So you think you can be a roadie?
Victims Family plays Harlow’s Starlet Room in Sacramento on Dec. 2 By Eddie Jorgensen Tim Solyan is the drummer for Victims Family, a punk-fusion…
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Holiday abandonment: More than 100,000 COVID-impacted renters tell state ‘Thanks for nothing’
Demonstration in Downtown Sacramento centered on California-contracted corporation Horne LLC and its alleged failure to administer ERAP in a timely manner By Scott Thomas Anderson…
Rancho Cordova opens potentially transformative youth center
By Antonio Harvey, The Sacramento Observer This story is co-published with The Sacramento Observer, a newspaper with more than 58 years of bringing public service…
As corporations dominate Sacramento’s rental market, opposition by Realtors and landlords caused demise of the ‘Homes for Families’ bill
A postmortem of how one of the most-anticipated housing bills in California was killed in the State Legislature this year By Dan Bacher A drive through…
Sacramento’s Old Ironsides celebrates the music of Tool and Nirvana with a heavy-handed double bill on Nov. 25
By Eddie Jorgensen For those living under a rock, Sacramento’s legendary Downtown venue Old Ironsides officially re-opened its doors to live entertainment a few weeks…
What’s next for sports betting in California?
By Grace Gedye for CalMatters After stockpiling nearly half a billion dollars in campaign cash and inundating Californians with ads, the pitched — and sometimes…
Essay: Sacramento voters rejected Measure A’s giveaways and political patronage for a reason
By Brad Branan By standard political measures, a proposed Sacramento County transportation tax should have won approval in this month’s election. Supporters had a truckload…
When is the ‘right time’ for first-time homebuyers in the Sacramento region?
By Dakota Morlan Younger millennials, aged 23 to 31, made up a substantial 18% of homebuyers this year, according to a study by the National…
Digging into a massacre: Indigenous people say a lithium mine project in the West will desecrate a sacred site
By Susana Bledsoe As a mining company waits for an archeological report regarding a site where Native Americans were massacred in 1865, tribal leaders worry…
17 Million California renters have no pull in Sacramento. A new caucus aims to fix that
Inside the latest, smallest group in the California Legislature. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital…
The Depp-Beck show blows through the Sacramento region
Photographs and review by Sugarwolf Johnny Depp joined guitar legend Jeff Beck on stage at Hard Rock’s Fire Mountain venue in Wheatland on Thursday. The…
UC’s student workers can’t afford California
48,000 underpaid student workers in the University of California system prepare to go on strike Nov. 14. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story…
Friends no more: Martin McDonagh has another classic on his hands with ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
By Bob Grimm Writer-director Martin McDonagh has now made four films—and all of them are masterpieces. The Banshees of Inisherin reunites Colin Farrell and Brendan…
Time will tell if Big Oil’s California election investments pay off
Some races with moderate Democrats backed by oil money running against progressives remain too close to call. By Aaron Cantu, Capital & Main This story…
Editorial: When it comes to violent crime, do we even hear victims anymore?
“She was my first-born. He took more than my child – he took the child who made me a mother.” Those are the words of…
Building for 32 months: Exasperated animal advocates hold protest at Sacramento’s Front Street Shelter
On November 6, a group of protestors descended on Sacramento’s Front Street Animal Shelter to condemn what they view as deteriorating animal care and services…
‘If he kills you, I’ll kill him’ – veteran director and cast of heavy-hitters team up for western ‘Dead for a Dollar’ on Amazon, Apple TV
By Juan-Carlos Selznick Dead for a Dollar is the new western (now streaming on Amazon and Apple TV) from veteran action director Walter Hill (Hard…