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  • March 9, 2021 | In light of recent deaths, Sacramento City Hall faces reckoning on warming centers
  • December 11, 2025 | All roads to a revival: Sacramento band ROADS finds the way back to rock’s bareknuckle roots – takes the stage with Forever Goldrush on Dec 19   
  • December 11, 2025 | Stop the Hate showcase in Sacramento emphasizes the importance of AAPI representation in arts and media 
  • December 10, 2025 | Sacramento River advocates react to Trump administration approving plan to export more water from the Delta
  • December 9, 2025 | Meet Sacramento’s ‘Raging Grannies,’ the jubilant protesters using wisdom, wit and abiding convictions to push for a better world  
  • December 8, 2025 | Sacramento Hmong New Year Festival celebrates culture and tradition 

News December 11, 2025

All roads to a revival: Sacramento band ROADS finds the way back to rock’s bareknuckle roots – takes the stage with Forever Goldrush on Dec 19   

Upcoming double-bill will be at The Green Room Social Club in Placerville By Odin Rasco A double-header of bands with long lineages in the Sacramento…

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News, Solving Sacramento December 11, 2025

Stop the Hate showcase in Sacramento emphasizes the importance of AAPI representation in arts and media 

By Justine Chahal Sacramento State’s Ethnic Studies department held its biannual Stop the Hate Arts and Media Showcase on Wednesday, Dec. 3, hosted in the…


News December 10, 2025

Sacramento River advocates react to Trump administration approving plan to export more water from the Delta

Golden State Salmon Association urges Newsom to sue Trump over the fresh water grab   By Dan Bacher The Trump administration just released a controversial…


News December 9, 2025

Meet Sacramento’s ‘Raging Grannies,’ the jubilant protesters using wisdom, wit and abiding convictions to push for a better world  

By Emily Haerter There is a storm brewing in Sacramento, and it consists of a raging gaggle of grannies. It all started back in 1987,…


Arts+Culture December 8, 2025

Sacramento Hmong New Year Festival celebrates culture and tradition 

By Justine Chahal On a gray November day in Sacramento, while most stayed indoors to avoid the cold, many flocked to Cal Expo with their…


A graphic image despicting a visual representation of the jumbled nature of dyslexia

November 12, 2025

Breaking Literacy Barriers

Sponsored by: Sacramento County Office of Education

With support, students with dyslexia and other learning disorders can thrive Reading and writing are vital everyday tasks: Ordering from a menu, sending a birthday…


Crime Beat, News December 5, 2025

Nightmare on Field Street: Inside the shuddering North Highlands crime scene that followed CDCR releasing a convict who only served a third of his sentence    

Area prosecutors spent three years decrying state corrections for granting extremely violent offenders surprisingly early parole – now they say a worse-case scenario has come…


Arts+Culture December 5, 2025

Movie notes: Looking back, ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ was Tarantino’s fairytale love letter to cinema

Hollywood 1969…you shoulda been there!” By Omid Manavirad Editor’s note: This review contains spoilers In “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” released July 2019, Quentin Tarantino giftwraps his…


Arts+Culture, Solving Sacramento, Stage December 5, 2025

Sacramento stages give the gift of live theater this December 

By Odin Rasco Any opportunity to see a live play is a gift, and it’s a gift that keeps on giving this month. As the…


News December 5, 2025

California endures whipsaw climate extremes as federal support withers

Data and aid to fight landslides fueled by bigger fires and intense storms are imperiled under Trump By Aaron Cantú, Capital & Main This story…


Female Primary Or Elementary School Teacher Reads Story To Multi-Cultural Class Seated In Classroom

November 12, 2025

Stronger Standards, Stronger Readers

Sponsored by: Sacramento County Office of Education

New standard for teacher accreditation focuses on literacy skills A significant element in improving literacy rates among children and teens in California has been updating…


Cannabis, News December 4, 2025

Researchers at Sacramento gathering explore exercise and health with cannabis

How cannabis research can provide answers to an understudied field By Melina DeBolt Sacramento State’s first Cannabis in Health and Performance Symposium was hosted Friday,…


Arts+Culture, Rebooting the Arts, Solving Sacramento December 4, 2025

How we contain our stories in Sacramento — and choose what’s worth saving

How we contain our stories — and choose what’s worth saving By Angie Eng “It’s not worth saving,” I told my parents as I helped…


Arts+Culture, Music, Rebooting the Arts, Solving Sacramento December 3, 2025

8 gigs: Sacramento’s December guide for the divas and Grinches on your list

By Steph Rodriguez If you think your holiday to-do list is long, try squeezing all of Sacramento’s December fun into one month. Whether you’re feeling…


News December 2, 2025

Federal court issues injunction blocking Army Corps of Engineers’ removal of American River trees in Sacramento

By Dan Bacher  A Sacramento federal judge has issued an injunction blocking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from cutting down more than 700 trees, including some heritage…


Monserrath Sanchez standing on front of a Fresno sign

July 24, 2025

Direct Connections

Sponsored by: MOVE The Valley

Door-to-door canvassing makes meaningful conversations possible As a community organizer and regional field director with Communities for a New California Education Fund (CNC EF), Monserrath…


News, Solving Sacramento December 1, 2025

Sacramento’s first veterans mural at VFW Post 67 pays tribute to all service members

By Roberta Alvarado Vietnam veteran David Rasul says, “When you think of veterans, you think of honor, respect, pride, commitment and sacrifice.” They left behind…


Arts+Culture, Rebooting the Arts, Solving Sacramento December 1, 2025

Get in the creative spirit with art events, holiday markets this December

By Marie-Elena Schembri Hark! With festive holiday events, local creativity and iconic feminist art on display, opportunities to get into the creative spirit of the…


Arts+Culture November 28, 2025

Didion captured the shine and shadows of the California dream: Her Sacramento meditation ‘Where I Was From’ was the culmination of that gift

“All I read about is death and California.”  That was a note I messaged someone, without thinking much about it, when she asked for a book…


News November 28, 2025

‘I’m lost in this country’: Non-Mexicans living undocumented after deportation to Mexico

Cubans and other third-country nationals are dropped off on the streets of Villahermosa where they struggle to survive. By Kate Morrissey, Capital & Main This…


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