So, you wanna be a Sacramento sound engineer?
How audio masters keep the beat for the city’s live entertainment By Eddie Jorgensen Jeremy Ayala, an audio engineer who runs the sound boards at…
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Environmentalists blast Newsom again, this time for ‘streamlining’ Sites Reservoir in the Sacramento Valley
By Dan Bacher Despite strong opposition from indigenous tribes, fishing groups and conservation organizations, Governor Gavin Newsom took action in early November to fast-track the Sites Reservoir…
How an expired pandemic-era policy doubled child poverty rates
The expanded Child Tax Credit cut child poverty rates in half — now they’ve doubled By Russell Nichols In 2021, when federal lawmakers cut child…
Recognizing fake news now a required subject in California schools
By Carolyn Jones for CalMatters Pushing back against the surge of misinformation online, California will now require all K-12 students to learn media literacy skills…
Survival in postapocalyptic Las Vegas: Jarret Keene’s ‘Hammer of the Dogs’ explores a fierce new world
Set in the wasteland of post-apocalyptic Las Vegas, Hammer of the Dogs is a literary dystopian adventure filled with high-octane fun starring 21-year-old Lash. With her high-tech…
More than a year after Roe falls, there’s a broader crisis under the flashpoint
By Scott Thomas Anderson It’s been 16 months since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federally protected right to an abortion. Has the public truly…
Scaring scares: Argentinian film ‘When Evil Lurks’ is unique, well-done—and beyond brutal
By Bob Grimm Most mainstream horror movies released this autumn have been a real letdown (Saw X, Five Nights at Freddy’s, The Exorcist: Believer)—with goofy,…
Song of the mountain lark: Cassidy Joy rises with a stirring soundtrack of determination
By Scott Thomas Anderson Garden lights are drifting on a pale dream of the evening, their orbs crossing in lines to glow like mountain honey…
Sacramento County’s opioid deaths by the numbers
By Will Duvall and Kimberly Gomez Santos The number of deaths due to opioid related overdoses has steadily increased in Sacramento County, with 215 fatalities…
Race for Sacramento’s mayor: An interview with Kevin McCarty
By Lauren Reagan, Idaly Valencia and Gavin Hudson Kevin McCarty says he is running for mayor of Sacramento because he wants to give back and…
Creativity in the Capital: Barbara Range and Jaya King on making artistic success reality and how to be one’s own ‘biggest advocate’
By Casey Rafter Barbara Range, director of The Brickhouse Gallery and Art Complex since 2012, has called her work as the space’s curator “in service…
Legacies both ragged and rich: Michelle Tea on poverty and the American Family
“Growing up within the poorer half of our country is my history.” By Michelle Tea for The Economic Hardship Project What is family for broke…
Investigations into Facebook, Instagram and Big Pharma are the canaries in the coal mine when it comes to A.I. danger
By Scott Thomas Anderson What’s the best nonfiction read you should dig into this fall? It’s not actually a book, but rather a massive civil…
Housing California’s Policy Director Christopher Martin on ‘adopting solutions at scale’ to move the needle on housing
By Jessica Laskey here’s never a day’s rest for Christopher Martin, policy director for Housing California, a statewide advocacy organization that “works to create a…
After years of battling, work on first massive Klamath River dam removal completed
By Dan Bacher For 20 years there’s been a movement by tribes, fishermen and conservationists to remove the dams on the Klamath River. Those groups…
Essay: Embracing the great outdoors is a vital step in developing Sacramento’s next generation
By Trent Murphy In today’s fast-paced digital age, where screens dominate the landscape of childhood experiences, it’s easy to overlook the profound impact that nature…
Race for Sacramento’s mayor: An interview with Dr. Flojaune Cofer
By Lucas McMaster, Malachi Parker, Jacob Peterson, Raymond Purscell and Aya Mikbel Public Health Advocate Dr. Flojaune Cofer says she is running for mayor to…