Taking back the power
Small governments make their stand against PG&E By Scott Thomas Anderson The last light of the year is rising as trucks exit the gates of Nevada…
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After the storm
Local scientist recalls harrowing moment in voyage to chart how plastics destroy the oceans By Scott Thomas Anderson Kimberly Wooten was in the hull of…
The last minute gouge
Disabled vet in Rancho Cordova among many hit with no-cause evictions on the eve of new law By Scott Thomas Anderson On Halloween, a disabled veteran…
When the blues burn it down
Tab Benoit knocks the crowd back during his stop in northern California By Scott Thomas Anderson From the Mississippi Delta to the Cajun bayous, the…
The twilight zones
This is what it’s like to live through a PG&E blackout By Scott Thomas Anderson Nearly 80 people crowded into a makeshift outpost in a quiet…
A mine shaft of mystique at McGee’s
One of Nevada City’s favorite watering holes for locals isn’t a step back in time, it’s a place where time feels different By Scott Thomas…
5G for fighting: City forced to conduct new safety review of 5G tower plan
By Scott Thomas Anderson Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg’s mission to make the city a technological innovator faced its largest pushback yet last week, when a bevy…
Tenants demand statewide rent cap
More than 100 renters marched the halls of the state Capitol, promising to vote out any legislator who opposes AB 1482’s statewide rent cap By…
Endangerment of the species
Conservation groups, state attorney general speak out against plans for Endangered Species Act By Scott Thomas Anderson The Center for Biological Diversity is preparing its…
Collapse of a coalition
Has political orthodoxy and the threat of big money broken up Sacramento’s grassroots renters’ alliance? Scott Thomas Anderson On a February evening, two women sat…
Tenant turning point?
By Scott Thomas Anderson After nearly three years of Sacramento housing advocates imploring leaders to pass rent control and other tenant protections, a grand bargain…
Recovering the wild
Could a reimagined Sacramento Zoo be an innovator for animal wellness, sanctuary and habitat protection? By Scott Thomas Anderson An okapi is smacking on his…
Out and alone
Three-day eviction notice puts disabled man into homelessness as city’s rental crisis intensifies By Scott Thomas Anderson Anthony Orcini says a 30% rent hike put…
Slap and go
Sacramento County hits pro-tunnel state agency with restraining order By Scott Thomas Anderson The standoff between Sacramento County and the California Department of Water Resources over…
Stone cold sober: Mayor reacts to latest increase in Sacramento homeless
By Scott Thomas Anderson Sacramento Mayor Darrel Steinberg wasted no time calling a gaggle of reporters together to defend his administration’s handling of homelessness in…
Going green for purple gold: Top wineries with an eco-friendly touch
By Scott Thomas Anderson Books, French wine, fruit and fine weather. That was John Keats’ recipe for happiness and there are spots in our nearby…
Rolling job killer
Sacramento boosts automated cars, but what happens to professional drivers? By Scott Thomas Anderson Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg leaned out from the window of a…