Woodland addresses homelessness from three angles
By Wendy Weitzel A Woodland project aims to end the cycle of homelessness by offering a range of lodging and services to help vulnerable residents…
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Working full time and functionally broke
Millions in the Golden State are failing to keep on the right side of the growing wealth divide. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This…
Analysis: America has been the land of school killing grounds for 34 years, but only California and Tennessee police have shown glimpses of tactics that work
I wasn’t a journalist back when the Columbine High School massacre happened in 1999. In fact, I wasn’t too much older than the shooters who…
A united front: How Folsom is tackling its part of homelessness in Sacramento County
By Cristian Gonzalez Folsom is known as an upper-middle class suburb with great schools and beautiful homes, but it too shows symptoms of the countywide…
Criminal justice reform: A talk with Contra Costa DA Diana Becton – and what Sacramento might learn from her
Many people in Sacramento are rethinking our criminal justice system. So we decided to sit down with Contra Costa’s District Attorney, Diane Becton. During her…
In the wake of the Ticketmaster debacle, ‘swifties’ will be swift to descend on Sacramento’s Ace of Spades April 7
By Katelyn Marano Taylor Swift fans everywhere have been in an uproar since the singer announced her next concert series, but with so many fans…
A flurry of votes in Sacramento: California passes gasoline price-gouging penalty bill
By Dan Bacher Despite Big Oil spending more than $34.2 million to lobby the Legislature in the last two years – and millions more over the…
‘Uprooted’ exhibit opens in Sacramento, commemorating the darkest moment – and the tale of survival – for Californians of Japanese descent
By Alesha Blaauw Sacramento’s Japanese American community gathered in excitement as the “Uprooted: An American Story” exhibit was opened in the California Museum on a…
California’s drought is not over
Following the power and the money for the stories deeper than atmospheric rivers. By Mark Schapiro, Capital & Main This story is produced by the…
Sacramento’s Miller Park becomes a safe ground for those experiencing homelessness
Tenants housed at the park use leftover pandemic trailers By Ken Magri This winter’s unusually cold, windy and rainy weather has created big challenges for…
The Foilies 2023: Recognizing the worst in government transparency
By the Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock News It seems like these days, everyone is finding classified documents in places they shouldn’t be: their homes,…
California considers giving the incarcerated a right to vote
It takes a constitutional amendment followed by a statewide vote to legalize balloting behind bars. Will it happen? By Bobbi Murray, Capital & Main This…
Irreversible: How chaos at Auburn’s ‘neighborhood bar’ led to a hard-fought murder trial
It was just past 1:35 a.m. when Auburn police sergeant Anthony Davis and his partner Stan Hamelin pulled up to a blue-collar bar on the…
Expert architects present new book in Sacramento on how to build better affordable housing
By Graham Womack Across the street from one another in San Francisco, David Baker Architects created two housing complexes that are indistinguishable — at least from…
In the middle of a mental health crisis among youth, words matter
To deal with huge health care disparities, some Californians focus first on a single concept: equity. By George B Sanchez-Tello, Capital & Main This story…
‘What they see is what they’ll be’ – prominent local Black men attend parent and youth conference
By Verbal Adam, The Sacramento Observer This story is co-published with The Sacramento Observer, a newspaper with more than 58 years of bringing public service journalism…
Sacramento’s gang and homicide prosecutors close out the winter with multiple convictions
The year 2020 was a shocking one for Sacramento County as its neighborhoods endured the worst spike in gun-related homicides the region had witnessed in…