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From CAP Radio in Sacramento, this is Insight.

I'm your host, Vicki Gonzalez.

The political mailers, ads, and text messages have just been relentless in the weeks leading up to the midterm, and Election Day is finally here.

So it's really, the voter is really providing a check on the judicial appointment process.

And I think that when voters realize that, that their job is not to elect a judge but to decide whether somebody is fit to continue to serve i think it lessers the the worry and the burden voters feel about voting in these contests

You're listening to Insight here on CAP Radio.

And if you're just joining us, we're talking with Kim Alexander of the California Voter Foundation about last minute voting on Election Day.

That's raising concerns as Election Day approaches.

CAP Radio's Gerardo Zavala has our reports.

Giselle Garcia with immigrant rights group NorCal Resist says an observer saw federal agents smash a car window and drag a man out of the vehicle.

In another incident caught on video, Garcia says agents forcibly removed a man from a restaurant.

A state committee took up the question this week.

CAP Radio's

Greg Michek reports.

The Committee on the Revision of the Penal Code recommends changes to California's criminal laws.

That's all coming up today on Insight.

From CAP Radio in Sacramento, this is Insight.

I'm your host, Vicki Gonzalez.

It's shaping up to be a very wet winter for California, with forecasts calling for a record-breaking El Nino, which means the potential for floods along with heavy rain and snow.

It's shouldering the weight of carrying a lot of the liability for flooding across the country, including in California.

So it's currently functional but under continued threat.

You're listening to Insight here on CAP Radio.

And if you're just joining us, we're talking with UC Davis professor Nicholas Pinter about a new report looking at how California's flood management programs should adapt to federal changes in disaster resources.

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From CAP Radio in Sacramento, this is Insight.

I'm your host, Vicki Gonzalez.

Si se puede.

There's so much fear for people in joining any kind of social movement or protest or labor union.

And as a good organizer, what you have to be able to do is give people hope.

You're listening to Insight here on CAP Radio.

If you're just joining us, we're talking with author Miriam Pawel about the labor leader and activist Dolores Huerta, who passed away today at the age of 96.

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From CAP Radio in Sacramento, this is Insight.

I'm your host, Vicki Gonzalez.

Each year, millions of families and thrill seekers flock to amusement parks around the country.

The ride was eventually shut down after we had a lawyer come forward with 100 clients, they claim, who would be filing lawsuits, and the X2 was closed down.

Six Flags said that they were closing the ride because of concern that the public had lost confidence in the ride.

You're listening to Insight here on CAP Radio.

And if you're just joining us, we're talking with Kyung La, a senior investigative correspondent for CNN, about she and her colleagues' investigation into severe injuries and deaths that happened on the X2 roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in the Los Angeles area.

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From CAP Radio in Sacramento, this is Insight.

I'm your host, Vicki Gonzalez.

We're just over a week out from the midterm and early voting is well underway across California.

And I think Democrats have been much more confident there.

And I think some of that you see with some Democratic groups actually moving money out of the race and focusing more of those resources in places like the 22nd Congressional District, where that's probably going to be one of the closer races nationally.

You're listening to Insight here on Cap Radio.

And if you're just joining us, we're talking with Paul Mitchell with Political Data Inc. about early voting returns ahead of next week's midterm election.

Immigration enforcement has increased across Northern California in recent weeks, with sightings of federal immigration officers across the region.

CAP Radio's Gerardo Zavala

reports.

Giselle Garcia with immigrant support organization NorCal Resist says reports of suspected enforcement have surged since early October.