Will worker shortage disrupt California homeless strategy?
By Manuela Tobias for CalMatters In the middle of March last year, Los Angeles officials were gearing up to clear a 200-person homeless encampment at Echo Park…
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The Guru of Groove: A man of many names, genres and talents, Larry Rodriguez is Sacramento’s sonic mainstay
Some know him at Flower Vato, others as D.J. Larry – still others as the minster of a percussive ‘church’ By Casey Rafter It is…
Essay: Sacramento must be faster with surplus land and slower to give developers their wish lists
By Waverly Hampton III There are dozens of parcels of city-owned land across Sacramento waiting to be developed on, in the midst of a major…
8 big ways you can help our waters
By Andy Brack The ocean is big – really, really big.* It’s so “vastly hugely mind-bogglingly” big you may not think it needs your help….
Distant callings: renowned fiddler from Scotland helps the region find its past
Fiddle-firebrand Alasdair Fraser, performing with Natalie Haas, plays the historic State Theater in Auburn Feb. 9 By Scott Thomas Anderson There’s still an echo…
Sacramento council doesn’t want to let developer out of making Natomas housing project maximumly affordable
Leaders say that if would-be builder can’t make enough units pencil-out for working people, they can go with another option By Scott Thomas Anderson The…
No way out: How the poor get stranded in California nursing homes
By Jesse Bedayn for CalMatters Bradley Fisher, a 62-year-old retired mechanic, lived in a Bay Area nursing home for 14 years. Entering at age 39,…
Hard numbers on Sacramento evictions remain maddeningly elusive
Tenant group criticizes Superior Court for removing case numbers at a critical moment By Scott Thomas Anderson Sacramento housing advocates have spent the winter…
There’s a call for more diversity in Sacramento theater and local stages are responding
By Patti Roberts As Hamilton lyrics ask: “Who remembers your name, who keeps your flame, who tells your story?” It’s always been the storytellers, whether…
Tool brings a fearless ‘inoculum’ to Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center
By Casey Rafter After hours of melting the minds and faces of ecstatic audience members, Danny Carey, drummer for the band Tool, climbed back into…
EDD wants its jobless money back. But some people can’t pay.
By Jesse Bedayn for CalMatters A musician who lost all her unemployment documents when her home burned in a wildfire. An arborist who filed for…
No celebration in Sacramento: environmental groups divided on Newsom’s big, headline-grabbing budget
Critics say the governor’s proposed spending plan for 2022-23 falls short on confronting fossil fuelsBy Dan Bacher This week Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled his 2022-23…
Sojourner Truth African Heritage Museum is teaching Sacramento the story of Black America
By Casey Rafter Drum raps bounce joyfully off of the walls of the African Marketplace at the Florin Business Arts Complex. The sounds come from…
Rents are crippling for Sacramento-area college students: Is help on the way?
By Magaly Munoz and Jordan Parker UC Davis Sophomore Quynh Trosien lives off-campus at a student apartment complex where the lowest price for your own…
California schools risk ‘colossal’ loss of dollars as enrollment drops
By Joe Hong for CalMatters As they await the release of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2022-23 state budget, school district officials across California are worried…
Scenes from a local winter
Eleven days after record-breaking storms buried the Sierra foothill communities that surround Sacramento under blankets of snow, thousands of people are still living without power…
Petition against Sites Reservoir in Sacramento Valley reaches 50,000 signatures after deadly year for salmon
Regional tribes are playing a major role in opposition on cultural and environmental grounds by Dan Bacher Just before the California Department of Fish and…