Essay: Sacramento Poor People’s Campaign demands filibuster end for the sake of local families
By Faye Wilson Kennedy and Dr. Pamela Anderson If our democracy is to survive, the filibuster must end now. Since 1841, the filibuster has been…
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Essay: Folsom’s ‘Negro Bar’ should be renamed, but the contributions of Black pioneers shouldn’t be forgotten
In 2018, Phaedra Jones did not know much about Folsom. She accepted a delivery assignment from her employer, UberEATS, bringing food from Stockton to the…
California schools are running out of money
By Emily Hoeven for CalMatters California school districts have two choices: Bite the bullet and make budget cuts now, or delay them and face even…
Essay: CEQA can increase affordable housing in Sacramento while protecting communities
By Ralph Propper, President of the Environmental Council of Sacramento The City of Sacramento signed a deal this summer to build a U.C. Davis campus…
In Rancho Cordova, a darkened stage finds its lights again with ‘Into the Woods’
As the pandemic tapers down, Hummingbird Theatre Company is trying to reconnect with audiences By Casey Rafter A clutter of colorful condominiums surround Village…
Extinction’s Edge: biologists continue to find zero Delta smelt in Sacramento-San Joaquin waterways
Department of Fish & Wildlife’s Fall midwater trawl survey is jarring By Dan Bacher For the fifth September in a row, the California Department of Fish…
The forgotten fire?
A year after the North Complex Fire, Berry Creek residents say rebuilding hindered by costs, crime and splintered community By Ken Smith Until the night…
Newsom Administration issued 138 offshore well permits in California waters prior to new oil spill
By Dan Bacher As birds, fish and other wildlife die from the over 126,000 gallons of crude oil unleashed by the devastating oil spill off Huntington…
The photo oracle: Sacramento’s Elle Jaye has an eye for capturing the music scene’s creative lightning
Pink hair, lenses and hugs are part of a rare approach the city’s musicians can’t get enough of By Casey Rafter It’s a beat frozen…
Essay: The window dressing of environmental justice in the state’s Delta tunnel planning
By Tim Stroshane, policy analyst for Restore the Delta If the California Department of Water Resources says it, it must be official: “Most of the Delta…