Serving on Sacramento County’s Grand Jury | Human Rights and Syria’s Future | Best of: Hell’s Kitchen Chef Anthony Vo

Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

The Sacramento County Grand Jury is accepting new applications. Local human rights expert discusses the future of Syria. Finally, revisiting a conversation with local Sacramento chef and Hell’s Kitchen contestant Anthony Vo.

Serving on Sacramento County’s Grand Jury

The Sacramento County Grand Jury serves as an independent watchdog, overseeing and investigating local government, public agencies, and community issues. The jury is currently accepting applications for new grand jurors for 2025-2026 until Dec. 31. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Steven Gevercer and jury foreperson Elizabeth TenPas join Insight to talk about the experience and importance of serving on the grand jury, and some of the notable cases it has overseen.

Human Rights and Syria’s Future

Over a decade after the Syrian Civil War first began, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime collapsed over the weekend. The fall came less than two weeks after a new major offensive was launched by rebel groups. Keith David Watenpaugh, professor and director of Human Rights Studies at UC Davis talks about how young Syrians are feeling about the fall of the regime, finding accountability for the regime’s human rights abuses, and what Syria’s future looks like domestically and internationally.

Best of: Hell’s Kitchen Chef Anthony Vo

Sacramento Chef Anthony Vo was recently in the spotlight as a competitor on the newest season of Fox’s reality cooking show, Hell’s Kitchen. While Anthony was eliminated in November, his journey from growing up in Citrus Heights to cooking for chef Gordon Ramsay still captured the attention of many in the region. He spoke with Insight in September, on the eve of the Hell’s Kitchen premiere, about his personal story and experience of cooking at Sonrisa Senior Living in Roseville.