California won’t mandate companies to require employee COVID vaccinations
The state is waiting for a federal court case to be resolved before implementing regulations meant to prevent further deaths. By Mark Kreidler, Capital &…
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Housing advocates implicate Sacramento nonprofit in controversial eviction of refugee family on Thanksgiving Eve
It wasn’t the headline that La Familia Counseling Center was hoping for. Yesterday the nonprofit, which provides multicultural counseling, outreach and support services, wanted to…
With California’s OK, Chevron is selling oil from an illegal spill
Two years after it began, state regulators have yet to issue any penalties for the spill, which ranks among the largest in state history. By…
Refugee grandmother, whose family faces health emergency, gets evicted on the eve of Thanksgiving
She was granted federal rental assistance, but a judge and her landlord don’t want to hear about that It’s looking to be another hard holiday…
City of Sacramento lands new national grant for artists hit hard by the COVID crisis
The rollercoaster nature of the pandemic – its teasing glimmers of a close before flaring up again – have equaled a Sisyphus-like climb out of…
New figures show Sacramento maintains its coveted ‘Most Diverse City’ title
By Jennah Booth and Andrea Molinar In 2002, Sacramento was named “America’s Most Diverse City” in an article by Time Magazine. Now, almost 20 years…
Is the Sacramento mayor’s controversial new proposal distracting from a mass eviction event happening in real time?
Steinberg announces a ‘right-to-housing’ initiative, with mandatory shelter requirements, but advocates fear the city is willfully ignoring an immediate threat of displacement If Mayor…
Harvest hurdles: Century-old Noble Orchards faces complications after Camp Fire, COVID
By Ken Smith When the Camp Fire raged through Paradise on Nov. 8, 2018, Jim and Laurie Noble barely escaped with their lives. Almost everything…
Sacramento becomes a major destination for refugees escaping the chaos of Afghanistan
By Nikolas De La Torre and Isaiah Merado Acosta The fall of Afghanistan’s US-backed government has resulted in tens of thousands of refugees looking for…
Will California get its shot at single-payer health care?
Democratic Assemblymember Ash Kalra is proposing a bill to jump-start the process, but Big Medicine will fight to kill it. By Mark Kreidler, Capital &…