The untold story of COVID’s impact on California’s mental health
The pandemic continues to bring stress upon those in the state who can least afford it. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is…
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Sacramento witness brought down ‘coyote’ engaged in extortion around migrants being trafficked over the border
A Sacramento County resident who’d hired human smugglers to bring his relatives up from Mexico eventually turned to law enforcement for help after the “coyotes”…
Proposed law could be a game-changer for new housing on 1,965 acres in Sacramento County
Sen. Scott Wiener’s SB 4 bill aims to streamline new building projects By Ken Magri The first steps in solving California’s affordable housing crisis are…
California hotel workers fight an uphill battle to live where they work
Making developers who stoke the housing crisis repair the damage they’ve done. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning…
After U.C. Davis study showed student parents struggling, community colleges and state campuses around Sacramento implement new support systems
By Tyra Willis and Celene Talavera A new law hopes to address the equity gap for parents that are enrolled in California community colleges and…
Real-estate expert Greg Paquin on how Sacramento’s lack of housing affordability impacts younger generations
By Ken Magri Greg Paquin, a real-estate consultant who runs The Gregory Group with offices in Folsom and Aliso Viejo, echoes what “we all realize,”…
California lawmakers try again to cap insulin costs
By Ana B. Ibarra for CalMatters As many diabetics across the Golden State struggle with insulin costs, California’s efforts to make the medication more affordable…
‘Fundamental cinema’
A special new film, plus streaming odds and ends By Juan-Carlos Selznick A few weeks back, I walked out of a movie house feeling I’d…
In a time of dire housing shortages, North State Building Industry Association President Michael Strech urges government to remove barriers
By Seth Sandronsky Michael Strech helms the North State Building Industry Association, an advocacy group for the greater six-county Sacramento region’s homebuilding industry. As BIA…
Even after floods hit state, California plans cuts to climate investments
Lawmakers will have to resist inertia and oil and gas influence as the climate crisis worsens. By Aaron Cantu, Capital & Main This story is…
A singer for all seasons: Artemis Arthur is a creative triple-threat who’s been showing our region the rhythm of her soul
By Casey Rafter Artemis Arthur has felt those flames of passion for art breathing down her neck for most of her life. With musical roots…
Economic mobility adviser Michael Tubbs says inequities and old narratives about multifamily housing need to be fixed
By Russell Nichols Former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs has been an advocate for overcoming adversity since he was a child. No surprise, then, that California’s…
‘Me-and-you-ing’ – delving into Mendocino Headlands State Park
On random transitions in Northern California By Janet Rechtman Mendocino Headlands State Park. We walk a curvy trail alongside the estuary as the Big River…
Bay Area plans to refine biofuels could derail climate goals, warn environmentalists
Oil companies may end up relying on environmentally questionable crop-based fuels. By Aaron Cantu, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism…
As the Capital Region got gouged at the pumps, Chevron doubled its profits
With consumers’ most cynical assumptions confirmed, a legislative showdown moves to the state house in Sacramento By Dan Bacher Chevron Corporation, the San Ramon based…
Nostalgically decent: The new kids on Netflix’s ‘That ’90s Show’ don’t measure up, but the show is cute enough
By Bob Grimm Netflix gets mixed results with the sequel to That ’70s Show. In all honesty, I watched the first five episodes of the…
Will California join TikTok ban?
By Sameea Kamal for CalMatters President Biden signed a law banning nearly 4 million federal employees from having TikTok on their government phones, over national…