KXJZ-FM (Sacramento, CA)

KXJZ (90.9 FM), also known as Capital Public Radio, is a public radio station located in Sacramento, California. The station broadcasts content from National Public Radio (NPR) alongside other public radio creators and distributors. Additionally, it features locally made news and public affairs shows. For classical music lovers, KXJZ provides a 24-hour, commercial-free classical music channel on its HD2 subcarrier.

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California lawmakers want doctors to know more about menopause

3 days ago | capradio.org | Megan Myscofski

This story is part of a series produced for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2025 California Health Equity Fellowship. If you have a story to share about your own experience with menopause symptom treatment, please let us know by filling out a quick survey. Former middle school teacher Lorraine Carter Salazar isn’t easily embarrassed. But when she began having hot flashes at school, she worried about how she came off to coworkers, students and parents.
Transgender athlete wins, shares state honors, creating questions about inclusion

4 days ago | capradio.org | Lasherica Thornton

By Lasherica Thornton, EdSourceA lone boo. A jeering yell of “That’s a boy.” Rhythmic clapping cheering on her and others. A scream of “let’s go” from the crowd. A nation watching. Unrattled by the controversy around her participation in girls track and field events, AB Hernandez, an openly transgender student-athlete, achieved two first-place victories and a second-place win in the state championship on Saturday.
Lawmakers weigh risks and benefits of AI in health care

1 week ago | capradio.org | Megan Myscofski

Artificial intelligence — or AI — might already be in your doctor’s office. Some providers use it to take notes at appointments or do administrative tasks. Now, California lawmakers are looking for ways to limit health care provider shortages and burnout, while also keeping the budget balanced. Some see potential solutions in artificial intelligence.
Sacramento Book Festival returns Saturday, shines light on declining child literacy

1 week ago | capradio.org | Gerardo Zavala

The Sacramento branch of the California Writers Club is hosting its second annual Book Festival tomorrow, welcoming nearly 150 authors for a day of readings, panels and scavenger hunts celebrating local writers and promoting literacy. The 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. event will be held at the Shepard Garden and Arts Center at the northeastern end of McKinley Park in East Sacramento.
Trump cites California LGBTQ+ centers to justify big cuts to ‘woke’ campuses

1 week ago | capradio.org | Adam Echelman |Zoe Meyers |Zoë Meyers

By Adam Echelman, CalMattersThis story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Over 2,500 miles from Washington D.C., in a windowless meeting room at a San Diego community college, President Donald Trump’s fight with higher education is playing out. “This presidential thing, we will not let that happen here at Mesa College,” said Lucio Lira, the coordinator at the college’s “pride center,” as an audience of over 50 students, faculty and staff applauded loudly.
‘I’m really scared’: Elderly and disabled Californians with more than $2,000 could lose Medi-Cal

1 week ago | capradio.org | Kristen Hwang |Alisha Jucevic

By Kristen Hwang, CalMattersThis story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Cynde Soto, a quadriplegic who requires around-the-clock care, has been on Medi-Cal for most of her life. Recently, she came into a modest inheritance, about $8,000, that has helped cover her daily expenses. But it also means that she would lose her state health insurance under a proposal from Gov. Gavin Newsom.
How gentrification is killing the bus: California’s rising rents are pushing out commuters

1 week ago | capradio.org | Ben Christopher |Dai Sugano

By Ben Christopher, CalMattersThis story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters.The northern tip of the Vermont Square neighborhood in South Los Angeles gentrified in many of the usual ways over the last decade. Median incomes shot up. The neighborhood’s share of Black residents declined. On the list of fastest growing home prices across the region,Vermont Square cracked the top ten.Along Western Avenue, new apartment buildings popped up as visible markers of change.
Governor Newsom spars with local leaders over California’s homelessness funding

1 week ago | capradio.org | Laura Fitzgerald

California is home to a quarter of the nation’s unhoused population, which amounts to around 187,000 people. Governor Gavin Newsom has been noticeably frustrated over homelessness recently, and a lot of that frustration is being directed at local governments. The governor has criticized cities and counties for not doing enough on the issue, particularly when it comes to encampments. In the last year Newsom has taken a harder stance.
‘He was bringing the world to us:’ Remembering Sacramento’s iconic anchor Stan Atkinson

1 week ago | capradio.org | Vicki Gonzalez

Local legend Stan Atkinson, known for being a longtime news anchor from the late 1950s to 1999, died this weekend at 92 years old. Atkinson joined KCRA in 1957 when it was just starting out and retired from KOVR, now known as CBS13, in 1999. He is survived by his wife, four children, 14 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Beyond defining local news in the region, he was an Army veteran who dedicated decades of community service raising millions for Sacramento charities and organizations.
Sacramento heat wave expected to break records

1 week ago | capradio.org | Gerardo Zavala

The first heat wave of the year is just around the corner and the Sacramento region is already expected to break heat records. That’s according to Kate Forrest, a meteorologist with the Sacramento National Weather Service. “Our forecasted temperatures are higher than current daily records for Friday,” she said.