Looking back on Gov. Newsom’s healthcare wins and losses
As the California governor heads into re-election mode, we examine his progress (or lack thereof) in several healthcare categories By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main…
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Recent legislative action means a new era for drug crime in Sacramento County
Advocates say SB 73 addresses the county’s disproportionate number of Black and Latinos behind bars, opponents point to skyrocketing crime coinciding with justice reforms …
Friends mourn former-Sacramento musician, artist Crystal McCarthy, whose perplexing death stunned two communities
By Scott Thomas Anderson For an instant, a disturbing situation near Auburn gave people close to Crystal McCarthy reason to hope she was still alive:…
Charlie Chaplin and the Crocker Museum
How ‘Handsome Harry’ Crocker conquered Hollywood and created the family’s second museum By Kevin Taylor On New Year’s Day in 1928, Edwin Schallert, film critic…
The magic of movement: After some pandemic falls, Sacramento’s dance scene is alive and spinning
From jazz, hip hop and ballet, to burlesque and Brazilian flare, the Capital City’s performers are getting on their feet again By Casey Rafter On…
Essay: Democracy and déjà vu
By Janet Rechtman In the fall of 1991, my mom and I went on a Friendship Force trip to Moscow. It was six years after…
Sacramento’s swing man Peter Petty is reaching his zenith on stage
Fans say that Jazz’s prodigious partier brings an energy and audacity that’s hard to match By Casey Rafter Under the lights of The Sofia Theatre,…
Low vaccine booster rates in California’s nursing homes alarm experts
Less than half of the state’s nursing home residents have received the booster, which provides crucial protection By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story…
Lost faces on the longest night: Remembering Sacramento’s invisible dead
“Do not go gentle into that good night,” the poet Dylan Thomas warned us; but for 145 people who died lonely, anonymous deaths on the…
Greenlight: Sunday was a sad day for the Service Employees International Union 1000
Sunday, December 19th was a sad day for the Service Employees International Union 1000. Their Board of Directors meeting was originally planned to be held at the Sacramento Downtown…
Sacramento-area senator looks to fix major problems in state’s compassionate assisted suicide law
Eggman’s SB380 attempts to iron-out regulations that caused the terminally ill to suffer longer By Rose Vega and TJ Martinez A new bill is set…
Did California get its money’s worth from $1.7 billion COVID test contract?
By Kristen Hwang and Ana B. Ibarra for Cal Matters A patient sample that wasn’t processed for more than 30 days. A test used without…
Sacramento’s upcoming seven days of jazz, rock, blues and bourbon for ushering in Christmas
If music’s not your holiday jam, there’s always Jane Austin, magic realism and the Muppets After the last two years, any vision of fun holiday…
Staging a comeback: Sacramento’s theaters fight their way out of ‘the longest intermission’ in history
After nearly two years of shutdowns, patrons’ generosity and artists’ adaptability staved off disaster By Patti Roberts Local theaters are currently aglow with Christmas productions…
Coalition suing the EPA over clean air failures in San Joaquin Valley
Development, oil and agriculture have long-burdened the valley with pollutants, and residents are tired of the EPA doing nothing about it. By Alexandria Herr, Capital…
¡Viva la cultura! Sacramento’s Latino Center of Art and Culture brings new life to a landmark, continuing its vital celebration of heritage
LCAC looks to new horizons at Winn Park, hosts its La Pastorela this week at The Guild Theater It wasn’t that long ago in Sacramento’s…
Push to hold Sacramento’s corporate landlord titan accountable carries into the State Capitol
Constituent support of AB 1199 could be critical in breaking Wall Street’s stranglehold on the region’s rental market By Scott Thomas Anderson Last week, housing…