Nancy's Bookshelf: A trailblazer Judge's quest for recognition

By Nancy Wiegman,

Matt Fidler

Published November 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM PST

In 1976, Gov. Jerry Brown appointed Janet Kintner as the third female judge in San Diego's history.

Retired Judge Kintner has now written a memoir, A Judge’s Tale: A Trailblazer Fights for Her Place on the Bench.

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Nancy Wiegman

Nancy Wiegman has a master's degree in French linguistics from Indiana University and taught yoga and foreign languages at CSU Fresno and the College of Charleston before moving to Chico in 1990.

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Matt Fidler

Matt Fidler is a producer and sound designer with over 15 years’ experience producing nationally distributed public radio programs. He has worked for shows such as Freakonomics Radio, Selected Shorts, Studio 360, The New Yorker Radio Hour and The Takeaway. In 2017, Matt launched the language podcast Very Bad Words, hitting the #28 spot in the iTunes podcast charts.

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