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Brandon Rittiman

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Sacramento
As seen in: KXTV-TV (Sacramento, CA), USA Today, BuzzFeed, Albany Business Review, Denver Business Journal, Puget Sound Business Journal, Sacramento Business Journal, KING-TV (Seattle, WA), KGO-TV (San Francisco, CA), KHOU-TV (Houston, TX), WKYC-TV (Cleveland, OH) and
Covers:  politics, government
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Brandon Rittiman joined 9NEWS in November 2011. Before moving to Denver, Brandon worked as the News Director for KUNR-FM, the National Public Radio affiliate in Reno, NV where he covered politics and other topics for a national audience.

Before that he was a reporter for KTVN, the CBS station in Reno. He's covered state and national politics in Nevada, Texas, and Arizona.

Brandon got his start in broadcasting working at KGNS-TV (NBC) in Laredo, TX. He regularly reported on the ongoing violence …

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Tiny threat, big impact: Invasive snails thrive in Lake Tahoe

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By Brandon Rittiman Verified
| KXTV-TV (Sacramento, CA) Verified
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif — Lake Tahoe, renowned for its crystal-clear waters, is facing a new threat from an unlikely source: tiny New Zealand mud snails. These invasive species, no larger than a grain of rice, have spread rapidly throughout the lake, posing a significant risk to its delicate ecosystem. "We're concerned it's a new aquatic invasive species,” said Dennis Zabaglo, invasive species manager for the bi-state Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.
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Northern California scientists join rush to invent lab-grown meat

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By Brandon Rittiman Verified
| KXTV-TV (Sacramento, CA) Verified
DAVIS, Calif. — A liquid nitrogen tank nicknamed the “Cryocow” in a medical science lab at the University of California, Davis could contain the meat of the future. The tank contains frozen vials of bovine stem cells, which the scientists are able to coax into transforming. The stem cells can be made to convert into real cow muscle cells: lab-grown beef.
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‘It’s all a lie’: PG&E undergrounding perplexes customers

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By Brandon Rittiman Verified
| KXTV-TV (Sacramento, CA) Verified
COOL, Calif. — On top of her sky-high power bills and fear of PG&E’s notoriously fire-starting electric grid, power customer Stephanie Buss has another complaint to lodge: false advertising. “It’s a lie. It’s all a lie,” Buss said. “What I see is not what they promoted on TV.” Last summer, construction crews came to her rural community’s network of private roads and started digging into the asphalt. Buss and her neighbors were excited to see crews last year begin to bury PG&E power lines underground.
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