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  • March 9, 2021 | In light of recent deaths, Sacramento City Hall faces reckoning on warming centers
  • July 11, 2025 | Murder for a changing Media: Serafini trial delves into double-lives, poison fantasies and roses made in jail cells from toilet paper
  • July 10, 2025 | Brenda Solórzano on urgency, resilience and the future of philanthropy
  • July 10, 2025 | 8 Sacramento events to experience in July
  • July 9, 2025 | Audience finds treasure at ‘In a Nutshell’ June show in Sacramento
  • July 9, 2025 | Artemis & The Messengers take the stage on July 11 with special guests at Nevada City’s Off Broadstreet

Crime Beat, News July 11, 2025

Murder for a changing Media: Serafini trial delves into double-lives, poison fantasies and roses made in jail cells from toilet paper

As far as television producers are concerned, the appeal of Dan Serafini has always been his skill with the ladies. Or his ability to get…

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Brenda Solórzano, CEO of California Endowment

News July 10, 2025

Brenda Solórzano on urgency, resilience and the future of philanthropy

This interview with Brenda Solórzano, CEO of The California Endowment, was condensed and edited for clarity by Jeff vonKaenel, CEO and Publisher of the Chico…


Arts+Culture, Music, Rebooting the Arts, Solving Sacramento July 10, 2025

8 Sacramento events to experience in July

By Steph Rodriguez The scent of smoky barbecue and the sweet aroma of powdered-sugar funnel cakes fill the air. Neon lights flash across whirling carnival…


Arts+Culture, Rebooting the Arts, Solving Sacramento July 9, 2025

Audience finds treasure at ‘In a Nutshell’ June show in Sacramento

By Chris Woodard Storyteller JP Frary took the stage at The Sofia to recount the discovery of a well inside his childhood home with his…


Arts+Culture, Music July 9, 2025

Artemis & The Messengers take the stage on July 11 with special guests at Nevada City’s Off Broadstreet

Artemis & The Messengers have been delivering electrifying performances in the region since the group’s inception in 2021. On Friday, July 11, they’ll bring their…


Channa Pitt and Tami Wilson

June 3, 2025

Building Literacy

Sponsored by: Sacramento County Office of Education

Sacramento County READS promotes teaching literacy through foundational, time-tested practices by Jill Spear As an educator and a parent, Channa Pitt knows firsthand about the…


News, Solving Sacramento July 8, 2025

Sacramento Valley Tenants Union’s Daniela Harvey on the power of collective action for tenant rights

By Ruth Finch Daniela Harvey is an organizer with the Sacramento Valley Tenants Union. Through collective action, the union helps organize and educate the tenants…


Arts+Culture, Rebooting the Arts, Solving Sacramento, Stage July 8, 2025

All the world’s a stage in Sacramento this summer 

By Patti Roberts Verily, summer is the season for the staging of Shakespeare plays. Huzzah! July is welcoming two productions of the Bard — Sacramento…


News July 7, 2025

As deportation fears come home to Sacramento, city officials and nonprofits try to form a phalanx of hope

‘Who am I without my mom?’ By Samin Vafaee Sofia Fernanda did everything she was supposed to: She graduated from high school, got a restaurant…


Arts+Culture, Rebooting the Arts, Solving Sacramento, Stage July 7, 2025

Basketball and bro-banter build a nuanced friendship in Capital Stage’s ‘King James’

By Patti Roberts Two men meet in a Cleveland bar and slowly start an unlikely friendship through their mutual love of LeBron James, also known…


Becky Sullivan and David W. Gordon in dress clothes standing beside each other

June 3, 2025

Taking the Initiative

Sponsored by: Sacramento County Office of Education

Sacramento County Office of Education aims to improve literacy rates among area students by Jacob Peterson With more than 55 percent of its students falling…


Arts+Culture, Rebooting the Arts, Solving Sacramento July 7, 2025

Artistic freedom shines this July in Sacramento

By Marie-Elena Schembri Beat the heat with indoor gallery exhibits and enjoy cool evening art activations this July as Sacramento’s creativity lights up the scene….


Arts+Culture, Food, News July 3, 2025

Historic Sacramento restaurant Jim-Denny’s closes after an emotional last service

Wednesday marked the last day in the restaurant’s nearly 85 years of business By Jacob Peterson Jim Denny’s, a staple of the downtown Sacramento scene…


Arts+Culture, News July 3, 2025

Sac State filmmaker wins awards, sets sights on the American River

Kathy Kasic isn’t just a filmmaker—she’s our filmmaker. A professor at Sacramento State since 2018, Kasic teaches documentary filmmaking and helps run the university’s Science…


Arts+Culture, Solving Sacramento July 2, 2025

Sacramento Iu Mien Festival celebrates community, preserves culture

By Lien Apoux  At the Sacramento Iu Mien Festival, friends could be seen hugging for the first time in years, wearing bright traditional clothing and…


Woman sitting at desk smiling.

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 July 1, 2025

Sacramento-area food systems weather big cuts in federal funding 

By Jennifer Junghans In Yolo County, families and individuals experiencing food insecurity can show up at one of Yolo Food Bank’s roughly 60 monthly distributions…


Arts+Culture, Rebooting the Arts, Solving Sacramento, Stage June 30, 2025

‘In a Nutshell’ co-creator on going from page to stage and finding community through storytelling

By Chris Woodard Storytellers are cracking open their personal and human tales at “In a Nutshell,” a live storytelling series where performers share true stories…


Crime Beat, News June 27, 2025

Lawyers clash over whether Sacramento murder suspect Amyis Coogler will stand trial as an adult

With emotions running high from opposing supporters, judge ultimately issued a final ruling Two families just met at a fork in the legal road: Almost…


News June 26, 2025

Institutions have failed to address a mental health crisis on Sacramento’s streets. Now small businesses cope with being at the center of it

By Emily Haerter What exactly is uncomfortable about Sacramento? Is it the culture? Is it the food? The community? It’s clear from social media threads…


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