Sacramento’s swing man Peter Petty is reaching his zenith on stage
Fans say that Jazz’s prodigious partier brings an energy and audacity that’s hard to match By Casey Rafter Under the lights of The Sofia Theatre,…
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Low vaccine booster rates in California’s nursing homes alarm experts
Less than half of the state’s nursing home residents have received the booster, which provides crucial protection By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story…
Lost faces on the longest night: Remembering Sacramento’s invisible dead
“Do not go gentle into that good night,” the poet Dylan Thomas warned us; but for 145 people who died lonely, anonymous deaths on the…
Greenlight: Sunday was a sad day for the Service Employees International Union 1000
Sunday, December 19th was a sad day for the Service Employees International Union 1000. Their Board of Directors meeting was originally planned to be held at the Sacramento Downtown…
Sacramento-area senator looks to fix major problems in state’s compassionate assisted suicide law
Eggman’s SB380 attempts to iron-out regulations that caused the terminally ill to suffer longer By Rose Vega and TJ Martinez A new bill is set…
Did California get its money’s worth from $1.7 billion COVID test contract?
By Kristen Hwang and Ana B. Ibarra for Cal Matters A patient sample that wasn’t processed for more than 30 days. A test used without…
Sacramento’s upcoming seven days of jazz, rock, blues and bourbon for ushering in Christmas
If music’s not your holiday jam, there’s always Jane Austin, magic realism and the Muppets After the last two years, any vision of fun holiday…
Staging a comeback: Sacramento’s theaters fight their way out of ‘the longest intermission’ in history
After nearly two years of shutdowns, patrons’ generosity and artists’ adaptability staved off disaster By Patti Roberts Local theaters are currently aglow with Christmas productions…
Coalition suing the EPA over clean air failures in San Joaquin Valley
Development, oil and agriculture have long-burdened the valley with pollutants, and residents are tired of the EPA doing nothing about it. By Alexandria Herr, Capital…
¡Viva la cultura! Sacramento’s Latino Center of Art and Culture brings new life to a landmark, continuing its vital celebration of heritage
LCAC looks to new horizons at Winn Park, hosts its La Pastorela this week at The Guild Theater It wasn’t that long ago in Sacramento’s…
Push to hold Sacramento’s corporate landlord titan accountable carries into the State Capitol
Constituent support of AB 1199 could be critical in breaking Wall Street’s stranglehold on the region’s rental market By Scott Thomas Anderson Last week, housing…
Sacramento’s Hispanic population had a growth rate nearly double that of the entire county
By Rose Vega and Erick Amaya Hilda Rivera immigrated to the United States nearly 32 years ago. She was 19 when she came looking for…
Why is California’s redistricting commission under increasing scrutiny?
By Sameea Kamal for CalMatters California’s independent redistricting commission is taking a lot of heat for the congressional and legislative maps it’s drawing to beat…
Wine tasting with writers’ ghosts in the Valley of the Moon
For more than a century, Glen Ellen was a refuge for outcasts: From Jack London to Hunter S. Thompson, lost loners flocked to this hideaway…
Spring 2023 the target for removing four Nor Cal dams to free 400 miles of rivers and tributaries
Elimination of four PacifiCorp dams on Klamath River slated to move ahead By Dan Bacher If all goes as planned, the removal of four PacifiCorp…
Sacramento’s Golden Road for game fanatics: The beer and vegan victories have you covered
Newest team at Golden Road’s ‘Pub Midtown’ focuses on brews, bites and year-round game fun By Casey Rafter Holding glasses of beer that glint yellow…
Essay: Delving into plague stories
By Holly Calderone Having spent the entire COVID-19 pandemic engaged in hospice social work, I avoided reading plague stories. But a return from New York…