By Lanaisha Edwards for CalMatters Fourteen years ago, my younger brother, Vinnie Edwards, was fatally shot as he left football practice at his college. Six…
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By Patti Roberts Passionate artists, arts organizations, supporters, and advocates will descend upon the capital city on April 16 and 17 to highlight why arts…
Housing, homelessness and safety identified as areas of focus during “Suds & Solutions” event By Cristian Gonzalez Experts and community members convened at Touchstone Brewing…
By Eddie Jorgensen The Sacramento Philharmonic is continuing to showcase some of the most able musicians that the area has to offer, and lately doing…
By Levi Sumagaysay for CalMatters With more California homeowners just discovering their insurance policies are getting canceled — and hundreds of thousands of others stuck…
By Madison Flewellyn When millennials complain that they cannot afford a house, “work harder” is often the response of older generations. So, are millennials lazy? Or…
By Jessica Laskey Change is hard. For arts leaders engaged in the delicate act of passing the torch to the next generation, it can be…
By Hannah Ross Liz Lorand Williams, policy manager for Downtown Sacramento Partnership, has worked to advocate on behalf of the downtown community for the last…
By Maureen Ojiambo A growing number of international students are arriving in Sacramento to attend college – and many are facing similar struggles. Data from…
By Evan Malmgren for the Economic Hardship Reporting Project This piece is co-published with permission from the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. It was originally published…
By Chris Nichols for Capital Public Radio A unique affordable housing community called Cornerstone opened last week in South Sacramento, offering everything from services for…
By Eddie Jorgensen San Diego’s Glass Spells had been booked as support for Missing Persons at Harlow’s in early February, but the entire show was…
Children and teenagers have been through a lot the past few years, with the disruption and isolation that was COVID, on top of family stress or trauma that can be present any time. Sacramento County Office of Education is focused on this issue for our kids, and Sacramento County Superintendent of Schools David W. Gordon sat down with us to discuss his perspective—and the plans SCOE is putting in place.
After speaking at U.C. Davis, Stanford professor and ‘Entitled Opinions’ host discusses being a voice some are turning to as the human experience goes haywire…
Downtown Sacramento definitely needs a post-pandemic jumpstart, now that fewer government employees work there. What can be done to bring more people back to work,…
Supporters say harvesting trees would thin out the state’s overgrown forests; critics say the wood pellets for heating produce more carbon than coal. By John…
By Hannah Ross Mia Lopez graduates next week. The communications analyst for the Sacramento Area Council of Governments will be graduating with a Bachelor of…