Assembly Member James Gallagher | Fentanyl and Workplace Overdose Deaths | CapRadio Temperature Blanket Update

Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

Assembly Member James Gallagher discusses high energy costs, Sites Reservoir and more. Why overdoses are becoming a leading cause of death in the workplace. Finally, recapping the year’s weather with CapRadio’s temperature blanket.

Assembly Member James Gallagher

Governor Gavin Newsom has been on a tour across conservative California counties, touting his administration’s investment in water, infrastructure, economic development and more. But this comes at a time when many Californians are raising issues with high energy costs and rate hikes, as well as regulatory burdens. Republican Assembly Member and Minority Leader James Gallagher joins Insight to respond to Newsom’s tour, and to discuss his concerns with electricity rates, the Sites Reservoir and working with the incoming Trump administration.

Fentanyl and Workplace Overdose Deaths

Fentanyl continues to devastate communities across the country, but new data shows overdose deaths are declining in places like Sacramento. However a new investigation finds that overdoses have now become one of the leading causes of death in workplaces across California. CalMatters reporter Jeanne Kuang and Daniel Ciccarone, Justine Miner Professor in Addiction Medicine at UC San Francisco talk about how opioids and fentanyl are transforming the workplace, and what more can be done to curb the ongoing crisis.

CalMatters is a nonprofit newsroom that partners with public media stations across the state.

CapRadio Temperature Blanket Update

For the past year, CapRadio has been assembling a temperature blanket to track the changing temperatures throughout Sacramento. Assignment Manager Claire Morgan and Environmental Reporter Manola Secaira provide a recap of the year’s weather, and how they wove science and knitting together - one stitch at a time.