‘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…
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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…
35 days and counting: Sacramento Kaiser’s essential workers are battling to keep their pensions
In a moment of extreme uncertainty, as panic began gripping the region, the clinical technicians, stationary engineers and bio-medical engineers of Local 39 were told…
Why no mandated vaccinations for California prison workers?
Again, Gov. Newsom contradicts past public safety orders and sides with political allies. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by 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…
Sacramento leaders to get more involved in the problem of missing and murdered indigenous women
In mid-September, cable news networks became fixated on the disappearance of Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old YouTuber who’d vanished somewhere in the American high west. A…
California fair housing advocates say banks should hold problematic landlords accountable
Housing equity groups, nonprofit lenders and developers argue that financial institutions should play a larger role in addressing affordable housing needs By Robin Urevich and…
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…
Kaiser Permanente strike standoff in Sacramento area involves two-tier pay system
Union members say a long-running partnership between Kaiser employees and management is under attack. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by…
The forgotten fire?
A year after the North Complex Fire, Berry Creek residents say rebuilding hindered by costs, crime and splintered community By Ken Smith Until the night…