KVMR News correspondent April Glaser sits down with award-winning investigative reporter Char Adams to discuss her new book, Black Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore. They're joined by Cassandra Jennings, the CEO of St. HOPE, a family of nonprofits in the historically Black neighborhood of Oak Park in Sacramento, which includes Underground Books, the only Black owned bookstore in California north of the Bay Area.

Listen for a deep history of how Black-owned bookstores played a pivotal role in the culmination of the Civil Rights Movement and the subsequent surveillance they endured under COINTELPRO. Learn how Black booksellers were impacted by the recent wave of deadly police violence against Black people and the nationwide protests against it, and how that interest in supporting Black owned businesses has, or has not, sustained.

On Saturday, volunteer fixers and people who needed things fixed met at the Banner Grange in Grass Valley for September's Repair Café. The free community event connected the two groups with the intention of reducing waste, saving money, and building community.

KVMR News was there and spoke to the event organizer as well as some of the people who showed up to share their skills.

In 1987 the American Library Association designated September National Library Card Sign-Up month. Listen along to hear from Nevada County public library staff about what that little plastic rectangle gets you (hint: it’s more than just free books!).