The State Worker You can hardly read or listen to California news nowadays without bumping into various state worker issues: pay, benefits, furloughs, unions and so on. Someone who specializes in covering all that is Jon Ortiz of the Sacramento Bee. He writes a column and a blog both called The State Worker. We'll talk with him today on Insight.
David Ostrach A veteran biologist at UC Davis who's spent years researching fish problems in the Delta has lost his job. David Ostrach says he was fired because the university didn't want to pay what was needed to accommodate his disabilities. What will happen to his research into the collapse of a fish species in the Bay-Delta region?
Lincoln Exhibits There are four Abraham Lincoln-related exhibits in Sacramento this summer. Today on Insight, we talk with experts and exhibit curators about the sixteenth President's impact on California and the West.
"With Malice Toward None: Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibit" opens Wednesday, June 24th and runs through Aug. 22nd at The California Museum, 1020 O St., Sacramento. Hours are 10 a.m.to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Information: (916) 653-7524.
"The Rail Splitter and The Railroads: Lincoln, the Union and the Golden State" runs through Feb. 15th, 2010 at the California State Railroad Museum, corner of Second and I streets, Old Sacramento. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. (916) 445-6645.
'Thunder Over the Prairie' A local western novelist has a new book about "the greatest posse of all time." Grass Valley's Chris Enss tells you about "Thunder Over the Prairie."
Chris Enss participates in Author Day from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 27th at the Downtown Roseville Library, 225 Taylor St., Roseville. Information: (916) 774-5221.