As toxic algae worsens in Delta, new study shows alarming impact on sea otters
By Scott Thomas Anderson The Southern Sea Otter has been fighting for its survival along California’s coast for 40 years. First imperiled by reckless oil…
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Developer influence, fears of community disintegration woven into new Sacramento thriller
Local author June Gillam tackles a divisive time for the city in her novel ‘House of Hoops’ By Scott Thomas Anderson In 2014, a prolonged…
Developer seeking $30 million in tax subsidies evicts single mother during pandemic
St. Anton Capital is on track to get subsidies for its Natomas apartments, but advocates say it’s using an eviction moratorium loophole to put a…
After the storm, a week-long public health ordeal awaited PG&E customers in the Delta
Towns along the Sacramento River with SMUD got power back quickly, while Clarksburg’s connection to PG&E left it in COVID-era limbo By Scott Thomas Anderson…
Judge rules that Twin Rivers School District retaliated against whistle-blowing teacher
District administrators told to ‘cease and desist’ interfering with employee’s protected activities and to rescind unjust performance review By Scott Thomas Anderson For more than…
Housing advocates blast Newsom’s plan for COVID-19 rent relief
Groups representing tenants say they were abruptly shut out of negotiations by the governor’s team By Scott Thomas Anderson If Gov. Gavin Newsom wasn’t already…
Rancho Cordova residents rally to save one of the city’s last pieces of open space
Developers want to build over a rare natural hideaway along the American River, but neighbors and conservationists say not without a fight By Scott Thomas…
Health officers across Sacramento region brace for COVID-19 vaccinations in rural communities
Isolated seniors and farm workers have priority, but reaching them won’t be easy By Scott Thomas Anderson Drive-through and walk-up vaccination clinics are popping up…
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…
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…