Sac City Unified’s new vaccine mandate for students and staff | ‘Mercy Pedalers’ and homelessness advocacy | The Dixie Fire’s impact on habitat | A conversation with jazz singer Samara Joy

Summary: <p>Sacramento City Unified School Superintendent Jorge Aguilar talks about the new COVID vaccine mandate for students and staff. <br>How the needs and challenges for those experiencing homelessness are evolving—and what deep issues still remain. A look at wildfire's impact on animal habitat when the footprint is as large as the Dixie Fire. CapRadio Jazz Host Andrew Mills speaks with singer Samara Joy, who is performing at the Pacific Jazz Festival in Stockton.</p> <p><strong>Today's Guests</strong></p> <ul> <li>Sacramento City Unified School Superintendent <strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.scusd.edu/superintendent" target="_blank">Jorge Aguilar</a></strong> talks about the new <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.scusd.edu/covid-19-vaccination-requirement-faq" target="_blank">COVID vaccine mandate</a> for students and staff and answers parent questions.</li> <li> <strong>Sister Libby Fernandez</strong>, longtime homelessness advocate and director of <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://mercypedalers.com/" target="_blank">Mercy Pedalers</a>, discusses how the needs and challenges for those experiencing homelessness are evolving — and what deep issues still remain. </li> <li> <strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JD4mgHMAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;authuser=1" target="_blank">Dr. Rachel Blakey</a></strong>, Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA and Research Associate at The Institute for Bird Populations, on wildfire's impact on animal habitat when the footprint is as large as the Dixie Fire.</li> <li>CapRadio Jazz Host<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="/about/bios/andrew-mills/" target="_blank"> <strong>Andrew Mills</strong></a> speaks with 21-year-old singer <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.instagram.com/samarajoysings/" target="_blank">Samara Joy</a> who is performing this weekend at the <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://events.capradio.org/event/pacific-jazz-festival/" target="_blank">Pacific Jazz Festival </a>in Stockton.</li> </ul>