Sacramento-area favorite Antsy McClain wants to run for the burning hills
Southerner with one foot in the Sierra foothills copes with being cut-off from a cherished place By Casey Rafter The reek of smoke lingers in…
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Mathews hopes to bring experiences to Sacramento District Attorney seat
District Attorney Candidate Alana Mathews’ Vision: ‘Safer, Fairer, More Just’ Sacramento County By Antonio Harvey, The Sacramento Observer This story is co-published with The Sacramento…
Riding by the River: New book explores Sacramento’s long love affair with life on two wheels
Native daughter channels family history into the Capital’s broader legacy with motorcycles By Scott Thomas Anderson The late Italian motorcycle racer Marco Simoncelli once said,…
U.C. Davis study finds dams ineffective for conservation of salmon and trout in Sacramento-area waterways
By Dan Bacher For many years, federal, state and corporate proponents of building more dams in California have touted cold water river releases provided by increased water storage…
Devastating fires could damage Lake Tahoe’s iconic blue waters
By Rachel Becker for CalMatters Smoke and ash from wildfires near Lake Tahoe — one of the deepest lakes in the world — is already…
The Forever Fires
More Sierra residents evacuate the Caldor Fire as others get the OK to return By Ken Magri For several decades, the Sierra Nevada mountain range…
Sacramento’s Blues beast remains a force on stage, inspiration to new generation
Mick Martin has become a sage of raw wisdom for Capital City musicians: ‘When they’re going through moments of self-doubt, kick them in the ass.’…
On the eve of would-be vaccination deadline for Sacramento employees, tensions rise enough to delay Mayor’s mandate
Tomorrow, Sept. 1, was supposed to be the official cut-off point for all City of Sacramento employees to be at least partially vaccinated – or…
The Battle for Highway 50 spreads to the alpine peaks and meadows along Highway 88
Fire fighters from across the state converge on the Caldor fire to save structures and a mountain highway By Ken Magri There is a hot…
While focusing on poverty and small biz fallout, Sacramento’s new ‘rescue plan’ makes a major investment in the arts
City Council on track to steer $10 million directly to the Capital’s creative economy as venues and artists try to recover By Scott Thomas Anderson…
Nurse shortages in California reaching crisis point
By Kristen Hwang for CalMatters In the past month, four emergency room nurses — exhausted by the onslaught of patients and emotional turmoil wrought by…
Letters: Newspaper nostalgia, political landmines, lost innovators and holding U.C. Davis accountable
Nothing stays the same Re: “Greenlight: A new library is coming to North Sacramento” by Jeff vonKaenel (Voices, July 29) A bittersweet story. I have…
Essay: The Sacramento region’s small farmers are on the frontline of a water crisis
By Judith Redmond Sometimes when I’m selling at the farmers market, people ask if our tomatoes are dry farmed. No, they aren’t. Dry farming is…
As temperatures rise, so do the health risks for California’s farmworkers
By Miranda Green and Heidi de Marco for California Healthline Leoncio Antonio Trejo Galdamez, 58, died in his son’s arms on June 29 after spending the…
‘Reminiscence’ and the noir of the inevitable
By Scott Thomas Anderson Last August, when wildfires hung a red sun on dim skies radiating a hellish kind of hopelessness, some Californians began to…
Scammers target Sacramento artists through crypto currency: a first-hand account of going down the rabbit hole
Minting NFTs of your artworks can be a costly scam, if you are not aware By Ken Magri “Never drive a hard bargain with an…
Wealthy or bust: Data points around Sacramento’s unaffordability problem are rapidly mounting
By Scott Thomas Anderson Yet another startling report was issued this week to indicate Sacramento’s housing situation has entered into new, untenable realities. On Wednesday,…