By Scott Thomas Anderson For an instant, a disturbing situation near Auburn gave people close to Crystal McCarthy reason to hope she was still alive:…
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How ‘Handsome Harry’ Crocker conquered Hollywood and created the family’s second museum By Kevin Taylor On New Year’s Day in 1928, Edwin Schallert, film critic…
From jazz, hip hop and ballet, to burlesque and Brazilian flare, the Capital City’s performers are getting on their feet again By Casey Rafter On…
By Janet Rechtman In the fall of 1991, my mom and I went on a Friendship Force trip to Moscow. It was six years after…
Fans say that Jazz’s prodigious partier brings an energy and audacity that’s hard to match By Casey Rafter Under the lights of The Sofia Theatre,…
Eggman’s SB380 attempts to iron-out regulations that caused the terminally ill to suffer longer By Rose Vega and TJ Martinez A new bill is set…
By Kristen Hwang and Ana B. Ibarra for Cal Matters A patient sample that wasn’t processed for more than 30 days. A test used without…
If music’s not your holiday jam, there’s always Jane Austin, magic realism and the Muppets After the last two years, any vision of fun holiday…
After nearly two years of shutdowns, patrons’ generosity and artists’ adaptability staved off disaster By Patti Roberts Local theaters are currently aglow with Christmas productions…
Constituent support of AB 1199 could be critical in breaking Wall Street’s stranglehold on the region’s rental market By Scott Thomas Anderson Last week, housing…
By Rose Vega and Erick Amaya Hilda Rivera immigrated to the United States nearly 32 years ago. She was 19 when she came looking for…
By Sameea Kamal for CalMatters California’s independent redistricting commission is taking a lot of heat for the congressional and legislative maps it’s drawing to beat…
By Scott Thomas Anderson For more than a century, Glen Ellen was a refuge for outcasts: From Jack London to Hunter S. Thompson, lost loners…
Elimination of four PacifiCorp dams on Klamath River slated to move ahead By Dan Bacher If all goes as planned, the removal of four PacifiCorp…
Newest team at Golden Road’s ‘Pub Midtown’ focuses on brews, bites and year-round game fun By Casey Rafter Holding glasses of beer that glint yellow…
By Holly Calderone Having spent the entire COVID-19 pandemic engaged in hospice social work, I avoided reading plague stories. But a return from New York…
Along Highway 50, a devastated mountain range waits to recover By Ken Magri As we head towards winter, the Caldor Fire that dominated the late…