Essay: the PCT Effect, or healing and inspiration on the Sierra’s greatest trail
One of SN&R’s contributing writers contemplates what the great outdoors can do for a couple overcoming a health battle By Mark Heckey I was breathing…
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Rocklin’s population spike was the highest across cities in the Sacramento region
City, county leaders weigh in on 26% growth in residents over a decade By Jenna Cooper and Eric Jaramishian When Samantha Varner was growing…
Sacramento County’s new climate action plan criticized by environmental groups as ‘toothless’
Planning Commission fails to lend support to staff’s current approach Last year, after people in the region spent weeks breathing some of the worst, smoke-choked…
Sacramento-area waterways see legal win over Central California special interests
Judge rejects Westlands Water District’s proposed permanent water contract By Dan Bacher On October 27, Fresno Superior Court Judge D. Tyler Tharpe tossed out the Westlands Water…
What does it mean for Gov. Newsom to skip the climate conference?
By Rachel Becker for CalMatters Gov. Gavin Newsom will no longer be leading California’s delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Conference, “due to family…
Five Horror films to watch this Halloween weekend
Will you stick with the classics or dare to try something else? By Josie Klakström The week leading up to Halloween is that turning point…
The art of re-emerging: Upcoming Sacramento Arts Festival breaks through roadblocks to regain in-person connections
By Casey Rafter A shimmering mauve ribbon with gold lettering clings to an image of red, yellow and blue fish pursuing each other in a…
Evening streets and island mist in Scotland
By Scott Thomas Anderson Old Town Edinburgh was once known as the murky fishbone, a medieval fossil spine that descends in a deformed slope from…
‘Golden Rule’ in Sacramento still applies two decades later
HIV/AIDS Crusader Clarmundo Sullivan continues to educate, elevate services to underserved community in the south city and county By Genoa Barrow, the Sacramento Observer While…
California issues rule banning new oil wells within 3,200 feet of homes and schools
By Dan Bacher After years of grassroots organizing, protests and political pressure by environmental justice advocates, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced at a press conference on October…
Essay: Sacramento Poor People’s Campaign demands filibuster end for the sake of local families
By Faye Wilson Kennedy and Dr. Pamela Anderson If our democracy is to survive, the filibuster must end now. Since 1841, the filibuster has been…
35 days and counting: Sacramento Kaiser’s essential workers are battling to keep their pensions
By Scott Thomas Anderson In a moment of extreme uncertainty, as panic began gripping the region, the clinical technicians, stationary engineers and bio-medical engineers of…
Essay: Folsom’s ‘Negro Bar’ should be renamed, but the contributions of Black pioneers shouldn’t be forgotten
In 2018, Phaedra Jones did not know much about Folsom. She accepted a delivery assignment from her employer, UberEATS, bringing food from Stockton to the…
California schools are running out of money
By Emily Hoeven for CalMatters California school districts have two choices: Bite the bullet and make budget cuts now, or delay them and face even…
Essay: CEQA can increase affordable housing in Sacramento while protecting communities
By Ralph Propper, President of the Environmental Council of Sacramento The City of Sacramento signed a deal this summer to build a U.C. Davis campus…
In Rancho Cordova, a darkened stage finds its lights again with ‘Into the Woods’
As the pandemic tapers down, Hummingbird Theatre Company is trying to reconnect with audiences By Casey Rafter A clutter of colorful condominiums surround Village…
Extinction’s Edge: biologists continue to find zero Delta smelt in Sacramento-San Joaquin waterways
Department of Fish & Wildlife’s Fall midwater trawl survey is jarring By Dan Bacher For the fifth September in a row, the California Department of Fish…