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,…
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From its gleaming whiskey vault to the area’s biggest Celtic party, Father Paddy’s Pub in Woodland is a growing destination
By Scott Thomas Anderson Patrick Redmond has some questions to ask before pouring a glass of whiskey. That is, if he’s guiding a person through…
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…
Upcoming Polar Plunge at Folsom Lake fuels dreams, inclusion by supporting the Special Olympics
The 2023 Greater Sacramento Polar Plunge & 5K Trail Run goes down on March 11 at Browns Ravine It might look like a madcap party…
Supergroup tribute act, Death To All, gathers March 6 to pay homage to Death’s late bandleader at Goldfield Trading Post in Roseville
By Eddie Jorgensen For those lucky enough to have caught the metal legends Death in a live setting, no introduction to the band’s players is…
Sac State film professor debuts documentary on exploring environmental mysteries below Antarctica
Kathy Kasic’s new ‘Lake at the Bottom of the World’ premiers today on Amazon, iTunes Veteran documentarian Kathy Kasic has found a way to balance…
Murder most foul: Upcoming event at El Dorado Hills bookstore explores link between sex cults and a president’s assassination
On March 5, Face in a Book will have Susan Wels discuss her new release ‘Assassin in Utopia’ In the annals of presidential bloodshed,…
After Woodland leads the way, region looks to build more year-round affordable housing for farmworkers
Law now mandates the first statewide study of farmworker housing conditions, needs and solutions By Jennifer Junghans When Tonia Ochoa, an agricultural worker in Woodland,…