Gallery: Sacramento activists gather to protest U.S. and Israeli war on Iran
By Dan Bacher Sacramento anti-war organizations held an emergency rally as part of a National Day of Action to oppose the war with Iran on…
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Sacramento organizations in limbo as federal actions threaten AmeriCorps-funded programs
By Krista Minard On a Sunday evening in late April, several local nonprofit groups that rely on AmeriCorps grants received official word: The Trump administration’s…
Sacramento groups address loneliness, create community for older AAPI adults
By Amritpal Kaur Sandhu-Longoria Every week, 67-year-old Connie Bateman gets ready for a weekly outing with a volunteer from ACC Senior Services, a nonprofit that…
Small businesses in Sacramento navigate changes in response to California energy policies
By Janelle Germain With the effects of human-made climate change already in rapid effect — like rising temperatures and sea levels, extreme weather events, and…
Will Sacramento’s budget shortfall turn off the lights of community health care centers?
‘Patients will suffer. Patients will die.’ Why California’s rural hospitals are flatlining. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning…
Jakara Movement’s Mandeep Singh on building community power for Punjabi Sikhs in Sacramento
By Srishti Prabha California’s 2020 census identifies Punjabi as the 10th largest linguistic group in California, and the third most spoken language in Sutter County,…
How uncertainty around tariffs is affecting housing affordability in the Capital Region
By Ken Magri There is already a crisis of available and affordable housing in America. But now, political uncertainty and economic volatility could make home…
Stockton-based conservation group calls for audit of billions in public spending by DWR
By Dan Bacher At a time when Governor Newsom’s May revision budget proposal would slash overtime pay for caregivers, consumer access to care and nursing home…
Budget cuts threaten in-home assistance workers and Medi-Cal recipients
Will California gut a medical aid program created in an age of compassionate care? By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by…
The Sacramento Library’s state park passes are a hit, but will they survive the budget battle?
By Kai Arellano and Asyah Zamani Several times a day, someone leaves a Sacramento Public Library branch with a pass that grants free admission to…
The Great Food Bank Robbery: Yolo County residents and other hungry Californians face losing their daily bread
A new landscape of scarcity is threatening even the state’s food basket regions. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the…
Frontline advocates rally in Sacramento for ‘Make Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act’
Lawmakers heard from frontline advocates and climate disaster survivors who are already living with the painful costs and health harms caused by fossil fuel industry…
Deadline looms for state workers in Sacramento to return to their offices
By Jeremy Brown and Isabella Nyiri Thousands of state workers in Sacramento remain angry about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent order that they return to the…
ICE detains people after immigration court hearings in nationwide operation
In California, officers tried to arrest two men who weren’t the people they were looking for. One had a medical emergency. By Kate Morriseey, Capital…
Chaotic Sunday scene of gunfire on Sacramento’s Ethan Way, teen hospitalized
More than nine police and sheriff’s units raced down Arden Way and Howe Avenue Sunday afternoon as residents of an apartment complex took cover and…
Auburn murder trial opens on tale of cocaine, conspiracies, Reality TV and Major League Baseball
“When he turned on the light, I’m not sure what words were used,” Captain Gary Nelson muttered on the witness stand, his brow rising as…
Meet LabRats, the Sacramento jazz quartet behind some of your favorite musicians
How LabRats are redefining jazz and shaping Sacramento’s music scene By Steph Rodriguez Every city has its own music culture and sound. That’s especially true…