SCUSD Budget Update | Wolf Attacks in the North State | Children’s Book About Japanese-American WWII Incarceration
Superintendent Lisa Allen waits for the education board meeting to begin on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. She resigned in the midst of a major budget crisis.
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SCUSD Budget Update
Teachers across the state are mobilizing as local school districts deal with various budget issues. Last week, the Superintendent of Sacramento City Unified School District abruptly resigned at the start of a board meeting. The district is facing a $113 million budget deficit. CapRadio Local Government Reporter Riley Palmer was at last week’s school board meeting and joined us to explain what happened and what comes next.
Wolf Attacks in the North State
The Gray Wolf went locally extinct in California in the 1920s, but since 2011 the predator has slowly been recolonizing its native habitats in the Golden State. But their return has led to an increase in conflicts with ranchers, with one pack — the Beyem Seyo — confirmed to have killed at least 90 livestock animals in just seven months before being euthanized, at a total cost of more than $2 million. Tina Saitone, UC Davis Professor of Extension in Livestock and Rangeland Economics talks about. Also Rick Roberti, President of the California Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) and a Sierra Valley rancher talks about his experiences working around wolves, and why the CCA is asking lawmakers for more funding for the state’s Wolf Program.
Children’s Book About Japanese-American WWII Incarceration
Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson is a fourth generation Japanese-American and Roseville-based children’s book author-illustrator. She joins us about her latest book Shell Song which is based on the true family story of the shells her grandfather collected in an incarceration camp in Hawai’i during WWII. Sharon inherited his shell collection and they carry his story across generations. Sharon’s family will also be at a new exhibit at the CA Museum. The Ireichō: Book of Names honors the 125,284 persons of Japanese ancestry incarcerated in U.S. government-run camps during WWII. The special installation runs from February 14 – 19.