Capital Public Radio: Insight Podcast

First 5 California’s new “Raise CA Strong” awareness campaign. ABC10’s John Bartell talks about dam removals on the Klamath River. Finally, revisiting the work of Sacramento’s Food Literacy Center. Raise CA Strong Childcare Campaign A new awareness campaign is drawing attention to California’s ongoing affordable childcare crisis, specifically its economic and social impacts. Called “Raise CA Strong,” the campaign was launched by the California Children and Families Commission, also known as First 5 California. Executive Director Jackie Thu-Huong Wong talks about the scale of this crisis, and how their “solution agnostic” initiative hopes to educate community members and businesses to push for more funding. Klamath Dam Removals Last week, a controversial dam removal project along the Klamath River was completed, restoring hundreds of miles of river habitats for California salmon and other native species for the first time in a century. The project is the culmination of decades-worth of work, but it also create