Sacramento’s latest death of man living outdoors echoes in City Hall
Mayor acknowledges homelessness in the city is reaching unimaginable levels during the pandemic By Scott Thomas Anderson It was the type of message George Raya…
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As Amazon nets pandemic windfall, Sac’s indie bookstores get a new weapon to compete
Bookshop.org is helping locally owned bookstores from Davis to Auburn disrupt the great disruptor By Scott Thomas Anderson In recent years, a deluge of journalism…
Sacramento’s tenant protections get their first big test
Mass eviction attempt in the River District sparks face-off with city attorney’s office By Scott Thomas Anderson A corporate landlord has been ordered to halt…
Tenants facing eviction reach back two millennia to symbolize their plight
As the end of California’s eviction moratorium looms, protesters use live animals and a timeless tale By Scott Thomas Anderson On Wednesday evening, a procession…
Will proposed hospital really generate $4 billion for Elk Grove?
Questions raised about financial forecast for suburban hospital project By Scott Thomas Anderson As Elk Grove leaders prepare to vote on a controversial hospital in…
State’s largest water district ignores tribes, conservationists, ratepayers on Delta tunnel
Metropolitan Water District will spend millions more planning an embattled conveyance system despite an outcry from its constituents By Scott Thomas Anderson The Metropolitan Water…
Will city finally fix a big broken promise to Natomas?
Years of resentment in District 1 over loss of Kings arena could be rectified with a world-class zoo By Scott Thomas Anderson For families and…
Newsom launches rescue efforts for small businesses as new lockdown announced
More local governments are asserting independence from state’s edicts in the wake of court rulings, PR nightmares By Scott Thomas Anderson Small businesses across the…
Local news on life support
Can a bill before Congress keep communities from falling into the dark? By Scott Thomas Anderson “If newspapers die, the crooks won’t cry,” Miami Herald…
New tactics to save California’s underground water from a warming world
State’s eco future is riding on reimagining how groundwater is recharged, moved and traded By Scott Thomas Anderson For California water districts, 2020 has been…
University Art’s wholesome image undercut by pandemic-timed eviction effort
Midtown tenants’ claims of neglect are backed up by two UArt employees By Scott Thomas Anderson University Art Center Inc. bills itself as a family-run…
Tenants say incompetence, indifference triggered mass eviction in West Sacramento
Gov. Gavin Newsom says COVID-19 threatens housing for Californians, but state inspectors don’t act like it By Scott Thomas Anderson On the day before Halloween,…
With the Holbrooke Hotel’s restoration, a piece of California history gets second life
After months of work, one of the most historic hotels in the West can take visitors back in time By Scott Thomas Anderson For 169…
Rocky year in Elk Grove leads to the rise of a new mayor
Once viewed as a trailblazer, Steve Ly’s political fortunes turned in 2020 By Scott Thomas Anderson Steve Ly made national headlines in 2016 by becoming…
Sacramento rent control collides with green wall of cash
By Scott Thomas Anderson A three-year effort to bring strong rent control to the city of Sacramento failed on election night after local and national…
California rent control battle finishes under shadow of billionaires’ wealth jumping 45% during the pandemic
Grassroots volunteers fight for Prop. 21 in the face of $80 million opposition campaign By Scott Thomas Anderson For the third time in three years,…
Sarah Elizabeth Williams Hansel
October 13, 1989 – October 16, 2020 We have some very sad news to share with our readers: Sarah Hansel, an award-winning former art director…