Dr. Kasirye is the leader we need
Essay: Sacramento County should promote its public health officer to get through COVID-19 pandemic By Phillip Summers Sacramento County is experiencing multiple severe crises. First…
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Cartoon: Vaccine fail
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Piling on during the pandemic?
Editor’s note: Sacramento County puts off a hike in garbage rates for now, listening to COVID-19 fatigued residents. The city of Sacramento is also looking…
Desperate measures
Editor’s note: Facing an unrelenting COVID-19 surge, Sacramento County supervisors consider fining businesses that endanger public health With no end in sight to the latest…
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 Small businesses across the state are facing the…
A discount on arena rent?
Editor’s note: If fans aren’t allowed at Golden 1 Center, will the Sacramento Kings ask City Hall for a lower payment? Like almost every entertainment…
A dangerous time for disarray
Editor’s note: Sacramento County’s leadership is in transition as the COVID-19 pandemic peaks We’re heading into a long, dark winter of COVID-19. So could the…
Local news on life support
Can a bill before Congress keep communities from falling into the dark? “If newspapers die, the crooks won’t cry,” Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts Jr….
For rural counties with state prisons, stopping inmate unemployment fraud is daunting
Rural prosecutors say they don’t have the resources to tackle California’s widening unemployment scheme behind bars Over the last two months, investigators across California determined…
Sacramento should prepare for a COVID death wave
Infections are soaring around the region. We all know what comes next. If the past is any indicator, the Sacramento region will soon experience the…