The high price of life in the Golden State
Exploring income inequality in the land of milk and money. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit…
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Sacramento lands third permanent housing project to combat homelessness under the Homekey initiative
By Elizabeth Meza A Best Western hotel in Downtown is being converted into permanent housing for people escaping the streets under California’s new program, Homekey….
Audit: California utilities aren’t doing enough to reduce wildfire threats
By Julie Cart for CalMatters As record-breaking drought fuels another potentially dangerous wildfire season, the state auditor reported today that state officials are failing to hold California’s…
A harbinger: Trash and debris, temperatures and a hellacious drought just set the stage for another shocking fish die-off
Requests for permit to clear a waterway within Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge went unapproved long before grotesque salmon discovery By Dan Bacher After a…
Imprecise homeless youth count could result in loss of much needed funds
Counting those who don’t want to be seen, in order to keep them alive. By Minerva Canto, Capital & Main This story is produced by…
The Iron 88: After almost nine decades, Sacramento appreciates the past and ponders the future of Old Ironsides
The venue that launched a thousand bands is now midway through a potential sale By Jennah Booth Kim Kanelos calls herself the “black sheep” of…
Dancing in place: The ups and downs Sacramento’s next generation of dancers faced as California staggered through the pandemic
By Patti Roberts Dance is both a personal and a collective art – live performances a melding of the two. On stage, dancers have a…
On a throwback track: Melissa Etheridge returns to her roots – and the road
By Evan Tuchinsky Before Melissa Etheridge became a Grammy-winning rock star, an Oscar-winning songwriter (for An Inconvenient Truth) and an icon among both cancer survivors and…
Positively comedic: The Body Pozi show at Sacramento’s STAB! Theater sees a host of voices get laughs
By Madelaine Church Derek Dozier recently walked on stage at STAB! Comedy Theater and quickly launched into a story. Dozier, who uses they/them pronouns, told…
California Highway Patrol lags local police, other states in officer body cams
By Byrhonda Lyons for CalMatters It escalated quickly. A California Highway Patrol officer drove slowly behind a man walking on the road. An Arcata Police…
The Foilies 2022: Recognizing the year’s worst in government transparency
By the Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock Each year during Sunshine Week (March 13-19), The Foilies serve up tongue-in-cheek “awards” for government agencies and assorted…
Will California’s fossil fuel industry use the Ukraine War to undermine oil and gas legislation?
Three bills may fall victim to a new push for more oil drilling. By Aaron Cantu, Capital & Main This story is produced by…
Finnegan’s is perfecting the Irish Coffee cocktail on Sacramento’s waterfront
The city’s newest Irish pub finds its feel in one of the old quarter’s timeworn structures By Scott Thomas Anderson When Sean Derfield was…
Cuts from Celtic survivors: A hard-drinkin’ playlist to put Ireland on your mind and in your glass
By Scott Thomas Anderson The Dublin novelist Frank Delaney wrote, “I liken Ireland to whiskey in a glass – a cone of amber, a self-contained…
Upcoming Saint Patrick’s Day events in the Sacramento region
If the blockbuster turn-out for Sacramento’s recent Mardi Gras party in is any indication, Northern Californians are ready to be meeting in person again, as…
Drinking to life across the Irish Republic
By Scott Thomas Anderson William Butler Yeats called it “the Celtic Twilight,” a push to save Ireland’s wandering hearthside storytellers of the past — those oracles who…
‘Infinity’ live: Sacramento’s Loose Engines and Two Rivers Cider plan a new festival for re-shaping creative connections
March 19 fest at Hollywood Park cider house includes multiple bands, chefs and artists of all stripes By Casey Rafter With the first-ever Infinity…