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  • March 9, 2021 | In light of recent deaths, Sacramento City Hall faces reckoning on warming centers
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  • May 22, 2025 | California Museum in Sacramento honors Japanese Americans, Nisei veterans with flag ceremony 
  • May 21, 2025 | Capital Stage’s ‘Unseen’ is viewed through the lens of a war photographer and how her work affects her life
  • May 20, 2025 | Sacramento venue guide: a sampling of the capital’s offerings for the concertgoer
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News May 22, 2025

Meet LabRats, the Sacramento jazz quartet behind some of your favorite musicians

How LabRats are redefining jazz and shaping Sacramento’s music scene By Steph Rodriguez Every city has its own music culture and sound. That’s especially true…

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News May 22, 2025

California Museum in Sacramento honors Japanese Americans, Nisei veterans with flag ceremony 

By Justine Chahal California Superior Court Judge Johnny Gogo stood in the California Museum, looking at the American flag he donated.  The flag is remarkably…


Arts+Culture, Stage May 21, 2025

Capital Stage’s ‘Unseen’ is viewed through the lens of a war photographer and how her work affects her life

By Patti Roberts What is once seen can never be unseen. That is the sage advice and warning a departing war correspondent gives to Mia,…


Arts+Culture, Rebooting the Arts, Solving Sacramento May 20, 2025

Sacramento venue guide: a sampling of the capital’s offerings for the concertgoer

By Cristian Gonzalez Sacramento’s music scene is busier than most think. While San Francisco and Los Angeles have long dominated as hubs for live music…


Arts+Culture, Food May 19, 2025

Meet mentor and food blogger Alex Blaise, also known as SacBoyEats 

The MESA director and food influencer is making an impact beyond the classroom By Ana Sophia Vazquez At Sacramento State, Alex Blaise is more than…


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March 19, 2025

Keeping Kin Together

Sponsored by: Sacramento County Department of Child Family and Adult Services

How Sacramento County is transforming child welfare practices and becoming a model for agencies nationwide By Elizabeth Ann Morabito Can you imagine a young loved…


News May 19, 2025

Innovative Medi-Cal expansion threatened by budget and Trump pressures

Gov. Newsom walks back signature program that provided medical safety net to 1.6 million undocumented immigrants. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is…


News, Solving Sacramento May 16, 2025

Three Sisters Gardens keeps youth connected through indigenous knowledge in West Sacramento 

By Gabriel Solis Alfred Melbourne, founder and director of Three Sisters Gardens, believes that growing food brings life and opportunities to everyone. But it wasn’t…


News, Solving Sacramento May 15, 2025

How one group of immigration attorneys is building community and battling courts as feds focus on increased deportations

By Odin Rasco When Salwa’s husband received an offer for a job in California in the summer of 2024, it was not just an opportunity…


Voices May 15, 2025

Essay: Yes, I am angry. But I also have hope

By Faye Wilson Kennedy The first 100 days of the Trump administration were marked by significant actions that affected individuals both domestically and internationally, as…


March 10, 2025

A Bridge Across

Sponsored by: California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls

Commissioner LTC Erica Courtney on the importance of supporting California’s women veterans by Dorsey Griffith Army Lieutenant Colonel Erica Courtney understands the challenges veterans face…


News May 15, 2025

Sacramento State students partake in hunger strike demanding divestment and policy changes

By Nancy Rodriguez Bonilla and Aliza Imran Editor’s note: The last names of certain sources have been kept anonymous for the sake of minimizing harm and…


Arts+Culture May 14, 2025

Verge to honor Gale Hart, ‘Godmother of Contemporary Art,’ in Sacramento on May 17

The nonconformist path to becoming a full-time artist paid off By Joey Garcia An out-of-towner would be forgiven for staring at Gale Hart, certain they…


News May 14, 2025

Sacramento Bonsai Club celebrates 79 years of living history

By Chris Woodard On the showroom floor of the 79th Annual Sacramento Bonsai Show in early May, a stone from the Tule Lake internment camp…


News May 13, 2025

Keep ‘the death knell’ quiet: State promises it won’t drain the Delta’s fresh water, but its engineer’s testimony shows Newsom’s tunnel increases water deliveries by 22%

By Dan Bacher The California Department of Water Resources has claimed for years that the purpose of the embattled Delta Tunnel is to “provide, restore and protect…


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March 5, 2025

More Than a Meal

Sponsored by: Sacramento County Department of Child Family and Adult Services

More Than a Meal Meals on Wheels Sacramento County and the Department of Child, Family and Adult Services partner to keep older adults safe and…


News May 13, 2025

Justice2Jobs gathering lays out challenges that criminal reform advocates see for Sacramento from Prop.36

By Casey Rafter When results from local elections came in last November, large retailers like Walmart and Target saw a big win in the passing…


News May 13, 2025

International students get an education in fear

How Trump’s treatment of foreign students risks budgetary crises for schools and a national brain drain. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is…


Arts+Culture, Food, Rebooting the Arts, Solving Sacramento May 12, 2025

Tapa the World and a story of resilience: The power of community investment in Sacramento’s small businesses 

By Greg Micek  In downtown Sacramento, where small businesses compete with national chains and ever-changing consumer trends, one long-standing restaurant has managed to thrive thanks…


Arts+Culture, Rebooting the Arts, Solving Sacramento May 12, 2025

Regional artist Ilena Finocchi remains curious by not sticking to one lane

By Helen Harlan  Ilena Finocchi is a Stockton-based multidisciplinary artist who has called herself a designer, illustrator, sculptor, maker, educator, public artist and, of late,…


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