Restaurants, schools, hospitals, hotels and private households all have food they can’t use, but—with the proper resources—can end up on a hungry family’s table instead of in the garbage.
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By Robert Lewis for CalMatters Two decades ago, California legislators added a new weapon to the state’s growing arsenal of gun-control measures, already among the…
Councilmember Katie Valenzuela has asked city planning staff to look into how this tax could incentivize property managers to reduce rents By Alex Muegge This…
The best option for many overloaded borrowers may be to just say no, argues an organizer in the debt strike movement. By Angelika Albaladejo, Capital…
A case that investigators never gave up on becomes the oldest murder ever solved in Sacramento history Reflecting on the ominous nature of bloodshed, Nic…
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At the end of June, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 54, known as the plastics bill, which requires all packaging in the state to be…
But where they don’t, millions of workers are stuck at the record-low federal floor. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by…
Restaurant pathfinder Jerry Budrick realized a later life dream becoming a one-of-a-kind journalist in the foothills. Now, that community mourns his passing. What is the…
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By Jocelyn Wiener for CalMatters A union representing 2,000 Kaiser Northern California mental health workers this morning announced plans for an open-ended strike beginning Aug….
A real story of deep-rooted corruption, questionable incentives and the work of oversight investigators details how problems grow and are confronted in troubled departments …
Brian Lilla’s Children of the Vine examines the herbicide’s legacy on the state’s famous wine trails. By Evelyn Nieves, Capital & Main This story is produced by…
By Stephen Maganini, the Sacramento Observer This story is co-published with The Sacramento Observer, a newspaper with more than 58 years of bringing public service journalism…
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Hear from Bill Hall, the newly selected president of the SEIU 1000, on his role with the union and its future.
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