A step toward Oak Park deserting its ‘food desert’ status
By Elizabeth Meza Oak Park residents are getting groceries at better prices without driving outside the neighborhood due to the recent opening of a new…
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Amazon employees’ victory is inspiring workers at other retailers. Could a Walmart union be next?
The improbable labor win is raising comparisons to thwarted efforts to organize workers in the early 2000s. By Coco McPherson, Capital & Main This story…
Nick Lapis of Californians Against Waste discusses the plastic initiative slated for the November 2022 ballot
There is a famous scene in the 1967 movie “The Graduate.” A middle-aged man tells a young and distracted Dustin Hoffman at a party: “I…
Man who ambushed, executed Sacramento librarian convicted of 1st-Degree Murder
Senseless killing led family into gun violence prevention work The deranged stalker who left Natomas in fear, Sacramento’s libraries in shock and a family in…
In a closely watched race in Sacramento, most Attorney General candidates are taking the fifth
By Jeff Burdick for SactoPolitico This story was produced by the Sacramento-based political publication SactoPolitico.com and co-published here with permission. Most frontrunning incumbents avoid debate…
Pink Mountaintops prepare to rock Goldfield in Midtown Sacramento
Frontman Stephen McBean: Gigs dried up, so here comes ‘Peacock Pools’ By Casey Rafter After a raucous show opening for Dinosaur Jr. at Ace of…
Yet another setback for PG&E wildfire victims
By Emily Hoeven for CalMatters All roads lead to Sacramento. That’s one takeaway from the convoluted series of events that led to tens of thousands…
A stand in Sacramento: Stand.earth, Amazon Watch demand California end role in rainforest destruction
Youth activists and environmental groups hang 75-foot banner on city’s famed Tower Bridge to challenge Gov. Newsom’s Big Oil affiliations By Dan Bacher On…
Sacramento to get its own Hanami Line
SacTree unveils plans for new cherry grove overlooking Sacramento River at Matsui Park A special place to celebrate cherry blossom time is coming to Sacramento’s…
California oil and gas industry leans on political heavyweights to drill wells
New well count rises as governor appoints oil lobbyist to top role. By Aaron Cantu, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning…
Journalist from Sacramento takes readers behind the conservative media curtain in ‘Write Wing’
J.P. Ba sets his literary aim on a news landscape gone awry By Scott Thomas Anderson A journalist who was raised in Sacramento – cutting…
Q&A: Doug Kobold of the California Product Stewardship Council discusses how products can be disposed of properly without harming the environment
What do unused medications, batteries, cell phones, paint and motor oil have in common? For one, if they are dumped in the wrong place, they…
Grow Your Own for 4/20!
It’s Spring, and good Cannabis is relatively easy to grow By Ken Magri They don’t call it “green gold” for nothing. At $4.6 billion, Cannabis…
Duplex housing law met with fierce resistance by California cities
By Manuela Tobias for CalMatters The state housing department is gearing up to send stern warnings to cities trying to skirt a new housing law…
Metropolitan Water District votes to fund embattled Sites Reservoir project in Sacramento Valley
Environmental groups continue to slam the project as irresponsible By Dan Bacher The Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Water District, or MWD, the main water…
Revisiting the Watch: In the wake of a numbing, gang-related murder, the Hawk Institute keeps pulling youth triumphs from the shadow of tragedy
Following the horrific mass-causality event in Downtown Sacramento on April 3, community interest in meaningful gang-prevention initiatives is at an all-time high. The following in…
Essay: Midterm roundup – why the media apathy?
By Jeff Burdick for SactoPolitico This story was produced by the Sacramento-based political publication SactoPolitico.com and co-published here with permission. Many items in this midterm election roundup…