Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

Award-winning journalist Vicki Gonzalez hosts interviews with community leaders, advocates, experts, artists and more to provide background and understanding on breaking news, big events, politics and culture in the Sacramento region and beyond.

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Thursday, September 30, 2021

Sacramento Biz Journal Update / Subminimum Wage Bill / Work Hotline for Employees With Disabilities / Apple Hill Highlights

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Sacramento, viewed from the Yolo Bypass, February 22, 2021.

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Latest local business headlines from historic sales and sudden closures. A new law ends the subminimum wage, impacting thousands of Californians with disabilities. The first-ever hotline for employees and employers with disabilities. The highlights of Apple Hill.

Today's Guests

We get an update on the latest local business headlines with Real Estate Reporter Ben van der Meer and Managing Editor Sonya Sorich of the Sacramento Business Journal, including the latest plans for the old Campbell’s Soup plant and the sudden closing of de Vere’s Irish Pub.
Bridget Kolakosky with the State Council on Developmental Disabilities discusses a bill signed into law that ends the subminimum wage, impacting thousands of Californians with disabilities who have been paid below the minimum wage as employees.
Leah Burdick with PRIDE Industries, one of the nation's largest employers of people with disabilities, discusses the first-ever hotline for employees and employers.
Chris Delfino, President of Apple Hill Growers Association, helps us explore Apple Hill during harvest season.

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School Absenteeism Surge / Missing Indigenous Women / Violence Against Women of Color / Transgender Advisory Council / Sacramento Greek Festival

Newer

California’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students | Food access and sustainability in the region | A UC Davis Wayne Thiebaud-inspired exhibit

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