By Mallika Seshadri and Zaeem Shaikh for CalMatters When Laura Swartzen saw the email from Sacramento State University’s Title IX office, it felt like her…
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Photo gallery by Sugarwolf Parody tribute band, Mac Sabbath, performed a flurry of heavy metal tracks for Goldfield patrons on Wednesday night. Led by founding member Ronald…
A law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Labor Day faces a referendum driven by corporate franchisors By Bobbi Murray, Capital & Main This story…
A quarter of 1,500 Kaiser clinicians surveyed in California said they had patients who could not access care in their primary language By Gabriel Thompson,…
By Russell Nichols On paper, the concept of affordable housing seems fairly simple: A city works with a developer to build units for people who…
By Sameea Kamal and Ariel Gans for CalMatters A gift or a curse? For Angelique Ashby, running as a “women’s advocate” in a heated state Senate…
Marny Shaffer knew something was wrong almost as soon as she arrived for her daughter. Shaffer had made her way up a tree-lined path bending…
Major corporations gave more than $6 million to state lawmakers who support voter suppression legislation. By Jessica Goodheart, Capital & Main This story is produced…
By Dan Bacher Beginning in late August, the San Francisco Baykeeper and state, regional and federal agencies began receiving increasingly frequent reports of unprecedented numbers of dead fish in…
In the wake of losing Paradise, Greenville & Grizzly Flats in recent years, the Mosquito Fire nearly wiped another California town off the map –…
Former officials push strategies on behalf of fossil fuel clients, threatening climate and communities, say critics. By Aaron Cantu, Capital & Main This story is…
By Dan Bacher The California Department of Water Resources, or DWR, recently released the Draft Environmental Impact Report for its Delta Conveyance Project, better known in the…
It’s been a surreal week for veteran newspaper journalists. The revelation that Jeff German, an intrepid, blue-collar investigative reporter who wore his legs out walking…
Alleged heroin and meth dealer got hooked after trying to play it like a porn star Is that a massive amount of contraband under your…
A barista talks about why he is part of the nationwide effort to unionize Starbucks workers. By Kelly Candaele, Capital & Main This story is…
Sacramento County has no safeguards for renters, while tenants say the City’s protections aren’t keeping up with reality By Marie Hoffman At the August 23,…
The secret to diminishing economic inequality: Government aid matters By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital…