Is Sacramento City Hall’s support of live music a mirage?
Venue owners, promoters and performers see a chasm between leadership’s claims and city staff’s tactics, while talk of Sacramento being ‘the next Austin’ seems like…
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Clean, affordable California water a challenge for low-income communities
The clock is ticking as the state’s most at-risk water users face a tough reckoning By Dan Ross, Capital & Main This story is produced…
Steinberg discusses the depth of Sacramento’s affordable housing crisis
The Capital City’s mayor sat down with SN&R to talk about where a spiraling, five-plus-year housing crisis is heading next SN&R: Our region is having…
Newsom Administration issued 138 offshore well permits in California waters prior to new oil spill
By Dan Bacher As birds, fish and other wildlife die from the over 126,000 gallons of crude oil unleashed by the devastating oil spill off Huntington…
Contamination a ‘huge challenge’ for affordable drinking water in California
As the state grapples with ongoing drought and an array of drinking water pollutants, the state’s most vulnerable residents have the biggest reason to worry…
Virtual Village Feast celebrates, supports women working in Sacramento food and Ag
Registration is open for Oct. 9 farm-to-fork experience Here’s your chance to feast like a Dame – and support women who work in food and…
Last call at de Vere’s
By Scott Thomas Anderson There was a line out the door Thursday evening as people waited to pay their final respects at something akin to…
The photo oracle: Sacramento’s Elle Jaye has an eye for capturing the music scene’s creative lightning
Pink hair, lenses and hugs are part of a rare approach the city’s musicians can’t get enough of By Casey Rafter It’s a beat frozen…
The battle of wine and fire: Inside the struggle to save El Dorado County’s acclaimed vineyards from Caldor
By Scott Thomas Anderson Randy Rossi throws some muscle against the gear-shifter of his Kubota ATV as it plows through broken powder on a mountain…
Where did all these yellow butterflies flooding Sacramento come from?
Orange Sulphurs invade city from Yolo County fields “Where did all these yellow butterflies come from?” That’s been a common question this week in Sacramento’s…
Essay: The window dressing of environmental justice in the state’s Delta tunnel planning
By Tim Stroshane, policy analyst for Restore the Delta If the California Department of Water Resources says it, it must be official: “Most of the Delta…
Guess who’ll get hit hardest by California’s severe water shortage?
Groundwater systems are key during California droughts, but certain communities are running dry – and there’s no real solution in sight By Sasha Abramsky, Capital…
Revisiting a groundbreaking novel from Nevada City’s great western writer
Oakley Hall’s ‘Warlock’ remains a towering achievement in California literature Writers, like cowboys, can find themselves penned-in. They get locked in corrals of category. They…
California’s water crisis is real. What are the solutions?
The potential remedies for the state’s drought-related problems are diverse, complicated and divisive By Steve Appleford, Capital & Main This story is produced by the…
After generations of community building, East Sacramento gets recognized as ‘Little Italy’
By Scott Thomas Anderson During a recent lunchtime rush, a small team of workers at Corti Brothers’ delicatessen called out orders as they wrapped and…
Can science transform California crops to cope with drought?
By Julie Cart for CalMatters There’s a hive of PhDs at the University of California at Davis who are working to reinvent food production in…
Letters: Sac Unified does a face-plant, a Blues legend gets his due, and nursing recruitment needs a wake-up call
Sac City Unified will take the COVID punch, to an extent Re: “Essay: During virus surge, Sac City Unified failed its most vulnerable students” by…