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18 hours ago | capradio.org | Keyshawn Davis

Elle Nikole grew up in Sacramento in what she describes as a “music house,” where her dad played the bass guitar and her mom played a collection of music. Nikole was intrigued by music and would often latch onto the radio, excited to hear her favorite songs on the airwaves. She would often try to emulate what the artists were doing on different songs. Fascinated by the songs she heard on the radio, Nikole started taking vocal lessons at the age of 11.

21 hours ago | capradio.org | Chris Nichols |Tony Rodriguez

Brittany Davidick works at a clothing shop on downtown Sacramento’s R Street, but says she can’t afford to live there. She had to move out of the city’s Midtown neighborhood after rent got too high, and now lives in Roseville. “I used to live in Midtown for like five years, but it was too pricey,” Davidick told CapRadio.

5 days ago | capradio.org | Chris Nichols |Sarit Laschinsky

California’s wildfire season is now nearly a year-round danger, as was seen by the devastating, fast-moving fires that swept through the Los Angeles area in January. Fueled by the effects of climate change, wildfires across the state are also growing larger and more unpredictable, and impacting the lives of more Californians. Earlier this year Cal Fire — the state’s firefighting agency — released an updated set of fire hazard maps, the first in almost 15 years.

6 days ago | capradio.org | Gerardo Zavala |Keyshawn Davis

History has been made worldwide as Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes the first U.S.-born Pope. He chose Pope Leo XIV as his name. Pope Leo XIV, 69, is from Chicago, Illinois, and will succeed the late Pope Francis, who died on Easter Sunday in April. He will be the 267th Pope.The new pope was announced after the conclave’s second day of voting, with white smoke coming from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel.

1 week ago | capradio.org | Megan Myscofski

A crowd in suits and dresses stood around a roped off circle in the midday heat on the Capitol lawn on Tuesday. Inside the circle were several containers of frogs. Every year in Sacramento, politicians, staff and the press compete in a quirky contest – the annual frog jump on the Capitol lawn. It has roots in a Mark Twain short story, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” — which made him and the tradition famous.