Articles by Jeff vonKaenel

The 5-year-old twins are beautiful, energetic, smart, rambunctious and … profoundly deaf. My 84-year-old mother is, well, she’s 84 years old.

While confrontations with police have grabbed headlines recently, many police find opportunities to work with the community to create change.

A donation to a nonprofit was a gift that really meant something.

Sacramento’s new Climate Action Plan urges sustainability and conservation.

How could I give a shout-out to Bank of America given the role of big banks in our country’s financial meltdown?

Chillin’ with Junior Honorary Mayor Clay Gaunt and Grandma Curry.

Names of 60,000 foster kids are read aloud on National Adoption Awareness Day.

The Occupy movement storms an Oakland Bank of America branch; the bank faces public-relations nightmare; the bank gives money to Sacramento-area heroes and nonprofits.

Six years later, New Orleans has lessons for Sacramento.

A U.S. Attorney threatens to go after newspapers, TV and radio who run medical-marijuana ads.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack comes to Sacramento to promote Obama’s American Jobs Act.

Sacramento Salvation Army’s new transitional-living center is making a difference.

Rev. Cole preaches against nationalism and vengeance at the Sacramento Area League of Associated Muslims.

Sacramento region needs to reshape its job market as state government jobs are cut.

Despite our diversity, underneath we are very much the same.