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…
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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…
The Bitter Buddha is breaking into Sac’s beer garden
Eddie Pepitone makes his local debut with JT Habersaat on April 17 at outdoor taphouse By Casey Rafter The Greek god Helios recently seemed to…
After Sacramento shooting, a state prison release proposal is even more contentious
By Ben Christopher for CalMatters Timing is everything. Since the early months of the pandemic, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has been scrambling to…
Four months after Sacramento redistricting, coverage chaos descends on City Hall
The Mayor: “We have a real problem here.” Who’s the Sacramento City Council member representing your district until November? Ask that one question in City…
Alone on the Atlantic for 70 days, man fought wind and waves for kids with cancer
Owen Gray’s 3,000-mile voyage raised $196K for the Okizu Foundation By Frank X. Mullen As he neared the end of his 10-week solo trip across…
It was Saturday night: The shadow of death
A slow return to the scene that changed everything By Scott Thomas Anderson They just prayed their way through the wind. It was the first…
‘Antidote to hopelessness’: Emmy-winning investigative journalist from the region pens book on climate change miseducation
By Ashiah Scharaga When Katie Worth began working on her book about climate change education in America, she did not anticipate ending up back in…
Wages rise for many, but not for Californians most hit by inflation
A state secret comes into the open: how inflation targets the poor. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning…
Letters: Dark plans, tech oligarchs and learning to laugh a little
The government harming habitat, killing culture Re: “All the Governor’s Men: Life and love in the Delta town Newsom’s tunnel would destroy” by Scott…