0:08 – Mondays with Mitch
Mitch Jeserich hosts Letters and Politics, weekdays at 10AM on KPFA and joins us to discuss the electoral college vote today.
0:34 – COVID update: the first vaccinations in the US, effectiveness, side effect concerns and more
John Swartzberg is clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
1:08 – New bill (reintroduced) to expand and strengthen access to police records.
Senator Nancy Skinner (@NancySkinnerCA) represents the 9th district, in the East Bay. This week she reintroduced a bill – SB-776 Peace Officers: release of records – aimed at expanding and strengthening public access to police records.
1:34 – Investigation: California children sent out of state in-home care facilities to for-profit companies
Sara Tiano (@sara_tiano) reports on child welfare and juvenile justice for the nonprofit news outlet The Imprint. Her new investigation, with Joaquin Palomino and Cynthia Dizikes is “Far from Home, Far from Safe.”
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