toxic residues produced in land fills and as micro plastics in living organisms. Freriks provides many alternatives to reduce our use of plastics and shares why she is so passionate about promoting the international initiative, Plastic Free July.

KVMR Evening Newscast for Monday, July 18th, 2022.

 Host Keith Porter talks with someone who has done the research and knows the details about plastics. Shirley Freriks leads the Waste Not group with Nevada County Climate Action Now, and discusses the negative impacts of plastics-- especially single-use plastics--all the way from consuming petroleum as the feed stock to the toxic residues produced in land fills and as micro plastics in living organisms. Freriks provides many alternatives to reduce our use of plastics and shares why she is so passionate about promoting the international initiative, Plastic Free July. 

988, the new 3 digit national mental health emergency number goes live Saturday. However, there’s concern that not every call may be answered. Details ahead on The California Report Gregory Diaz, Nevada County’s Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters, explains why tax payers are still on the hook for nearly 10,000 dollars after a recount request from June’s elections. And KVMR Science Correspondent Al Stahler puts the detailed cosmic images from Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope into perspective.

Gregory Diaz, Nevada County’s Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters, explains why tax payers are still on the hook for nearly 10,000 dollars after a recount request from June’s elections.

The first images from the new James Webb Space Telescope were released this week. Al Stahler shares this preview.

Between 1942 and 1945, tens of thousands of Americans were rounded up and held in concentration camps. Fast-forward 8 decades, and students at a Tulare high school are spearheading efforts to create a memorial to Japanese-Americans held at the city’s fairgrounds during World War II. The California Report has the details. Paul Emery and Gary Zimmerman are here to make sense of all things numbers with The Economic Report.