From isolation to inclusion
Telling the stories of people with developmental disabilities in the Sacramento region.
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A parent trap
Joey advises a reader to not let her sister-in-law’s hot mess tantrums affect her.
Afghanistan’s first female street artist brings her art to North Sacramento
Wide Open Walls and CAIR-Sacramento Valley bring Shamsia Hassani to Sacramento.
Gunning for the source: ATF’s gun-tracing investigations are solving crimes across California
A Roseville police officer shot in the face by a .45-caliber Glock in October 2013; a 13-year-old gunned down on the streets of Stockton with…
Family matters
Joey advises one reader to ignore her siblings’ weak response to her pregnancy and another reader to adult up with his family.
That trust vibe
She thinks her boyfriend betrayed her—but who did she betray in kind?
California college students shouldn’t go hungry
Two hundred and fifty thousand California college students are eligible for CalFresh benefits but aren’t receiving them.
These bands are your life
How the Knockoffs, Trouble Makers and Four Eyes survived fist fights, bad shows and 25 years on the Sacramento scene By Rachel Leibrock Bands come…
Fight or flight
He thinks they’re happy, but she wants to admit they have problems worth an argument.
Better health care, smarter choices
In America we pay $5,000 more per person per year for health care than other wealthy countries. It’s enough to make you sick.
Fire down below: Records reveal nearly 30 gas wells in the path of Delta tunnel project
By Scott Thomas Anderson Seventeen bodies were hauled out of the tunnel, some charred by fire, others choked in soot. The men killed that day…
Paying mom
Her husband received a surprise inheritance from his father, who left the family 30 years ago. Her mother-in-law wants that money. Who should have a say?
California’s waste warriors have 32 million tons of waste with nowhere to go
California Resource Recovery Association’s 42nd annual convention tackles the challenge posed by China’s refusal to continue processing our waste.
Trump muffin
Her hubby’s so obsessed with talking about the president, she’s thinking of divorcing him after 43 years. But will that solve it?
It’s time to make history, one day at a time
My college professor, Dick Flacks, said we could change the world.
Hidden money, weaponized disinformation and a dark development in Folsm
By Scott Thomas Anderson It was a cold night in February, and my car was inching through a rope of ruby taillights spilling across North Sacramento….
Her cherry chapstick
Open your heart to a woman who knows who she is and who she wants.