Shining brass and broken glasses in New Orleans
By Scott Thomas Anderson The Crescent City nocturnal. It’s horns crying under baroque handrails. It’s statue-shadows looming in the lamplight. Strangers have always been drawn…
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Essay: Homeless crisis in Sacramento demands the ‘urgency of now’
By Jim Gonzalez All over California, the term “state of emergency” has become the operative description of our homelessness crisis. In Los Angeles, billionaire developer…
Can California’s ‘Momnibus Act’ create a better future for Black moms and babies?
Discovering the root cause of high rates of Black maternal and infant mortality: racism. By Minerva Canto, Capital & Main This story is produced by…
Orchestrating above the chaos: Part I on teaching performing arts in Sacramento during COVID
By Patti Roberts Performing arts such as theater, orchestra and dance are usually done before a live audience – and often based on a wide…
Most Kiley endorsers as mum as he on ‘radical associations’
By Jeff Burdick for SactoPolitico This story was produced by the Sacramento-based political publication SactoPolitico.com and co-published here with permission. As Kevin Kiley launched his…
House of a thousand laughs: Comedy at Sacramento’s ‘Orange House’ hints at new possibilities in entertainment
By Luis Gael Jimenez “Everything you see was either found, built, or stolen,” David Samuel says, taking a drag from a spliff.His long mustache hides…
Why is a tenant protection bill failing in the California Legislature, again?
By Manuela Tobias for CalMatters Tenant advocates, racial equity groups, YIMBYs and even some of their usual opponents wanted to see the bill pass. The cities of San Francisco…
Ready for the main event: A look at regional MMA fighter Nick Maximov
By Jason Cassidy Mixed martial artist Nick Maximov got his big break on Oct. 6, 2018. He was fighting on the undercard of a King…
On a ‘date with destiny,’ California weighs ending mask restrictions in schools
Gov. Newsom calibrates the right time for schools to drop the mask mandate. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the…
After a year off, Sacramento gets its bloom on with the Camellia Show
A beloved Sacramento tradition returns soon. But with so much recent heat, will there still be enough camellias for the 98th annual Sacramento Camellia Show? “I…
The Long Flight Home: revisiting how detectives finally grabbed one of the Capital Region’s worst serial killers
By Scott Thomas Anderson Special agent Martin Ryan could hear the tiny plane’s engine droning against the clouds. Far below the jet stream was the…
Study: global warming eliminates Tahoe as Olympic venue; boosters remain optimistic about winter sports
Unless mitigation measures are followed, all but one host city will be too warm for games By Frank X. Mullen A new climate change analysis…
Inside the fight to make banks benefit their communities
While banks keep merging, advocates are trying to make sure low income communities won’t have to pay for it. By Robin Urevich, Capital & Main…
Sacramento’s Mr. P Chill keeps up the crate diggin’ and spittin’ rhymes
By Casey Rafter One of Sacramento’s longest-running hip hop performers is a tall-ass white dude with a goatee. That description – along with a hat,…
Former Stockton mayor launches nonprofit to end poverty in California
By Alejandro Lazo for CalMatters Former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, who made a political name championing a guaranteed income program, is hoping to take his policy…
Circling shadows: One family’s dual nightmare in a state with no answer for mental illness
By Scott Thomas Anderson Daisy Switzer has spent 21 years knowing how much suffering can be unleashed by failures in the legal and behavioral health…
Hips don’t lie: Belly dancer Bridggett Bess charms Sacramento with a life of storytelling through the arts
She dances, sings and acts: Whether taking the stage as Badia, or grabbing the mic as Pandora Gunn, Bess sees no limits to connecting with…