During pandemic, suburban city finds its inner force
In Roseville, a tale of spontaneous generosity unfolded for the vulnerable during COVID-19 Last December, Debra Pughsley and her mother Pamela were both diagnosed with…
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The critical hour
How small distilleries solved a big breakdown in rural communities’ supply chain when it mattered most Towns across the Sierra foothills may never think of…
Taming the inner storm
A Vietnam refugee turned psychologist offers her own painful journey in new memoir Several years ago, a psychologist at UC Davis began sharing her childhood…
Delta tunnel advisory committee compelled to work through the pandemic
Were COVID-19-related concerns intentionally downplayed to the Delta Protection Committee? Members of a committee designed to ensure Delta communities and tribal groups have their say…
After nine years, Elk Grove detectives won’t let an infamous case stay cold
In Elk Grove, on an anonymous strip of East Stockton Boulevard, there’s a short-running section of divider that shields the avenue from the gagging exhaust…
COVID-19 cover?
Critics cry foul as Sacramento passes embattled telecommunication plan with public’s voice lowered by lockdown Last year, Sacramento City Hall was filled with people protesting…
Sac’s independent bookstores try to soldier on, survive the lockdown
In exploring the life of author C.S. Lewis, who saw the imaginative possibilities in books even during his moments of suffering, the playwright William Nicholson…
Concerns grow in City Hall over the mental health toll of COVID-19 and the lockdown
For Sacramento Mayor Pro Tem Angelique Ashby, the jarring news flooded in from different directions: Police, school officials, parents, neighbors. It may have come in…
Sacramento tries to stop a COVID-19 disaster in its homeless camps
Last week, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg stood by Gov. Gavin Newsom in front of a motel that had recently been converted into a homeless shelter….
State’s independent engineers raise alarm about new Delta tunnel plan
With the coronavirus pandemic upending life in California, state officials are extending their deadline for public input on the latest plan for a 50-mile tunnel…