Shira Lane strives to foster a creative, environmentally friendly Sacramento
By Justine Chahal When Shira Lane moved from the Bay Area to Sacramento with her family in 2016, she was unsure of what she would…
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Essay: Why early sport specialization could be sabotaging your child’s athletic future
By Dr. Brian Hainline Sixty million children in America participate in organized sports annually. More than 26% of those kids “specialize” before puberty, meaning they…
Sacramento’s December theater roundup: stage groups ring in the holidays
By Ally Heatherly The holiday season has arrived in Sacramento, as local theater companies are ready to dazzle with a lineup of festive productions. From…
B Street Theatre’s production of ‘A Christmas Carol’ shines with audience participation, candy and unadulterated joy
By Dave Kempa Mirth! Joy! Candy! The moment audience members shuffle into the theater for B Street Theatre’s winking take on “A Christmas Carol,” they…
Cosmic Roots takes center stage at Solving Sacramento’s latest Hangout Gigs live at the Torch Club on Dec. 17
The Solving Sacramento journalism collaborative will host another live version of its Hangout Gigs, returning again to the tried-and-true Sacramento music escape of The Torch…
December skies: The month brings the longest night of the year—and great views of planets
By Robert Victor Winter begins with the solstice on Dec. 20-21, at 1:21 a.m., during our longest night. There are plenty of dark skies in…
Conservation groups respond to Trump picking Lee Zeldin as head of EPA, fear dismantling of environmental protections
By Dan Bacher President-Elect Donald Trump recently announced that Lee Zeldin, a former New York Republican Congressman who holds a lifetime League of Conservation Voters…
An Oscar contender: Kieran Culkin gives a performance for the ages in ‘A Real Pain’
By Bob Grimm Kieran Culkin goes next-level brilliant in A Real Pain, the sophomore directorial effort from Jesse Eisenberg, who also wrote the amazing script. This…
Get in the holiday spirit with art this December
By Marie-Elena Schembri The holiday season is in full swing with festive arts events and plenty of options to find the perfect gift for art…
Analysis: The U.S. Senate could help—or significantly harm—press freedoms
By Jimmy Boegle As the 118th Congress enters its final weeks, I am very closely following two pieces of legislation—one of which would be a…
8 Sacramento events to experience in December
By Steph Rodriguez Sacramento is rocking around the clock this holiday season with a variety of festive shows even the Grinch in your family can…
Two California prosecutors promised a different kind of justice. Voters turned on them
By Cayla Mihalovich for CalMatters California’s two best known “progressive” prosecutors were doing what they promised the voters who elected them. Pamela Price, elected as…
Sacramento percussionist Jay Myers on the power of music
By Sena Christian Like many small town athlete-musicians, Jay Myers’ halftimes during his high school football games were busy. He would rush to remove his…
Remembering Davis’s tragic ‘House of Horrors’
The Chiles Mansion and what happened in 1972 By David Kulczyk Over a decade ago, the heirs of Mary Simmons put 12 undeveloped acres of prime…
Sacramento’s NineFingers finds healing and community through music and dodgeball
By Cristian Gonzalez NineFingers, the enigmatic musician with a penchant for blending styles, first picked up a guitar at 12 years old. Like many young…
Project Censored dispatch: Unsolved text campaign targets female law faculty and students
By Project Censored Since January 2024, female law school professors, deans, and students across the country have been subjected to anonymous online harassment based on…
Sacramento, Yolo and San Joaquin groups join native tribes and environmentalists to battle Newsom as he gets more water districts to support Delta tunnel
By Dan Bacher Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom celebrated the recent votes by three water agencies for the next phase of funding for the proposed…