Round up: Midsummer isn’t cooling for live entertainment around the Capital City
The region is halfway through the hot season – and dancers, musicians and filmmakers are all chipping in to help escape the Summertime Blues. Here…
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Measuring COVID’s effect on a generation of young Californians
The uneven impact of the pandemic has fallen heaviest on the most vulnerable students in the state. Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is…
Deadly ‘match’: how Tinder brought three into a shared orbit of stalking, torture, white power and an execution linking Rocklin to Rancho Cordova
By Scott Thomas Anderson It was 2 a.m. in the oldest part of Rocklin. Porch lights broke the blackness above some freight lines along Pacific…
Under the new SB 1383 legislation, how do we dispose of organic waste—and how close to meeting the 2025 goals are we?
We are collecting organic waste–most of it uneaten food–in a new way. What happens to it next?
California cuts cannabis taxes to heal ailing industry
By Alexei Koseff for CalMatters California is significantly overhauling its cannabis tax structure, including entirely eliminating a tax on growers, in an effort to boost…
Wind-swept wandering in the Mediterranean
By Scott Thomas Anderson Sometime around 850 B.C., the Greek poet Homer first mused about the seduction of a “wine dark sea,” forever linking Dionysian…
California’s plan to close the digital divide hits industry roadblocks
Advocates say big telecom proposals could water down the state’s ambitious effort to connect 98% of residents by 2026. By Robin Urevich, Capital & Main…
Sacramento’s Stardust Emporium brings a community together around the virtues of vintage
By Julie Blunt More than 13,000-square-feet of bright colored clothes; uniquely designed furniture; antique toys and collectors’ items; vintage entertainment; a private movie theater; a…
Sacramento’s new efforts to train builders in a region that desperately needs housing
The demand for new living units is high – so is demand for skilled workers to actually construct them By Graham Womack Kevin Dobson has…
Clock is ticking on California’s landmark plastics reduction legislation
If the Legislature does not approve the bill by Thursday, a similar initiative will proceed to the November ballot. By Andy Furillo, Capital & Main…
San Jose is a model of how collecting organic waste may look across California—even though challenges remain.
Not all parts of California are the same, of course. There are heavily populated urban centers, rural areas, well-funded cities, small towns that struggle economically….
Why are so many firefighters still struggling to afford housing?
Wildland firefighters have been sounding the alarm on a lack of accessible housing. Is anyone listening? By Colleen Hagerty, Capital & Main This story is…
‘I want to be a DJ’: being a fly on the wall for Sac State’s KSSU 30-year anniversary.
University’s student-run online radio station celebrates three decades of jams By Casey Rafter The wood framed door clicks, locking as I enter the KSSU studio…
Fight over mask mandate disrupts Nevada City student’s senior year
By Salgu Wissmath for CalMatters Anthony Pritchett, a senior at Nevada Union High School, sits on the Nevada Joint Union High School District’s board of…
The perfect tool for summer in Sacramento: Free moisture meter
BeWaterSmart offers handy device to have during drought or any time During the driest year in Sacramento history, soil is getting rock hard, too —…
‘Crossing the Line’ to get an abortion
As Roe v. Wade falls, a new podcast immerses listeners in the harrowing experiences of those seeking abortion, and the network of doctors, nurses and clergy helping…
‘Operation Bear Trap’ highlights Sacramento’s place in the Nevada gun-trafficking problem
Alleged conspiracy had meth flowing to Tahoe through the Capital City, guns flowing there from the capitol of the Silver State Five years ago, the…