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  • March 3, 2026 | Visit Sacramento keeps pushing to showcase a city everyone should discover
  • March 3, 2026 | They’re organizing to stop the next assault on immigrant families
  • March 2, 2026 | Theft, feedback loops and ecological red flags: Capital Region writers face a new reality with AI
  • March 2, 2026 | Environmentally minded Sacramento Kings fans protest the team’s fossil fuel sponsorships
  • February 27, 2026 | As food prices increase and nutrition education takes a federal hit, one Sacramento nonprofit fills the gap

Arts+Culture, News, Rebooting the Arts, Solving Sacramento March 3, 2026

Visit Sacramento keeps pushing to showcase a city everyone should discover

By Emily Haerter Look out California, Visit Sacramento is determined to turn the Capital into the next serious tourist destination.  Whether it’s featuring Aftershock, the…

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News March 3, 2026

They’re organizing to stop the next assault on immigrant families

Community groups are pushing back on an impending HUD rule that would force undocumented immigrants from public housing, splitting families. By Mark Kreidler, Capital &…


Arts+Culture, News, Rebooting the Arts, Solving Sacramento March 2, 2026

Theft, feedback loops and ecological red flags: Capital Region writers face a new reality with AI

By Odin Rasco It takes only a look around to see AI technology is in the midst of a meteoric rise. The proliferation of it…


News March 2, 2026

Environmentally minded Sacramento Kings fans protest the team’s fossil fuel sponsorships

By Dan Bacher In mid-February, a dedicated crew of Kings fans associated with Third Act Sacramento braved torrential rain to protest the team’s sponsorship by…


News February 27, 2026

As food prices increase and nutrition education takes a federal hit, one Sacramento nonprofit fills the gap

By Sena Christian One day, there was no tree. The following day, a fully grown strawberry tree sat in the middle of the 1-acre student…


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February 3, 2026

A Meaningful Life

Sponsored by: Agency on Aging Area 4

Supporting caregivers eases stress and burnout by Anne Stokes In 2020, Lisa Okamoto noticed her mother having trouble with her mobility and balance. She started…


Arts+Culture, Music, Solving Sacramento February 26, 2026

The Ghost Town Rebellion takes a renegade turn for the brighter side, christens new album at Harlow’s show March 13

By Scott Thomas Anderson Fourteen years ago, Shawn Peter started walking a creative gangplank, one that brought him along the full scaffolding of life in…


News, Solving Sacramento February 26, 2026

Making education affordable in Sacramento through the California College Promise

By Macy Yang There are several pathways to pursue higher education in California. As tuition and living costs rise, families and students need to weigh…


News February 25, 2026

Democratic leaders urge the Army Corps of Engineers to deny permits for the Delta Tunnel

By Dan Bacher As the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers considers making a decision on Gov. Newsom’s controversial tunnel project, Democratic members of Sacramento-San Joaquin…


Arts+Culture, News, Rebooting the Arts, Solving Sacramento February 24, 2026

City-funded EveryDay Creative program opens for new Sacramento cohort

By Marie-Elena Schembri When Miranda Culp, owner of Amatoria Fine Art Books in Sacramento, completed the EveryDay Creative accelerator program, her partner had just left…


A portrait of a woman, Jaskeet Kaur, outside, smiling.

January 19, 2026

Strengthening the Coalition

Sponsored by: MOVE The Valley

Jakara Movement organizer Jaskeet Kaur joins MOVE the Valley’s leadership team by Stacy Brandt With midterm elections on the horizon and communities across the Central…


Voices February 23, 2026

Project Censored dispatch: How data centers are straining water, power, and communities

By Ella Mrofka The residents of Saline Township, Michigan, are upset. Soon, construction will begin on a 2.2 million-square-foot data center located just outside the small…


News, Solving Sacramento February 20, 2026

Can factory-built homes ease the region’s housing shortage?

By Aidan Wyrough The lack of enough affordable housing has plagued California for decades. Can factory-built homes be at least part of the solution?  A…


Arts+Culture, Solving Sacramento February 19, 2026

Bloodstone Books is conjuring a sanctuary for Sacramento horror fans

By Jacob Peterson As Bloodstone Books approaches its first full year as a brick-and-mortar incarnation, owners Gabe DeLeon and Anthony Bertolini say their horror and…


Arts+Culture, Solving Sacramento, Stage February 18, 2026

Joe Klocek confronts the moments that made him and the past he once shut away during his Sacramento ‘In a Nutshell’ event

By Chris Woodard The theme for February’s “In a Nutshell” is “the people who made us,” which the organizers describe as their simple way of…


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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…


News, Solving Sacramento February 17, 2026

Shake The Future Up hopes to shake up the polls with increased youth voter registrations in Sacramento

The campaign focuses on peer advocacy to encourage civic participation By Lizeth Tello Holding colored cards representing various voter age groups to compare turnout rates,…


Arts+Culture, Music, News, Rebooting the Arts, Solving Sacramento, Stage February 16, 2026

What if this all went away? Sacramento’s music venues and theater groups are fighting to survive

It’s not easy running an arts organization — we speak to six Sacramento groups to see how they keep trying to make it work By…


Arts+Culture, Solving Sacramento, Stage February 13, 2026

‘The Sound Inside’ introduces us to a creative writing professor who tells her story in a most creative way

By Patti Roberts The theater darkens. Then a spotlight turns on, illuminating a lone figure who introduces herself to the audience as “a middle-aged professor…


Arts+Culture, Music, Rebooting the Arts, Solving Sacramento February 12, 2026

Left of the Dial Promotions looks to create a new tour route in the region

LDP’s next show will feature Jessica Malone at Watermelon Music in Davis on Feb. 27 By Scott Thomas Anderson Last Friday, singer-songwriter JonEmery Dodds stood…


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