A flurry of votes in Sacramento: California passes gasoline price-gouging penalty bill
By Dan Bacher Despite Big Oil spending more than $34.2 million to lobby the Legislature in the last two years – and millions more over the…
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Legendary rockers Blue Öyster Cult to make rare appearance at The Venue in Thunder Valley Casino on April 1
By Eddie Jorgensen It’s hard to believe 56 years have passed since guitarist Buck Dharma – a.k.a. Donald Roeser – first formed a band under…
Sacramento’s Celebration Arts receives $700,000 state grant
Funding will help the Black theater organization expand Its operation By Verbal Adam, Sacramento Observer This story is co-published with The Sacramento Observer, a newspaper…
‘Uprooted’ exhibit opens in Sacramento, commemorating the darkest moment – and the tale of survival – for Californians of Japanese descent
By Alesha Blaauw Sacramento’s Japanese American community gathered in excitement as the “Uprooted: An American Story” exhibit was opened in the California Museum on a…
Sacramento’s Miller Park becomes a safe ground for those experiencing homelessness
Tenants housed at the park use leftover pandemic trailers By Ken Magri This winter’s unusually cold, windy and rainy weather has created big challenges for…
Letters: Everything sucks everywhere all at once
Sleep in the fentanyl-dealing bed you made Re: “Money, Snapchat and implied malice: Why a fentanyl dealer was charged with murder as Placer’s deaths soared…
The Foilies 2023: Recognizing the worst in government transparency
By the Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock News It seems like these days, everyone is finding classified documents in places they shouldn’t be: their homes,…
Stout Rebellion keeps bringing the Irish musical bravado, and fun, to the Capital region
By Casey Rafter It was Irishpalooza and Harlow’s dark curtain was lit green as the jaunty sounds of a tin whistle cut the air. The…
Expert architects present new book in Sacramento on how to build better affordable housing
By Graham Womack Across the street from one another in San Francisco, David Baker Architects created two housing complexes that are indistinguishable — at least from…
Trauma is on the menu for some heavy-handed hard rock and metal at Sacramento’s Ace of Spades on March 16.
By Eddie Jorgensen Looking for the ultimate tour package that will please from beginning to end? Look no further: Queensrÿche’s ‘The Digital Noise Alliance’ tour will be…
‘What they see is what they’ll be’ – prominent local Black men attend parent and youth conference
By Verbal Adam, The Sacramento Observer This story is co-published with The Sacramento Observer, a newspaper with more than 58 years of bringing public service journalism…
The past and future of Franklin Boulevard
Efforts afoot along the historic corridor By Graham Womack When Jesus Lopez returned to Sacramento after attending San Francisco State University, going to work at…
New cost estimate for high-speed rail puts California bullet train $100 billion in the red
By Ralph Vartabedian for CalMatters When Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his scaled down blueprint for the California bullet train four years ago, he proposed building…
Rolling on the rivers: Tyre Nichols’ love for the Sacramento River carried into his life and legacy
By Douglas Cazaux Sackman At dusk, Tyre Nichols used to ask his friend Angelina Paxton for a ride down the Sacramento River Delta to catch…
Got Snow? The huge Sierra snow-pack is creating new and future problems
By Ken Magri While the Sierra snowpack has mostly ended California’s three-year drought, it is creating big problems for people who live in the mountains….
Black Sabbitch, an all-female tribute to Black Sabbath, readies for metal mass at Old Ironsides on March 11
By Eddie Jorgensen Black Sabbath leader Ozzy Osbourne recently announced he’ll be retiring from touring, opening the way for a handful of great tribute acts…
Housing California’s Chione Flegal on the ‘growing’ and ‘persistent’ lack of affordable housing
By Ben van der Meer Chione Flegal is executive director of Housing California, a nonprofit advocacy group on housing issues and a policy institute. She…