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Sacramento Students In Afghanistan / Understanding Wildfires / Local 2021 NPR ‘Tiny Desk’ Entrants
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2021-09-07 15:00:00
Description:

Sac City Unified principal talks about students stuck in Afghanistan and his concern for their safety. A pyrogeographer at UC Merced explains some of the reasons wildfires are getting larger, lasting longer, and becoming more destructive. Finally, our top picks for Northern California NPR ‘Tiny Desk Contest’ entries for 2021.

Today's Guests

  • Principal Nathan McGill of Ethel I. Baker Elementary School joins us to talk about the students from his school who are stuck in Afghanistan and his concern for their safety and efforts to bring them back to the United States.
  • Crystal Kolden, a professor of fire science at UC Merced, explains some of the reasons wildfires are getting larger, lasting longer, and becoming more destructive-- as well as solutions being discussed and applied. 
  • Weekend and Fill-in Host for News and Modern Music at CapRadio, Andrew Garcia, gives us his picks from the Northern California NPR ‘Tiny Desk Contest’ entries for 2021. 

 
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