Health Coverage in San Joaquin Valley Threatened | Yurok Condor Rehabilitation Program | Crocker Art Museum’s New CEO

Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

How looming federal cuts will impact health coverage in the San Joaquin Valley. Also, an update on the Yurok Tribe’s condor restoration program. Finally, the Crocker Art Museum has a new CEO.

Health Coverage in San Joaquin Valley Threatened

There is uncertainty right now in the healthcare field. Particularly for organizations that are considered safety nets, offering care to low-income and uninsured residents, as providers try to make sense of the impact of looming federal cuts. The Intersection is a health equity reporting lab from the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative and took a look at how this is playing out in the San Joaquin Valley. Marijke Rowland is a Senior Health Reporter and Tim Sheehan is a health reporting fellow. They join us to break down what might happen as House Republicans decide how to slash some $880 billion from Medicaid.

Yurok Condor Rehabilitation Program

The California Condor is one of the largest and rarest birds in the world, but this endangered scavenger has long been at risk of extinction. The tide began to turn almost three years ago in Humboldt County, thanks to the Yurok Tribe rehabilitating and releasing condors across their ancestral homeland for the first time in more than a century. Tiana Williams-Claussen is the Director of the Yurok Tribe Wildlife Department and provides an update on the condor restoration program, as well as the dangers that have cut some lives short.

Crocker Art Museum’s New CEO

The Crocker Art Museum is the oldest public art museum west of the Mississippi, and its history dates back to the founding of Sacramento. This year brings a new era, after its longtime museum director Lial Jones stepped down after 25 years. This week, the Crocker announced that Agustín Arteaga will become the new Mort and Marcy Friedman Director & CEO. Arteaga joins us with his history in the art world and the contributions he hopes to add to Sacramento’s creative scene.