As California AI data centers grow, so does dirty energy
Companies are using a shortcut to build ever larger centers that use diesel generators as an emergency power source. By Aaron Cantú, Capital & Main…
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Hangout Gigs goes hi-fi and vinyl as Solving Sac hosts live DJ event, zine release, on Feb. 18
Latest music and live podcast recording will happen at Legend Has It The Solving Sacramento journalism collaborative recently explored what it means for the…
Essay: Ranked choice voting for Sacramento’s elections for school boards and city council
By Jose Navarro My support for Ranked Choice Voting started with my experience following local political campaigns as President of Sacramento’s Latino Democratic Club. In…
The Tower Theater honors David Lynch by featuring two of his masterpieces on the big screen this January
This week, Sacramento’s Tower Theater pays tribute to the edgy and inventive film auteur David Lynch by showing his classic “Blue Velvet” on Friday, Jan. 24…
Sacramento’s MusicLandria grows as a hub for local musicians
By Seth Sandronsky On a Sunday afternoon, Rafael Lopez works on a synthesizer and drum machine inside MusicLandria’s Makerspace. The space features electronic equipment for…
From dull to dynamic: How artists can revitalize Sacramento
By Angie Eng Boredom often elicits disconnection and meaninglessness — in large doses, existential dread — but when embraced, it can be a catalyst for…
Bill targeting nonprofits likely to be revived by new Congress
Opponents say H.R. 9495 is part of a broader GOP effort to kneecap progressive organizations. By Jeremy Lindenfeld, Capital & Main This story is produced…
Sacramentans march in remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr.
By Ellie Appleby A beautiful sunrise started the day off right for the large turnout of people who gathered together in support of the 43rd…
Project Censored dispatch: Another ‘unprecedented’ year calls for staying the course
By Mischa Geracoiulis “The America I loved still exists, if not in the White House, the Supreme Court, the Senate, the House of Representatives, or…
Pam Avery on the winding road to becoming a studio artist in Sacramento
By Helen Harlan Pam Avery doesn’t often listen to music when she paints her vibrant and dynamic abstract acrylic canvases in her studio in Boulevard…
Big coup for a small biz: Local store Face in a Book wins national Raven Award from Mystery Writers of America
There’s almost universal agreement now that the detective story, and literature’s entire mystery genre, started in the mind of Edgar Allen Poe when he penned…
‘A perfect time’ at The Ooley Theatre in Sacramento
By Helen Harlan When Gerald Ooley returned to Sacramento from working in military intelligence in the Vietnam War in the early 1970s, he was a…
The violent, wild West: Netflix’s ‘American Primeval’ miniseries fizzles after a great start
By Bob Grimm After a grand start, Netflix’s American Primeval fades toward a bland, copout finish. The brutal depiction of the old American West can’t maintain its…
Land Park’s Fairytale Town partners with NorCal Arts to produce children’s theater
By Lisa Thibodeau Sacramento’s historic storybook park Fairytale Town, located in William Land Park, is partnering with NorCal Arts (formerly Northern California School of the…
California just banned mandatory anti-union meetings in workplaces. Business groups have sued to stop the new law.
Chamber of Commerce, Restaurant Association claim the law, which labor unions say is meant to prevent coercion, violates free speech. By Mark Kreidler, Capital &…
Falsely blaming the LA wildfires on Delta protection and the imperiled smelt is distorting the picture of water in California
President-elect Trump is spreading a sham narrative to the country, which is being parroted by allies, about what is happening in the Golden State’s rivers…
Sacramento libraries are reaching deeper into the community, expanding offerings in a tech-dominated landscape
By Helen Harlan It’s just after 11 a.m. on blustery Thursday in Midtown Sacramento. Around a dozen students look content as they leave the community…